OlympicsFan

I am all for it, but only if they do the same in all other sports where the material is decisive (track cycling, cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping, speed skating and so on).

So also no natural track luge, ski mountaineering, mixed curling, short track mixed relay or speed skating mass start?

Biathlon probably, but certainly not cross-country skiing. There are like 5 people who regularly practice speed skating, but 10 billion people who regularly practice alpine skiing/cross-country skiing. The number of medal events should reflect that (at least to some degree). No clue why inline skating isn't even an olympic sport while speed skating has a billion medal events.

You are only talking about golds? There are a lot of minor medals that Canada shouldn't have won and i am not sure if Canada was actually the favorite in men's snowboard slopestyle (a gold they shouldn't have won) and speed skating women's team pursuit. I guess the reality is that Canada just doesn't have many gold medal favorites. Not sure if Canada has any (clear) gold medal favorite in an individual event.

Speed skating already has way too many events, if anything the number of events should be reduced.

No, objectively Germany would deserve it the most. No other nation had more 4th places here.

Still it is infinitely more deserving to be part of the olympic program than a nonsense event like mixed curling. At least it isn't the same as the other events just with one man and one woman. Also i think than most people would rather watch the team event than the combined.

Pretty crazy that the 3 same nations won the medals in all women's biathlon/cross-country team events and that Norway wasn't one of those nations: Cross-country skiing relay: Russia - Germany - Sweden Cross-country skiing team sprint: Germany - Sweden - Russia Biathlon relay: Sweden - Russia - Germany All those nations have the exact same medal tally. Who would have thought that Germany would win 3 more medals than Norway in those events? Edit: Also pretty surprising that 3 female cross-country skiers (Sundling, Dahlqvist, Nepryayeva) will end the games with at least as many medals as Johaug. If Johaug doesn't win a medal in her last race (unlikely), she will end the olympics with the same number of medals as Victoria Carl and Katharina Hennig.

Extremely unlucky draw for the german team. Sweden is probably a top 5 team, can't believe that they are only seeded 10th. I think Germany could have beaten every team except Switzerland/Austria. Quarterfinals: Austria vs. Slovenia/Canada France/Czech Republic vs. Norway/Poland Italy/Russia vs. Slovakia/USA Germany/Sweden vs. Switzerland/China Semifinals should be: Austria vs. France/Norway Italys vs. Switzerland Can't believe what an easy draw Austria has. Germany probably would have made the final with a draw like that. The austrians should be ashamed if they don't win at least silver.

Yes, this is way Kalicki isn't top 3 ... Germany not being top 2 would have been one of the biggest shocks in olympic history. Really disgusting how people keep having insane expectations for the american grandmas.

Might have been one of the most predictable golds. Quite shocking that Smith didn’t win gold yesterday. Alpine skiing has shown that Switzerland has superior material. If you put a retarded toddler on swiss skis, he/she would probably still medal.

Not so sure considering the conditions. Most of the competitions were completely unworthy. When there is a tornado in every single race, the results are mostly luck + skiing speed. Being a good shooter didn’t have much relevance here (not that it usually has anyways). Biathlon is pretty much cross-country skiing for less talented cross-country skiers at this point.

Yeah, what a choker.

Interesting that the video controller is from Germany. Not sure if he had anything to do with the decision though. I guess it was time we started fixing competitions as well after what Slovenia did in ski jumping ...

According to fivethirtyeight Russia is the biggest overperformer so far (9 medals above expectation), followed by Italy (7 medals above expectation) and Japan (5 medals above expectation). They predict that Norway will win the most medals (34), followed by Russia (28), Canada/USA (27), Germany (25), Netherlands/Austria (19), Sweden (18), Japan (17) and Italy (16). I think not many people would have predicted Italy to win more medals than Switzerland/China and at least as many medals as France. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/winter-olympics-medal-count/

Extremely sad for Anna Seidel, she was a generational talent for Germany and had the potential to win olympic medals, but for some reason she never came close. Not sure if i will witness another talent like her competing for Germany during my lifetime.

Too bad, he could have gone for his 2nd home olympics.

Easily the most surprising medal for Germany. Huge respect for the german coach. He knew that their only medal chances would be the relays and they probably focused on those events in training. Too bad that the women's 30 km race will be in freestyle, otherwise Hennig might have won another medal.

Surprised that Faißt made the team over Rydzek. Should be a pretty open 3-way battle for gold. Crazy that Riiber will end the olympics without a single medal. Also Lamparter only winning 1 bronze would be pretty disappointing for him.

They are the most versatile nation, the only sports where they are irrelevant are nordic combined and alpine skiing. USA, Canada and Norway don't have the same versatility, they are all irrelevant in 4+ sports.

Bronze is a success for Germany under the circumstances, but i am bit sad thinking about what would have been possible with Preuß in normal shape. Who would have thought that neither Norway nor France would win a medal? Also an interesting thought i just had: Laura Dahlmeier would have been younger at the 2026 olympics than Denise Herrmann is now. Overall 2 medals seems like a fair result for Germany, the only hope that it will get better in 2026 is Selina Grotian.

Sorry, without those medals Germany would be too low on the medal table, only in 15th place behind nations like Canada or Slovenia and only slightly ahead of Australia.

How about making a poll at the end of the games about which athletes will repeat their gold in 2026/which athletes are most likely to repeat their gold in 2026?

Norway killed all german hopes of winning the medal table. Gold in men's biathlon wasn't a shock, but grandpa Grabaak beating Geiger must be one of the least believable performances at the games.

I have never been this happy that i wasn't able to watch something live. Women's downhill: 4th place for Germany Men's nordic combined: 4th place for Germany Men's biathlon: 4th place for Germany There is no way that any nation ever had this much bad luck on a single day at the olympics. Germany should have won 2 medals in those events alone. Also another great 4th place for the german women in alpine skiing ...