Winter Olympics 2010

[BarTopDancer]

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]

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.