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

[FatFork]

Is there some sort of running involved in these Winter Olympics? One of my coworkers was telling me that they turned on the TV the other day and there was some sort of race, but I’ve always been under the impression that that’s all summer Olympics stuff ? Anyways on a side note hard for me to support these games in any way being that China is hosting.

Most likely, your coworker was telling you about cross-country skiing. This is a very popular Nordic skiing discipline and one of the original Winter Olympic sports. The sport is sometimes referred to as "ski running" or "ski marathon" depending on the country's language.


Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-country_skiing_(sport)

[ethereumhunter]

This is not surprising at all, if you see medal tally of PyeongChang 2018  South Korean then Norway and Germany were at no 1 and 2 position with 14 Gold medals each while USA and Canada were at no 3 and 4 respectively. USA which was very down in initial days is now at no 4 position with 4 Gold medals. There are 10 days still left, may be in coming days Canada also jump up.

But still, that surprises me as in Olympic 2018, that is final result while this Olympic, every country have at least 9 days to get more medals. If they can be winners in many sports, of course, they will get the medals. Otherwise, their position will replace by another country.

Highlights from Day 6 of the Beijing Winter Olympics
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Olympic Medal Table (Top 10)


Source: https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/medal-standings.htm

The competition between Germany and Norway or USA and Austria has become tightened because of trying to collect more medals from the sports. With 9 days left, every country needs to try hard to win every game. I expected to see another surprise from Austria, USA or even Netherlands.

While Germany still leads the position. But Austria now has totals 14 medals.

[KTChampions]

It is rather strange that there is still no final court decision regarding the medals and punishment of Valieva. Given that this is her first sin, she will most likely get off with a disqualification for several months. As for the distribution of medals, in my opinion, the longer the decision is delayed, the more difficult it will be to change the results later. It looks like the US will stay with silver 

Yeah, this story looks isn't easy to make decision because Valieva is younger than 16 years and rules is a bit different for them.

I think it's not about age, but about the fact that the decision regarding the individual athlete can affect the result of the team competition.
As for the punishment, I read about similar cases, and for those who got caught for the first time, the most severe was 2 years, and the usual punishment was several months of disqualification.

[og kush420]

The competition between Germany and Norway or USA and Austria has become tightened because of trying to collect more medals from the sports. With 9 days left, every country needs to try hard to win every game. I expected to see another surprise from Austria, USA or even Netherlands.

While Germany still leads the position. But Austria now has totals 14 medals.

Norway and Germany both have 6 medals but norway total medals are 14. I am not betting on winter Olympics since I dont know much about these winter sports but I really liked watching them. Meanwhile, Switzerland Lara Gut-Behrami became the first ever women of her country to win a gold in women’s Alpine skiing Super-G. (source).

[ethereumhunter]

The competition between Germany and Norway or USA and Austria has become tightened because of trying to collect more medals from the sports. With 9 days left, every country needs to try hard to win every game. I expected to see another surprise from Austria, USA or even Netherlands.

While Germany still leads the position. But Austria now has totals 14 medals.

Norway and Germany both have 6 medals but norway total medals are 14. I am not betting on winter Olympics since I dont know much about these winter sports but I really liked watching them. Meanwhile, Switzerland Lara Gut-Behrami became the first ever women of her country to win a gold in women’s Alpine skiing Super-G. (source).

But their Gold and Silver are more than Norway. On the list, you can see that Germany has 7 Gold and 4 Silver while Norway only has 6 Gold and 3 Silver. But Norway gets 5 Bronze while Germany does not have it. But still, Germany's position in Gold is better than Norway's, so it is no surprise if Germany takes the first position. While the Netherlands and Sweden have the same Gold amounts, we can wait if the Netherlands can defend its position at the number 3 or replace other countries.

Source: https://olympics.com/en/beijing-2022/

[mm2543363580]

But their Gold and Silver are more than Norway. On the list, you can see that Germany has 7 Gold and 4 Silver while Norway only has 6 Gold and 3 Silver. But Norway gets 5 Bronze while Germany does not have it. But still, Germany's position in Gold is better than Norway's, so it is no surprise if Germany takes the first position. While the Netherlands and Sweden have the same Gold amounts, we can wait if the Netherlands can defend its position at the number 3 or replace other countries.

Source: https://olympics.com/en/beijing-2022/

Germany is now leading with 7 gold and Norway is at no second with 6 golds. There are 7 or 8 days still left in the game so medal tally will change in coming days. USA had a slow start but on day 6 they are at number six with 4 gold.
Anyone following ICE hockey? Canada Women beat Sweden 11-0 and got there position reserved in semis.

[decodx]

Highlights from Day 7 of the Beijing Winter Olympics

With Christopher Grotheer's win in men's skeleton, Germany adds its 7th gold medal.
American snowboarding legend Shaun White broke down in tears after his last ever competitive run at Beijing Games
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin rediscovers her rhythm in Friday's super-G
Finland's Iivo Niskanen wins gold in the men's 15km classic
U.S. women's hockey team advances to semi-finals with victory over Czech Republic
Olympic gold for Japan as snowboarder Ayumu Hirano wins half-pipe


Olympic Medal Table (Top 10)


Source: https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/medal-standings.htm

[joker_josue]

Did Germany overtake Norway with more gold medals? Look, this is what I wasn't expecting. But there are still many medals to be distributed. We'll see how this fight goes.

It's interesting how the US is already catching up with the gold medals, whereas Canada is strangely not in the top 10 of the gold medals.

[LTU_btc]

In hockey tournament Russia achieved another difficult win, this time they beat Denmark 2:0 and they directly qualified to 1/4 final. Tomorrow very early in morning Canada and USA will play - one of main games of hockey tournament, Canada are considered as quite obvious favorites.
Germany dominate in skeleton, same like luge - gold and silver in women competition and surprisingly China took bronze.
Also, tomorrow we will have men 10 km biathlong sprint, men medal events in skeleton and snowboard cross of mixed teams.

I think it's not about age, but about the fact that the decision regarding the individual athlete can affect the result of the team competition.
As for the punishment, I read about similar cases, and for those who got caught for the first time, the most severe was 2 years, and the usual punishment was several months of disqualification.

I'm not very familiar with figure skating, but in other sports team competitions like relay in swimming or athletics, if one athlete get caught with doping, whole team get disqualified and they lose medals. While this story looks unclear and one of reasons why is that doping regulations for athletes under 16 years is a bit different. Also, doping test was taken few month before Olympics, so, it's strange why it took so long to get results of it.

[ethereumhunter]

Germany is now leading with 7 gold and Norway is at no second with 6 golds. There are 7 or 8 days still left in the game so medal tally will change in coming days. USA had a slow start but on day 6 they are at number six with 4 gold.
Anyone following ICE hockey? Canada Women beat Sweden 11-0 and got there position reserved in semis.

With 7-8 days remaining before it all ends, all countries will definitely try even harder to increase the amount of gold, silver and bronze. It will looks hard for every country because they all want to be the top.

I do not following ICE hockey but that could be interesting to watch the game.

Did Germany overtake Norway with more gold medals? Look, this is what I wasn't expecting. But there are still many medals to be distributed. We'll see how this fight goes.

It's interesting how the US is already catching up with the gold medals, whereas Canada is strangely not in the top 10 of the gold medals.

Every big event will surprise the audience so it is normal if we do not expect to see a country that can be in the top position. But some commentators maybe say many things, including being a whistleblower to blow up the news. It seems Canada is still trying hard to lift the position so I wonder where Canada's position is in the final results.

[coinism]

Did Germany overtake Norway with more gold medals? Look, this is what I wasn't expecting. But there are still many medals to be distributed. We'll see how this fight goes.

It's interesting how the US is already catching up with the gold medals, whereas Canada is strangely not in the top 10 of the gold medals.

Germany is leading with 7 gold while Norway and USA are at second and third slot with 6 and 5 golds. Surely usa is now in a position to take no 1 slot as 6 days still left. Canada is not in top list, may be they have not sent there full strength squad for participation in this Olympics aimed boycott.

[delfastTions]

I don’t understand why there are always some claims against Russian athletes, then these are some continuations of doping scandals, then this is a ban on performing under the national flag.  
In general, the Olympic movement has turned into some kind of political rather than sports struggle.  And this is very upsetting, I want to watch fair competitions, and not these asshole showdowns.

Member of the International Olympic Committee Richard Pound (Canada) called on Russia to miss several Olympic Games because of the ongoing cases of doping among Russian athletes. He stated this on February 12 in an interview with Reuters.

  “At a certain moment, when a country is absolutely incorrigible, you find yourself in a situation where this country needs to take a time out. We could say: we can help you. You have a problem. We'll help you focus on it. Take time out for one, two or three Olympics until you have it all under control. But the Russians don't help themselves because they have absolutely no remorse. They don't admit anything, they appeal against every decision. I think the approach was probably too lenient to allow them to act as the Russian Olympic Committee,” Pound said.

That's what the crazy nonsense of the old senile. They just mock Russian athletes.
What kind of Olympics is a politicized disgrace!!!

[decodx]

Highlights from Day 8 of the Beijing Winter Olympics

Germany remains on top of the medal table.
Germany's Hannah Neise wins women's skeleton gold.
Johannes Thingnes Boe wins gold for Norway in the biathlon mixed relay.
In large hill ski jumping, old went to Marius Lindvik.
After winning gold at mixed team snowboarding, the USA sits third in the medal table.
China's Gao Tingyu sets speed skating record on its way to gold.

Olympic Medal Table (Top 10)


Source: https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/medal-standings.htm

[LTU_btc]

Another succesful biathlon race for Norway. Johannes Boe won sprint race. Despite that he missed one shot, at one point he had over 40 seconds advantage against others and he won confident. His brotherTarjei Boe won bronze. Quentin Fillon Maillet from France won silver. Interesting that there was very few biathletes who missed 0 shots, but they were slow on track and weren't able to fight for good places. Tmorrow there will be chasing race with 60 fastest athletes.
What a game between Russia and Czech Republic hockey teams. Game ended with Czech win 5:4 after oovertime. And it was meaningless game for both teams! 4th Czech goal was amazing - it was scored from 0° angle, though, it was quite big mistake by goalkeeper. In other game Denmark made another surprise and beat Switzerland.
Don't know how many of you watched Large Hill ski jumping, but I was amazed about one athlete - Simon Ammann from Switzerland - it was 7th Olympic games fro him. Amazing.

I don’t understand why there are always some claims against Russian athletes, then these are some continuations of doping scandals, then this is a ban on performing under the national flag.  
In general, the Olympic movement has turned into some kind of political rather than sports struggle.  And this is very upsetting, I want to watch fair competitions, and not these asshole showdowns.

Olympics always were more or less political, just remember 1936, 1976, 1980 or 1984 games. Some people say that poltics and sports shouldn't be mixed, but poltics always been big part of sports. And IMO, if in place of Russia there would be some small country, they would be banned without any questions.

[ethereumhunter]

Highlights from Day 8 of the Beijing Winter Olympics

Germany remains on top of the medal table.
Germany's Hannah Neise wins women's skeleton gold.
Johannes Thingnes Boe wins gold for Norway in the biathlon mixed relay.
In large hill ski jumping, old went to Marius Lindvik.
After winning gold at mixed team snowboarding, the USA sits third in the medal table.
China's Gao Tingyu sets speed skating record on its way to gold.

Olympic Medal Table (Top 10)


Source: https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/medal-standings.htm

It is surprise to see USA can jump from number 6 into number 3 by adding 1 gold and replace Netherlands position while the other country is not moves from their position. As I say before, every country will try hard to compete with the other and be the winner in every sports. It will not stop because the other country will do the same. The clock still running and will not let the weak stay at the current position.

[og kush420]

It is surprise to see USA can jump from number 6 into number 3 by adding 1 gold and replace Netherlands position while the other country is not moves from their position. As I say before, every country will try hard to compete with the other and be the winner in every sports. It will not stop because the other country will do the same. The clock still running and will not let the weak stay at the current position.

USA, Netherlands and Sweden differ only on silver medals they have same gold medals. One gold medal by each team can change there position.
USA men team has defeated Canada first time in decade. ICE hockey final is still left so usa has a chance to grab one more gold.

[delfastTions]

Olympics always were more or less political, just remember 1936, 1976, 1980 or 1984 games. Some people say that poltics and sports shouldn't be mixed, but poltics always been big part of sports. And IMO, if in place of Russia there would be some small country, they would be banned without any questions.

It certainly is. 
However, let's remember the last time Russia is to blame for everything!  In Tokyo, excellently performed gymnasts from Russia were wrongly sued, and now there is a scandal around the world's strongest female f gurist.  For some reason, it is with those who claim to be worthy medals.  And at the same time, all the rest and Norway and from Germany and of course from the USA - all athletes are absolutely clean.  I affirm that this is not the case.  And this is all a scam and not a fair game of dirty officials from the Olympic Committee. 
And also keep in mind how much more difficult it is to train and win for such Russian athletes who are practically being hounded.

[blatchcorn]

It certainly is. 
However, let's remember the last time Russia is to blame for everything!  In Tokyo, excellently performed gymnasts from Russia were wrongly sued, and now there is a scandal around the world's strongest female f gurist.  For some reason, it is with those who claim to be worthy medals.  And at the same time, all the rest and Norway and from Germany and of course from the USA - all athletes are absolutely clean.  I affirm that this is not the case.  And this is all a scam and not a fair game of dirty officials from the Olympic Committee. 
And also keep in mind how much more difficult it is to train and win for such Russian athletes who are practically being hounded.

15-year-old figure skater phenom Kamila Valieva from Russia recently tested positive in doping test. You are right in saying that USA and its allies from EU are not touched by authorities in mega events like olympics. This clearly tells that games are no more neutral rather politicised. Russian athletes are representing there country under the acronym ROC, something very strange to digest for person like me.

What is ROC at the Winter Olympics? Why Russian athletes are competing at Beijing 2022 despite doping ban

[ethereumhunter]

It is surprise to see USA can jump from number 6 into number 3 by adding 1 gold and replace Netherlands position while the other country is not moves from their position. As I say before, every country will try hard to compete with the other and be the winner in every sports. It will not stop because the other country will do the same. The clock still running and will not let the weak stay at the current position.

USA, Netherlands and Sweden differ only on silver medals they have same gold medals. One gold medal by each team can change there position.
USA men team has defeated Canada first time in decade. ICE hockey final is still left so usa has a chance to grab one more gold.

Indeed. So I guess that the USA can defend their position at number 3 but if the other country wins on some games and grabs one gold, their competitor will also have a chance to get a better position. Every country has a race to be at the top of the position while the events will soon end.

It will be more difficult for the player because they must use their best to win and beat the opponent. In this pandemic, watching the Olympics can entertain us while we are at home so it helps us to kill the bore.

[KTChampions]

It is surprise to see USA can jump from number 6 into number 3 by adding 1 gold and replace Netherlands position while the other country is not moves from their position. As I say before, every country will try hard to compete with the other and be the winner in every sports. It will not stop because the other country will do the same. The clock still running and will not let the weak stay at the current position.

Past Olympiad winners Norway and Germany each had 14 gold medals, with Norway topping the list with more silver and bronze medals. Unlike the Summer Olympics where the winner gets 40+ gold medals, the value of each gold in the Winter Olympics is higher and each medal has a strong impact on the distribution of places. It turns out that the winner of the Winter Olympiad in total gains less medals than the number of gold medals of the winner of the Summer Olympiad.