The 2014 Winter Olympics - Sochi

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BODACIOUS said:
Ok, why?
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All in all the league is doing well, despite your xenophobia. Cowherd isn't a hockey guy, admits as much, and is more or less a moron when discussing the sport.

Sure, there's a team (Sunrise) that should be relocated, but there's one or more of those in every North American league
 
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VOLatile said:
You predicted the Swedes to lose. Nice.
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The sport just isn't competitive, it's a 2 horse race, generally not something the IOC is fond of. Finland had one of the greatest goalkeepers ever, so the scores looked much more reasonable than they actually were.
 
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Toujours Pret said:
The sport just isn't competitive, it's a 2 horse race, generally not something the IOC is fond of. Finland had one of the greatest goalkeepers ever, so the scores looked much more reasonable than they actually were.
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65000 women hockey players in the US vs 3000 in Sweden. I don't think the IOC has a choice if they want to keep women's hockey in the Olympics. Would they remove women's hockey and leave men's hockey? I don't think they would like the international backlash that would cause.
 
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VOLatile said:
65000 women hockey players in the US vs 3000 in Sweden. I don't think the IOC has a choice if they want to keep women's hockey in the Olympics. Would they remove women's hockey and leave men's hockey? I don't think they would like the international backlash that would cause.
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It's already been talked about, if the reat of the world can't catch up its done, if not in 2018 then 2022.
 
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VOLatile said:
65000 women hockey players in the US vs 3000 in Sweden. I don't think the IOC has a choice if they want to keep women's hockey in the Olympics. Would they remove women's hockey and leave men's hockey? I don't think they would like the international backlash that would cause.
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How many female ski jumpers are there in the U.S.?

Or ski jumpers at all, for that matter?
 
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VOLatile said:
65000 women hockey players in the US vs 3000 in Sweden. I don't think the IOC has a choice if they want to keep women's hockey in the Olympics. Would they remove women's hockey and leave men's hockey? I don't think they would like the international backlash that would cause.
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It's not like there was ever men's hockey without women's hockey in the Olympics
 
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Davis/White get the gold in ice dancing.

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FalcoVol said:
Davis/White get the gold in ice dancing.
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Thanks for running it.

This is interesting.


Sochi Olympics bobsled: Why it’s the worst-designed sport of all time.

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation keeps detailed statistics back to 2005 for all Olympic and world championship events. In this time period, for all four-man, two-man, and two-woman bobsled competitions, the team ahead after the third run has won 100 percent of the time. The fourth run of an international bobsled competition, then, is the most meaningless event in all of sports—or at least tied for first in the meaninglessness rankings with every preseason NFL game.

The team that’s leading after two runs has gone on to win 85 percent of the time, and even after one run the leading team wins 70 percent of competitions.
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pretty cool gesture

In what will go down as one of the more touching moments of the Sochi Olympics, Swiss cross-country skier Dario Cologna won a gold medal and then waited 28 minutes to congratulate last-place finisher Roberto Carcelen of Peru at the finish line.

The 43-year-old Carcelen is Peru's first Winter Olympian and has only been skiing since 2005. He was also competing with broken ribs as the result of a training accident just two weeks before the Olympics.
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Cross-Country Skier Dario Cologna Waited To Greet Peru's Roberto Carcelen At The Finish Line - Business Insider
 
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Damn Netherlands and their speedskating medals! My god, when are those events going to end?
 
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Slovenia has a total of 148 registered ice hockey players in the country and only 7 ice rinks. Whoa.
 
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You know, one thing I've come to appreciate about many of these winter sports is that, unlike most of the sports we find entertaining, you're not allowed the benefit of a mistake. For instance, in a bball or fball game, an individual and a team can make numerous mistakes throughout and still win. In most of the individual winter sports, one mistake and you're done. That's extreme pressure.
 
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volprof said:
Damn Netherlands and their speedskating medals! My god, when are those events going to end?
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Apparently there are still three speed skating events left. If that's including three per men's and women's, the Dutch could potentially win 18 more medals in speedskating. Of course they won't, but I'd imagine they win at least 6-8 more. NBC said earlier that the most medals the Dutch had ever won at an Olympics was 11. They've already shattered that and will only add more. Unreal.
 
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