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On 08/02/2020 at 23:32, Olympian1010 said:

So Sinn Fein is like the nationalist party right? I don’t know much about Irish politics, so I’d love explanation of what’s going on here. Plus, the whole damn country decided to use Gaelic for anything official, which makes it a pain in the ass to understand the process.

The name itself suggests it's a nationalistic party Hell, it's the Mother of all Irish Independence parties. The other two were basically formed by renegades from Sinn Fein.

2 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Joaquin Phoenix’s best performance will always be either Joker or Gladiator.

Deffo not Gladiator. I feel like he was too young for that kind of role back then.

'Joker' for him reminds me of how Michael Keaton suddenly rose from the dead with 'Birdman'. It's a revival but for many of these 50 year olds I feel like their best acting was like 20 years ago.

I'm a cinema noir fan going all the way back to Orson Welles' 'Third Man' I saw when I was a kid (obviously not in the 1940s ). L.A. Confidential remains the best of the modern movies from that genre.

Joaquin Phoenix would be a better fit for Chris Hemsworth's role in 'Bad Times at El Royale' IMO.

I get a feeling Oscars are going to the mainstream actors for a while now. I remember back in the 90s there was always at least one winner whom I didn't know who that is. Now it's mainstream like hell. Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger & Laura Dern is total rich are getting richer kind of stuff. Laura Dern was off the wall after Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart 30 years ago but man, even that kind of cinema noir is gone. Dare I say this very much changed after Di Caprio started to whore up his quest for Oscars.

I'm really old school but 'Clay Pigeons' remains the best movie for Joaquin Phoenix & Vince Vaughn who has gone all mainstream few years ago too.

"My name ain't Cowboy!"

1. Biathlon

2. Alpine Skiing

3. Ice Hockey

4. Short Track

5. Ski Jumping

Ofterschwang is basically a month away. I suppose she will return to action there.

Back with tennis, Beatriz Haddad Maia who got busted for ostarine & ligandrol has been given a 10 month ban backdated to 22 July 2019 (the day when she was originally suspended). So she can return on 22 May 2020

25 minutes ago, TomJa said:

That is why I prefer not to expect great results, I prefer to be surprised by a good place or medal at the Olympic Games. Already four years ago they were to be the landmark Games, and it came out as usual.

Polish judokas have underperformed greatly over the past 5 Olympics. Zagrodnik got screwed in London outright but other than that Krawczyk was what, 8 seconds from the final in Athens before a complete brain freeze and Katarzyna Kłys could never find her mojo when it really mattered. I never had much faith in Wilkomirski to begin with but it has to be said judo is probably the biggest Polish disappointement among Olympic sports in the XXI century (along with boxing but everyone wants to go pro there so the expectations are much lower).

Speaking of talents, what's the deal with Frida Karlsson's medical absence?

First podium ever for Lara Malsiner! Italian ski jumping has some life!

11 minutes ago, EselTheDonkey said:

Yes, it's the left knee. Her ligament is strained and she has a fracture of the "Tibiakopf" in the knee. (I'm sorry, I have heard this word for the first time today, looked for an online-Translation and didn't find any. Maybe someone else knows the english word.)

It's called tibial plateau in English   Among others Vonn & Fenninger have had this injury as addition to ACL tear.

20 minutes ago, EselTheDonkey said:

Viktoria Rebensburg is out for the rest of the season after her fall in Garmisch. But it's nothing too serious, and she can probably start training again in six to eight weeks.

Left knee? She sat on it with full weight of her body before crashing out.

2 minutes ago, ahjfcshfghb said:

Shots on goal 53-17 for Kazakhstan!

 

Thank God for John Murray

26 minutes ago, hckosice said:

Congrats Poland !

 

so now If SLO beat JPN tonight we´ll see you in Košice

Ah, the legendary Krakow - Kosice bus trip worth 5 euros is ON???

30 minutes ago, Finnator123 said:

I'm here alright :P 

Lähteenmäki = Fountain's hill basically.   Yes, Krista Pärmäkoski's family name is Lähteenmäki, with Ä-letters

I find her maiden name way cooler tbh I suppose "mäki" has the same meaning in Tommi Mäkinen's name? (the rally driver, duh).

Obviously Poland beating Kazakhstan is a major upset!

Tiffany Gauthier 4th - just 0,01 behind Holdener!

Yeah, it's rather obvious if Vlhova wants to challenge for the overall she has to add the speed events to go with slalom & GS.

This being said, Brignone is making a very strong case herself.

Goggia crashed hard into the nets!

Brignone slower than Holdener... in a Super G!

Rebensburg crashed and allthough she got up it feels like she's strained the left knee or sth.

Stephan Leyhe wins his first World Cup event in Willingen.

Sunday competition has been called off due to high wind forecasts so Leyhe also wins the otherwise artificial Willingen Five.. cough.... Willingen Three

32 minutes ago, ahjfcshfghb said:

And we had a cross country skiier Kateřina Smutná = Catherine Sad

She was pretty sad tbh because she had arguments with the federation and had to change to Austria

In Poland there remains a running gag about Czech ice hockey players: Popil, Poruhal a Smutny

We even have memes about that:

Shame we don't have many members. I recall Krista Lahteenmaki's name was supposed to mean something like "Tree by the bay"

"Lahti" in Finnish means "bay"

1 hour ago, Vojthas said:

Kamila Żuk - Kamila Beetle

Not to mention Krystyna Guzik (nee Pałka) - Christina Button (nee Stick)

Łukasz Szczurek - Lucas Little Rat