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Сочи 2014 (Winter Olympics Thread)
ev4n:
I think with Canada winning 2 gold in ice hockey and 2 gold in curling, we probably feel like we won everything.
/shrug
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 21 Feb 2014, 14:11 ---What on earth was the referee thinking when Elise Christie was penalised AGAIN? If there were a gold medal for stoicism in the face of incredible unfairness and bad luck, she would win it without question.
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Ugh. Short track has a history of upsetting officials decisions. I'd hoped they were improving over time, but they can still be crash fests at times, which leaves too much in the hands of judges.
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--- Quote from: Metope on 22 Feb 2014, 07:15 ---So Finland beat the USA in ice-hockey? Now that surely must be David beating Goliath... :-D
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--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 22 Feb 2014, 14:53 ---Now that's an exaggeration, but yeah. There was a lot of high-fiving today in these parts.
I don't know how the media in US/Canada saw this tournament, but our bronze was nothing like the biggest upset in the history of the game. The NHL players have been allowed to participate in the olympics since 1998 (Nagano), so this was the fifth time. Medals won in those five tournaments are (we don't know the outcome of tomorrow's final, so I list both alternatives for Canada and Sweden)
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Canada 3/2 1/0 0 3
USA 0 2 0 2
Sweden 2/1 0/1 0 2
Russia 0 1 1 2
Czech Rep. 1 0 1 2
Finland 0 1 3 4
Yeah, the color of our medals could be brighter, but I guess I'm relatively happy with what we can take. Note:
* No medals to any nation other than the listed six. At this level hockey is not very widespread. Slovakia and Belarus made it into the bronze medal game in 2010 and 2002 respectively, but drew the short straw.
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Yeah, I hardly consider Finland an underdog. All the top 6 countries are albe to beat each other, imo. I honestly put Slovakia in that list, but after this olympics, I'm wondering if they just had a golden generation go by or something.
Switzerland isn't far behind, because I'm pretty sure they ARE having a golden generation at the moment.
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All that said, I'm baffled as to why only 2 of the 6 big hockey countries play the women's game at the top level. Are Sweden and Finland (to name 2) just not as progressive with regards to women's sports?
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Metope:
Wait what? I got a Tapatalk notification that you someone quoted me, but I never wrote the post you quoted! What happened here, I don't even care about hockey. :psyduck:
GarandMarine:
I quoted Akima, who quoted your bit about David and Goliath.
The Seldom Killer:
--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 23 Feb 2014, 08:50 ---Did anyone else get the impression that they were not really tested in the final game?
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Sweden were making Canada work in the first period and I was thinking that at the end of the first period they were likely to come back and run a far better game in the second. But nope, they just didn't seem to want to cash in on their hard work and started fading back.
Looking at the highlights of the women's final, I really wish I has watched that. Can't decide who was more emotional at the end. Canada for winning of USA for not really understanding why they had lost.
Akima:
--- Quote from: GarandMarine on 23 Feb 2014, 20:44 ---I quoted Akima, who quoted your bit about David and Goliath.
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I quoted Metope about Ragnarok. I'm entirely to blame for the David & Goliath thing.
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