orangeman

Well, my prediction for Day 1 was one gold, potentially 2 other medals. We ended up with a silver and bronze, so not great, not bad. In short track, if the Netherlands and Korea would have made it further it wouldn't have built up the expectations. But in that final, Canada should have definitely medaled. They have a record of not being able to stay on their feet in the Olympics, so I'm hoping this is not a sign of what's to come. Moguls was bullshit, I've established my thoughts on that. Speed Skating was a success. Hockey, job done. Curling, looked terrible against an unstoppable Swedish team. Must have been how the Finland felt against Canada in hockey. Looked better against the USA, need to finish out with wins to make playoffs. Look out for Italy, apparently. Luge/Biathlon/X-Country/Ski Jumping, as expected. Tomorrow has a couple of chances as well, but actually kind of a slow day for Canada. Anyway, now I can stop and maybe organize myself from last night.

I'm going to guess she was saving herself for those events, and team relay. She didn't look like she was struggling, just disinterested.

Right, 60%, which makes the decision even less credible. Whatever, moguls judges wanted a new star, they birthed one tonight. I guess Kingsbury and Canada got boring.

Well, at least it's not considered an official "4th", right?

Congrats to the medalists! Very exciting, mostly unexpected, result.

Nope, Canada is very successful at taking themselves out in short track.

Of course....

Of course....

I hear that. Kingsbury did look conservative on his last run, but it was much cleaner than anyone else. Turns are supposed to be 40% of the score, and his were 100% better. Jumps were cleaner, higher and equal or more difficult. The only thing Wallberg was better at was time (20%). But I want to stress that Horishima being on the podium is a complete joke. That was a terrible run in almost every way.

It is ridiculous. After watching moguls, we should just ask the judges to give us a list of gold medal winners in all events and save us all the time and effort of watching the next 2 weeks.

Hahahahahaaha, another stupid decision in short track. It's going to be that kind of Games, isn't it?

There were some curious scores during qualifying and then in the finals, but nothing that affected the top-5ish. But when I saw Horishima's score I knew there would be some fuckery in the final scores. Absolute joke, no credibility. Might as well be 2002 figure skating at this point.

Well, either Hungary or China out, good for Canada.

When I saw his result I knew there was going to be some fuckery in the final positions. That was a complete joke. Ice dance judging on the moguls hill tonight.

And now with China out, final is wide open.

Good news, Canada onto the final in short track, Korea and Netherlands seem to be out.

Sorry, the Japanese and Swede don't even belong on the podium. That was crazy.

Sorry, but I humbly disagree.

WHAT????