Arena 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic thread.

I thought Jacobellis had that sealed. Led for most of the course but Italy got that jump lead then it fell apart. Missed bronze by a board tip

 

Not even a medal for Shiffrin in the giant slalom.

 

Another 4th. She just barely missed bronze.

 

Awesome short program skate tonight by Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu. Really beautiful.

Must stay awake for remaining skaters....

 

That mountain Hanyu got...... wow

 

So. Many. Poohs.

HERE'S WHY FANS RAIN WINNIE-THE-POOH DOLLS ON YUZURU HANYU

 

Stunned about Shiffren in the slalom. Reports she was throwing up beforehand. Not clear whether it was flu or nerves.

 

She said it felt like a virus and wasn’t nerves in an interview.

 

Give how bad the flu's been this season...

 

First look at OAR men's hockey. Very scary.

 

Hansdotter has been one of the best of the rest behind Shiffren (and Marlies Schild before that). Great that her perseverance paid off.

Didn’t she also win the slalom globe a few years ago when Shiffrin was injured?

 

GB finally gets in the medal table - Dom Parsons won bronze in the skeleton.

 

OAR-USA should be interesting on Saturday. Tournament really is kinda wide open. Really comes down whose goaltender gets hot during the medal round.

 

Mirai Nagasu: I nailed a Triple Axel
Vincent Zhou: Hold my skate shields:

 

It was quite a bummer to see Mikaela Shiffrin finished 4th in her signature event. Her first run didn't go so well. And her second run, she was as tight on the turns through a couple of gates. There were very brief moments in her second run where her time was good enough for the gold but she just couldn't maintain it until the finish. Shiffrin has a few more events where should could medel. Happy for the winner though.

And being the nerd that I am, I'm so stoke that Yun Sung-Bin rocked the Iron Man helmet for the Olympics and came away with the gold.


Good on Alan Rippon for enjoying and soaking in his time on the ice. Dude is just winning even though he's not a favorite to win a medal.

On the other hand, tough luck of the draw for Nathan Chen to follow Yuzuru Hanyu and his Olympic record of scoring 111.68, which ended is a crowd of cheers and falling Pooh bears. Chen had to feel the pressure of that score, the poor performance in the team competition and the hype he's been getting leading up to the Olympic games. As Tara and Johnny noted, he can't look to his teammates to really get his head right, it's something he has to do on his own. Hopefully, he can just find his groove in the free skate.

 

Snowboarding is my favorite but I won’t lie ski slope style when done right looks better. All that coptering motion draws the eye.

 

Hoooooooooooooly crap, so that's what all the hype is about with Nathan Chen...

 

Yeah finally.

Talk about a tear jerker. Lindsey and her grandfathers interview. That was some powerful stuff. My eyes. Hopefully she will take that gold in his honor.

 

Yeah finally.

Talk about a tear jerker. Lindsey and her grandfathers interview. That was some powerful stuff. My eyes. Hopefully she will take that gold in his honor.

 

That's Nathan Quad according to Tara Lipinski.

 

Oh crap. Lindsey’s 1st run wasn’t exactly bad but wasn’t that good.

Breathe girl

Ed: I think the Board is stuttering.

 

Yeah, it's been randomly double posting people all day.

 

Oh crap. This is the medal run for Super G. I thought this was 1st runs. Dang.

Hopefully she ll get gold Tuesday night then.