Arena 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic thread.

Fake Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un crash opening ceremonies.

 

The USA has its first medal, courtesy of a 17 year old snowboarding dweeb with pimples all over his face. It was a great moment to watch.

Really loving the team figure skating event for its second time out. You get to see athletes you normally wouldn't focus on as much. Like the Italian pairs couple who absolutely killed it in the free skate.

Can't wait for tomorrow. I've been following most major skating events since I saw the National Championship last year, where I learned a lot (they gave us free radios to listen to technical commentary live).

 

I know people pooh-pooh the Team event, but we're loving it... except the Canadian ice dancers make everyone else look like the JV squad.

Do you know who's running the long programs for us in men's and women's skate? I hadn't heard so far...

 

Had my tv on last night and kept waking up randomly during USA women's hockey.

 

The snowboarding event was fantastic. Nice to see the 17 year old wunderkind win. I tuned out after that.

 

Honestly? I didn't even know something like "snowboarding slopestyle" existed (or had forgotten, since it was at Sochi) -- but it's amazing. It's funny, now that I'm old, I keep yelling "Oh no!" any time anyone falls (snowboarding, ice skating, etc.) because I just want to make sure those "young folks" are okay...

 

We did not know about this either. It just happened to be on and we got sucked in. Amazing and then some. Yeah, we were wincing here too. These kids are awesome and we groaned every time one of them landed improperly. By tuning out, I meant after the slopestyle event ended (Even mom, who likes figure skating, tapped out.)

 

THAT LUGE FINALE THOUGH!!!

 

damn, bad start. but congrats on your gold, sweden

 

Also as a reminder: Leslie Jones remains the best.

https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg

 

I'm watching the Men's Singles Luge final right now.

 

I've reached the point of old age where I watch Moguls and think "that must be terribly painful on your knees, and not good for long term joint health"

 

Yeah - I was thinking the same thing as I saw a bit of the women's freestyle earlier..
Luge is about my speed - you can recline all the way down..

 

There's a video of Donna Weinbrecht somewhere, admitting to having had like three surgeries on her knees, and that Moguls is hard on the body. (Not that this is a shock, just... committment to the sport, and how. Also at that same Winter Games, one of the men doing moguls was skiing on two torn ACL's, and a figure skater on a broken foot because "I'm not going to miss this." That pair came in like 18th in a field of 25...)

 

Those Russian women singles skaters are something else...

And extremely glad for Rippon to get a medal, since he's likely to fall short in the individual events.

 

Loved the Canadian ice dance pair Virtue and Moir (Moulin Rouge + figure skating...what's not to love?!). Also thought the American "Shib Sibs" skated a very engaging, expressive program!

 

heelsy, I've been hooked on curling for a few Olympics now, but the mixed doubles adds a whole new element to it that makes it even more loveable.

 

So I see the Hunger Games are now part of the Olympics again:



That lunge final was one more of the cooler things I seen in sports lately. Just was amazing to watch athletes from opposing countries cheer each other on. As they said, it is a small subculture onto itself so a lot of them are friends despite being competitors.

Interested to seeing the ice hockey start for the men here soon. Going to be a really different tournament now that the NHL is not there.