Winter Olympics No Video Thread

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I'm pretty far behind on curling but was cool to see an overtime match in round robin for US vs South Korea (this was on 2/7). South Korea, at least what I had seen up to that point, wasn't doing so well and the US was. I enjoyed seeing South Korea get in a good game.

So far the crowd seems the loudest with Italy, US and Estonia (pretty sure Estonia is getting crowd interaction they were at least early on).

I'd say this Olympics my fav sport is curling followed closely by figure skating and ice dancing.

 

[Suger Mag]

I appreciate your comments on the subject I truly do but I feel that you're taking comments on a personal level as each time someone says something about Vonn's injuries you step in, I understand you skied in the past but just because a poster says something does not mean they are attacking the sport itself.

We all understand injuries are common in sports and each sport has common injuries associated with it. And yes a car accident can cause a tibia fracture but that goes into you taking it personal because I didn't say the only way to have a tibia fracture is to ski down a hill with an ACL injury.

I also understand why a doctor would say that her prior ACL injury had nothing to do with that crash but I think it's important to understand there's causality and susceptibility. Her ACL tear does not have to physically cause her to hit the gate to then have a tibia fracture, it can however cause someone to be more susceptible to subsequent injuries or impact overall stability. I mentioned this on another thread on a completely different topic months ago but my neighbor had a fall years back and had a moderate concussion, he is now susceptible to future concussions (as advised by his doctor). Years ago I rolled my ankle badly enough to cause a sprain and my ankle never fully healed right, I am more susceptible to future rolling of my ankle. My husband's coworker injured his leg several months back, was given a knee scooter, lost his balance using the knee scooter and further injured (unfortunately more badly) that injured leg.

Just because other skiers have had issues with that gate does not have any bearing on Vonn's crash all things considered. Any clipping of any gate can cause someone to have a crash, blaming a specific gate is appropriate when you're looking at how crash stats or timing stats, not when you're discussing a specific skier and a specific injury.

I do hope you aren't offended at my comments as your insight into the sport is nice but none of us have a stake in Vonn's career we're just talking and giving our opinions or thoughts about the Olympics

And thank you for your opinion. I do have a few more credits to my world besides being a former skier a long time ago before arthritis, but I wont bore you with them.

Why am I defending Vonn? No it is not personal, nor am I taking it personal. Why? Well because people are making incorrect statements about an Olympic champion. It is a subject I am interested in, and I hate misinformation.

I am also entitled to make as many posts here as I want to. On whatever subject I choose. And right now I choose to defend Vonn.

I posted this before.... these are the words of her teammate,:

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Take it from an actual Olympic Alpine skier: all these armchair experts claiming Lindsey Vonn's injury caused her crash have no idea what they're talking about.

What forces act on a skier when hooking a gate?

When you hook a gate at high speed, as Vonn did in the downhill race Sunday, Feb. 8, there is little chance of making a recovery, said Keely Cashman, one of the American speed skiers.

"That twists your body around. That has nothing to do with her ACL, nothing to do with her knee," Cashman said Monday, Feb. 9. "A lot of people are ridiculing that, and a lot of people don't know what's going on.

"I'm not sure why people have so many opinions about it."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...-explains-olympic-downhill-crash/88586236007/

You do you... but I choose to believe actual Olympic skiers over Dis experts.

 

[DrMont]

her line was too tight and she hit the gate, nothing to do with her knee IMHO.

I believe her line was off because her leg was not as secure as her muscle memory supposed and when she hit that chop upstream from the gate she didn't compensate enough.
The actual crash had nothing at all to do with her knee, but her trajectory going into the gate may have.
That is why competing while injured is so much more difficult and dangerous than most people suppose. It is not about the injury, it is about how a compromised limb actually reacts vs how the athlete's muscle memory expects it will.
Very unfortunate for her. Hope she can heal completely in a decent amount of time.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

You do you... but I choose to believe actual Olympic skiers over Dis experts.

Are any us saying we're experts? Like that's what I mean, we're just chatting on this thread, if anyone expresses their thoughts, perspective or opinion it's nearly taken as an affront to a sport you were in, that's not what any one is doing. So yes you're able to share information about it but so are people to disagree with what you are saying without meaning anything towards what you personally did.

I am also entitled to make as many posts here as I want to. On whatever subject I choose. And right now I choose to defend Vonn.

Of course you are, but you also are choosing to quote near every poster who speaks about Vonn. I didn't quote you to ask your take on it, nor did any of the other posters. So defend all you want, that was never what I spoke about, but quoting people left and right about it was.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Has anyone watched the speed skating or short track events? I know there isn't much of them yet that have occurred. I'm trying to figure out if they are worth watching or not. I normally like the team relays as those can get exciting.

 

[Suger Mag]

Are any us saying we're experts? Like that's what I mean, we're just chatting on this thread, if anyone expresses their thoughts, perspective or opinion it's nearly taken as an affront to a sport you were in, that's not what any one is doing. So yes you're able to share information about it but so are people to disagree with what you are saying without meaning anything towards what you personally did.

lol, everyone on the DIS is an expert, have you learned nothing about this place in your time here?

Of course you are, but you also are choosing to quote near every poster who speaks about Vonn. I didn't quote you to ask your take on it, nor did any of the other posters. So defend all you want, that was never what I spoke about, but quoting people left and right about it was.

and.... so what. it is called discussion.

 

[RedAngie]

Has anyone watched the speed skating or short track events? I know there isn't much of them yet that have occurred. I'm trying to figure out if they are worth watching or not. I normally like the team relays as those can get exciting.

Speed skating is one of my favorite Winter Olympics sports. There were already three long track events in the past three days and this morning there was the mixed team short track relay. No US athletes medaled yet.

Much more of both types of speed skating to come. Check the schedules on various online sites.