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2018 Winter Olympics PyeongChang
| February 10th, 2018 at 9:26:31 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 |
I'm surprised Speed Skating did not make the list The Netherlands always does well and love their orange clad fans that are always loud and proud at every Olympics To me, its winters version of track which is a very popular Summer Olympic sport Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| February 10th, 2018 at 9:44:12 AM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 | Freestyle Skiiing is also a judged event. I am surprised Biathlon is on the list since it gets relatively little air time in the U.S. Edit: Actually, one freestyle skiing event, is a race, but the others have judges scores of tricks as a major, if not the only, component of who gets the gold. |
| February 10th, 2018 at 9:52:23 AM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | Ski Jumping I think had to qualify as judged, since in addition to distance points, you are judged for style points. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| February 10th, 2018 at 9:57:23 AM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 | Good point. I wonder how that came about, as I am sure the contest originally started as simply who could travel the furthest in the air. |
| February 10th, 2018 at 9:58:34 AM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | The actual "figure skating" where the actually drew circles on the ice, was dropped for 1990. http://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/09/sports/no-more-figures-in-figure-skating.html "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| February 10th, 2018 at 10:00:41 AM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 |
Maybe it evolved from "and land safely" to "and land correctly" "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| February 10th, 2018 at 10:47:11 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | Olympics 2018 Flame Lighting Ceremony Mocked As Being Lit By ‘Giant Robot Fire Penis’ "Stunned viewers watching on television around the world had only one thing on their minds. One Twitter user wrote: "Why did South Korea choose to light the Olympic torch with some sort of flaming robot penis?" LOLOLOL!!! https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5540595/winter-olympics-2018-lighting-ceremony-phallic-cauldron-fire-penis/ If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| February 10th, 2018 at 11:09:30 AM permalink | |
| kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4493 |
Yes I had a brain fart when I posted. Freestyle Skiing is also a judged sport. "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |
| February 10th, 2018 at 11:23:54 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Judged sports suck because judges can and have been bought off since the Olympics started. Here just a few of the dozens of articles about the fixed judges: Figure Skating Is Hopelessly Corrupt https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/02/figure-skating-hopelessly-corrupt/ 2002 Winter Olympics figure skating scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics_figure_skating_scandal Corruption Is Killing The Olympics https://nypost.com/2016/05/21/corruption-is-killing-the-olympic-games-or-should/ If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| February 10th, 2018 at 11:28:47 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
That was a part of the competition called "schooled figures." It was rarely televised, because ti was boring as hell, and you couldn't see the drawing on the ice anyway. But the short and long programs were part of it also. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |