2014 Sochi Olympics

[superjames1992]

Quote: Originally Posted by slickdtc

My absolute favorite event is the snowboard cross. The one where its 6 snowboarders racing down the course simultaneously. It's the best because its the most competitive. These other events are one racer at a time, best time wins. This one is everyone racing the same course at the same time so no excuses. No guesswork here, you hit that line first, no looking at the clock... You won.

Agreed. I love to watch it.

[ImTellinTim]

Quote: Originally Posted by slickdtc

My absolute favorite event is the snowboard cross. The one where its 6 snowboarders racing down the course simultaneously. It's the best because its the most competitive. These other events are one racer at a time, best time wins. This one is everyone racing the same course at the same time so no excuses. No guesswork here, you hit that line first, no looking at the clock... You won.

I was pissed that I missed the live coverage of that because a guy I grew up with was on the team. He didn't get past his first heat, but I couldn't nail down the time it was actually on because of the delay.

[gerg1234]

Quote: Originally Posted by ubernoob

Wake me up when the Olympics isn't corrupt.

Olympic committee vs Fifa for the most corrupt would be an interesting match.....Qatar baby!

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[MrSerendipity]

Quote: Originally Posted by gerg1234

Olympic committee vs Fifa for the most corrupt would be an interesting match.....Qatar baby! Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

Don't even get me started. I'm still angry over this.

[shugknight]

Thoughts on the Female Figure Skating finals last night? My wife thinks Yuna was robbed. But honestly, I can't tell the difference between a good and great performance in figure skating, so I wanted to see what everyone else thought.

[Tovarich]

Quote: Originally Posted by mb625

Just saw that feature NBC did on Viktor Ahn... is it just me, or should switching countries just because you wouldn't be able to compete for your home country complete crap. I don't think I would ever compete for another country, even if I was good enough to compete there but not here. There's just something that, to me, is completely wrong with that and I don't think that should be legal.

The part of it that seems to be complete crap is South Korea not letting him compete when he clearly is better than anyone they, or any other country have. I do usually find this kinda thing incredibly lame, but South Korea deserved to have it stuck to them. He'd likely be defying age, but I hope he can stick it to them in 4 years when they're hosting.

[Majingir]

Alpine Skiing Slalom event featuring an athlete who's named Trevor Philip...and he's Canadian! lol

[mb625]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tovarich

The part of it that seems to be complete crap is South Korea not letting him compete when he clearly is better than anyone they, or any other country have. I do usually find this kinda thing incredibly lame, but South Korea deserved to have it stuck to them. He'd likely be defying age, but I hope he can stick it to them in 4 years when they're hosting.

You know, I don't disagree with this statement at all. As much as I disagree with what Ahn did (I still don't think it should be allowed, you do have a point. S. Korea couldn't find room for him and now he's dominating them for a different country... that is kind of poetic justice.