Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[vinipereira 3,054]

No podium for Germany, that's something new 

[Olympian1010 7,477]

So ends  sweep of the sliding medals, not only do they not take gold, they don’t take a medal period.

[Quaker2001 246]

Gold and silver for  

[NearPup 2,156]

1 minute ago, vinipereira said:

No podium for Germany, that's something new 

Third North American sweep out of six women’s bobsleigh events held at the Olympics.

[Triplecast 114]

I learned tonight that  had recruited Humphries.  

5 minutes ago, NearPup said:

I acthaly am pretty sure Humphries will finish ahead of  on the medal table these Olympics.

You do mean gold medals?  You will at least get a tie.

[NearPup 2,156]

4 minutes ago, Triplecast said:

I learned tonight that  had recruited Humphries.  

You do mean gold medals?  You will at least get a tie.

I’m more optimistic about Humphries winning a second gold medal than I am about Canada winning a second gold tbh.

 

And I’ve always done the medal table g-s-b, betraying both my countries in the process :P
 

And ya, a bunch of countries tried to recruit Humphries. She also came very close to competing for before she made the Canadian team. To her credit she picked a country she has an actual connection to. She also had good lawyers because, as someone who has become a US citizen through the same type of immigration process she did, her timeline was *fast*. Like faster than most people think is possible fast.

[Triplecast 114]

11 minutes ago, NearPup said:

 

I’m more optimistic about Humphries winning a second gold medal than I am about Canada winning a second gold tbh.

 

And I’ve always done the medal table g-s-b, betraying both my countries in the process :P
 

And ya, a bunch of countries tried to recruit Humphries. She also came very close to competing for before she made the Canadian team. To her credit she picked a country she has an actual connection to. She also had good lawyers because, as someone who has become a US citizen through the same type of immigration process she did, her timeline was *fast*. Like faster than most people think is possible fast.

The time to get USA citizenship is difficult issue.  Thankfully, it didn’t take an Act of Congress ala Tanith Belbin and Tracey McFarlane.

 

Statistically, I can see Huumphries  being a stronger favorite than the Canadian women.

[NearPup 2,156]

3 minutes ago, Triplecast said:

The time to get USA citizenship is difficult issue.  Thankfully, it didn’t take an Act of Congress ala Tanith Belbin and Tracey McFarlane.

 

Statistically, I can see Huumphries  being a stronger favorite than the Canadian women.

Her husband took a job abroad because that somehow made her eligible for citizenship faster than the three year rule (which is what I naturalized under). I’ve spent an unreasonable amount of time in VisaJourney and I had never even heard of that.

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Women's Monobob
Final Results

 

Kaillie HUMPHRIES

4:19.27

 

Elana MEYERS TAYLOR

4:20.81

 

Christine de BRUIN

4:21.03

Full Final Result HERE

[vinipereira 3,054]

Well, that was a near disaster performance from , but good on them for trying