[GDT] February 12

[OutOfTheCube]

Wow, great surprise silver! Love it.

[Table 5]

Woohoo silver!

Was he a legitimate contender in the 1000, or a bit of a surprise?

[FFR]

OMG - that was intense. SILVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a story from Canadian Speedskating. Junio did an amazing thing.

[Nehkara]

Wooooo!

[MRCboicgy]

Boom.

That's just great!

[Mango]

That was brilliant - some things are just meant to be.

[Kelekin]

Heck yes Denny! Amazing. Both him and Groothuis put up ridiculous times compared to last year at Sochi.

[cDnStealth]

Awesome man! Great job Morrison!

[FFR]

Originally Posted by Table 5

Woohoo silver!

Was he a legitimate contender in the 1000, or a bit of a surprise?

From what I have read about the sport, he was a legitimate contender. He has had a great season, but then at qualifiers, he fell 50M from the finish line so the Canadian team sent a different skater. (Because apparently in speedskating, one race determines the team). In any case, the skater who was sent instead of Morrison (Junio) stepped down to allow Morrison to skate.

[Mango]

And kudos to Gilbert Junio for doing what he did.

[Kelekin]

Originally Posted by FFR

From what I have read about the sport, he was a legitimate contender. He has had a great season, but then at qualifiers, he fell 50M from the finish line so the Canadian team sent a different skater. (Because apparently in speedskating, one race determines the team). In any case, the skater who was sent instead of Morrison (Junio) stepped down to allow Morrison to skate.

Sort of. He was an outside medal shot, he has been getting a bit worse each season and some skaters had been coming on strong as of late. Some of the guys in front of him really faltered in this race bad.

Not saying he wasn't a contender, just that the idea of him getting a gold and silver and putting up a time like that was not expected.

[craigwd]

Originally Posted by FFR

From what I have read about the sport, he was a legitimate contender. He has had a great season, but then at qualifiers, he fell 50M from the finish line so the Canadian team sent a different skater. (Because apparently in speedskating, one race determines the team). In any case, the skater who was sent instead of Morrison (Junio) stepped down to allow Morrison to skate.

Not always the case. Nationals determined who would make the trip since there is a set number of skaters a team can send but there is always the possibility for adjustments in races afterwards.

Originally Posted by Mango

And kudos to Gilbert Junio for doing what he did.

Gilmore.

[Mango]

Originally Posted by craigwd

Not always the case. Nationals determined who would make the trip since there is a set number of skaters a team can send but there is always the possibility for adjustments in races afterwards.



Gilmore.

Yes. My mistake.

[FFR]

Originally Posted by craigwd

Not always the case. Nationals determined who would make the trip since there is a set number of skaters a team can send but there is always the possibility for adjustments in races afterwards.

Thanks for the clarification. I don't really follow speedskating and was just going off of some news stories I had read online.

[Kelekin]

2nd run of the Luge Doubles in 5 minutes. The Pairs' Free Snore also starts at the same time.

[craigwd]

Originally Posted by FFR

Thanks for the clarification. I don't really follow speedskating and was just going off of some news stories I had read online.

No worries. Speedskating, like figure skating and the sliding sports, is one of the things I follow religiously.

Originally Posted by Kelekin

2nd run of the Luge Doubles in 5 minutes. The Pairs' Free Snore also starts at the same time.

That's pretty insulting, especially with Volosozar/Trankov, Pang/Tong and Savchenko/Szolkowy skating.

[FFR]

Looks like both Canadian ladies are out in Snowboard halfpipe. Scores not high enough to move to the finals. Didn't watch the event, just took a look at the scores.

[MRCboicgy]

Denny Morrison worldwide trend on twitter.

[Kelekin]

Originally Posted by craigwd

That's pretty insulting, especially with Volosozar/Trankov, Pang/Tong and Savchenko/Szolkowy skaing.

I didn't say the entire event was a snore. The problem is it is so lengthy for what it is, and you have to sit through about two hours of poor to middling performances before anything good begins.

[19Yzerman19]

Not surprising. We don't really have much going for us in SNB pipe in men's or women's. There are a couple of outside shots in ski pipe, but their best chance is for the pipe to continue being terrible enough that it prevents the top guys from going all out and levels the playing field a bit.