Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games

[dcro 10,210]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Apart from the upcoming gold for Melbardis. 

 

Yeah, if Dukurs didn't, nobody will.

[OlympicIRL 6,298]

Right, so what's up now? I am on the verge of going to bed now so what could possibly tempt me otherwise?

 

[mrv86 3,264]

No medal for Dukurs

 

Hope Latvia gets at least a bronze in Bobsleigh; if not this will be their 2nd Olympic Games (Winter and Summer) without medals,

[thepharoah 2,413]

Dukurs Congrats Yun what a dominating race by him -1.52 from Silver that's amazing , Congrats GB for 1st medal here 

[MHSN 3,813]

Out of all these sports, Iran sport channel picked up Skeleton for live coverage today morning I wonder how many people woke up 5 am to watch Skeleton ! maybe zero (can't count myself, I was watching Alpine)

 

Korea winning the gold here makes me think if Skeleton is easy to learn and improve ?! Korea probably was nobody in this sport 10 years ago. I'm sure they invested money in all winter sports , not just this one.

[thepharoah 2,413]

Yun is 1st ever Asian medalist in Skeleton 

[NearPup 4,132]

...on the bright side, Martins Dukurs didn't get denied by the home favorite and Thomas Dukurs didn't finish forth for a third time in a row. So yay for Latvia?

[dcro 10,210]

Just now, MHSN said:

Out of all these sports, Iran sport channel picked up Skeleton for live coverage today morning I wonder how many people woke up 5 am to watch Skeleton ! maybe zero (can't count myself, I was watching Alpine)

 

Korea winning the gold here makes me think if Skeleton is easy to learn and improve ?! Korea probably was nobody in this sport 10 years ago. I'm sure they invested money in all winter sports , not just this one.

 

Koreans had around million runs on this track, and they have custom designed sleds just for this track. Enough said.

 

Kim gets 6th place in his first championships, right...

[NearPup 4,132]

1 minute ago, MHSN said:

Out of all these sports, Iran sport channel picked up Skeleton for live coverage today morning I wonder how many people woke up 5 am to watch Skeleton ! maybe zero (can't count myself, I was watching Alpine)

 

Korea winning the gold here makes me think if Skeleton is easy to learn and improve ?! Korea probably was nobody in this sport 10 years ago. I'm sure they invested money in all winter sports , not just this one.

It's probably the easiest one to learn of the three sliding sports. Though, honestly, Yun has quite the talent for it. He would have won on a neutral track given his form.

[thepharoah 2,413]

6 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Koreans had around million runs on this track, and they have custom designed sleds just for this track. Enough said.

 

Kim gets 6th place in his first championships, right...

It's not only because they're playing home , other wise they would have at least a top 5 finish in luge , they won't do also something special in Bobsleigh , p.s having this enormous margin on gold medal can't be from playing home only , so it's fair enough to give them credit here 

Edited February 16, 2018 by thepharoah