As you said, the IIHF signed off on this…in October. Maybe not then but again, it’s China’s decision on who can or can’t play.
And I agree, Norway got kinda screwed here.
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And I agree, Norway got kinda screwed here.
I did. Pretty obvious it was a set up. But awesome nonetheless. Wish I did that to guys that have dropped in on me.
That’s Snapper Rocks in Australia. Pretty incredible wave.
That's what I was wondering about.
I think I read the two guys had same last name.
The wave did seem amazing but I was shocked how many people were in the water
I was waiting to see someone get blasted
They are cousins. The guy whose board got taken is one of the best surfers of this generation. He wouldn’t fall popping his board like that if he didn’t want to. He also wasn’t wearing a leash, which is very dangerous with that wave and that many people out- unless you’re a guy of his caliber and want to do something fun like they did.
Pretty cool though still.
I’ve seen some gashes on bodies in waves like that with far less people out. One was in the middle of nowhere in the Philippines. Always wonder what happened to that guy.
Out of curiosity, is this the stance you would have adopted if they had played for the USSR?
You could easily make the argument China under Xi is significantly more repressive than the USSR under any premier post Khrushchev.
Perhaps not because many of the players on the USSR team actually were employed by the military, although I think that was more of a technicality to preserve their "amateur" status. That scenario would have never happened anyway because any American good enough to make the Soviet team would have made Team USA.
I see this beach is in the east
I know US waves are better in the west
Are things reversed for Australia?
Rightfully so. Judges had glass in their eyes, damn near robbed Hirano of his gold and put unnecessary pressure on him. Boy was ice cold and took what was his, though.
Annnnnd why didn’t we have the scheduled ‘40 Olympics?
Because the host country in ‘36 started a world war.
And for the record, when Japan pulled out of the ‘40 olympics, Germany took the spot to host again. That’s how important it was to them. Before eventually canceling.
So yeah… nice fail
The issue here is that the host country gets to field a team. China didn't want to be embarrassed so they got hired guns. Personally I wouldn't play for China but these guys are just hanging on to careers. Similar to Becky Hammon, there are negatives to doing this.
So Canadian-born women's hockey goalie not allowed to speak English in interview. Do the hired guns on the men's team even speak Mandarin?
Nice win for USA in hockey, 4-2 over Canada! Gave up an early goal but then put in the next 3 and held on for a 4-2 win, capped off with a big slapper by Kenny Agostino of Morristown, and then killing off a late two-man advantage to preserve the lead. Barring an upset loss to Germany Sunday at 8am, they'll finish 1st in the group and go straight to the quarterfinals.
USA beat Germany 3-2 this morning to be the only team to win all three round-robin games in regulation. This puts them not just 1st in the group, but 1st in the entire tournament standings. They get a bye straight to the quarterfinals, where they'll meet the winner of Germany/Slovakia. Canada beat up on China 5-0 today and they'll play them again in the first round. The winner of the Canada/China game will take on Sweden, so assuming USA gets there, they'll have a tough semifinal match against either Canada or Sweden. This means that out of Sweden, Canada, and USA, only one will get gold or silver, one will play for bronze, and one (or two if they lose the bronze medal game) will not get a medal. This is why I think the format from 1980 is better for determining medalists--instead of a knockout bracket, the top teams advancing from the group stage formed a medal-round group and it's a round-robin to determine 1st through 4th, although that format makes for more meaningless games. Anyway, on the other side of the bracket, Finland has a bye and takes on the winner of Czech Republic/Switzerland, and Russia awaits the winner of Denmark/Latvia, so the semifinals will probably be Finland vs. Russia and USA vs. Canada/Sweden.
The women's bracket is in the semifinals, Canada plays Switzerland tonight and USA plays Finland at 8am tomorrow.
The women's bracket is in the semifinals, Canada plays Switzerland tonight and USA plays Finland at 8am tomorrow.
most of the Canadian and Americans playing on China’s hockey team have only lived in China for 2 years. Mandarin Chinese is a very difficult language to learn. It is very doubtful they speak any Chinese at all, beyond hello and thank you and bI would like a beer.
I have zero actual care for any Olympian’s background and do zero research into their story.
I just repeated what they said on the broadcast just now. They didn’t mention her husband.
Just that she left Canada because of the coaching staff.
No. Both coasts of Australia have incredible surf all over. I lived in the Perth so I’m partial to the waves in the west, but New South Wales and Queensland have great surf. Of course, Melbourne has the famous Bells Beach.
South Australia has some spots but it’s super sharky and cold.
The west has a lot of men in grey suits too.
Yep. She’s American. And clearly much more proud of it then that skier or whatever.
They said it on the broadcast before her run, when they also mentioned the issues with the coaches.
All these ice dancers are hooking up, right?
Do they even pretend to have outside relationships and not cheat?
Hell of a first date question
"What do you do for living?"
"Oh I professionally dance, hold, caress a hot guy/girl all day long. You?"
"What do you do for living?"
"Oh I professionally dance, hold, caress a hot guy/girl all day long. You?"
Speaking of Olympics...shhhh tween you and me..37:00 in
That's the way it should be. US vs. Canada in hockey. The Canadian women are real good. I hope to see a great game.