Vic Liu

What a messy day and as messy as expected.

Still it’s reported that China purposely reduced judges from ex-USSR and East Europe countries.

Chinese fans are furious with that Chinese judge but you are right some other judges apparently hate Russian more.

Dinigeer has to rush back to Zhangjiakou and fight for the first gold of the games tomorrow morning. Good luck girl!

Well, the Olympic Cauldron is totally unexpected. The best part is the countdown part for me.

Currently no. After confirming I can’t have the tickets, I went back to hometown for holiday. As @orangeman said on the forum, he will go to the opening ceremony tonight and I guess he is already inside the stadium.

She’s still on the start list of 500m tomorrow. Hope she’s fine with the heat then she can keep training for next couple days.

Rumor says China downgrade the standard of being Covid positive after complaints. I guess it’s consistent to Europe standard now. So we may see less cases in coming days.

Data of Feb.3rd Upon Arrival Athletes and team staff: 7/737=0.95% Others: 7/607=1.15% Total: 14/1344=1.04% Inside the closed-loop Athletes and team staff: 2/6572=0.03% Others: 5/64509=0.01% Total: 7/71081=0.01% https://www.beijing2022.cn/wog.htm?cmsid=MHI2022020400185100

It seems USA and Russia share almost same possibility to win the gold now. The pairs and ice dancing will be the deciders. Sui/Han will be a huge barrier for Russia to win the gold, totally unexpected.

The number is correct. The breakdown is as below Upon Arrival: Athletes and team staff:13 Others:16 Positive rate:29/753=3.85% Inside the closed-loop Athletes and team staff:13 Others:13 Positive rate:26/67137=0.04% https://www.beijing2022.cn/wog/wap.htm#/20220203001484/20220203001484 The Beijing committee website updates the Covid numbers daily, usually at 11am Beijing time.

Hahaha. #Curling is trending no.1 on Weibo now, after a big loss of football yesterday on the first day of Chinese new year, curling finally bring some holiday joy for leisure Chinese.

first win 7-6 on extra game.

First match will begin in 4 hours!

Liu Shaoang is believed to take the flight today to Beijing. He was tested positive 10 days prior to the games so somehow luckily still had enough time to turn negative.

I will cheer for figure skating Nathan Chen or Yuzuru Hanyu whoever shows the best form. And also Kamila Valieva, a total enjoyment seeing her skating.

Every media has its own stance or interpretation which is much longer than the fact. Nothing surprise.

She is the pioneer of Chinese figure skating. She may pass the torch inside the stadium but not the level to lit the cauldron. When it comes to figure skating, it occurs to me that there actually is one big rumor. Wiki Chinese page already "announce" the persons to lit the cauldron. They are Yang Yang, An Xiangyi (junior figure skater) and another 4 ordinary students. @rafalgorka https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/奧林匹克運動會主火炬點燃者列表

Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of Figure Skating Pairs Gold medal

No rumors at all, the whole ceremony thing is very low key under covid atmosphere. My personal guess, first Chinese WOG gold medalist Yang Yang (Short Track 2002) or first Chinese WOG medalist Ye Qiaobo (Speed Skating 1992).

The best show of last night's Chinese new year gala. A dance drama inspired by Chinese famous painting of Song Dynasty a panorama of rivers and mountains.

Those who already arrived in Beijing but tested positive are somehow luckier, they just need to turn negative before the start. Those who are positive at home, they need another 4 days after turning negative before taking the flight.

https://www.tpenoc.net/news/beijing2022-team-tpe-participate-opening-and-closing-ceremony/ According to NOC website, Chinese Taipei decides to participate Beijing Olympics opening and closing ceremony after negotiations with IOC and claiming it will overcome the traffic difficulties and Covid-19 protocols concerns. Different from the enthusiasm to report its withdrawal, I didn’t see any English media report it yet. So you guys would be first batch of English users to know it.

Happy Year of The Tiger!

Rafa 21!! Unbelievable night!