Events That Are On Right Now!

[kirant]

I don't get it. The Canadian women are so clutch, but the men choke.

At least it wasn't the US, so Canada still is tied for 1st in golds at the end of the night (hopefully).

Make us proud, Joannie Rochette.

[chalms04]

Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler

I hope there is Family Guy on... or porn.

Korpii went already

[OILFAN #81]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

All three did. They all put one awesome jump in, and one mediocre to bad jump. Any of the three could have medalled if they nailed both.

That is true but I think Kyle's was the worst considering the position he put himself in after the 1st jump. The other two had no hope after jump 1.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Mayer

I can't believe I watched all that for a 5th place finish.

Really not a very exciting sport to watch, IMO.

I agree. It might be the worst sport in the winter games.. 3 seconds? WTF?
At least make them jump 6 times or something.

[JayP]

Nissen's scored seemed questionable considering the landings the guys were getting on the first jumps and all were getting around 118.

EDIT: Nissen is 11th in the world right now. To even be 5th is a good finish for him.

Omischl is definitely the choker of the bunch. He's only 9th in the world cup standings this year, but has been 1st the past 3 years. He should've been on the podium if not competing for gold.

[Flabbibulin]

Nm

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by JayP

Nissen's scored seemed questionable considering the landings the guys were getting on the first jumps and all were getting around 118.

nah, his landing was bad.

You know a Canadian did bad when the Canadian analyst is depressed about it, saying he'd be lucky to be on the podium.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Canadian women are clutch, the men are chokes. wonder why there's such a huge disparity

[Infamous1]

All the guy needed was a 116 and he had a bronze. Sad.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Canadian women are clutch, the men are chokes. wonder why there's such a huge disparity

I would say:

A) the men's competition is always tougher/more competitive, you know there's less room for error so that causes you to be nervous.

B) the elements that men do are harder so there's more chance to fall.

[murray1]

Originally Posted by JayP

Nissen's scored seemed questionable considering the landings the guys were getting on the first jumps and all were getting around 118.

His landing isn't what lost it. It was the bent knees on his 3rd flip, the air is worth 70% and the reason others were getting high even with rough landings is because they nailed the air portion. If he nailed the landing he probably would have got bronze but he went and screwed that up too.

[JayP]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

nah, his landing was bad.

You know a Canadian did bad when the Canadian analyst is depressed about it, saying he'd be lucky to be on the podium.

The landings of basically everyone in the 1st run was very similar and they were getting 2.5's and 2.6's.

We could go back and forth on this all night.

At the end of the day, an event like aerials really is one of the worst in the Olympics for the simple fact that it relies 100% of judging when most guys are doing very similar jumps. Put 5 new judges on there and I bet the standings are completely shaken up.

[Infamous1]

I'm thinking Canadian women are funded much better than women from a lot of the other countries.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by JayP

The landings of basically everyone in the 1st run was very similar and they were getting 2.5's and 2.6's.

That is true.. but it's a dumb subjective sport. A judge may see 4 or 5 good landings in row and the one bad landing at the end looks worse than it is.
Even commentator knew it wasn't enough cause he understands...

[chalms04]

That interviewer was pretty harsh on Omischl

[GirlySports]

your favourite Korpi bumped from 1st.... 11 skaters to go..

judging is so weird. that last girl missed so many elements and she scored a career high!

[chalms04]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

your favourite Korpi bumped from 1st.... 11 skaters to go..

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

brb, catching the next flight to Van to console her.

[Hemi-Cuda]

what time is the medal ceremony for the women's bobsled? i don't wanna miss our first ACTUAL podium own

[chummer]

Originally Posted by Infamous1

I'm thinking Canadian women are funded much better than women from a lot of the other countries.

That's what Cassie Campbell was saying,makes alot of sense.

[nik-]

dammit, I missed Kiira again!?