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2014 Winter Olympics Thread
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Gah! I know it's not over yet but props where props are due. Nice Gold Team Canada. See you in the Summer Olympics. 
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The last thing I watched was a bit of the U.S. and Canada semi-finals Hockey game. I gave up after 20 minutes as the USA were getting their tails whipped by Canada.
The last thing I watched was a bit of the U.S. and Canada semi-finals Hockey game. I gave up after 20 minutes as the USA were getting their tails whipped by Canada.
Dominating performance by Canada today. I wonder if that will be the last time we see NHL'ers at the Olympics. It really was unfair out there.
Congrats to Canada on a great hockey team and yet another gold medal.
These last sixth months to me have been about very dominant teams from Canada's 2014 hockey team back to the 2013-2014 Seahawks to the 2013 Red Sox. It's a joy to see any team click on all levels, even when it's not your team. There's probably already talk about the next Olympics and strategies for the USA on how to be able to crack that nut.
These last sixth months to me have been about very dominant teams from Canada's 2014 hockey team back to the 2013-2014 Seahawks to the 2013 Red Sox. It's a joy to see any team click on all levels, even when it's not your team. There's probably already talk about the next Olympics and strategies for the USA on how to be able to crack that nut.
Unfair?
Sweden's team was stacked with NHL players too.. including Lundqvist.. probably the best goalie in the world.
Of course Canada just has so much depth.. they could field 2 or 3 teams to compete with every other countries one.
There's a good chance the NHL won't be sending players to the Olympics in 2018, but its not because its "unfair", it's because the NHL owners are greedy bastards. They're going to piss off a lot of people when the don't let the players go in 4 years.
Sweden got screwed though.. Backstrom got banned right before the game for testing positive for a "banned substance". That substance? Zyrtec, the allergy medicine. He's been taking it for over 7 years, never had a problem, didn't have a problem at the Vancouver games in 2010. What a joke. Good to see the IOC discriminates against athletes with allergies, and if you have bad allergies, you're not allowed to compete in the Olympics. That's ********.
That was more Putin money throwing the games. "Those punks were taking allergy medication I think they were cheating". Ok Mr Putin we will take care of it, wink wink nudge nudge.Unfair?
Sweden's team was stacked with NHL players too.. including Lundqvist.. probably the best goalie in the world.
Of course Canada just has so much depth.. they could field 2 or 3 teams to compete with every other countries one.
There's a good chance the NHL won't be sending players to the Olympics in 2018, but its not because its "unfair", it's because the NHL owners are greedy bastards. They're going to piss off a lot of people when the don't let the players go in 4 years.
Sweden got screwed though.. Backstrom got banned right before the game for testing positive for a "banned substance". That substance? Zyrtec, the allergy medicine. He's been taking it for over 7 years, never had a problem, didn't have a problem at the Vancouver games in 2010. What a joke. Good to see the IOC discriminates against athletes with allergies, and if you have bad allergies, you're not allowed to compete in the Olympics. That's ********.
Nothing to do with Putin, unless you want to blame him for Sochi's garbage air quality.
This is the IOC and their ridiculous standards. An allergy medicine isn't performance enhancing. I have bad allergies to pollen, and in the summer I take two different medicines just so I can breathe. It's a ****ing joke that someone who has allergies like me would be essentially be banned from competing from the olympics because of medicine just to help someone breathe normally and not have to be congested/blowing their nose/coughing up mucus every 2 minutes.
Sometimes when posts are so extreme you have to think, that must be sarcasm.
Nothing to do with Putin, unless you want to blame him for Sochi's garbage air quality.
Now, isn't there a list of banned substances that the athletes know about before competition.
Nothing to do with Putin, unless you want to blame him for Sochi's garbage air quality.
This is the IOC and their ridiculous standards. An allergy medicine isn't performance enhancing. I have bad allergies to pollen, and in the summer I take two different medicines just so I can breathe. It's a ****ing joke that someone who has allergies like me would be essentially be banned from competing from the olympics because of medicine just to help someone breathe normally and not have to be congested/blowing their nose/coughing up mucus every 2 minutes.
It's not as if the list of banned substances is hidden.
Yeah, and it's not banned. His "positive" test was for pseudophendrine, one of the ingredients in Claritin D and Zyrtec D. It's one of the decongestant ingredients that helps you breathe. Apparently they have a "threshold" at 150mg and he came up somewhere around 180-190.
That's a bunch of crap.. how can they determine a hard threshold like that? Medicines effect people differently.. if he has bad allergies, he could have needed that much just to help him breathe clearly.
The team doctors & Sweden doctors told him he was okay to take it. IOC doctors even told him it was okay. It's a bunch of crap, pulling an athlete out of a gold medal game an hour before for a testing positive for taking over-the-counter allergy medicine for chronic allergies when he was told by his doctors, team doctors, and the IOC beforehand that it was fine to take.
I just read that the NHLPA is going to be suing the IOC over this.
Unfair?
Sweden's team was stacked with NHL players too.. including Lundqvist.. probably the best goalie in the world.
Of course Canada just has so much depth.. they could field 2 or 3 teams to compete with every other countries one.
There's a good chance the NHL won't be sending players to the Olympics in 2018, but its not because its "unfair", it's because the NHL owners are greedy bastards. They're going to piss off a lot of people when the don't let the players go in 4 years.
What are you confused about? Canada's 4th line is far better than Sweden's top line. There is a difference between being "stacked" with NHL players, and having the best NHL players which is the difference between Canada & Sweden. It's a little hard to accept your hockey opinion as anything more than a casual fan if you think Lundqvist is the best goalie in the world when he is not even top 10 in the NHL in GAA and save percentage this season and barely in the top 20.
Unfair?
Sweden's team was stacked with NHL players too.. including Lundqvist.. probably the best goalie in the world.
Of course Canada just has so much depth.. they could field 2 or 3 teams to compete with every other countries one.
There's a good chance the NHL won't be sending players to the Olympics in 2018, but its not because its "unfair", it's because the NHL owners are greedy bastards. They're going to piss off a lot of people when the don't let the players go in 4 years.
Sweden got screwed though.. Backstrom got banned right before the game for testing positive for a "banned substance". That substance? Zyrtec, the allergy medicine. He's been taking it for over 7 years, never had a problem, didn't have a problem at the Vancouver games in 2010. What a joke. Good to see the IOC discriminates against athletes with allergies, and if you have bad allergies, you're not allowed to compete in the Olympics. That's ********.
Two or three teams? How about six!
2014 Winter Olympics Thread
I watched the closing ceremony and yes that was a funny joke!
The ceremony was somewhat similar to the opening ceremony; much focus on Russia's traditions; classical arts like Russian ballet, music, literature (Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, etc.) So yes, I thought the concept was similar to the opening ceremony but I really loved it.
I watched the closing ceremony and yes that was a funny joke!
The ceremony was somewhat similar to the opening ceremony; much focus on Russia's traditions; classical arts like Russian ballet, music, literature (Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, etc.) So yes, I thought the concept was similar to the opening ceremony but I really loved it.
Yup. Great sense of humor, that balky ring. It was a enjoyable event, from start to finish.
The stadium floor was really cool. Terrific technology.
Wonder if Rio will be able to pull it off in 2016.
The stadium floor was really cool. Terrific technology.
Wonder if Rio will be able to pull it off in 2016.