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Just another reason why it's super dumb that the NOC max in freestyle skiing isn't 40.

For worse imo. The only context where I have enjoyed either of them was when Weir was the US commentator for Eurovision a couple years. That was fun. He has the right kind of energy for that, and I’m sure both of them would be great on reality TV (I don’t watch the Traitors but they are on the current US season). I don’t think either of them really has the right personality to commentate figure skating. They are a bit too… catty. I’m def gonna either watch the World Feed or I’ll VPN to the CBC coverage for figure skating.

Can’t think of a more likable trio of figure skater sent by one country to the games dating back to when I started watching xD The US is lucky to have these three.

Do we know if Min-sol has Canadian citizenship?

I mean he did great! He super earned a spot at the Olympics! But let’s not get our hopes up for an individual medal. His chance at a medal is in the team event.

I mean let’s be honest, there was some home cooking in that score.

Good, he absolutely deserves it.

Too hung over to ski today xD

Ya this is who I had in mind. I know quite a few recreational skiers who could have done better.

The FIS should probably establish some sort of technical minimum in half pipe (and other freestyle discipline). Like if you go to the Olympics in moguls / slopestyle / half-pipe you should be able to land a fucking 360°

Definitively an encouraging result given the injury layoff.

English is a language rich in crude idioms :D

Kingsbury got an 81 in qualifying. Seems like he’s in good shape.

Yes and now France doesn’t want to build a speed skating oval (even a temporary one). Like to be clear, I have no problem with France winning a winter Olympic bid. I think Nice is a great city to anchor a Winter Olympic. My issue is that the bid that won 2030 was basically “ya we want to host the Winter Olympics and we’ll figure out stuff later”. To a degree every Olympic game is a work in progress but that one took it to the extreme.

This plus the relative organizational mess that is French Alps 2030 makes me wonder in who’s cornflakes Sweden pissed to be passed up twice (losing to Milan I thought at the time and still do think was reasonable, but losing out to a French bid that wasn’t even half baked was such a joke).

https://www.youtube.com/live/vuMES6ziwFI

Gymnastics: Gymcastic is good, a bit on the ireverant side but they do cover women's gymnastics in particular quite thoroughly (they also cover men's, but not as closely). It's def from an American point of view. They get a lot of access during big events and usually travel on location for Worlds and the Olympics. Curling: Inside Curling does a lot of interviews with curlers and with people otherwise involved in Curling. Has a Canadian (and North American) POV. Co-hosted by Kevin Martin. More of a narative podcast, but Broomgate is absolutely worth a listen. It covers, well, Broomgate. Hockey (NHL specifically): 32 Thoughts.

Chloe Kim injured herself in Laax and is doubtful for the Olympics.

I paid €450.00 for a category A tickets each of the two sessions I'm going to 😅

Lots less importance on the continental quotas.

And oh so close to a win

I'm very excited. These will be the first Olympics I'll attend in person, the first one with NHLers since 2014, and also to me it feels like these are the first winter Olympics since 2018 (I was going through a really bad time in my personal life in 2022, so that combined with how muted the Beijing games felt because of the pandemic means I have very little memories of Beijing 2022 - felt more like a series of world championships than the Olympics).

There was, but only Hall and La Rue were eligible for the spot

The Olympic team will be as followed: Ted-Jan Bloemen, Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu, Daniel Hall, Laurent Dubreuil, Anders Johnson, David La Rue and Cédrick Brunet on the men's side, Isabelle Weidemann, Valérie Maltais, Laura Hall, Ivanie Blondin, Béatrice Lamarche, Rose Laliberté-Roy, Carolina Hiller-Donnelly and Brooklyn McDougall on the women's side. Final selection matrices: Women Rank Event Athlete # 1 3000m (1) Isabelle Weidemann 1 1 5000m (1) Isabelle Weidemann 1 3 3000m (2) Valérie Maltais 2 3 5000m (2) Laura Hall 3 3 Mass Start (1) Ivanie Blondin 4 6 Mass Start (2) Valérie Maltais 2 7 1000m (1) Béatrice Lamarche 5 8 1500m (1) Ivanie Blondin 4 9 3000m (3) Laura Hall 3 10 500m (1) Béatrice Lamarche 5 10 1000m (2) Rose Laliberté-Roy 6 12 1500m (2) Béatrice Lamarche 5 13 500m (2) Carolina Hiller-Donnelly 7 14 500m (3) Brooklyn McDougall 8 14 1500m (3) Valérie Maltais 2 16 1000m (3) Alexa Scott Carolina Hiller-Donnelly 9 7 Men Rank Event Athlete # 1 10000m (1) Ted-Jan Bloemen 1 1 5000m (1) Ted-Jan Bloemen 1 3 Mass Start (1) Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu 2 4 Mass Start (2) Daniel Hall 3 5 500m (1) Laurent Dubreuil 4 6 500m (2) Anders Johnson 5 7 1500m (1) David La Rue 6 8 500m (3) Cédrick Brunet 7 8 1000m (1) Laurent Dubreuil 4 8 1500m (2) Daniel Hall 3 11 1000m (2) Anders Johnson 5

Final speed skating matrices: Women Rank Event Athlete # 1 3000m (1) Isabelle Weidemann 1 1 5000m (1) Isabelle Weidemann 1 3 3000m (2) Valérie Maltais 2 3 5000m (2) Laura Hall 3 3 Mass Start (1) Ivanie Blondin 4 6 Mass Start (2) Valérie Maltais 2 7 1000m (1) Béatrice Lamarche 5 8 1500m (1) Ivanie Blondin 4 9 3000m (3) Laura Hall 3 10 500m (1) Béatrice Lamarche 5 10 1000m (2) Rose Laliberté-Roy 5 12 1500m (2) Béatrice Lamarche 6 13 500m (2) Carolina Hiller-Donnelly 7 14 500m (3) Brooklyn McDougall 8 14 1500m (3) Valérie Maltais 2 16 1000m (3) Alexa Scott Carolina Hiller-Donnelly 9 7 Men Rank Event Athlete # 1 10000m (1) Ted-Jan Bloemen 1 1 5000m (1) Ted-Jan Bloemen 1 3 Mass Start (1) Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu 2 4 Mass Start (2) Daniel Hall 3 5 500m (1) Laurent Dubreuil 4 6 500m (2) Anders Johnson 5 7 1500m (1) David La Rue 6 8 500m (3) Cédrick Brunet 7 8 1000m (1) Laurent Dubreuil 4 8 1500m (2) Daniel Hall 3 11 1000m (2) Anders Johnson 5