Winter Olympics 2010 - Page 3

BarTopDancer · 02-12-2010, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

Following some of the links off GD's link, I ran across this tidbit:

Canada Protects Home Advantage at Olympics

Yup.

I think the only team sport that won't have the unfair advantage is going to be hockey. At least for the NHL players who have played at [former] GM Place and know the ice and how the boards bounce.

At the same time, I doubt this is the first time the home country has made competition venues off-limits to the other countries so they can have an advantage.

Moonliner · 02-12-2010, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Yup.

I think the only team sport that won't have the unfair advantage is going to be hockey. At least for the NHL players who have played at [former] GM Place and know the ice and how the boards bounce.

At the same time, I doubt this is the first time the home country has made competition venues off-limits to the other countries so they can have an advantage.

The article talks about that, no it's not the first time but the Canadians have apparently gone leaps and bounds beyond what other countries have done in the past.

If you are competing and you only have a limited number of practice runs it follows that you have to push yourself harder on those runs. You can't take time to feel out the course and slowly build speed and experience.

How can that not have contributed to the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili?

To me it seems he died at least in part to give Canada an edge in the games.

I'm not sure at this point if I'll be able to watch any of these games or not.

scaeagles · 02-12-2010, 04:24 PM

That video is not for the squeemish. I'm not squeemish and it wasn't for me.

Wow.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-12-2010, 04:46 PM

I caved and watched. It's pretty brutal. And astounding that they'd design it the track with a row of bare posts RIGHT THERE. He didn't stand a chance.

scaeagles · 02-12-2010, 05:03 PM

Indeed you are correct. One has to wonder what the designers were thinking.

Kevy Baby · 02-12-2010, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

The Anaheim Ducks lead the NHL in the number of Olympians.

That's just going to make it suck more if we don't make the playoffs.

Well, the good news is that you know the Ducks can't lose a game in the next couple of weeks!

Morrigoon · 02-12-2010, 07:14 PM

Here's something more pleasant to watch (and even a little bit topical?)

Strangler Lewis · 02-12-2010, 09:15 PM

Lindsay Vonn's being interviewed. I'm already bored.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-12-2010, 09:18 PM

We're tivo'ing the festivities for that very reason.

€uroMeinke · 02-12-2010, 09:33 PM

So an hour in and still no opening ceremony

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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	That video is not for the squeemish. I'm not squeemish and it wasn't for me. Wow.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I caved and watched. It's pretty brutal. And astounding that they'd design it the track with a row of bare posts RIGHT THERE. He didn't stand a chance. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Here's something more pleasant to watch (and even a little bit topical?) __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	We're tivo'ing the festivities for that very reason. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	So an hour in and still no opening ceremony __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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