[GDT] February 23 General Thread

[Tsawwassen]

The final daily thread of these Winter Olympics. I start this thread because of Kelekin's finger injury that was mentioned in yesterday's thread.


[12:00 am] Men’s 50km Mass Start

[2:30 am] Four-man bob sled heat 3

[4:00 am] Four man bob sled heat 4--Medal round

[5:00 am] Gold Medal Game

[9:00 am] Closing ceremonies

[Tsawwassen]

From the other thread that is for today's thread.

Originally Posted by GirlySports

anyone going to watch the marathon? I think I'm staying up all night.

Originally Posted by trackercowe

They probably won't show the race in its entirety if a Canadian isn't near the front of the field. For some reason CBC seems to be moving away from showing most events regardless of who is winning to primarily events Canadians are a factor in. Which is why they seemed to show barely any long track speed skating this year. I guess they expect people to watch certain events online, which is unfortunate for people like me who love sports like long track.

Originally Posted by GirlySports

i hope they do, it's the only thing going.

[GirlySports]

Canadians at the front of the pack 18km into the 50km race.

[GirlySports]

i didn't know they had pit stops in this race to change skiis

[Tsawwassen]

This 50 km ski race is winter's grueling version of the 42.2 km marathon.

[MyFlamesFirst]

Looks like a Russian sweep for the mens 50km ski race.

[browna]

Russians end their Games like Canada did in 2010...a sweep of 1st, 2nd, 3rd in the Men's 50km CC race.

[BloodFetish]

Originally Posted by browna

Russians end their Games like Canada did in 2010...a sweep of 1st, 2nd, 3rd in the Men's 50km CC race.

Says here the top Canadian was Kershaw in 5th...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-c...etre_classical

[Resolute 14]

220 Canadian athletes went to Sochi.

64 of them are coming home with gold medals.

[troutman]

Maybe Canada wins medal count later after all drug cheats are caught and disqualified.

[puffnstuff]

and the cheaty-pants French...

[Flabbibulin]

nm

[irrevocable]

Time for sleep

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by troutman

Maybe Canada wins medal count later after all drug cheats are caught and disqualified.

Scott won a gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Salt Lake City games. She originally finished third in the five-kilometre pursuit, but she was upgraded to the gold medal when winner Olga Danilova and runner-up Larissa Lazutina were eventually disqualified for using darbepoetin, a performance-enhancing drug. Scott was awarded a silver medal before receiving her gold medal in June 2004, almost 2 and a half years after the Olympics ended. She became the first Canadian and first North American woman to win an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing.

[getbak]

If I'm counting right, 86 total Canadian athletes are coming home with at least one medal (40 non-hockey; 25 men's hockey; 21 women's hockey).

More that 1/3 of all Canadian athletes in Sochi are coming home with a medal.

[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

Is it just me, or does every time Kallie Humphries get interviewed she always seems like she's all about Kallie? Seemed like she's just going to hog the flag in the closing ceremonies and kind felt like she hogged the credit post gold medal.

[RogerWilco]

Nice nod to the Olympic ring malfunction in the opening ceremonies during the closing, kind of funny.

[MRCboicgy]

That's a lot of Freddie Mercury mustaches from the ballet dancers.

But there are no gays in Sochi

[getbak]

Not enough Spice Girls.

[Temporary_User]

https://twitter.com/VancityBuzz/stat...23023495950336

Now that the Olympics are over, can we be summer?