Well, I've Already Had Enough of the Olympics (Rant)

[wadeintothem]

There are olympics?

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

There are olympics?

Yep, and apparently, we're pretty good at them this time around!

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Yep, and apparently, we're pretty good at them this time around!

Too bad no one cares.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

Too bad no one cares.

Oh. I care! No.....wait......I don't.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

Too bad no one cares.

Ehhh... Some events are fun to watch (I've enjoyed the downhill skiing and snowboarding), and some are true measures of athleticism (like the biathlon).

Couldn't care much else about the other events.

[argodad]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Ehhh... Some events are fun to watch (I've enjoyed the downhill skiing and snowboarding), and some are true measures of athleticism (like the biathlon).

Couldn't care much else about the other events.

Come on bkbjones, share your line about the men's figure skating!

[Dutch Alex]

Originally Posted by argodad

Come on bkbjones, share your line about the men's figure skating!

I do care about the Winter Olympics, however can we say figure skating and ice dancing are sports or is it just an exhibition? A jury has to decide who's the best. That's not in the mind of "Higher, Faster, Further, Longer etc."
I do know they have to train very hard and long, but it all depends wether a jury say's "We like you the best; you win..."
No as a real dutchie I do like long track speed skating! I'm not sure you know how to skate on a 400meter track, but I do like it...
Shanie Davis lost in his 1500meter competition against the dutch outsider Tuitert. I didn't even considder he was one of the skaters having a chance for gold: He mostly fall down on the ice when it's real counts.

For myself skating is fun, but it realy starts at a distance of at least 25 km. I do prefer a 100km skating. Did once 200km in one day (8h32min) on a lake in Austria. The dutch winters ain't that cold that we can skate a day long...

I'm longing for spring and the summer however!

[Dakota]

Figure skating and its ilk (ice dancing, etc) are always political... always. If there isn't cheating in the scoring, there is always accusations of cheating in the scoring. This applies to gymnastics (and diving, etc) in the summer games, too. The same brouhaha will eventually come to snowboarding, too. However, these events will always be there because they bring in the TV audience.

Short track speed skating it stupid.. a race should be about speed, not about following in line and falling when trying to pass (not to mention unenforceable rules against team tactics...).

Alpine skiing and cross-country skiing are both good, but they need to do away with the style score on ski jumping - who cares how graceful they are-- distance should be king.

Long track speed skating is certainly better than short track, but what they need is a track more the size of the running track in the summer games, where the skaters would actually compete on speed, not balance on skates.

Double luge is very, very odd, in a limp wrist sort of way.