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Mixed day overall I would say. Homan and Morris haven't been at their best but it was nice to see them almost beat Great Britain and get a win against the reigning bronze medalists to stay in the hunt for the playoffs. Hopefully they can regain their form tomorrow and be able to work as a team again. Dominant win from the women's hockey team. Unfortunate that Daoust had to get injured but fingers crossed that it isn't too serious. Nice to see Kingsbury and Justine Dufour-Lapointe qualify. I was honestly only expecting Kingsbury to qualify so it's nice to see two Canadians advance. Chloe Dufour-Lapointe should be safe to advance too since they count your best of two runs for the final. Gagnon should also hopefully be safe. Dumais has some work to do though. He seems to like to go really big so hopefully he can tone down his difficulty slightly so that he can be clean.

How bad did it look?

Yeah, definitely not a great game, but Canada also struggled in the first game in 2018 too and went on a tear the rest of the way. Not concerned yet. On the other hand, having Great Britain, Norway and Switzerland as the first 3 opponents is a brutal trio of games to start the tournament.

Yeah, definitely a very interesting theme. I was kind of hoping they would bring back the theme from 2008 to be honest.

Denni Xhepa (alpine skiing) https://www.albanianews.it/sport/diaspora-denni-xhepa-rappresentera-albania-giochi-di-pechino Sarah Escobar (alpine skiing) https://www.wcax.com/2022/01/27/st-michaels-sarah-escobar-becomes-first-woman-represent-ecuador-winter-olympics/ Valtteri Filppula (ice hockey) https://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articles/valtteri_filppula_named_finlands_flag_bearer_for_2022_olympics_in_beijing/s1_16955_37149509

First day of Canadian action coming up! Day -1 (February 3) Canadian Schedule February 2 (times in Eastern time) 20:05: Curling- Mixed Doubles- Round Robin- Session 2: Great Britain vs. Canada (Rachel Homan, John Morris) 23:10: Ice Hockey- Women’s Preliminary Round- Group A: Switzerland vs. Canada February 3 5:00: Freestyle Skiing- Women’s Moguls- Qualification #1 (Chloe Dufour-Lapointe, Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Sofiane Gagnon) 6:45: Freestyle Skiing- Men’s Moguls- Qualification #1 (Laurent Dumais, Mikael Kingsbury) 7:05: Curling- Mixed Doubles- Round Robin- Session 4: Norway vs. Canada

My plan is to start with CAN vs GBR curling followed by a bit of CAN vs SUI, sleep, wake up to watch women's moguls, sleep for another hour, wake up to watch men's moguls.

Sweden had a chance to tie and they blew it

Sweden with the steal of two to take the lead

I'm guessing Fillon Maillet will probably be the most popular answer on here but I voted for Johannes. He looked like he was in great shape at the last world cup stage in Antholz and was really fast on the course which like in Beijing was at high altitude. In the end, it'll all come down to his shooting.

Yeah 23 seems reasonable, though they predicted Canada to win 4 of the 6 medals in men's snowboard slopestyle/big air . I noticed that there were some other Canadians medal contenders that weren't predicted to win though like Brendan Mackay and Kim Boutin.

It would be fun to see Charles Hamelin win an individual medal in short track in his final olympics. Also Max Parrot winning a gold after beating cancer or a gold from one of our ice hockey teams.

So here's how AP predicted the medals (Gold-Silver-Bronze-Total) 1. Norway: 20-8-11-39 2. Germany: 10-8-7-25 3. United States: 8-16-14-38 4. China: 8-3-7-18 5. Sweden: 7-7-4-18 6. Netherlands: 7-5-7-19 7. Canada: 6-10-7-23 8. France: 6-7-8-21 9. Austria: 6-5-10-21 (note, this includes a medal for Kramer) 10. Switzerland: 6-4-5-15 11. Russian Olympic Committee: 5-14-8-27 12. Japan: 5-7-8-20 13. South Korea: 4-3-0-7 14. Italy: 3-0-2-5 15. Great Britain: 2-1-0-3 16. Slovakia: 1-2-0-3 16. New Zealand: 1-2-0-3 18. Czech Republic: 1-1-2-4 19. Finland: 1-1-1-3 20. Latvia: 1-1-0-2 21. Belgium: 1-0-0-1 22. Australia: 0-2-1-3 23. Slovenia: 0-1-0-1 23. Spain: 0-1-0-1 24. Belarus: 0-0-4-4 25. Hungary: 0-0-2-2 26. Estonia: 0-0-1-1 Once again, AP is using the strategy of "predicting every American that's a medal contender to be on the podium" and also using the strategy of "I hate Canada".

Yeah, I agree that by day would be better. Also Sindo, I believe you forgot to tag @orangeman

I predicted 9 for them in my predictions. Shiffrin in alpine combined, Meyers Taylor in monobob, Nathan Chen, Chloe Kim, Jamie Anderson, Red Gerard, Erin Jackson, Brittany Bowe and theens team pursuit. Since there's no "same number of medals" option, I'll vote less because a lot of those events have high variance and they arey country's biggest rivals .

Anyone who can pull off a miracle and win a first ever winter Olympic medal for their country!

Thanks! Changed Nuis to Otterspeer

[hide] Main Round February 9th - February 13th, 2022 12 Nations, Every 1st-placed Nation from all the Groups + The best 2nd-placed Nation from all the Groups will qualify for the Quarterfinals. All remaining Nations will qualify for the Knockout Round Playoff-Matches Group A Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 10th 2022, h. 21:10 United States 6 China February 10th 2022, h. 21:10 Canada 1 Germany February 12th 2022, h. 12:10 Canada 1 United States February 12th 2022, h. 16:40 Germany 7 China February 13th 2022, h. 21:10 China 7 Canada February 13th 2022, h. 21:10 United States 2 Germany Group B Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 9th 2022, h. 16:40 ROC 5 Switzerland February 9th 2022, h. 21:10 Czech Republic 3 Denmark February 11th 2022, h. 12:10 Denmark 7 ROC February 11th 2022, h. 16:40 Czech Republic 1 Switzerland February 12th 2022, h. 21:10 ROC 3 Czech Republic February 12th 2022, h. 21:10 Switzerland 2 Denmark Group C Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 10th 2022, h. 12:10 Sweden 3 Latvia February 10th 2022, h. 16:40 Finland 3 Slovakia February 11th 2022, h. 16:40 Sweden 3 Slovakia February 11th 2022, h. 21:10 Latvia 4 Finland February 13th 2022, h. 12:10 Slovakia 1 Latvia February 13th 2022, h. 16:40 Finland 2 Sweden Top 3 Place Gold Silver Bronze Nation ROC Finland Sweden [/hide]

Had some time to update my predictions from a month ago. Once again, please keep in mind that my knowledge of alpine skiing and the nordic sports (aside from biathlon) isn't that great. Biathlon, short track and the freestyle events were especially hard to predict given their unpredictability. Athletes who are in covid protocol but haven't been ruled out of an event are still listed. Alpine Skiing GOLD SILVER BRONZE M Downhill Beat FEUZ Aleksander Aamodt KILDE Matthias MAYER M Super-G Aleksander Aamodt KILDE Marco ODERMATT Vincent KRIECHMAYR M Giant Slalom Marco ODERMATT Luca DE ALIPRANDINI Manuel FELLER M Slalom Sebastian FOSS-SOLEVAAG Lucas BRAATHEN Kristoffer JAKOBSEN M Alpine Combined Marco SCHWARZ Alexis PINTURAULT Loic MEILLARD W Downhill Sofia GOGGIA Corinne SUTER Lara GUT-BEHRAMI W Super-G Lara GUT-BEHRAMI Sofia GOGGIA Federica BRIGNONE W Giant Slalom Sara HECTOR Mikaela SHIFFRIN Tessa WORLEY W Slalom Petra VLHOVA Mikaela SHIFFRIN Katharina LIENSBERGER W Alpine Combined Mikaela SHIFFRIN Petra VLHOVA Michelle GISIN Team Event Norway Austria Sweden Biathlon GOLD SILVER BRONZE M Individual Sturla Holm LAEGREID Johannes Thingnes BOE Quentin FILLON MAILLET M Sprint Sebastian SAMUELSSON Johannes Thingnes BOE Emilien JACQUELIN M Pursuit Quentin FILLON MAILLET Vetle Sjaastad CHRISTIANSEN Sebastian SAMUELSSON M Mass Start Quentin FILLON MAILLET Emilien JACQUELIN Sturla Holm LAEGREID M Relay Norway France ROC W Individual Marketa DAVIDOVA Hanna OEBERG Lisa Theresa HAUSER W Sprint Elvira OEBERG Marte Olsbu ROEISELAND Justine BRAISAZ-BOUCHET W Pursuit Marte Olsbu ROEISELAND Elvira OEBERG Dzinara ALIMBEKAVA W Mass Start Marte Olsbu ROEISELAND Dorothea WIERER Elvira OEBERG W Relay Sweden France Norway Mixed Relay Norway France Sweden Bobsleigh GOLD SILVER BRONZE Two-Man Francesco FRIEDRICH Johannes LOCHNER Brad HALL Four-Man Francesco FRIEDRICH Justin KRIPPS Rostislav GAITIUKEVICH W Monobob Elana MEYERS TAYLOR Laura NOLTE Cynthia APPIAH Two-Woman Laura NOLTE Kim KALICKI Mariama JAMANKA Cross-Country Skiing GOLD SILVER BRONZE M Ind. Sprint Johannes Hoesflot KLAEBO Haavard Solaas TAUGBOEL Richard JOUVE M 15km Iivo NISKANEN Alexander BOLSHUNOV Simen Hegstad KRUEGER M Skiathlon Alexander BOLSHUNOV Sjur ROETHE Hans Christer HOLUND M 50km Hans Christer HOLUND Sjur ROETHE Alexander BOLSHUNOV M Team Sprint Norway ROC Italy M Relay Norway ROC Italy W Ind. Sprint Maja DAHLQVIST Jonna SUNDLING Anamarija LAMPIC W 10km Frida KARLSSON Therese JOHAUG Natalya NEPRYAYEVA W Skiathlon Therese JOHAUG Frida KARLSSON Ebba ANDERSSON W 30km Therese JOHAUG Frida KARLSSON Heidi WENG W Team Sprint Sweden United States Slovenia W Relay Sweden ROC Norway Curling GOLD SILVER BRONZE Men's Great Britain Canada Sweden Women's Switzerland Sweden ROC Mixed Doubles Great Britain Norway Sweden Figure Skating GOLD SILVER BRONZE Men's Nathan CHEN Yuzuru HANYU Shoma UNO Women's Kamila VALIEVA Anna SHCHERBAKOVA Alexandra TRUSOVA Pairs SUI/HAN MISHINA/GALLIAMOV TARASOVA/MOROZOV Ice Dance PAPADAKIS/CIZERON SINITSINA/KATSALAPOV CHOCK/BATES Team Event ROC United States Japan Freestyle Skiing GOLD SILVER BRONZE M Aerials Maxim BUROV SUN Jiaxu JIA Zongyang M Moguls Mikael KINGSBURY Ikuma HORISHIMA Walter WALLBERG M Ski Cross Ryan REGEZ Terence TCHIKNAVORIAN Bastien MIDOL M Halfpipe Nico PORTEOUS Brendan MACKAY Alex FERREIRA M Slopestyle Andri RAGETTLI Alexander HALL Max MOFFATT M Big Air Matej SVANCER Birk RUUD Teal HARLE W Aerials XU Mengtao KONG Fanyu Laura PEEL W Moguls Perrine LAFFONT Anri KAWAMURA Jakara ANTHONY W Ski Cross Sandra NAESLUND Fanny SMITH Marielle THOMPSON W Halfpipe GU Ailing Rachael KARKER Kelly SILDARU W Slopestyle Kelly SILDARU GU Ailing Tess LEDEUX W Big Air Tess LEDEUX GU Ailing Sarah HOEFFLIN Mixed Team Aerials China ROC Ukraine Ice Hockey GOLD SILVER BRONZE Men's ROC Finland Sweden Women's Canada United States Finland Luge GOLD SILVER BRONZE M Singles Johannes LUDWIG Felix LOCH Wolfgang KINDL W Singles Madeleine EGLE Natalie GEISENBERGER Julia TAUBITZ M Doubles EGGERT/BENECKEN WENDL/ARLT SICS/SICS Team Relay Germany Austria Latvia Nordic Combined GOLD SILVER BRONZE Ind. NH/10km Jarl-Magnus RIIBER Vinzenz GEIGER Johannes LAMPARTER Ind. LH/10km Jarl-Magnus RIIBER Johannes LAMPARTER Eric FRENZEL Team LH/Relay Norway Germany Austria Short Track Speed Skating GOLD SILVER BRONZE M 500m WU Dajing LIU Shaolin Sandor REN Ziwei M 1000m HWANG Dae-heon Pascal DION Semen ELISTRATOV M 1500m REN Ziwei Semen ELISTRATOV PARK Jang-hyuk M 5000m Relay Canada South Korea China W 500m Kim BOUTIN Arianna FONTANA Natalia MALISZEWSKA W 1000m Suzanne SCHULTING CHOI Min-jeong Kristen SANTOS W 1500m Suzanne SCHULTING LEE Yu-bin Courtney SARAULT W 3000m Relay Netherlands Canada China Mixed 2000m Relay China South Korea Netherlands Skeleton GOLD SILVER BRONZE Men's Christopher GROTHEER Axel JUNGK Martins DUKURS Women's Tina HERMANN Kimberley BOS Elena NIKITINA Ski Jumping GOLD SILVER BRONZE M Ind. NH Karl GEIGER Anze LANISEK Halvor Egner GRANERUD M Ind. LH Ryoyu KOBAYASHI Karl GEIGER Marius LINDVIK M Team LH Germany Austria Norway W Ind. NH Marita KRAMER Katharina ALTHAUS Nika KRIZNAR Mixed Team NH Slovenia Austria Germany Snowboarding GOLD SILVER BRONZE M Parallel Giant Slalom Stefan BAUMEISTER LEE Sang-ho Dmitry LOGINOV M Snowboard Cross Martin NOERL Alessandro HAEMMERLE Eliot GRONDIN M Halfpipe Ayumu HIRANO Yuto TOTSUKA Scotty JAMES M Slopestyle Red GERARD Marcus KLEVELAND Mark MCMORRIS M Big Air Marcus KLEVELAND Max PARROT SU Yiming W Parallel Giant Slalom Ester LEDECKA Sofia NADYRSHINA Ramona Theresia HOFMEISTER W Snowboard Cross Charlotte BANKES Michela MOIOLI Chloe TRESPEUCH W Halfpipe Chloe KIM CAI Xuetong Queralt CASTELLET W Slopestyle Jamie ANDERSON Zoi SADOWSKI-SYNNOTT Tess COADY W Big Air Anna GASSER Kokomo MURASE Reira IWABUCHI Mixed Team Snowboard Cross Italy France Australia Speed Skating GOLD SILVER BRONZE M 500m Laurent DUBREUIL Tatsuya SHINHAMA GAO Tingyu M 1000m Thomas KROL Hein OTTERSPEER NING Zhongyan M 1500m NING Zhongyan Joey MANTIA Thomas KROL M 5000m Nils VAN DER POEL Patrick ROEST Ted-Jan BLOEMEN M 10000m Nils VAN DER POEL Jorrit BERGSMA Ted-Jan BLOEMEN M Mass Start Bart SWINGS Joey MANTIA Ruslan ZAKHAROV M Team Pursuit United States Norway Netherlands W 500m Erin JACKSON Nao KODAIRA Femke KOK W 1000m Brittany BOWE Miho TAKAGI Nao KODAIRA W 1500m Miho TAKAGI Brittany BOWE Ayano SATO W 3000m Irene SCHOUTEN Francesca LOLLOBRIGIDA Isabelle WEIDEMANN W 5000m Irene SCHOUTEN Isabelle WEIDEMANN Natalya VORONINA W Mass Start Ivanie BLONDIN Francesca LOLLOBRIGIDA Irene SCHOUTEN W Team Pursuit Japan Canada Netherlands Medal Table Rank NOC GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL 1 Norway 18 14 9 41 2 Germany 12 11 5 28 3 Sweden 11 6 10 27 4 United States 9 9 3 21 5 China 8 5 7 20 6 Canada 6 9 10 25 7 Netherlands 6 4 6 16 8 Switzerland 6 3 4 13 9 ROC 5 10 12 27 10 France 5 7 8 20 11 Austria 5 6 8 19 12 Japan 4 8 5 17 13 Great Britain 3 0 1 4 14 Italy 2 7 3 12 15 Czech Republic 2 0 0 2 16 South Korea 1 5 1 7 17 Slovenia 1 1 3 5 18 Finland 1 1 1 3 19 New Zealand 1 1 0 2 20 Slovakia 1 1 0 2 21 Estonia 1 0 1 2 22 Belgium 1 0 0 1 22 Hungary 0 1 0 1 24 Australia 0 0 5 5 25 Latvia 0 0 3 3 26 Belarus 0 0 1 1 26 Ukraine 0 0 1 1 26 Poland 0 0 1 1 26 Spain 0 0 1 1

Really hate how the super bowl is scheduled at the same time as the olympics this year. I don't think I'll have enough screens to watch everything.

Epic comeback by the Bengals!

Welp, goodbye any chance of a medal we had

When it comes to the winter olympics, I'm interested in every single event. Usually ice hockey would be the event I'm most interested in but not having NHL players has severely diminished my interest so I voted biathlon (honourable mentions to both short and long track speed skating).

Tried to quickly come up with the list of events with which countries have a chance to win gold in them. Saturday: Cross- Country Skiing- Women's Skiathlon Likely winners: Norway, Sweden Speed Skating- Women's 3000m Likely winners: Netherlands Biathlon- Mixed Relay Likely winners: Norway, France, Sweden Ski Jumping- Women's Normal Hill Likely winners: Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Japan Freestyle Skiing- Men's Moguls Likely winners: Canada, Japan Short Track- Mixed Relay Likely winners: China, South Korea, Netherlands Sunday: Snowboarding- Women's Slopestyle Likely winners: United States, Japan, Australia, New Zealand Alpine Skiing- Men's Downhill Likely winners: Switzerland, Austria, Norway Cross-Country Skiing- Men's Skiathlon Likely winners: Norway, ROC Speed Skating- Men's 5000m Likely winners: Sweden Ski Jumping- Men's Normal Hill Likely winners: Germany, Japan, Austria, Norway, Slovenia Freestyle Skiing- Women's Moguls Likely winners: Japan, France, Australia Luge- Men's Likely winners: Germany, Austria, Latvia It looks like Norway has the best chance of leading the medal table.

This poll makes me so sad . I had been looking forward to seeing our star players play in the Olympics for years before the NHL announced they wouldn't be going because og covid concerns. So in that case, Russia and Finland are now the two clear favourites. I voted Finland just because I felt everyone was going to vote Russia and I wanted to give them some love because I definitely think they have what it takes to win gold.