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Сочи 2014 (Winter Olympics Thread)
Skewbrow:
Ahh. Thank God for the sprint relays (Xcountry skiing). Today was Finland's: silver at women's (not a surprise), gold at men's (a moderate to big surprise). A huge monkey off our collective backs.
ev4n:
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Ok, ok. This has been explained to me many times. I just have a hard time swallowing. You see, I have this wonderful conspiracy theory of how the NHL ... it explains everything! Real clearly!
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Really the conspiracy runs that way? Hold the world championships every year during the Stanley Cup Playoffs, so most of the best Canadian players are busy and can't come, but the NHL has a conspiracy?
btw, sounds like you're a bridge player, too. Canada won in SLC iirc...
I do find it interesting that you throw figure skating and synchronized swimming under the bus, but gymnastics is just as judged, and just as...questionable.
ev4n:
Actually, with all this discussion about judged events, I think we're overlooking something that has to disappear from the Olympics even sooner than judged events - relays.
Thrillho:
End y's dat?
ev4n:
Relays are fundamentally a way to pad medal count. They're not different, really, than the individual events (hence, people barely ever train specifically for a relay), and they tend to pad medal counts in certain events, such as swimming and track.
(As an aside, as a swimmer, I think there are VASTLY too many swimming medals given).
It would be like if there were medals in tennis for:
- one set tennis
- 3 sets tennis
- 5 set tennis
- tennis relay
This is one skill, NOT 4.
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