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Old 02-12-2006, 02:27 AM   #101
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You know, hearing that Kwan is withdrawing from the Olympics makes me irritated that she took a spot for someone else who had qualified for the team at the US championships.
i don't think she has actually withdrawn yet. and they said if she does withdraw that the other Hughes sister is her backup.
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Old 02-12-2006, 02:35 AM   #102
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i don't think she has actually withdrawn yet. and they said if she does withdraw that the other Hughes sister is her backup.
I wasn't sure if they could replace her once she did withdraw. If they can good. It's on the Olympics home page that she did withdraw already.
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Old 02-12-2006, 02:36 AM   #103
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Old 02-12-2006, 02:45 AM   #104
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wow. i'm sure she didn't "want" to, but that's pretty lame.
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Old 02-12-2006, 02:53 AM   #105
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wow. i'm sure she didn't "want" to, but that's pretty lame.
Reading the article it states they are going to ask to replace Kwan, but it isn't a sure thing. I hope they let her be replaced.
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Old 02-12-2006, 03:13 AM   #106
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Old 02-12-2006, 03:20 AM   #107
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catching some of the early stuff on the replay.


wow...that throw-triple-axle is BADASS.


That was what my cryptic wow comment was about before. I was amazed they pulled it off.
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Old 02-12-2006, 03:22 AM   #108
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You know, hearing that Kwan is withdrawing from the Olympics makes me irritated that she took a spot for someone else who had qualified for the team at the US championships.


I thought she petitioned and didn't take someone else's spot. I thought we didn't have another skater that qualified to go, so that there was no downside to the USA for her to go.
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Old 02-12-2006, 03:24 AM   #109
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Dola -

I'm mildly drunk, tired, and about to pass out. However, I was apparently confused about Kwan. In any case, they said that the IOC has unofficially approved Emily Hughes (The younger sister of Sara) to come to the Olympics as a replacement.
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Old 02-12-2006, 08:41 AM   #110
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Old 02-12-2006, 08:43 AM   #111
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Old 02-12-2006, 09:26 AM   #112
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I thought she petitioned and didn't take someone else's spot. I thought we didn't have another skater that qualified to go, so that there was no downside to the USA for her to go.


kwan didnt skate at nationals, where the 3 top finishers qualify for the olympic team, but she petitioned the IOC for an exemption and a spot on the team based upon her previous performances and the fact that she was injured. they set this precedent by letting Nancy (whhhyyyyyyyy) Kerrigan go to Lillehammer in '94. so they bumped out emily hughes and let kwan have her spot. i thought it was bs at the time, and this only confirms it.
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Old 02-12-2006, 11:13 AM   #113
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for anyone else watching in HD, is your picture and sound cutting in and out? Craptacular said he had some problems earlier on Universal HD with the audio, but this entire primetime show is giving me all kinds of problems with both audio and visual.


also, anyone else noticing that the audio is out of sync with the video?

Last night I also tried watching some of the coverage in HD from my local NBC affilliate through my antenna, and had a bunch of picture / sound issues again. I was getting awesome signal strength, so I don't think that was the problem. I think NBC is just having problems with their HD feed altogether. The problems were bad enough to make it unwatchable, and I flipped back to SD through DISH.
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Old 02-12-2006, 03:16 PM   #114
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Old 02-12-2006, 03:54 PM   #115
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kwan didnt skate at nationals, where the 3 top finishers qualify for the olympic team, but she petitioned the IOC for an exemption and a spot on the team based upon her previous performances and the fact that she was injured. they set this precedent by letting Nancy (whhhyyyyyyyy) Kerrigan go to Lillehammer in '94. so they bumped out emily hughes and let kwan have her spot. i thought it was bs at the time, and this only confirms it.
Spot on! I'm actually glad that Kwan pulled out, because she totally screwed over Emily Hughes. Right after they let Kwan get in, I wondered why anyone ever thought figure skating was a legit sport when crap like that happens.
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Old 02-12-2006, 03:55 PM   #116
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I wasn't sure if they could replace her once she did withdraw. If they can good. It's on the Olympics home page that she did withdraw already.

Kwan had to try out for her spot. And what she did, was no different than what Kerrigan did to her in 1994 when she ended up being the alternate. Hence, it wasn't unprecedented or anything.

Plus, they made her actually perform her routine, so it wasn't as though she didn't have to work for it.

I think what she did here, proves she's gracious and doesn't think she's above the sport. People need to cut this girl some slack, she's done a hell of job representing America over the years.
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Old 02-12-2006, 04:06 PM   #117
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Kwan had to try out for her spot. And what she did, was no different than what Kerrigan did to her in 1994 when she ended up being the alternate. Hence, it wasn't unprecedented or anything.

Plus, they made her actually perform her routine, so it wasn't as though she didn't have to work for it.

I think what she did here, proves she's gracious and doesn't think she's above the sport. People need to cut this girl some slack, she's done a hell of job representing America over the years.
Oh screw that! Gracious would have been to admit she hasn't been well enough to participate in Qualification and shouldn't try to nose her way into the US team simply based on reputation. She's a prima donna, plain and simple.
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Old 02-12-2006, 04:19 PM   #118
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i am about half and half with agreeing with the two posts above this one, but i do give her alot of credit for walking away early enough for Emily Hughes to get here and get ready....she could easily have stayed a few more days, or not left at all...so i will give her a ton of props for doing what is best for the US team.
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Old 02-12-2006, 04:55 PM   #119
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Why all the consternation about Kwan doing something that was within the rules to be on the team? It's not like she's the first athlete ever to have done this.

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Old 02-12-2006, 05:11 PM   #120
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Oh screw that! Gracious would have been to admit she hasn't been well enough to participate in Qualification and shouldn't try to nose her way into the US team simply based on reputation. She's a prima donna, plain and simple.


I disagree. I think her dream was to win Olympic Gold and this was her last chance, and she was going to do anything to attempt to fulfill that dream. She obviously was healthy enough when she went through what she did to get onto the team but since then has suffered some minor injuries that have thrown her off her game. If she was truly a prima donna she would have stayed, knowing that all eyes were on her, and continued to try to practice and maybe pull off a mediocre performance in 10 days. But she did the right thing and stepped aside for Hughes...I am sure it wasn't an easy decision to make, I bet there are quite a few athletes who wouldn't have done what she did and would have selfishly stayed just to stay knowing they had no shot at a medal, or even being a contender for a medal.

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Old 02-12-2006, 05:34 PM   #121
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Old 02-12-2006, 05:40 PM   #122
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I agree that having a bunch of useless posts with generic comments is not a good strategy, but please put a spoiler warning with some space before posting results.
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Old 02-12-2006, 06:03 PM   #123
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I agree that having a bunch of useless posts with generic comments is not a good strategy, but please put a spoiler warning with some space before posting results.


Why don't we just create a spoilers thread? This one can be for the "political" discussions and the other for results and such...
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Old 02-12-2006, 06:08 PM   #124
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thanks for ruining that event for everyone that planned on watching the event when they show it tonight.....

apparently some people either didnt bother or is incapable of reading the part of this thread where it says not to post spoilers.
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Old 02-12-2006, 06:10 PM   #125
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Why don't we just create a spoilers thread? This one can be for the "political" discussions and the other for results and such...

that is pretty much what was commonly agreed upon about 40 posts ago, when the people that were frequenting this thread said they would keep specific event results confined to threads about that event unless it had already been broadcast.
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Old 02-12-2006, 08:03 PM   #127
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I disagree. I think her dream was to win Olympic Gold and this was her last chance, and she was going to do anything to attempt to fulfill that dream. She obviously was healthy enough when she went through what she did to get onto the team but since then has suffered some minor injuries that have thrown her off her game. If she was truly a prima donna she would have stayed, knowing that all eyes were on her, and continued to try to practice and maybe pull off a mediocre performance in 10 days. But she did the right thing and stepped aside for Hughes...I am sure it wasn't an easy decision to make, I bet there are quite a few athletes who wouldn't have done what she did and would have selfishly stayed just to stay knowing they had no shot at a medal, or even being a contender for a medal.

*insert Brando "I should have been a contender" joke here*
There are different ways to be a prima donna, IMO. Kwan, I believe, knew she was injured and didn't want to look like a fool during the competition and taint her legacy. I think she fell during practice and just totally broke down and didn't want to look bad, so she said I'm not going to do it.

Basically I got no respect for him using the "Kerrigan rule" when the situation with Kerrigan was far different (purposeful sabotage by a competitor).
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Am I the only one whose favorite Olympic event (summer or winter) is the downhill? These guys are insane ... always an inch from disaster.
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Old 02-12-2006, 08:45 PM   #129
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yes. and my dad totally faked me out by saying he looked at the results and insinuating one thing that hasn't turned out to be the case so far. it's great! fake spoilers rule!
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Old 02-12-2006, 08:49 PM   #130
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I'm about 15-20 minutes behind their coverage (using the DVR), but this has been amazing so far. I can't believe how some of these guys recover from sure doom.
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Old 02-12-2006, 08:49 PM   #131
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Well that new ski thing didn't work out so well, did it?
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Old 02-12-2006, 08:53 PM   #132
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Am I the only one whose favorite Olympic event (summer or winter) is the downhill? These guys are insane ... always an inch from disaster.
It's one of my favorites- I still most like the mogul, but the downhill is one of my other couple of favorites (along with the 4 man bobseld).

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Old 02-12-2006, 08:55 PM   #133
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Can you imagine how awesome it would be if these guys raced together a la Skier X at the X Games. It would be incredibly dangerous, but fun to watch.
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Old 02-12-2006, 08:58 PM   #135
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Spoilers thread has been created - let's all respect each other and use it please...
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why doesn't SI just edit the title of this thread to say spoilers are inside?
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That wasn't a spoiler . Unless they didn't want to know X event was going to be exciting.
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Downhill racing is one of my favorite events as well (I'm about 50 minutes behind catching up on TIVO.)
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Old 02-12-2006, 09:01 PM   #139
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more short-track speedskating after the downhill. 1500 meters

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Downhill racing is one of my favorite events as well (I'm about 50 minutes behind catching up on TIVO.)
There'll be a couple of parts you might want to rewind.
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I guess I could do that with the spoilers. I was kindof hoping to have a simultaneous thread where it's commentary as we watch, tho. Basically, no spoilers until it's been shown on tv kind of thing. But that's up to everyone else.

Frankly, a non-spoiler thread will just be empty since everyone will just assume everything is a spoiler.

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Old 02-12-2006, 09:18 PM   #142
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Can you imagine how awesome it would be if these guys raced together a la Skier X at the X Games. It would be incredibly dangerous, but fun to watch.
OK, that "simulcam" is pretty cool.
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There have been some amazing jumps (and recoveries) in the downhill.

Definitely had a few "rewind moments" so far.
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The entirety of the downhill is the perfect reason why there is no need to build up stupid human interest stories for half the primetime schedule. That whole story wrote itself.

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Speaking of human interest stories... is it just me, or do we have much less of that so far this time around?
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Speaking of human interest stories... is it just me, or do we have much less of that so far this time around?
I missed most of yesterday since I was out of town, but tonight seems relatively "human interest" free. Maybe they took a cue from everyone saying that and have cut down.

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Ok, I've got a possible solution idea to the spoilers thing- gonna see what people think. How about we have two Olympic threads based on time zone: one east/central time zone, one mountain/west (those are the two television zones for something on tape delay, right?). This would just become the East/Central one and the results one can become the Mountain/West one or something like that?

That way we can do some spoilers. Otherwise, I just don't see much point of having an Olympic thread if we can't talk about it "as it's happening" or at least as it's happening for us. It'll just have a couple of "daily" recaps, maybe a discussion if some controversy comes up, and that's about it.

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i don't understand the scoring in snowboarding. i mean i get it's bad if they fall, and the longer they grab the better...but beyond that and the amount of air i don't really see how they differentiate between say White and Aguierre (who had a higher degree of difficulty in his routine, right?)
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Honestly, I think we should keep this one spoiler free. If no one posts in it, then so be it. I've been using the DVR a lot so far, and if nothing else, this could be a thread to see what events I really need to watch without knowing the results.
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Honestly, I think we should keep this one spoiler free. If no one posts in it, then so be it. I've been using the DVR a lot so far, and if nothing else, this could be a thread to see what events I really need to watch without knowing the results.
well if we can't post some kind of spoilers it's going to be pretty crappy discussion.

"oh wow you should watch the downhill."

"oh yeah that was neat."

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