OFFICIAL ‘26 Winter Olympics Thread

Tom McAndrew

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Back to Jordan Stolz (men's 1000m speed skating gold winner) explains his final lap.

 

Tom McAndrew

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The guy announcing the alpine skiing events is just plain awful. He's terrible. I manage to ignore him but when I don't he's worse than terrible.

speaking of which, I forgot to post a video of Ryan Cochran-Siegle (USA) winning silver in the men's Super-G.





 

LionJim

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Men’s Snowboard Cross semifinals going on now, live on USA Network. Four racers going down the hill, frantic. I dig this.

 
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BobPSU92

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Men’s Snowboard Cross semifinals going on now, live on USA Network. Four racers going down the hill, frantic. I dig this.


The kind of race where if they fed them contaminated meat at the top and had a sh|tter at the bottom, the outcome would be the same. Frantic.
 

TheBigUglies

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The guy announcing the alpine skiing events is just plain awful. He's terrible. I manage to ignore him but when I don't he's worse than terrible.
I think there are a few guys and one of them is Steve Parino and he also does announcing during the Tour De France that is very entertaining. Not sure if he is the annoying one or not but I think I know what you mean. There is announcer that seems a little over the top and critical but I don't think it is Parino.

https://www.nbcsports.com/pressbox/bios/steve-porino
 

ApexLion

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I haven't gone back thru this thread. Did we mete out typed punishment for the French judge in ice dancing? Even I thought the whole thing was fishy and I know next to nothing about most things.

BTW, Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski are really good at what they do. Weir was the first to be somewhat skeptical of the French performance.
 
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I haven't gone back thru this thread. Did we mete out typed punishment for the French judge in ice dancing? Even I thought the whole thing was fishy and I know next to nothing about most things.

BTW, Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski are really good at what they do. Weir was the first to be somewhat skeptical of the French performance.

Word is both French ice dancers (the ones who won) have had different issues with former partnerss/spouses (such as assault, sexual assault, etc.). Not a good look.
 
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Grant Green

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Too lazy to look search for other Curling posts so sorry if I'm late to the party. Friend of mine got into Curling in a Philly league so I wanted to check it out. Great match (?) against Czech. Pretty interesting to watch with cool strategy involved. I'm a fan. Go USA!
 
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I think there are a few guys and one of them is Steve Parino and he also does announcing during the Tour De France that is very entertaining. Not sure if he is the annoying one or not but I think I know what you mean. There is announcer that seems a little over the top and critical but I don't think it is Parino.

https://www.nbcsports.com/pressbox/bios/steve-porino
The guy I'm talking about doesn't seem to know a thing about skiing. Some of the stuff he says is just plain nuts. It's weird how they never give there names. I'm watching on peacock where they show the whole event.

He did the women's super G that I watched tonight. Someone must have talked to him because one of the stupid things he kept saying over and over during the men's wasn't said once tonight.
 
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LionJim

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Men’s figure skating singles finals at 12:45 on USA, at 3 on NBC.

 

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I’m sure it’s all just a misunderstanding.

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The judging should work like most job bids. Throw out the high and low score and go with the average of the others.
 
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I’m sure it’s all just a misunderstanding.

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I think this story has legs. ba da bop

I'm here all week! tip your waittress
 
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Men’s Snowboard Cross semifinals going on now, live on USA Network. Four racers going down the hill, frantic. I dig this.


Men’s Snowboard Cross semifinals going on now, live on USA Network. Four racers going down the hill, frantic. I dig this.

How come they don't have a camera o the finish line?
 
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KingLando

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I know less than nothing about figuring skating but the Malinin collapse was one or the more difficult things to watch. All mental...got in his head way too much.

Kudos to him and how he handled the questions after...he was complaining to his team about not being in Beijing but quickly got his game face on for the interview.

He'll probably have two more chances in his career
 

LionJim

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I know less than nothing about figuring skating but the Malinin collapse was one or the more difficult things to watch. All mental...got in his head way too much.

Kudos to him and how he handled the questions after...he was complaining to his team about not being in Beijing but quickly got his game face on for the interview.

He'll probably have two more chances in his career
Yes, no guts no glory, nothing but respect. No one feels worse about this than he does. It’s gonna be a hard few weeks for him going forward.
 

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Celebrate Rio De Janeiro GIF by Red Bull
How TF does a Brazilian win the Men’s Giant Slalom?
 

NittPicker

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The guy I'm talking about doesn't seem to know a thing about skiing. Some of the stuff he says is just plain nuts. It's weird how they never give there names. I'm watching on peacock where they show the whole event.

He did the women's super G that I watched tonight. Someone must have talked to him because one of the stupid things he kept saying over and over during the men's wasn't said once tonight.
Sounds like they may be using some of the BTN student announcers.
 

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Wow, Denmark scores a goal from center ice. Unsure if Hellebuyck even saw it.


Hellebuyck might not have seen it, but that doesn’t matter since he’s on the bench. 😜Swayman is in net since they play again tomorrow and are trying to avoid the same guy playing consecutive days.
 
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Hellebuyck might not have seen it, but that doesn’t matter since he’s on the bench. 😜Swayman is in net since they play again tomorrow and are trying to avoid the same guy playing consecutive days.
Oops, my bad. Had it in my mind he was starting. Now tied at 2, let's go!
 
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Bones80

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6-3 final. Scoring doesn’t seem to be a problem. A couple of fluke scores kept it close. First Dane goal was off a US skate. Second goalie never saw.
 
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