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Doing a victory lap while holding the flag is a boss move. Won't be any controversy here, Ruud is a clear winner today.

So happy for Harlaut.

All four will qualify, they'll just not be seeded any higher than 17th.

No big air medal, but Evan gave it a good go.

Henrik Harlaut is just a treasure.

Both Canadians make the women’s half-pipe final.

Vlhová is 2-0 h2h against Shiffrin. Who did the monkey’s paw deal on that?

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I obviously don't mind the result (I think Parrot should have won in 2018 so I'm not going to quibble with the judges "accidentally" giving it to him in 2022) but I want this controversy to bother the FIS enough for them to change how the judging process works. This is three Olympics in a row now where the judging in slopestyle has been wonky.

So based on interviews the head judge of men’s snowboard slopestyle gave we can pretty definitively say that Parrot won gold because the angle they were given by the TV director didn’t show his missed grab. So we got away with one there. (though I feel like Parrot deserved to win in 2018 and was underscored in 2014 so whatever, he used up his built up karma on that run)

The head judge of the men’s slopestyle event confirmed that none of the judges say Parrot’s missed grab. Apparently they weren’t given a good angle on that feature. It’s being heavily implied the judges themselves think they got the results wrong. Additional note: the judges only got one camera angle for each feature, which wasn’t necessarily consistent from run to run, and could only request a replay from a different angle for one feature per run. No wonder the judging was wonky.

So you had winning the mixed doubles? :P

No medals, but IMO apart from women's ski big air (and Roman D: ) all the results today were pretty good.

The scary thing for the rest of the world is that Stefania Constantini is 22, which is a baby in curling terms. She's gonna get better than this.

This is only the third time a team goes undefeated in an Olympic curling tournament (after Martin in 2010 and Jones in 2014).

I'm guessing the old Olympic ice stadium in Cortina is going to be a happening place in 2026 :D

This is the first world or Olympic medal they’ve ever won. I don’t think many people saw this coming.

Surprisingly weak from the Italians :P

Say what you will about Homan / Morris, but they are the only team that looked really capable of beating the Italians.

beats in a shoot-out to win group B.

Top 15 from the overall world cup, any medal winners and the remaining is based on results at the Olympics (using the same point distribution as in the world cup).

Cross country sprint heat selection gives me some serious StarCraft nostalgia. In big leagues they usually got players to select their own groups (basically you had one seeded player per group, they each picked one player to be in their group, then these players picked one player, and so on until all groups were full). They always made a big show of it with trashtalking and whatnot. Some leagues had elaborate entrances for the players too. Kind of wild seeing a "real" sport come up with a similar group selection format.

This should leave him in a pretty strong position to qualify for the mass start, I believe.

Won't be a fourth place when the day is done. Strong result by him.

Karl finally wins an Olympic gold medal, after giving it away to Jasey-Jay Anderson with a late mistake in 2010.