Winter Olympics 2022

[Crucial]

Speed skating can be a good watch. The likelihood of someone slipping and taking everyone out is high.

Many of the freestyle sports have been ruined by becoming olympic events as predicted. Too prescribed in order to have a consistent judging set up now when pre-olympic days it was about progression and style. I will be watching the ski halfpipe though. That's a good spectator sport.

Downhill skiing for the speed and danger.

Another sport ruined by the olympics is snowboard cross. It used to be a great fun watch more like demolition derby on boards.Tamed down now and not as exciting.

Bobsleigh and luge can be good depending on how wicked the track is. We went down the Innsbruck course in a four man bob one night and it was scary as all fuck. Highly recommended.

[MajorRage]

Downhill ski is brilliant

The sheer skill combined with nerves and balls of steel is fantastic watching because fuck those chicks are hot.

[KiwiMurph]

Unfortunately NHL players won't be attending.

The 2010 Ice Hockey in Vancouver was awesome.

Of course the 1980 'Miracle On Ice' USA vs USSR didn't require NHL players.

[Stargazer]

This link should go straight to Sky Sport's Olympic tv schedule:

TV Guide

[Stargazer]

Fantastic race on the 3,000m women's speedskating, with Irene Schouten from the Netherlands winning gold and setting a new Olympic Record 3:56:93 (was 3:57.70 set by Claudia Pechstein from Germany in 2002).

[Stargazer]

Don't know about you guys, but I get sore knees just from watching Freestyle skiing (moguls).

[Crucial]

The curling has been a good watch. Really impressed by the skill in accuracy.
I thinks it’s more entertaining by being mixed doubles. The player dynamics are fun to watch (usually the woman bossing the man around)
Caught some commentary where they said it’s quite common for them to be actual couples. In the case of the Swiss team, exes.

[mikedogz]

Gold

https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/snowboard/results-women-s-snowboard-slopestyle-fnl-.htm

[Chris B.]

Wow - clutch on the last!

Well done Zoi!!!

[taniwharugby]

this has her final run in it

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/127701983/winter-olympics-zoi-sadowskisynnott-wins-historic-gold-for-new-zealand-in-slopestyle

[Bovidae]

Zoi's dad had obviously had some celebratory drinks as he dropped a couple of f-bombs in a live TV interview. Great stuff!

[booboo]

[MajorRage]

@mikedogz said in Winter Olympics 2022:

Gold

https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/snowboard/results-women-s-snowboard-slopestyle-fnl-.htm

Sensational last run!!!

Anybody know how the world reacted???

[Machpants]

What a bunch of wimps

Feb 6, 2022  /  Sport

‘I have no more tears’: Beijing’s Winter Olympics hit by athlete complaints

Just two days into the event organisers are facing a litany of complaints from multiple athletes and countries on multiple fronts

[antipodean]

@machpants Not sure I'd be impressed if I was a biathlete and subjected to this for "food".

[Machpants]

@antipodean said in Winter Olympics 2022:

@machpants Not sure I'd be impressed if I was a biathlete and subjected to this for "food".

Holy crap!

[canefan]

@antipodean said in Winter Olympics 2022:

@machpants Not sure I'd be impressed if I was a biathlete and subjected to this for "food".

Must have just ordered a few extra meals and diverted them from the nearest re-education camp

[Crucial]

@canefan said in Winter Olympics 2022:

@antipodean said in Winter Olympics 2022:

@machpants Not sure I'd be impressed if I was a biathlete and subjected to this for "food".

Must have just ordered a few extra meals and diverted them from the nearest re-education camp

DoS attack coming in 1…..2……..

[Kiwiwomble]

i saw we had another kiwi about to compete so thought i would check it out...so picturesque

[Nepia]

@canefan I've been conditioned by the Hot chicks thread to click on those links and go to instagram pages so was kind of disappointed with these pics. But still, cheers for posting them.