🥶 Winter Beijin 2022 🥶 Discussion and bet thread 🥶 Winter Game 🥶

[eaLiTy]

We've already had the Tokyo Olympics without an audience, and still it was a formidable spectacle. I hope the Chinese are able to do the same.
China has a very strict protocol against covid, and it is thanks to it that they managed to eradicate covid-19 in 2020.

You cannot expect the Winter Olympics to be as big as the Summer Olympics, personally i am not a big fan of the winter Olympics even though i am die hard fan of the Summer Olympics who watches almost all events that interest me on a daily basis and because majority of the sporting events in the Winter Olympics are not familiar to me i am yet to watch a single event till live.

I will be following this thread, as i have no idea about the athletes participating and the events.

[delfastTions]

Without hesitation, the Chinese will do their utmost to make this Olympic Games a real celebration of sports. 
For example, I am primarily interested in biathlon among men, as well as bobsled competitions.  I believe that the Chinese organizers of the bobsleigh event will prepare a very high quality bobsleigh track for this event.  Of course, curling is also interesting, such a curious and slightly philosophical kind of winter sports. 
Yes, there are many more interesting things to see in February.

[mm2543363580]

Do you ask about whether Chinese ice hockey team is comming or whole Chinise Olympic deligation?

If you search your question on the page you have posted, you would find that “they are comming”. But they will be an easy 3 points for every their opponent. Personally, I would allow them or any team to play, no matter how good or bad they are. Their opponent can test different tactics and combinations against such team, instead of testing against a strong opponent or in play-offs. One disadvantage of such games - strong team players might get an injury in a match that does not affect anything.

Its a good move to allow China to join the ice hockey campaign. Its allowed to play mainly because of the pressure of being a hosting nation. This way more people from china will come to see the game which will make them interesting. Since they are in group of USA, Canada and Germany. I would say match b/w USA and China will be interesting though USA will win easily.

[og kush420]

Without hesitation, the Chinese will do their utmost to make this Olympic Games a real celebration of sports. 
For example, I am primarily interested in biathlon among men, as well as bobsled competitions.  I believe that the Chinese organizers of the bobsleigh event will prepare a very high quality bobsleigh track for this event.  Of course, curling is also interesting, such a curious and slightly philosophical kind of winter sports. 
Yes, there are many more interesting things to see in February.

Every hosting nation tries his best to make the games a real celebration of sports. If you note China is coming up strongly in every Olympics, finishng frst or at the second spot. They are not very good in winter games, in last winter games they won only one gold but I am very sure they will finish in top three this time.

[coinlocket$]

33 days at the start

About time event.
Most of them will be "helpful for European".

For an example of curling, we can see long breaks during inconvenient hours.

https://olympics.com/en/beijing-2022/schedule-by-sport/curling/

[og kush420]

You cannot expect the Winter Olympics to be as big as the Summer Olympics, personally i am not a big fan of the winter Olympics even though i am die hard fan of the Summer Olympics who watches almost all events that interest me on a daily basis and because majority of the sporting events in the Winter Olympics are not familiar to me i am yet to watch a single event till live.

I will be following this thread, as i have no idea about the athletes participating and the events.

You are not alone in this list. There are not many countries in summer and winter Olympics that's why interest in lessen in these games as compared to Olympics where whole world compete. I also don't think many sites will offer betting on these games since not many are involve in betting on winter Olympics.

[Jackl87]

You cannot expect the Winter Olympics to be as big as the Summer Olympics, personally i am not a big fan of the winter Olympics even though i am die hard fan of the Summer Olympics who watches almost all events that interest me on a daily basis and because majority of the sporting events in the Winter Olympics are not familiar to me i am yet to watch a single event till live.

I will be following this thread, as i have no idea about the athletes participating and the events.

You are not alone in this list. There are not many countries in summer and winter Olympics that's why interest in lessen in these games as compared to Olympics where whole world compete. I also don't think many sites will offer betting on these games since not many are involve in betting on winter Olympics.

Well that is only partly true i would think. Yes of course countries from south america, africa and from parts of asia basically don't compete at the winter olympics at all, but the rest of the world pretty much does. So we still have north america, europe (including russia where the winter olympics are at least as important as the summer olympics) and also china, japan and korea. I would say that in all those countries and regions the winter olympics are a very important event and those are basically all the big and wealthy countries of the world. So i would not underestimate the importance of the winter olympics.

[dimonstration]

Without hesitation, the Chinese will do their utmost to make this Olympic Games a real celebration of sports. 
For example, I am primarily interested in biathlon among men, as well as bobsled competitions.  I believe that the Chinese organizers of the bobsleigh event will prepare a very high quality bobsleigh track for this event.  Of course, curling is also interesting, such a curious and slightly philosophical kind of winter sports. 
Yes, there are many more interesting things to see in February.

Since it’s just 6months after the Tokyo Events we can say that Chinese organizer will sure do their best to defear or give more impact than the previous event and since it will be their time again to host the event after pandemic they might give special attention to details now to make this event unforgettable and memorable. I’m excited to see the skiing and skating setup as well the performances of each participants.

[TimeTeller]

Without hesitation, the Chinese will do their utmost to make this Olympic Games a real celebration of sports.  
For example, I am primarily interested in biathlon among men, as well as bobsled competitions.  I believe that the Chinese organizers of the bobsleigh event will prepare a very high quality bobsleigh track for this event.  Of course, curling is also interesting, such a curious and slightly philosophical kind of winter sports.  
Yes, there are many more interesting things to see in February.

Since it’s just 6months after the Tokyo Events we can say that Chinese organizer will sure do their best to defear or give more impact than the previous event and since it will be their time again to host the event after pandemic they might give special attention to details now to make this event unforgettable and memorable. I’m excited to see the skiing and skating setup as well the performances of each participants.

After what they have been thru last time, they know already the steps that they need to take to contain this event.
As we are still in pandemic owed to this new variant, I believe, they are more prepared this time.
Let's say, there will be no live audience in this upcoming winter olympics, but I think the host nation will have less trouble this time.
In terms of handling the athletes and the containment of the spread of the virus.
Let us see if they will not suspend or delay this event and pursue the scheduled dates.

[ajochems]

We've already had the Tokyo Olympics without an audience, and still it was a formidable spectacle. I hope the Chinese are able to do the same.
China has a very strict protocol against covid, and it is thanks to it that they managed to eradicate covid-19 in 2020.

You cannot expect the Winter Olympics to be as big as the Summer Olympics, personally i am not a big fan of the winter Olympics even though i am die hard fan of the Summer Olympics who watches almost all events that interest me on a daily basis and because majority of the sporting events in the Winter Olympics are not familiar to me i am yet to watch a single event till live.

I will be following this thread, as i have no idea about the athletes participating and the events.

Agreed.The number of people who is going o participated will be low in the winter Olympic .Only the Pacific Ocean region people can sustain the winter Monsoon.Rest of the country people will not able to participate and win the Olympics due to huge change of weather.Eventhough some country maing some history in this Winter Olympics.

[TheNineClub]

We've already had the Tokyo Olympics without an audience, and still it was a formidable spectacle. I hope the Chinese are able to do the same.
China has a very strict protocol against covid, and it is thanks to it that they managed to eradicate covid-19 in 2020.

You cannot expect the Winter Olympics to be as big as the Summer Olympics, personally i am not a big fan of the winter Olympics even though i am die hard fan of the Summer Olympics who watches almost all events that interest me on a daily basis and because majority of the sporting events in the Winter Olympics are not familiar to me i am yet to watch a single event till live.

I will be following this thread, as i have no idea about the athletes participating and the events.

Agreed.The number of people who is going o participated will be low in the winter Olympic .Only the Pacific Ocean region people can sustain the winter Monsoon.Rest of the country people will not able to participate and win the Olympics due to huge change of weather.Eventhough some country maing some history in this Winter Olympics.

There's more to that than the weather. Well, actually it's weather geography (is that even a thing? ), as in, a lot of countries do not have the geography to have events for the winter Olympics, as opposed to the summer ones. Also, the appeal of winter sports is usually far lower than their summer counterparts, and there are fewer disciplines with not much new being added (look at the summer Olympics last year, added skateboarding amongst others). So all of those factors contribute to less interest. You know what, something dawned on me right now. Sports overlap, right? I mean, you have wrestling and Judo, for instance, both indoor activities, both can be summer or winter, right?

[og kush420]

Agreed.The number of people who is going o participated will be low in the winter Olympic .Only the Pacific Ocean region people can sustain the winter Monsoon.Rest of the country people will not able to participate and win the Olympics due to huge change of weather.Eventhough some country maing some history in this Winter Olympics.

Apart from that most of games in winter Olympics requires huge capital and weak countries can't bear that. Take example of curling. Majority of the world is not even familiar with such games. That's why interest is limited in such games as compared to olympics.

[Pmalek]

Ever since I was a little kid, I always looked forward to the ice hockey tournament in the Winter Olympics. Considering everything that has been going on with COVID-19 and matches being abandoned in the NHL, I am not even sure the regular season will end in time for the start of the tournament. That means an ice hockey tournament without the world's best players. In other terms, a sack of shit.

The NHL calendar has always been in conflict with the IIHF and I guess that will never change. Imagine playing a Football World Cup without players from the Premier League for example? Just awful...

[og kush420]

Ever since I was a little kid, I always looked forward to the ice hockey tournament in the Winter Olympics. Considering everything that has been going on with COVID-19 and matches being abandoned in the NHL, I am not even sure the regular season will end in time for the start of the tournament. That means an ice hockey tournament without the world's best players. In other terms, a sack of shit.

The NHL calendar has always been in conflict with the IIHF and I guess that will never change. Imagine playing a Football World Cup without players from the Premier League for example? Just awful...

I think winter Olympics ice hockey has same restrictions just like Olympics football has some restrictions. Teams can't send there 1st tier football team in Olympics same may  true for winter Olympics ice hockey. So ice hockey in winter Olympics won't be of IIHF and NHL level

[galambo]

Without hesitation, the Chinese will do their utmost to make this Olympic Games a real celebration of sports. 
For example, I am primarily interested in biathlon among men, as well as bobsled competitions.  I believe that the Chinese organizers of the bobsleigh event will prepare a very high quality bobsleigh track for this event.  Of course, curling is also interesting, such a curious and slightly philosophical kind of winter sports. 
Yes, there are many more interesting things to see in February.

China is the new emerging power and they will do there best to make it a big success like they did with Beijing Olympics 2008. They have world finest sporting infrastructure available in there country. Winter Olympics are always fun to watch but this year winter Olympics have biggest challenge of covid19.

[mm2543363580]

After what they have been thru last time, they know already the steps that they need to take to contain this event.
As we are still in pandemic owed to this new variant, I believe, they are more prepared this time.
Let's say, there will be no live audience in this upcoming winter olympics, but I think the host nation will have less trouble this time.
In terms of handling the athletes and the containment of the spread of the virus.
Let us see if they will not suspend or delay this event and pursue the scheduled dates.

I think we must learn to live with covid19 rather then halting all together everything. Better approach is to watch this Olympics at home, dont try to rik your life and others. AFAIK, China has not allowed spectators to come and see the game. Only chinese people will be allowed to see the game.

[Pmalek]

I think winter Olympics ice hockey has same restrictions just like Olympics football has some restrictions. Teams can't send there 1st tier football team in Olympics same may  true for winter Olympics ice hockey. So ice hockey in winter Olympics won't be of IIHF and NHL level

Don't try to explain the Winter Olympics and the ice hockey tournament if you don't know what you are talking about.
It doesn't have any restrictions. If the best players are available, meaning those who play in the NHL, and they want to participate, they can. But in normal conditions, the ice hockey tournament together with the Olympics takes place during the playoffs of the NHL. Those players who feature in NHL teams who don't qualify for the playoffs are free to join their national teams. But those who still have club duties aren't released and allowed to play. If a team drops out of the playoffs, it often happens that certain national team players arrive to the tournament late. Others don't got at all. 

[LTU_btc]

Don't try to explain the Winter Olympics and the ice hockey tournament if you don't know what you are talking about.
It doesn't have any restrictions. If the best players are available, meaning those who play in the NHL, and they want to participate, they can. But in normal conditions, the ice hockey tournament together with the Olympics takes place during the playoffs of the NHL. Those players who feature in NHL teams who don't qualify for the playoffs are free to join their national teams. But those who still have club duties aren't released and allowed to play. If a team drops out of the playoffs, it often happens that certain national team players arrive to the tournament late. Others don't got at all. 

You're not completely right too. Your explanation more fits to IIHF World Championship which usually happens during NHL playoffs.
During Olympics in February, in NHL it will be regular season, so, no players from NHL will be available for Olympics. During previous Olympics, NHL made break in regular season and all players were released to Olympics and later they return to NHL. But this time NHL won't stop season, same like they didn't stopped in 2018.

[TopTort777]

Situation with NHL season and Olympic 2022 is complicated. According to schedule, Olympic ice hockey games will be from Feb 3 to Feb 20. And according to NHL schedule, there will be no games after Feb 2. If I remember correctly, teams have time to rest before play-off starts, so some players might try to join their Olympic team. But, due to covid, their clubs might not allow them to do it. It will really stupid to lose in play-off, because your multi million contract star sits at home for 10-14 days quarantine. Also, arent all-star games happens between season and play-off ? Players will be busy with it also, rather than fly to Olympics.

[galambo]

Covid19 is getting complicated once again, omicron variant is getting out of control in many countries once again. I don't think winter Olympics will be cancelled but they will defiantly go on without spectators from outside china. Its best to go with this approach, as we have to live with this virus for sometime.