Winter Beijing 2022 4th Feb to 22nd preview and general discussion thread

[giggler99]

Is curling the next big thing to hit Australia?

 

[AdelaideGT]

thought all the presenters where in a central location in Melbourne or Sydney.

why would they bother? Baz gets a guernsey cos it's hours earlier than the East Coast when he gets to host the coverage from a studio.

 

[AdelaideGT]

Think your on a plane within 2 days of finishing

So only 24 hours of shagging and free KFC for most

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

3rd Run was16th fastest of 3rd runs and got into final run group.




And 4th run was ranked 12th in that round

 

[Scotland]

Is curling the next big thing to hit Australia?

I'd love to give it a go, but given Perth has 2 ice rinks between 2m people I can't see a curling facility getting off the ground.

As a 37 year old I feel it's my only chance to represent Australia in 2026.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Been watching Deutsche Welle english language news and they have had these 3 stories about bobsleigh and luge the last few days. First one I found the video on their you tube account, a Latvian father has built a little bobsleigh course for his kids






The video is embedded in these 2 stories - First BMW have built a simulator of the course for the German team to use in the Bobsleigh. BMW have been building the sleigh for a decade now, but the simulator was set up in 2020 due to covid shutdowns and not being allowed to have test events on the new Beijing course.

Germany's secret Olympic bobsled weapon – DW – 02/02/2022

The pandemic has meant that bobsled athletes heading to Beijing haven't had as much chance to practice on the track as usual. But Germany has come up with a secret weapon that the team keeps in a Munich office building.

www.dw.com

A story with video explaining why the Germans dominate the luge.

Why Germany dominates luge

Germans have always excelled at luge. Since it first arrived at the Winter Olympics back in 1964, around 75% of gold medals awarded in the discipline have been claimed by German athletes. What's behind this near-total domination of the sport, and do other countries have any chance of bridging...

www.dw.com

https://tvdownloaddw-a.akamaihd.net/dwtv_video/flv/je/je20220203_lugeN_sd_avc.mp4

 

[myblueroan]

3rd Run was16th fastest of 3rd runs and got into final run group.




And 4th run was ranked 12th in that round

Well done to Alex finishing 33rd.

 

[drd23]

Holy shit Schiffrin is out of the G/S!

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Holy sh*t Schiffrin is out of the G/S!

That sport always brings out weird results

 

[Satan]

Holy sh*t Schiffrin is out of the G/S!

Live or channel 7 live

 

[drd23]

Live or channel 7 live

Live live judging by the fact that when I went to twitter just after it happened on 7 there wasn't much reaction to it yet

 

[hawkman]

Live live judging by the fact that when I went to twitter just after it happened on 7 there wasn't much reaction to it yet

Live. The app is 20 seconds behind what is on 7

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Canadians had to beat undefeated italians to be sure they made it to the SF's and defend their gold medal.


It went to an extra end and ended like this.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Lots of errors and one bad crash in the downhill and we are only 6 skiers in.

Holy shit the Austrian who just finished copped his pole bouncing into his nose and face and split him open.

Sunny, fast course today no wind and -10 degrees.

 

[Munga]

Canadians had to beat undefeated italians to be sure they made it to the SF's and defend their gold medal.


It went to an extra end and ended like this.

You'd think at the top comp level they'd use laser to measure, instantaneous and accurate

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Think after 15 of 43 skiers we might have our medalists.

 

[juice t]

Canadians had to beat undefeated italians to be sure they made it to the SF's and defend their gold medal.


It went to an extra end and ended like this.

Should've just whipped out the tape measure

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Wow 41 year old Frenchman Clarey goes into silver spot, only 0.10 behind Feuz. Was in front, just, at 2nd last time check.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

You'd think at the top comp level they'd use laser to measure, instantaneous and accurate

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Frenchman Johan Clarey has had a career peak at 41, winning a silver medal in the downhill.

It's his best result at his 4 olympics, as he has never made top 10 in either downhill or Super G.

He did win a silver medal in the Super G world champs in 2019, and has a few 2nds and 3rds in World Cup events over an 18 year career. He set the fastest time ever recorded in a race, in 2013 at a WC downhill event when he cracked the ton being recorded at 161.9 km/h or 100.6 m/h.

He finished 2nd in Austria a few weeks ago so not a complete surprise, but still a fantastic effort to peak at 41.

American Brodie Miller was 36 when he won bronze in 2014 in the Super G, but he won gold 4 years earlier when he won the combined event.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Apologies if this has been posted before but I had to laugh.

 

[hawkman]

The moguls are on 7 now. I wonder if the result changes on the 20th viewing

 

[Drummond]

Finally home. Really need to take annual leave during Olympics.

Get home to see a replay of Anthony. Guessing it’s run #30 today. Womens 15km biathlon individual about to start.

 

[Royces Hart]

The moguls are on 7 now. I wonder if the result changes on the 20th viewing

Her mum probably made them edit out the part where her dad says she can get a dog

 

[JackNah_8]

The moguls are on 7 now. I wonder if the result changes on the 20th viewing

How many times do we have to watch it