Go Canada! The official Olympics cool picture and video thread.

[19Yzerman19]

I posted some of this in the daily thread but I think it belongs here too (and everywhere else I post). We didn't win a medal in Women's slopestyle, but the event nonetheless belonged to Sarah Burke. RIP Sarah, we miss you.


(Photo of winner's podium taken from Judges booth, where the sticker was on the window throughout the competition)

Originally Posted by Maddie Bowman, USA, Gold

Sarah inspired us on snow and off snow, and i think she would have been really proud of how all the girls rode tonight. I sure hope that I and everyone else made her proud, because we would not be here without her... Meeting her was the coolest moment of my life.

Originally Posted by Susan Bowman, mother of Maddie

The first time she met Sarah, she was off by herself. Sarah saw that she was by herself and brought her over, introduced herself and brought her into the group. It was pretty amazing.

Originally Posted by Mike Riddle, CAN, Silver (Men's)

I don’t think we would be here without her. Halfpipe has got to where it is because of her. The Olympics is bittersweet. It is awesome to be here, but she should be here too.

Marie Martinod quit professional skiing seven years ago. She had a daughter and got a job at a nightclub back home in France. About three years ago, Burke came to visit to ask her to un-retire and re-join the competition circuit so that she could be in the olympics. Today, she won a silver medal.

Originally Posted by Marie Martinod, FRA, Silver

I came back to compete at the Olympic Games because one night Virginie Faivre and Sarah Burke came to my place and told me that halfpipe is going to be in the Olympics for sure, you have to come. I said, 'You're kidding me, that's nonsense, I'll never be able to do it.' But then I thought I can't watch it on the couch on television.

I think I didn't say goodbye to Sarah yet, and I still have to do it. Now I feel like I'm able to do it, because I did what she asked me to do when I last saw her two years ago.

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http://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/tim...-golden-girls/

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[STeeLy]

Originally Posted by 19Yzerman19

I posted some of this in the daily thread but I think it belongs here too (and everywhere else I post). We didn't win a medal in Women's slopestyle, but the event nonetheless belonged to Sarah Burke. RIP Sarah, we miss you.

My co-worker, who used to be a compete in snowboard slopestyle knew Sarah Burke pretty well, after her passing, they made a lot of "Celebrate Sarah" stickers. My co-worker was going to give them to her sister for this olympic to put them on her sled, but she said that they would not allow it.

I understand that there is no real advertisement for the Olympics, but why can't an athlete have something showing in memory of other athletes?

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Wooohooo....men's curling gold!

[19Yzerman19]

Originally Posted by STeeLy

My co-worker, who used to be a compete in snowboard slopestyle knew Sarah Burke pretty well, after her passing, they made a lot of "Celebrate Sarah" stickers. My co-worker was going to give them to her sister for this olympic to put them on her sled, but she said that they would not allow it.

I understand that there is no real advertisement for the Olympics, but why can't an athlete have something showing in memory of other athletes?

Who's your co-worker? Might be I know her. Yeah there was a lot of "I Ski for Sarah" stickers going around at the time, I have a couple left over somewhere.

The reason they didn't allow it is that they basically lump it in with other political statements. It's not that they object to remembering people but they don't want to have to go to the trouble of vetting every sticker or symbol people want to wear to make sure it's not a political statement. Team Canada knew beforehand that those wouldn't be allowed. Still sucks, but really, there was no lack of recognition given to Sarah in these games. Her name was mentioned over the loudspeaker by the guys calling the action more than any other athlete, she's talked about in every interview, and for good reason: all the girls know that this is because of her. Not just the olympics, but women's skiing. When Sarah started there was no Women's Halfpipe. She made it happen.

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Taihei Kato of Japan broke his left arm during the ski jumping component of the Nordic combined large hill event.

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[Hemi-Cuda]

I kinda took for granted how awesome our Olympic coverage is compared to other countries

[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

I kinda took for granted how awesome our Olympic coverage is compared to other countries

That chart above sums up the reason why the NHL has no interest in being in the Olympics unless they are prime time NA games. Not much coverage going on in the US.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle

That chart above sums up the reason why the NHL has no interest in being in the Olympics unless they are prime time NA games. Not much coverage going on in the US.

Yet the USA-Russia game was the most watched hockey game ever on NBCSN

http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/nbc-...ratings-sochi/

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[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Yet the USA-Russia game was the most watched hockey game ever on NBCSN

http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/nbc-...ratings-sochi/

Being the most ever watched hockey game on NBCSN doesn't really mean much. First it's not the main network, second it's comparing hockey to hockey. The NHL isn't trying to leverage the Olympics to beat there already less than stellar tv ratings in the US

[GirlySports]

And since hockey was already shown live and spoiled, there wasn't a minute of it on the primetime show last night.

It was an hour of Mikaela Shiffin and then a bunch of short track speed skating