Sochi

It isn't much fun to watch but the cross country event is so awesome and such a testament to why men are brilliant and stupid at the same time. crossing miles of frozen countryside to shoot at stuff for NO REASON AT ALL

Historically, that's the way it was done many years ago hunting for food. Originally they'd use bow and arrows, then moved up to guns and rifles. It's one of the few events that actually had a practical purpose other than sport

Quote from: kitano on February 15, 2014, 12:43:01 AM

It isn't much fun to watch but the cross country event is so awesome and such a testament to why men are brilliant and stupid at the same time. crossing miles of frozen countryside to shoot at stuff for NO REASON AT ALL

Historically, that's the way it was done many years ago hunting for food. Originally they'd use bow and arrows, then moved up to guns and rifles. It's one of the few events that actually had a practical purpose other than sport

Ah yeah I know, it just seems funny to me...

Then why is it stupid?

Sadly those evil no-goodniks from Switzerland snuck in to second

At least it wasn't the (What's the plural of Belgian?) Belgiums, Belgiae  

Awesome! We were watching the woman's ski jumping. Most did a double flip with a double twist - cool. Then the Brazilian lady was up. She did a simple back flip and landed it. She was so happy, she burst into tears. Remnants of Eddy the Eagle. I was telling the g/f that Brazil is great for many things, winter sports is quite low on the list.

At the other end of the spectrum, the men's figure skating was filled with flaws. Yea, like I'm critiquing as if I'm an expert. What these guys do is incredible. If I tried, I'd be in traction for years. But the top 3 men were supposed to be the world's best. Hardly a climactic performance. With Spain almost winning a medal, that would have been their first in this event

Something is amiss, where's Germany?   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics_medal_table


         Country                  G      S       B      Total

1    United States (USA)   8   3   7   18
2    Switzerland (SUI)   5   1   1   7
3    Canada (CAN)           4   5   2   11
6    Netherlands (NED)   4   3   5   12
4    Norway (NOR)           4   3   6   13
7    Belarus (BLR)           3   0   1   4
8    Russia (RUS)*           2   5   5   12
9    China (CHN)           2   2   0   4
5    Athletes from Kuwait
         (IOC)                   2   1   1   4
10    France (FRA)           2   0   2   4
11    Poland (POL)           2   0   0   2
12    Austria (AUT)           1   4   0   5
13    Japan (JPN)           1   2   1   4
14    Slovenia (SLO)           1   1   2   4
15    Great Britain (GBR)   1   0   1   2
17    Slovakia (SVK)           1   0   0   1
15    South Korea (KOR)   1   0   1   2
18    Sweden (SWE)           0   5   2   7
20    Czech Rep (CZE)   0   2   1   3
19    Italy (ITA)                   0   2   2   4
21    Australia (AUS)           0   1   1   2
22    Croatia (CRO)           0   1   0   1
22    Finland (FIN)           0   1   0   1
25    Kazakhstan (KAZ)   0   0   1   1
24    Latvia (LAT)           0   0   2   2
25    Ukraine (UKR)           0   0   1   1
        
         Total                  45   43   44   132



Nevermind, fixed

Two good hockey games on live now on cctv internet at the URL 'noles posted posted above:

Men's - US vs. Russia scoreless after the first period.

Women's  Switzerland 1: Russia 0 also after the first period.

The best part, no commentary on either feed. I guess CCTV doesn't have enough hockey conversive announcers and they save the one or two they have for when the Chinese teams are playing.

Just raw action (and a lot of it) in the US-RUS match.

I was navigating through the sight, this is what they said about hockey:

The origins of ice hockey are unclear, but it is widely accepted that the British are responsible for bringing ice hockey to North America


http://sports.cntv.cn/2013/12/19/ARTI1387418254756776.shtml


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Well, they could have just used the CHINESE version of Wikipedia to learn the facts; 

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/冰球

Stick that in your translator and smoke it, CCTV.

USA 1 - RUS 1 at the end of 2.

USA comes out a man short in the 3rd period due to a last second hooking penalty.

Just for fun:

North America: 26 total medals

South America: zero

Africa: same

Oceania: 2

Asia: 13

Europe: all the rest - over 100

With a name like "Alpine" skiing, you can see why Europe does well. And if they ever take long track speed skating out, the Dutch wouldn't even bother to send a team over.

As long as we win the 4 medals that count: Men's and women's hockey and curling

Shocker in hockey - Finland upset host Russia 3-1. Don't let the fourth and and fifth place seeding fool you; Russia was the better team. For some reason, they just couldn't put it together. Might have been the pressure.

And please stop with the speed skating. It's the only event the Dutch can win - and the bastards are too. 20 medals for 3rd overall in aggregate and all of them in one discipline. Somebody corrode their skates. (maybe not, aren't they made from clogs?)

Russia was not the better team. Better names perhaps but not the better the team this whole tournament. They played well against the US especially in the first period but that aside, it seemed just like one on one hockey from them every time up the ice.

Canada has forgotten how to score. They'd better remember fast otherwise the US will embarrass them in the semis.

Canada WON GOLD against the USA in the Woman's hockey today   

Game MVP was the post