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  1. NearPup
    Final score is 11-4 for China. Congrats to for qualifying for their third Olympics in a row. Also the second Olympics in a row where there where three teams from Asia in the women's tournament, which very much vindicates the decision to expand the world championship field IMO.
  2. NearPup
    Okay, this Italian team is playing like they where paid to lose. Steal of four for China in the fourth end.
  3. NearPup
    Gee, I wonder why Becky Scott might be suspicious of Russian athletes when it comes to doping...
  4. NearPup
    Eh, it's pretty good but IMO not as good at the one from Sochi or Rio.
  5. NearPup
    China's team is playing terrible right now. It really should be 2-2 right now, but because of some huge mistakes by the Chinese teams Italy leads 3-1 (with hammer) after two ends. Edit: Italy's turn to play terribly. They gave away a steal of 3 (!) in the third, and they aren't playing well in the 4th either.
  6. NearPup
    While I like the Calgary track, I would say that if you where to only hold one IBSF world cup in Canada Whistler is the place to be. IMO Calgary is a better luge track than Whistler and Whistler is a better Bobsleigh / Skeleton track than Calgary. But obviously I would like the IBSF to hold world cups in Whistler and Calgary every year
  7. NearPup
    Did not expect the Canadian team to win, they actually qualified on points (not on time)! Good comeback after the fall in Calgary. The Dutch team was a dumpster fire.
  8. NearPup
    More tragic news out of Alberta. 17 year old Max Burkhart from Germany has died due to injuries he sustained during a training run for a NorAm Downhill in Lake Louise.
  9. NearPup
    I wouldn’t be surprised it’s a concession the IOC made to avoid a Russian boycott. To be honnest it’s a bit academic. It’s a different IOC code, doesn’t really matter if the medals are counter for IOA or OAR. Everybody knows the athletes are Russian either way.
  10. NearPup
    Both mass start finals where just embarrassing. I think most of the field didn’t care, it’s like everyone agreed just making the finals (and the world cup points that came with it) was good enough.
  11. NearPup
    Now that I think about it, I don’t think there is a word for it in either English of French...
  12. NearPup
    Nice to see Lamy-Chappuis back. He's fun to watch.
  13. NearPup
    It kind of makes sense in the world cup, since minor placings matter there. But at the Olympics? If nothing else you want to *avoid* finishing fourth because finishing fourth sucks.
  14. NearPup
    It's for the same morons that think being second at Risk means you did better than the person who finished third so they play in a way that forecloses their chances of being first.
  15. NearPup
    Hot take: Mikaela Shiffrin should already be in the conversation for greatest ever.
  16. NearPup
    If a medalist gets disqualified for doping who gets the bronze medal? The person who was fourth at the line or the person that had the fourth most points?
  17. NearPup
    I mean I don't mind the length. I'd be okay with a real Marathon, I'm okay with 20-ish lap. I kind of like how both sprinters and long distance skaters can do well in the current mass start. But the points... all it does it make things confusing for no reason. The whole point of a mass start is the simplicity of the first person crossing the line winning.
  18. NearPup
    Could the ISU just get rid of the stupid, stupid, stupid sprints in the mass start? Just. Rank. People. By. Their. Finishing. Order. I actually think the Mass Start could be a great event if it was a couple laps longer (like 25?) and didn't have points.
  19. NearPup
    Well that's just disgusting.
  20. NearPup
    The men's team pursuit is a splatterfest. Canada, Russia and the US all have falls.
  21. NearPup
    Aye.
  22. NearPup
    Japan just set the world record in the women's team pursuit! Meanwhile Germany finished 0.03 seconds ahead of Canada for silver. The Netherlands failed to finish (fall on the last lap).
  23. NearPup
    Apparently she was in her best form ever. Too bad, these Olympics where probably going to be her best shot at ever getting a medal.
  24. NearPup
    Ya, it's a very impressive result from Yu-Ting Huang. She's not that young (30) so I'm not sure how much further she can go, but this is just another example that if good inline speed skaters transition to speed skating they can do very well even if their country doesn't have a speed skating tradition. Wouldn't be surprised to see more good speed skaters come out of Taiwan (and Colombia).
  25. NearPup
    There are 37 athletes with sub 1:18 just this world cup, and presumably more people will go under that in SLC. I don't think the time has to be achieved at a world cup either? Also it's just a minimum time, you have to be in the top 20 of the world cup or the top 12 of the world cup time ranking (excluding the top 20 in the world cup) (with the caveat that only the top 3 athletes per country count). It's unlikely you would qualify with a 1:18 flat.
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