OT - NO POLITICS Winter Olympics - NO politics - Peter Cehlarik eliminates Team USA

[Terrier]

PP, let's go.

 

[Gordoff]

I have Xfinity, what channel are y'all seeing the game on?

 

[The National]

Well they disappointed but at least they leave with medals.

 

[Terrier]

Oh well, almost, too little too late. Good night.

 

[Sheppy]

Great battle

 

[The Murph]

 

[Alicat]

So proud of Team USA. Congrats to Team Canada.

 

[Fenway]

Ignoring the figure skating farce - watching Team USA in curling

 

[Alicat]

You must watch her program. It was incredible. She skated to Hallelujah sung by KD Lang

 

[Alicat]

Radiant indeed. Another must watch

 

[bbfan419]

Congrats to Team Canada winning the Gold in women's ice hockey, very proud of them, they never let up the whole tournament and were definitely the best team.

 

[Alicat]

They said it was under rotated but the fact that Alysa Liu attempted a triple axle which is the toughest jump in women's skating is incredible.

28 years ago, the triple axle was the jump you needed that guaranteed you would win the gold. To this day, only 4 women have successfully landed it at the Olympics. Alysa would have been the 5th.

Take a guess on who the first US woman to ever land the jump in competition was..

 

[Fenway]

They said it was under rotated but the fact that Alysa Liu attempted a triple axle which is the toughest jump in women's skating is incredible.

28 years ago, the triple axle was the jump you needed that guaranteed you would win the gold. To this day, only 4 women have successfully landed it at the Olympics. Alysa would have been the 5th.

Take a guess on who the first US woman to ever land the jump in competition was..

 

[Alicat]

Glad they called out that the Russians don't care about artistry and basically snub their nose at it since they pack their program with quad jumps.

They need to start counting artistry more.

 

[Alicat]

Good guess and Mirai is the first to land it at the Olympics but Tonya Harding was the first US woman to land the jump in a competition

 

[Alicat]

I love when karma bites people in the ass.

 

[Alicat]

Karma aside, she should have never been in this position to begin with. Her coach ripped her after she got off the ice.

Someone needs to get her away from her coach and into protection.

Just glad there will be a medal ceremony for the women.

 

[jgatie]

Tara won the gold at 15 so her comments really hit harder and highlights how ridiculous it is to now use that age to excuse doping.

Hearing Scott Hamilton commenting on her and her teammates then being over-scored on top of being allowed to skate gave me goosebumps. Scott Hamilton toes the company line all the time so to hear him be this blunt was powerful.

I didn't hear Hamilton's comments. I'll have to Google them.

 

[EverettMike]

I love when karma bites people in the ass.

Tough to watch that and think "karma" took care of things. She's 15, almost certainly had no idea what they were pumping into her body, and she ws the one who had to go out there and have the whole world rooting against her.

Meanwhile, Russia still gets to take home gold and silver. If anything what just happened made the whole thing so much worse. She's just a kid. No kid deserves any of this.

This all goes back to the IOC kissing Putin's ass and letting Russia off easy for something that should have led to a lengthy ban on competing.

 

[KillerMillerTime]

Women are laying an egg...just like the men did last night. Only difference is at least the women will go home with a medal.

Men had much more competition. USA and Canada women are almost guaranteed medals.

IMO US men didn't lay an egg as they just didn't finish chances they had and Slovaks aren't a bunch of stiffs.

 

[Fenway]

Solves the medals ceremony issue

 

[Alicat]

I didn't hear Hamilton's comments. I'll have to Google them.

It was on Olympic Ice which is on demand on peacock. it was the show on I believe the 15th.

 

[EverettMike]

This is just about the worst thing (involving actual competition) I've ever seen at the Olympics. Just a terrible situation right now for everyone.

 

[Alicat]

Tough to watch that and think "karma" took care of things. She's 15, almost certainly had no idea what they were pumping into her body, and she ws the one who had to go out there and have the whole world rooting against her.

Meanwhile, Russia still gets to take home gold and silver. If anything what just happened made the whole thing so much worse. She's just a kid. No kid deserves any of this.

This all goes back to the IOC kissing Putin's ass and letting Russia off easy for something that should have led to a lengthy ban on competing.

Karma is the cheating, doping and the harm this did to all the clean skaters as a whole.

As a human, she needs to be taken away from her abusers as fast as possible. I have sympathy for what they have done to her and to the other girls.

To see what is playing out right now is horrifying. The winner is now refusing to go on the podium

 

[Fenway]

This is just about the worst thing (involving actual competition) I've ever seen at the Olympics. Just a terrible situation right now for everyone.

I feel bad for her - she has no control of the vitamins they give her.