2018 Winter Olympics
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It’s because global warming is reducing our ability to practice for winter events*
Seriously though, the Olympic movement as a whole in the US is dying. It is especially evident in the winter sports. Snowboarding has made the decline less obvious but even that can’t carry the entire team.
I'm sure only the curling team was involved in doping as it's the most necessary. It's basically the power lifting of the winter olympics.
Dramatic. We haven't been doing well, I'll admit that but the USA isn't as dominant in the Winter Olympics like the Summer.
We just got a medal for the first time ever in Womens Cross Country Skiing and Womens SpeedSkating Team Pursuit.
Figure Skating is having some issues, Hockey isn't the same without the NHL players. Speed Skating was horrid last olympics too. The downhill events have been having some HORRIBLE conditions. We typically do well in the X-Game type events - and have done...okay.
Norway is KILLING it this year.
We're 12 medals off our pace from 2014 with just a few days more to go. Our women's figure skating was described as "the worst set of routines in decades".
Don't clean house everywhere, but I think figure skating needs to be looked at. This is a sport we used to be really great in, and now we're happy if someone just medals with a bronze.
why in the hell would you dope for curling?!?!
That's my point. If they'll dope to win, in a sport that I can't imagine there is much of an edge for, they're team is probably cheating across the board.
I mean, their country was banned from these olympics for a reason.
I do remember that during the peak of MLB doping, there were a good amount of pitchers using something illegal, because it helped with their concentration and ball control. You could equate the skill of pitching a baseball to curling. Both movements start in the legs and end with precise movements at your fingers.
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Agree on figure skating...kinda. At least on the women's side. We have a pretty good potential to get 5-6 medals tonight/tomorrow.
Women’s hockey came up big. Butthurt Canada players took their silvers off as soon as they got them.
Looks like the US team that won gold needs to start doping. A bunch of dad bods.
https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/...usa-curling-wins-gold-in-stunner-over-sweden/
