Winter Olympics
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another night, another rage at Ch7. The whole commentary of the aerials was cringe-worthy. From the bloke not doing any homework and being unable to pronounce any name that wasn't Australian; to ignoring some jumps so they can cut to an interview with an Aussie girl's husband and son in the stands; to any decent jumper falling over being described as "great for australia".
Fuck, it's just so lacking in class, and dripping in jingoism. It's the television equivalent of draping yourself in an aussie flag and heading to Cronulla beach to bash some muzzies.
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Was it Phil Kearns commentating?
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@stockcar86 said in Winter Olympics:
Was it Phil Kearns commentating?
can't have been. I didn't hear him accuse any Russians (sorry, Olympic athletes from Russia) of cheating. Or even one whinge about the standard of judging.
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Russian athlete tests positive for drugs , he’s in the curling team ffs
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@mikedogz said in Winter Olympics:
Mens team pursuit ice skating into semi final, fourth or bronze at worst I believe. Will be midnight Wednesday I think.
I heard them saying the Winter Olympics team "target" with High Performance Sport NZ is one medal.
These are the guys that need to do it!
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Conflicted about last night. Aussie coverage spent an hour pumping up the Aussie aerial skier, and how amazing his new trick for the final was going to be, interviewing every one even remotely related to him, to the point where the first jumper was almost on his way down the slope before they even acknowledged he existed.
Aaaaand he didn't make it out of the first round of finals. Which would have had me cheering such is my hatred of Ch7 and what they have reduced this games too, if not for the fact that the dodginess of judged sport was in full effect. A chinese athlete who didn't even land his jump somehow managed to have a higher score than the Aussie who landed his. You fucking dodgy fluffybunnies!
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@mariner4life In the same way Sam Hill can crash with the finish line in front of him and yet still be much faster than me.
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Related to that was something I learned about how they judge ice-skating.
They were talking about why some skaters got high scores despite falling over, ahed of others who never fell. They compared the points skaters would earn for somewhat fucking up a 4 spin jump versus nailing a 3 spin (or triple axel) jump, showing that it's in the interests of skaters to attempt the harder jumps - basically, a skater like Yuzuru Hanyu can slightly fuck up one of his jumps (as long as it is a 4 spin) and still be scoring more points than anyone who is nailing 3 spins and triple axels. It helped people understand why Patrick Chan got the highest score in the team free despite having a few mis-timed, mis-landed jumps.
Of course, when those harder jumps come off, the skaters get significantly more points, so after learning about that my interest has actually gone up. I still prefer watching the girls though, despite he guys being able to land much cooler jumps - Hanyu is saying that he wants to work on a quad axel. That would be amazing, and I'm sure that at some point, someone will do it (the young USA kid looks likely too).
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Bloody hell. A Russian has been caught for doping. His sport?
Curling
Wtf did he need peds for?
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@mariner4life said in Winter Olympics:
Conflicted about last night. Aussie coverage spent an hour pumping up the Aussie aerial skier, and how amazing his new trick for the final was going to be, interviewing every one even remotely related to him, to the point where the first jumper was almost on his way down the slope before they even acknowledged he existed.
Aaaaand he didn't make it out of the first round of finals. Which would have had me cheering such is my hatred of Ch7 and what they have reduced this games too, if not for the fact that the dodginess of judged sport was in full effect. A chinese athlete who didn't even land his jump somehow managed to have a higher score than the Aussie who landed his. You fucking dodgy fluffybunnies!
Did you see the Chinese dude's face when he realised he hadn't won gold? Stunned mullet doesn't come close to describing it.
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@antipodean That commentator is a bit too excitable.
Irony for Sam is that he wiped out on about the first bit that most people would be happy to ride on - albeit that he hit it like a scalded cat!
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Winter Olympics:
Bloody hell. A Russian has been caught for doping. His sport?
Curling
Wtf did he need peds for?
Staying awake?
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Been watching loads of curling - love it, keen to give it a crack! The tactics seem very different to most sports.
I assure you M4L ,the commentators here aren't much better, very very pro GB, but hey, thats where I live, so not sure why I would expect anything else ...
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Canadian Marc Kennedy can see how curlers, especially those who specialize in mixed doubles, would benefit greatly from PEDs.
“Actually in mixed doubles, with the amount of sweeping you do, and to be able to have that quick recovery to be able to sweep again and again and again, it could definitely benefit you,” Kennedy said.That sounds to me like a guy trying to make his own hobby seem more like a real sport.
Although I do enjoy watching it, and would quite like to give it a go... seems similar to bowls, croquet, darts, pool - great games for having a few drinks and a bit of banter. -
@kruse said in Winter Olympics:
Canadian Marc Kennedy can see how curlers, especially those who specialize in mixed doubles, would benefit greatly from PEDs.
“Actually in mixed doubles, with the amount of sweeping you do, and to be able to have that quick recovery to be able to sweep again and again and again, it could definitely benefit you,” Kennedy said.That sounds to me like a guy trying to make his own hobby seem more like a real sport.
Although I do enjoy watching it, and would quite like to give it a go... seems similar to bowls, croquet, darts, pool - great games for having a few drinks and a bit of banter.Not sure barefoot curling would take off...
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One of the best stories so far has to be Ester Ledecka. She is a Czech snowboarder who shocked everyone to win the Super G. The original story was that she competed on borrowed skies but that might not be entirely accurate. And then she rocks on up to the press conference wearing her googles as she wasn't expecting to win (no shit!) so didn't have any makeup on.
