Jaimito Posted February 17, 2022 Author Share Posted February 17, 2022 Liked one of you said, maybe a curling summit to figure out a better national strategy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, Jaimito said: Liked one of you said, maybe a curling summit to figure out a better national strategy. Make the simple shots. That should be strategy number 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 44 minutes ago, Mj2345 said: Actually Kia is Darnell’s sister, Sarah is their cousin. Yeah, that's what I was saying. (poorly) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 21 minutes ago, Jaimito said: Liked one of you said, maybe a curling summit to figure out a better national strategy. I read an article last week about how almost all of the other major curling nations fund their best so they don't have to hold down days jobs. Very tough to do, with so many competitive teams in Canada, but it's one of the reasons that the rest of the world is catching up to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coho8888 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said: I read an article last week about how almost all of the other major curling nations fund their best so they don't have to hold down days jobs. Very tough to do, with so many competitive teams in Canada, but it's one of the reasons that the rest of the world is catching up to us. Another factor is that many of Canada’s past champions are now coaching the teams from other nations. We cannot consider Canada to be the favorites anymore Edited February 18, 2022 by coho8888 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngould21 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 5 hours ago, Mj2345 said: Actually Kia is Darnell’s sister, Sarah is their cousin. I found that out on google 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24K PureCool Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Double podium! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngould21 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, 24K PureCool said: Double podium! Just caught the end of this event, the American/Chinese Gau is in a league of her own. Great result for the Canuck girls though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, johngould21 said: Just caught the end of this event, the American/Chinese Gau is in a league of her own. Great result for the Canuck girls though. Local BC girl too. She won gold last Olympics. Canada medal count is 22 (4G 6S 12B), tied for third. Hoping for a curling bronze. Edited February 18, 2022 by Jaimito 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBH1926 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Feel bad for 15 year old kid Kamila Valieva. The adults in this case failed big time, embarrassing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24K PureCool Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 1 minute ago, CBH1926 said: Feel bad for 15 year old kid Kamila Valieva. The adults in this case failed big time, embarrassing! Russia figure skating is a hell hole of abuse by the adults. Something needs to change but given it is Russia I ain't holding my breath. From the looks of it, this result also destroyed the Russian girl that got the silver. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, CBH1926 said: Feel bad for 15 year old kid Kamila Valieva. The adults in this case failed big time, embarrassing! Russian figure skating program is a meat factory. You won't see her at the next Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBH1926 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 17 minutes ago, Jaimito said: Russian figure skating program is a meat factory. You won't see her at the next Olympics. Russia has had a long history of abusing these athletes. All this doping stuff falls at the feet of the coaches and the high ranking officials in ROC. People blaming a 15 year old kid are clueless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24K PureCool Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 11 minutes ago, CBH1926 said: Russia has had a long history of abusing these athletes. All this doping stuff falls at the feet of the coaches and the high ranking officials in ROC. People blaming a 15 year old kid are clueless. Not just the ROC. A major problem here is the Court of Arbitration for Sports. They caused half of this mess to begin with. First defying the IOC, WADA, and ISU petition uphold her suspension when Russia so called 'anti-doping' agency overturned her initial suspension in the blink of the eye. Second the farce of 'ROC' also caused by them overturning IOC's and WADA's four year ban to a two year Russia by everything but name. Not to mention the countless medal they re-instated to Russian athletes that were initially stripped of their medal after being caught doping. That whole body is problematic and needs to be replaced. No one undermines the IOC and international competition like CAS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 An article from "Sports Illustrated" arguing that it's time to raise the minimum age to compete in women's figure skating: https://www.si.com/olympics/2022/02/17/olympics-figure-skating-age-minimums BEIJING — Kamila Valieva should not be skating at the Olympics. Not just because she failed a drug test taken Christmas Day. Not just because she competes for the Russian Olympic Committee, a shell corporation for Russia. Not just because this whole event has become a sham. Valieva should not be skating at the Olympics because she is 15 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24K PureCool Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 31 minutes ago, UnkNuk said: An article from "Sports Illustrated" arguing that it's time to raise the minimum age to compete in women's figure skating: https://www.si.com/olympics/2022/02/17/olympics-figure-skating-age-minimums BEIJING — Kamila Valieva should not be skating at the Olympics. Not just because she failed a drug test taken Christmas Day. Not just because she competes for the Russian Olympic Committee, a shell corporation for Russia. Not just because this whole event has become a sham. Valieva should not be skating at the Olympics because she is 15 years old. Agreed. The minimum age for all olympians should be 17. IOC already have the Youth Olympics for the younger athletes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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johngould21 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Silver in the 1000m speed skating men's final, as well. The peanut butter guy takes it, he likes a good montage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 21 hours ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: re: Women's hockey Are they demanding a recount? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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