-DLC- Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 6 hours ago, Jaimito said: That was a clutch shot to win the game by Brad. Had some rough luck before they asked for the ice to be cleaned....a few picks. I like the US team, if we hadn't been in it I'd be cheering for them. Well, except Hamilton (because he was complaining about the ice clean request). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 1 minute ago, -DLC- said: Are they demanding a recount? who's going to help Tucker do the actual counting? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Shootout in men's hockey to go to the gold. Just seems wrong to end things this way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 ROC takes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24K PureCool Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 6 hours ago, -DLC- said: Shootout in men's hockey to go to the gold. Just seems wrong to end things this way. Well can't help it as the Olympics are on tight schedules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24K PureCool Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 9 hours ago, Jaimito said: Well according to 538, Our projected medal count is 31 and we are currently 2 below expected. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/winter-olympics-medal-count/?cid=rrpromo According to their model, Russia is doing suspiciously well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngould21 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) My son just told me that we were awarded a silver in the Tokyo summer Olympics for the 4 X 100m, relay. So DeGrasse gets another better medal. GB was DQd for doping. I saw the article on CBC sports just now too. Edited February 19, 2022 by johngould21 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Another article from SI about Kamila Valieva: Kamila Valieva’s Collapse Was a Fitting End to a Controversial Olympics BEIJING — And finally, after the worst week of her life culminated in the worst performance of her life, after she became the face of a problem she did not cause, after an eye chart’s worth of international organizations took her to court, after every adult around her failed her, the child listened, weeping, as her coach yelled at her. “Why did you let it go?” Eteri Tutberidze demanded. “Explain it to me—why? Why did you stop fighting? You let it go after that axel. Why?” Kamila Valieva did not answer. https://www.si.com/olympics/2022/02/17/kamila-valieva-collapse-fitting-end-to-controversial-olympics?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_3733684 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 1 hour ago, UnkNuk said: Another article from SI about Kamila Valieva: Kamila Valieva’s Collapse Was a Fitting End to a Controversial Olympics BEIJING — And finally, after the worst week of her life culminated in the worst performance of her life, after she became the face of a problem she did not cause, after an eye chart’s worth of international organizations took her to court, after every adult around her failed her, the child listened, weeping, as her coach yelled at her. “Why did you let it go?” Eteri Tutberidze demanded. “Explain it to me—why? Why did you stop fighting? You let it go after that axel. Why?” Kamila Valieva did not answer. https://www.si.com/olympics/2022/02/17/kamila-valieva-collapse-fitting-end-to-controversial-olympics?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_3733684 That's messed up. I really feel for this girl. In a Slate article written by Rita Wenxin Wang she claims " that " Eteri girls" talk openly about not being able to drink water in competitions. They do their best to delay puberty by only eating powdered nutrients or by taking Lupron a puberty blocker known to induce menopause. They are subjected to daily public weigh ins and verbal and physical abuse. And they compete injured while huffing Smelling salts while wearing knee braces and collapsing in pain after programs " Tutberidze was rewarded for this in 2020 receiving the inaugural Best Coach Award from the International Skating Union. If all this is true she is a child abuser pure and simple and should not be allowed near a child let alone coach. I am not sure if I can post the link, however put Slate figure skating abuse into your search engine and the link should come up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 It's horrific. I mean, I get upset over elephants/animals being used in circuses....these are human beings. Children, really. Being forced to do things so others can live their dreams and profit off their backs. I had no idea. I loved figure skating but will look at it in a whole different light. This can't be allowed to happen. I don't blame them for hating skating. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 51 minutes ago, Ilunga said: That's messed up. I really feel for this girl. In a Slate article written by Rita Wenxin Wang she claims " that " Eteri girls" talk openly about not being able to drink water in competitions. They do their best to delay puberty by only eating powdered nutrients or by taking Lupron a puberty blocker known to induce menopause. They are subjected to daily public weigh ins and verbal and physical abuse. And they compete injured while huffing Smelling salts while wearing knee braces and collapsing in pain after programs " Tutberidze was rewarded for this in 2020 receiving the inaugural Best Coach Award from the International Skating Union. If all this is true she is a child abuser pure and simple and should not be allowed near a child let alone coach. I am not sure if I can post the link, however put Slate figure skating abuse into your search engine and the link should come up. The link is: https://slate.com/culture/2022/02/kamila-valieva-coach-eteri-tutberidze-abuse-russia-doping.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 40 minutes ago, -DLC- said: It's horrific. I mean, I get upset over elephants/animals being used in circuses....these are human beings. Children, really. Being forced to do things so others can live their dreams and profit off their backs. I had no idea. I loved figure skating but will look at it in a whole different light. This can't be allowed to happen. I don't blame them for hating skating. I see a correlation between this and Gymnastics. If you do a bit of research, child abuse seems to be rampant in both these sports involving girls. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1097168/figure-skating-jessica-shuran-yu-abuse https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/08/french-ice-skating-president-resigns-over-sexual-abuse-scandal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, UnkNuk said: The link is: https://slate.com/culture/2022/02/kamila-valieva-coach-eteri-tutberidze-abuse-russia-doping.html Cheers brother. Sometimes I am unaware if I am allowed to post the link due to copyright. Edited February 19, 2022 by Ilunga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 One other thought about Valieva: IF she is found to have used performance enhancing drugs, suspicion will also fall on her coach, Eteri Tutberidze. Who also coaches Anna Shcherbakova, the gold medal winner, and Alexandra Trusova, the silver medal winner. Hence, suspicion will fall on them as well. And what about all the other young women who have spent years training (presumably drug free) for an event like this? They may have been cheated out of winning an Olympic medal. The whole thing is just such an unfortunate mess. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 9 minutes ago, Ilunga said: Cheers brother. Sometimes I am unaware if I am allowed to post the link due to copyright. I don't think any publication is concerned about links to their articles. In fact, I would guess they would welcome it. It attracts readers to their site. It's when someone starts to copy and paste the entire article to a site such as this that they might object. But, then again, I'm not a copyright lawyer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c00kies Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 1 hour ago, UnkNuk said: I don't think any publication is concerned about links to their articles. In fact, I would guess they would welcome it. It attracts readers to their site. It's when someone starts to copy and paste the entire article to a site such as this that they might object. But, then again, I'm not a copyright lawyer. Yeah I think ideally what you would do is copy a couple sentences to make a talking point, then add the link for others to gain more context/fact check/pique their interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngould21 Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 1 hour ago, UnkNuk said: One other thought about Valieva: IF she is found to have used performance enhancing drugs, suspicion will also fall on her coach, Eteri Tutberidze. Who also coaches Anna Shcherbakova, the gold medal winner, and Alexandra Trusova, the silver medal winner. Hence, suspicion will fall on them as well. And what about all the other young women who have spent years training (presumably drug free) for an event like this? They may have been cheated out of winning an Olympic medal. The whole thing is just such an unfortunate mess. Figure skating used to be one of my favourite events to watch, especially the worlds and Olympics. There has been so many fiasco's in the last 10 years that leave you wondering what in hell is going on? The fact that they had to change the scoring because of corrupt judging, to the mess it is now....really? These kids are set up to be pawns, and as we've seen with the latest revelations regarding Valieva. This kid is 15, and probably will never set foot on the ice ever again. Doping? Don't get me started. This sport is like the East German swimming association used to manufacture swimmers in the 60's, and the Chinese in the early 2000's. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) Nana Takagi fell again in the final corner, she was in the lead. Edited February 19, 2022 by Jaimito 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Canada 3rd in total medal count Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Sweden's Niklas Edin team is super clutch, I'm happy they got the gold. The thing with curling is, there's not a team I don't like. If Canada's out, I still am interested and there are some really good, hard fought battles. Congrats to team Sweden for getting a gold to complete their collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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