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Yes, that's what I was trying to say. Not SLC or Calgary, pretty normal.

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Freestyle Skiing Men's Moguls Day 1 February 5th 2022 Broadie Summers x Mikael Kingsbury x Jimi Salonen Benjamin Cavet Daichi Hara Ikuma Horishima x Kosuke Sugimoto Pavel Kolmakov Walter Wallberg Ludwig Fjallstrom Cole McDonald Bradley Wilson Any Other Athlete Luge Men's Singles Day 2 February 6th 2022 Wolfgang Kindl Any Other Austrian Athlete Max Langenhan Felix Loch x Johannes Ludwig x Dominik Fischnaller Kevin Fischnaller Gints Berzins Kristers Aparjods Aleksandr Gorbatcevich Semen Pavlichenko Roman Repilov x Any Other Athlete Speed Skating Women's 1500m Day 3 February 7th 2022 Ivanie Blondin Isabelle Weidemann Han Mei Francesca Lollobrigida Ayano Sato Miho Takagi Nana Takagi Nadezhda Morozova Antoinette De Jong Irene Schouten Ireen Wust x Ragne Wiklund Elizaveta Golubeva Brittany Bowe x Any Other Athlete x Ski Jumping Mixed Team Event Normal Hill Day 3 February 7th 2022 Austria x Canada China Czech Republic Finland Germany x Italy Japan Norway x Poland ROC Slovenia Snowboard Women's Parallel Giant Slalom Day 4 February 8th 2022 Julia Dujmovits Sabine Schoeffmann Daniela Ulbing Ester Ledecka Ramona Theresia Hofmeister x Any Other German Athlete x Nadya Ochner Any Athlete from Japan Aleksandra Krol x Sofiya Nadyrshina Any Other ROC Athlete Ladina Jenny Patrizia Kummer Julie Zogg Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Men's Individual Sprint Freestyle Day 4 February 8th 2022 Any Athlete from Finland Lucas Chanavat x Richard Jouve Federico Pellegrino x Paal Goldberg Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo x Haavard Solaas Taugboel Erik Valnes Gleb Retivykh Alexander Terentev Any Other ROC Athlete Marcus Grate James Clinton Schoonmaker Any Other Athlete Short Track Speed Skating Men's 1500m Day 5 February 9th 2022 Stijn Desmet Pascal Dion x Any Other Canadian Athlete x Ren Ziwei Sun Long Shaolin Sandor Liu Yuri Confortola Adil Galiakhmetov Sjinkie Knegt Semen Elistratov Hwang Daeheon Park Jang Hyuk Any Other Athlete x Figure Skating Men's Event Day 6 February 10th 2022 Keegan Messing Han Yan Kevin Aymoz Any Italian Athlete Yuzuru Hanyu x Yuma Kagiyama Shoma Uno x Mikhail Kolyada Mark Kondratiuk Andrei Mozalev Cha Jun-hwan Jason Brown Nathan Chen x Any Other Athlete Alpine Skiing Men's Combined Day 6 February 10th 2022 Matthias Mayer x Marco Schwarz x Filip Zubcic Victor Muffat-Jeandet Alexis Pinturault Any German Athlete Christof Innerhofer Dominik Paris Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Any Other Norwegian Athlete Zan Kranjec x Loic Meillard Any Other Swiss Athlete Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's 10km Classical Day 6 February 10th 2022 Teresa Stadlober Kerttu Niskanen Krista Parmakoski Katharina Hennig Therese Johaug Heidi Weng x Any Other Athlete from Norway Natalia Nepryaeva x Tatiana Sorina Yulia Stupak Ebba Andersson Frida Karlsson x Rosie Brennan Any Other Athlete Snowboard Men's Halfpipe Day 7 February 11th 2022 Scotty James Liam Gill Wang Ziyang Andre Hoeflich Ayumu Hirano x Kaishu Hirano Ruka Hirano Yuto Totsuka Jan Scherrer x Any Other Swiss Athlete Shaun White Any Other American Athlete x Any Other Athlete Alpine Skiing Women's Super-G Day 7 February 11th 2022 Mirjam Puchner Ramona Siebenhofer Tamara Tippler x Marie-Michele Gagnon Ester Ledecka Any French Athlete Federica Brignone Elena Curtoni Sofia Goggia Ragnhild Mowinckel Lara Gut-Behrami x Corinne Suter Breezy Johnson Mikaela Shiffrin x Any Other Athlete Biathlon Men's Sprint Day 8 February 12th 2022 Anton Smolski Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon-Maillet x Emilien Jacquelin Benedikt Doll Johannes Kuehn Johannes Thingnes Boe Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Eduard Latypov x Alexandr Loginov x Martin Ponsiluoma Sebastian Samuelsson Any Other Athlete Biathlon Women's Pursuit Day 9 February 13th 2022 Lisa Theresa Hauser Dzinara Alimbekava Hanna Sola Marketa Davidova Anais Chevalier-Bouchet x Julia Simon Any Other French Athlete Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuss Any Italian Athlete x Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Kristina Reztsova x Elvira Oeberg Hanna Oeberg Any Other Athlete Short Track Speed Skating Women's 3000m Relay Day 9 February 13th 2022 Canada x China x Italy Netherlands x Poland RCF South Korea United States Speed Skating Women's 500m Day 9 February 13th 2022 Hanna Nifantava Tian Ruining Arisa Go x Nao Kodaira x Miho Takagi Femke Kok Any Other Dutch Athlete Andzelika Wojcik Kaja Ziomek Olga Fatkulina Angelina Golikova Daria Kachanova Kimi Goetz Erin Jackson x Any Other Athlete Ski Jumping Men's Team, Large Hill Day 10 February 14th 2022 Austria Czech Republic Germany x Japan x Norway x Poland ROC Slovenia Switzerland Any Other Nation Freestyle Skiing Men's Slopestyle Day 11 February 15th 2022 Teal Harle Max Moffatt x Any Other Canadian Athlete Chris McCormick Ben Barclay Birk Ruud Any Other Norwegian Athlete Oliwer Magnusson x Jesper Tjader Fabian Boesch Andri Ragettli Mac Forehand Nicholas Goepper x Alexander Hall Any Other Athlete Snowboard Women's Big Air Day 11 February 15th 2022 Anna Gasser Jasmine Baird Brooke Voigt Rong Ge Enni Rukajarvi Annika Morgan x Katie Ormerod Reira Iwabuchi Kokomo Murase Miyabi Onitsuka Hanne Eilertsen Hailey Langland Any Other Athlete x x Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill Day 11 February 15th 2022 Mirjam Puchner Ramona Siebenhofer Any Other Austrian Athlete Ester Ledecka Kira Weidle Nadia Delago Sofia Goggia Any Other Italian Athlete x Ragnhild Mowinckel Ilka Stuhec Lara Gut-Behrami Corinne Suter Any Other Swiss Athlete x Breezy Johnson x Any Other Athlete Speed Skating Men's Team Pursuit Day 11 February 15th 2022 Canada x China Italy Netherlands Norway x ROC South Korea United States x Biathlon Men's Relay Day 11 February 15th 2022 Austria Belarus Czech Republic France x Germany x Italy Norway RCF Slovenia Sweden x Ukraine Any Other Nation Nordic Combined Men's Individual Large Hill Day 11 February 15th 2022 Johannes Lamparter Mario Seidl Kristjan Ilves Ilka Herola Eric Frenzel Vinzenz Geiger Johannes Rydzek Terence Weber x Akito Watabe Jens Luraas Oftebro x Jarl Magnus Riiber x Any Other Norwegian Athlete Any Other Athlete Short Track Speed Skating Women's 1500m Day 12 February 16th 2022 Kim Boutin Courtney Sarault x Han Yutong Zhang Yuting Arianna Fontana x Suzanne Schulting x Xandra Velzeboer Ekaterina Efremenkova Choi Minjeong Kim A Lang Lee Yubin Kristen Santos Any Other Athlete Figure Skating Women's Event Day 13 February 17th 2022 Olga Mikutina Ekaterina Ryabova Loena Hendrickx Madeline Schizas Kaori Sakamoto Any Other Japanese Athlete Anna Shcherbakova x Alexandra Trusova x Kamila Valieva x Kim Ye-lim Lee Hae-in Mariah Bell Karen Chen Any Other Athlete Freestyle Skiing Men's Ski Cross Day 14 February 18th 2022 Johannes Rohrweck Any Other Austrian Athlete Kevin Drury x Brady Leman Bastien Midol x Terence Tchiknavorian Any Other French Athlete Florian Wilmsmann Simone Deromedis Sergey Ridzik Any Athlete from Sweden Joos Berry Ryan Regez x Any Other Swiss Athlete Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Men's 50km Mass Start Freestyle Day 15 February 19th 2022 Michal Novak Iivo Niskanen Hugo Lapalus Maurice Manificat Any German Athlete x Andrew Musgrave Francesco De Fabiani Hans Christer Holund Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo Simen Hegstad Krueger Sjur Roethe x Alexander Bolshunov Alexey Chervotkin Any Other ROC Athlete Any Other Athlete x Curling Women's Event Day 16 February 20th 2022 Canada x China Denmark Great Britain x Japan ROC South Korea Sweden x Switzerland United States Bobsleigh Four-Man Day 16 February 20th 2022 Benjamin Maier Justin Kripps x Francesco Friedrich x Christoph Hafer Johannes Lochner Brad Hall Oskars Kibermanis Maxim Andrianov x Rostislav Gaitiukevich Simon Friedli Michael Vogt Hunter Church Any Other Team [/hide]

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Cross-Country Skiing Women's Skiathlon Day 1 February 5th 2022 Teresa Stadlober Krista Parmakoski Katharina Hennig Helene Marie Fossesholm Therese Johaug x Heidi Weng x Tiril Udnes Weng Natalia Nepryaeva Any Other ROC Athlete Ebba Andersson x Frida Karlsson Rosie Brennan Jessica Diggins Any Other Athlete Speed Skating Women's 3000m Day 1 February 5th 2022 Marina Zueva Ivanie Blondin Isabelle Weidemann x Valerie Maltais Martina Sablikova x Francesca Lollobrigida Any Athlete from Japan Carlijn Achtereekte Antoinette De Jong Irene Schouten Ragne Wiklund Natalia Voronina Any Other Athlete x Snowboard Women's Slopestyle Day 2 February 6th 2022 Tess Coady Anna Gasser Evy Poppe Laurie Blouin x Annika Morgan Katie Ormerod Reira Iwabuchi Kokomo Murase Miyabi Onitsuka Melissa Peperkamp Zoi Sadowski Synnott x Cool Wakushima Hanne Eilertsen Jamie Anderson x Any Other Athlete Freestyle Skiing Women's Moguls Day 2 February 6th 2022 Jakara Anthony Britteny Cox Any Athlete from Canada Perrine Laffont x Junko Hoshino Anri Kawamura x Kisara Sumiyoshi Hinako Tomitaka Yuliya Galysheva Olivia Giaccio Kai Owens Jaelin Kauf Hannah Soar x Any Other Athlete Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom Day 3 February 7th 2022 Katharina Truppe Ramona Siebenhofer Any Other Austrian Athlete Tessa Worley Marta Bassino Federica Brignone Alice Robinson Any Norwegian Athlete Maryna Gasienica-Daniel Petra Vlhova Meta Hrovat Sara Hector Michelle Gisin x Lara Gut-Behrami Mikaela Shiffrin x Any Other Athlete x Alpine Skiing Men's Super G Day 4 February 8th 2022 Raphael Haaser Vincent Kriechmayr Matthias Mayer x James Crawford Alexis Pinturault Andreas Sander Dominik Paris Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Beat Feuz Marco Odermatt x Stefan Rogentin Ryan Cochran-Siegle Travis Ganong Any Other Athlete x Snowboard Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Day 4 February 8th 2022 Benjamin Karl Andreas Prommegger Any Other Austrian Athlete x Radoslav Yankov Stefan Baumeister Mirko Felicetti Roland Fischnaller Any Other Italian Athlete Dmitrii Loginov x Zan Kosir Tim Mastnak Lee Sangho Dario Caviezel x Nevin Galmarini Any Other Athlete Biathlon Men's Individual Day 4 February 8th 2022 Anton Smolski Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet Emilien Jacquelin Any German Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe x Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen Sturla Holm Laegreid Eduard Latypov Alexandr Loginov Sebastian Samuelsson Any Other Athlete x Speed Skating Men's 1500m Day 4 February 8th 2022 Bart Swings Connor Howe Ning Zhongyan Seitaro Ichinohe Ryota Kojima Takuro Oda Thomas Krol x Kjeld Nuis x Allan Dahl Johansson Peder Kongshaug Kim Minseok Joey Mantia x Any Other Athlete Luge Women's Singles Day 4 February 8th 2022 Madeleine Egle Any Other Austrian Athlete Anna Berreiter Nathalie Geisenberger x Julia Taubitz x Andrea Voetter Kendija Aparjode Eliza Tiruma Viktoriia Demchenko Tatyana Ivanova x Ekaterina Katnikova Summer Britcher Any Other American Athlete Any Other Athlete Freestyle Skiing Men's Big Air Day 5 February 9th 2022 Lukas Muellauer Matej Svancer Teal Harle Max Moffatt x Antoine Adelisse Ben Barclay Tormod Frostad Birk Ruud x Oliwer Magnusson Mac Forehand Alexander Hall x Colby Stevenson Any Other Athlete Snowboard Men's Snowboard Cross Day 6 February 10th 2022 Any Athlete from Australia Jakob Dusek Alessandro Haemmerle x Any Other Austrian Athlete Eliot Grondin x Merlin Surget Paul Berg Martin Noerl Lorenzo Sommariva Omar Visintin Glenn De Blois Lucas Eguibar Nick Baumgartner x Any Other Athlete Biathlon Women's Sprint Day 7 February 11th 2022 Lisa Theresa Hauser Dzinara Alimbekava Hanna Sola Marketa Davidova Justine Braisaz-Bouchet x Anais Chevalier-Bouchet Julia Simon Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuss Any Italian Athlete Tiril Echoff x Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Kristina Reztsova Elvira Oeberg x Hanna Oeberg Any Other Athlete Short Track Speed Skating Women's 1000m Day 7 February 11th 2022 Kim Boutin x Courtney Sarault Any Athlete from China x Arianna Fontana Suzanne Schulting x Xandra Velzeboer Natalia Maliszewska Ekaterina Efremenkova Sofia Prosvirnova Choi Minjeong Lee Yubin Kristen Santos Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's Relay Day 8 February 12th 2022 Czech Republic Finland France Germany Italy Norway x ROC x Slovenia Sweden x Switzerland United States Any Other Nation Ski Jumping Men's Individual Large Hill Day 8 February 12th 2022 Jan Hoerl Daniel Huber Stefan Kraft Markus Eisenbichler Karl Geiger x Ryoyu Kobayashi x Halvor Egner Granerud x Robert Johansson Marius Lindvik Any Polish Athlete Anze Lanisek Cene Prevc Timi Zajc Kilian Peier Any Other Athlete Skeleton Women's Singles Day 8 February 12th 2022 Janine Flock Kim Meylemans Any Athlete from Canada Tina Hermann x Jacqueline Loelling Hannah Neise Valentina Margaglio Kimberly Bos Yulia Kanakina Elena Nikitina x Alina Tararychenkova Katie Uhlaender x Any Other Athlete Short Track Speed Skating Men's 500m Day 9 February 13th 2022 Steven Dubois x Jordan Pierre-Gilles Ren Ziwei Wu Dajing John-Henry Krueger Liu Shaoang x Liu Shaolin Sandor Denis Nikisha Any Dutch Athlete Konstantin Ivliev Pavel Sitnikov Hwang Daeheon x Kwak Yoon-gy Any Other Athlete Figure Skating Ice Dance Day 10 February 14th 2022 Fournier Beaudry/Sorensen Gilles/Poirier Wang /Liu Fear/Gibson Guignard/Fabbri Kaliszek/Spodyriev Davies/Smolkin Sinitsina/Katsalapov x Stepanova/Bukin Chock/Bates Hawayek/Baker Hubbell/Donohue x Any Other Pair x Alpine Skiing Men's Slalom Day 12 February 16th 2022 Manuel Feller Any Other Austrian Athlete Filip Zubcic Clement Noel x Alexis Pinturault Dave Ryding Giuliano Razzoli Alex Vinatzer Sebastian Foss-Solevaag Lucas Braathen Henrik Kristoffersen Kristoffer Jakobsen Daniel Yule x Any Other Swiss Athlete x Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Men's Team Sprint Classical Day 12 February 16th 2022 Belarus Canada Czech Republic Finland France Great Britain Italy x Norway x ROC x Sweden Switzerland United States Any Other Nation Freestyle Skiing Men's Aerials Day 12 February 16th 2022 Ihar Drabiankou Jia Zongyang Sun Jiaxu x Any Other Chinese Athlete Sherzod Khashyrbayev Ilia Burov Maxim Burov Stanislav Nikitin Nicolas Gygax Noe Roth x Pirmin Werner Oleksandr Abramenko Dmytro Kotovskyi x Any American Athlete Any Other Athlete Nordic Combined Men's Team Relay Day 13 February 17th 2022 Austria x Czech Republic Finland France Germany x Italy Japan Norway x United States Speed Skating Women's 1000m Day 13 February 17th 2022 Li Qishi Noa Kodaira x Miho Takagi Yekaterina Aidova Antoinette De Jong Jutta Leerdam x Ireen Wust Andzelika Wojcik Angelina Golikova Daria Kachanova Any Other ROC Athlete Brittany Bowe x Kimi Goetz Any Other Athlete Freestyle Skiing Women's Halfpipe Day 14 February 18th 2022 Amy Fraser Rachel Karker x Cassie Sharpe x Gu Ailing Eileen x Li Fanghui Zhang Kexin Kelly Sildaru Zoe Atkin Saori Suzuki Jang Yujin Hanna Faulhaber Devin Logan Brita Sigourney Any Other Athlete Curling Men's Event Day 15 February 19th 2022 Canada x China Denmark Great Britain x Italy Norway ROC Sweden Switzerland United States x Speed Skating Men's Mass Start Day 15 February 19th 2022 Bart Swings Jordan Belchos Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu Any Athlete from Denmark Andrea Giovanni x Jorit Bergsma x Sven Kramer Kristian Ulekleiv Ruslan Zakharov Chung Jaewon Lee Seung-lee Joey Mantia Ian Quinn Any Other Athlete x Biathlon Women's Mass Start Day 15 February 19th 2022 Lisa Theresa Hauser Dzinara Alimbekava Hanna Sola Marketa Davidova Anais Bescond Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Anais Chevalier-Bouchet Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuss Tiril Echoff x Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Kristina Reztsova x Elvira Oeberg Hanna Oeberg x Any Other Athlete Bobsleigh Women's Two-Woman Day 15 February 19th 2022 Beierl/Onasanya De Bruin/Bujnowski Any Other Canadian Team x Any Team from China Jamanka/Burghardt Kalicki/Buckwitz x Nolte/Doenicke Grecu/Wick Sergeeva/Belomestnykh Hasler/Pasternack Humphries/Hoffman x Meyers/Gibbs Any Other Team [/hide]

According to wikipedia, the most comparable oval that I've seen in international competitions in terms of altitude is the one in Stavanger in Norway (49m vs 48m respectively). In terms of Olympic Ovals, the closest one in altitude is Korea's from 2018 (26m). Sochi's was 27m, but it has been renovated into something else since. Lillehammer was 125m.

As a Habs fan, glad to see 3 former Canadiens on the roster for Canada (I realize this sentence must be very confusing to non-NHL followers). Carr, Desharnais and Staal (2010 gold medal winner, btw). And yes, also as a Habs fan very weird to see Chelios on Team China. Edit: How could I forget Jordan Weal! That makes four former Habs! Edit 2: There's actually 6 former Habs on the roster. Barberio and Ellis (taxi squad).

I don't know about the exact area around the alpine venue, but the city of Beijing itself is often quite windy, especially in winter. So I voted YES.

I initially wrote that I wasn't sure if he'd be there due to covid. I also was going to say Lawes, but then thinking about curling it got all messy because Jones and Gushue are also both gold medalists, and Morris also has two (but would be competing that day and the next). But yeah, curlers of some combination would make sense.

Yes, sorry, I meant ice dance, not pairs. I just think, "two skaters".

The first part (0 medals) I agree with. Curling (3) Of course we expect three medals, preferably three golds. Hockey(2) Same. Are you having a stroke? Snowboarding (3-8): Men's Slopstyle and Big Air could sweep. They could also not get any medals. Women's slopestyle and Big Air: 0-2 Boarder cross: 0-3 Free Ski (5-7): Men's moguls, women's and men's halfpipe, ski cross always comes through (Canadian women have won every gold in this event since it started, and 5/9 medals). Team Arials has a chance. Ski big air, let's see what happens. Canada has topped the Free ski the last two Olympics, and always been top-2. Speed skating (5-8): I'm sure of Men's 500, Women's Pursuit, Women's Mass Start. Then some mix of Men's 5000, 10000, Men's Pursuit, Women's 3000, 5000. Short Track (2-6): I agree, hard to predict. Canada should be in every final. Bobsled (2-3): Justin Kripps should get up on the podium at least in one of his events, if not both. Women could pull out another one or two. Figure Skating (0-1): Probably Canada's first blank in figure skating since 1980. The only hope is in Pairs. A distant hope. But hey, distant hopes came though a few times for us in this sport, like in 2006. I predict 25-32 medals, with around 8-10 golds. It's a wide range because a lot of these sports (free ski, snowboard, short track) can be decided on one slip. For most Canadians, it comes down to the success of our hockey and curling teams. In 2014 it was 4/4 golds. In 2018 we got a gold, silver and bronze out of the 5. First time without a traditional curling medal. Not good. Not tolerated again.

Are we guessing who will be the Opening Ceremonies flag bearer yet? It should be announced pretty soon. My guess is Justin Kripps. Defending gold medalist, strong medal contender in two events in Beijing and doesn't compete until later in the schedule. What are your picks?

Haha. Unlike Vancouver it certainly is cold enough to snow here, it's just so dry. It's still snowing now and it's supposed to keep going until tomorrow. But it'll be gone in a few days.

Haha. Unlike Vancouver it certainly is cold enough to snow here, it's just so dry. It's still snowing now and it's supposed to keep going until tomorrow. But it'll be gone in a few days.

I have that hat!

It's snowing in Beijing! Second time this winter, first since November.

I don't know. I was told you had to be in Beijing for 14 days before and after the event you are attending, self-reporting with tests. If you already have tickets then maybe there are exceptions, but even being in Beijing we'll see what these new cases here does to everything. I've learned never to expect nice things the last 2 years.

Hoping for more than a few, haha. One of, if not the, best speed skating teams all around Canada has put together. Very excited to see what they can do.

I can't say too much right now, but there are things happening through various businesses and organizations to get people in the stands, including non-Chinese spectators. You have to be in Beijing, and not leave Beijing, as well as other restrictions, but there is no shortage of interest. Things can change, especially with this new case in the city, but having a diverse audience seems to be one of their priorities.

Beijing has its first reported case of Omicron, specifically in the district I live in (Haidian). https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/beijing-covid-19-first-local-omicron-case-china-outbreaks-2437546 Schools will go online this week (and the next if they're still not on Lunar New Year break). The LNY break will also be extended to cover the whole Olympics. Haidian is in the western part of the city, and will host several events like short track, figure skating, some of the hockey matches and big air competitions. Beijing instituted a rule in December that if you visited any city or area that ends up having a case in the last 14 days you would not be allowed to re-enter the capital. If you already returned, you must self-quarantine immediately at home. I had some friends that were forced to do that after returning from Xi'an, which has been on lockdown for several weeks now. I went shopping to stock up today and hope we don't end up like Xi'an or the other cities currently on lockdown. Right now it's just the one case, so fingers crossed it won't get worse.

Yeah, I know lots of people, mostly Americans and Brits, who only care about snowboard (freestyle) when it comes to the Winter Olympics. It very much attracts lots of casual viewers who probably wouldn't be interested in the WOG otherwise. I'm doing my part, trying to ease them into freestyle skiing since it's mostly the same thing. And, of course, curling.

I agree that the field is deep. Here is my projection just for fun: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Fair enough, but lots of people are underestimating Jennifer Jones, the only female rink to go undefeated at the Olympics. Not to mention Kaitlyn Lawes who won gold in mixed doubles in 2018.

I thought they would choose Morris/Homan because they both have the experience of going to the Olympics and Morris is of course half of the defending Olympic gold medalist team. As others have said, any pick would have been controversial, and the reality is any one of the teams in the running could win gold. I'm personally not sure if Homan is a BIG game performer, but we'll find out.

Interesting. When I came to China in October 2020 Beijing just opened up direct flights and Toronto was one of them (lucky for me). There were only a couple of other cities at the time, but I know Tokyo was not one of them. Just one or two in Europe, and maybe HK, but not any in the US. HK being an approved hub is interesting because they have the same quarantine rules as the Mainland, in that you have to do minimum 2 weeks in a government approved quarantine hotel (might be up to 3 weeks now). AFAIK, HK is not allowing layover flights either, so using that as your entry into Beijing would be unfeasible for Olympians. It is still very hard to find flights in and out of China, especially Beijing, and they are incredibly expensive. I would imagine most NOCs would charter flights, that would make more sense.

Wow, great job. Nitpicking, but I disagree about Canada's chances at curling. I know our rinks dropped the ball in 2018 and the rest of the world is catching up, but I don't see Jennifer Jones missing the podium. She is the only female skip to go undefeated at the Olympics (2014), and her third is the defending champ in the mixed event from 2018. They're both big game performers. Mixed doubles, who knows especially since Canada had to cancel their trials and the team will just be selected. Everything else looks good for Canada, although I might argue freestyle and snowboarding are underrepresented. But those sports can be unpredictable, especially this year. I'd be very happy with those speed skating results, both long and short track (though I hope Canada comes through in the new mixed relay). At the end of the day, the total medals are realistic, though I'd hope for more golds. Great job! Better than the official outlets.

A revived speed skating team, new events and hopefully a return to the podium in curling could maintain Canada's count from 2018. The thing is, Canada tends to be good at things that are unpredictable like freestyle, snowboard and short track. One slip spells disaster in those events. Add to that uncertain training and competitive seasons the last 2 years and who knows. It could turn out great, it could be terrible. Prediction: Canada doesn't win a figure skating medal for the first time since 1980.