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Сочи 2014 (Winter Olympics Thread)
jwhouk:
Only three more events to go before the games are done. 3 golds and silvers and two bronzes to be awarded.
The Seldom Killer:
Woo - first blood for Canada.
Skewbrow:
Congrats to Team Canada! Did anyone else get the impression that they were not really tested in the final game? Either the semifinal was the taxing game for Canadiens, or Team Sweden become very disorganized after Bäckström was booted out? Anyway, the jinx is broken. It is possible for an American team to win olympics on European soil. If only Europeans could win the olympics next time the tournament is in North America :-D. A similar "jinx" is quite strong in footbal World Cup. IIRC only Brazil has been able to win it on the other side of the pond.
Anyway, hockey has come a long way since the first OG tournament, when Canada outscored its opponents 110-3 (combined score). This time it was only 17-3 :-D. Team USA is also in the upswing with NHL spreading further out (or should I say further South), and possibly more kids getting interested.
BeoPuppy:
U.S. Olympic Officials: It Wasn't Suits That Hurt Speed Skaters
[...]"If you look at the speedskating results, we weren't the only nation that got smoked by the Netherlands,"[...]
So typical. The dutch win something and immediately they're talking about smoking.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/theedge/2014/02/22/281135203/u-s-olympic-officials-it-wasnt-suits-that-hurt-speed-skaters
jwhouk:
The final medal count:
RkNationGSBTMPTS%AMA1Russian Fed. 13119337011.19%2United States 971228539.49%3Norway 1151026538.81%4Canada 1010525558.47%5Netherlands 87924478.14%6Germany 86519416.44%7Austria 48517335.76%8France 44715275.08%9Sweden 27615265.08%10Switzerland 63211263.73%11China 3429193.05%12Korea 3328172.71%13Belarus 5016162.03%14Czech Republic 2428162.71%15Poland 4116152.03%16Slovenia 2248142.71%17Japan 1438142.71%18Italy 0268102.71%19Finland 1315101.69%20Great Britain 112471.36%21Latvia 022461.36%22Australia 021351.02%23Ukraine 101240.68%24Slovakia 100130.34%25Croatia 010120.34%26Kazakhstan 001110.34%
TM = Total medals (Gold, silver, bronze)
PTS = Point System (10 for gold, 6 for silver, 4 for bronze; sorry for the confusion.)
% All = Percentage of all medals awarded (295 total medals awarded)
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