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by Rolvix » February 20th, 2010, 11:12 pm
Oops, definitely just spelled Apolo with two L's. Wilson, I'm surprised you didn't point that out.
I'm sure you noticed it though.
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by wilson » February 20th, 2010, 11:13 pm
Rolvix wrote:Achtüng!
Here comes the two German teams...
Meh.
Back to skating.
Anybody could wipe out at any time, though...that track is
crazy. The home Canadians have already crashed out, as have the traditionally strong Brits, in spectacular fashion. The Americans aren't out of it, and it's nice for them to be even in the conversation, as they really haven't been for quite some time. The most publicity they've generated in a quarter century was when Herschel Walker joined the team for the Albertville games and the pair finished a respectable seventh.
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by wilson » February 20th, 2010, 11:14 pm
Rolvix wrote:Oops, definitely just spelled Apolo with two L's. Wilson, I'm surprised you didn't point that out.
I'm sure you noticed it though.
I'm trying to be less of a grammatical imperialist these days, lest throaty swoop through here and chide me again.
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by wilson » February 20th, 2010, 11:19 pm
Short-track speed skating is incredibly entertaining sport. If they televised World Cup meets a couple of times a month, I'd definitely watch them.
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by Rolvix » February 20th, 2010, 11:23 pm
wilson wrote:Short-track speed skating is incredibly entertaining sport. If they televised World Cup meets a couple of times a month, I'd definitely watch them.
Apolo is incredibly entertaining to watch even when he's fighting for third place! Those pesky Koreans...
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by Rolvix » February 20th, 2010, 11:25 pm
wilson wrote:Rolvix wrote:Oops, definitely just spelled Apolo with two L's. Wilson, I'm surprised you didn't point that out.
I'm sure you noticed it though.
I'm trying to be less of a grammatical imperialist these days, lest throaty swoop through here and chide me again.
Hahaha yeah... I think he's the only one that actually minds it. I, for one, don't like to make the same mistake twice. Especially when I don't know I'm making it!
As far as I can remember NONE of my teachers have ever actually taught grammar. If I hadn't read so much I might be even worse off than I am.
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by DukeUsul » February 20th, 2010, 11:25 pm
Possibly the best part of short track is that there are no judges scores involved....
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by Rolvix » February 20th, 2010, 11:32 pm
DukeUsul wrote:Possibly the best part of short track is that there are no judges scores involved....
Truer words have never been spoken. I couldn't consistently watch a sport in which the scores were decided on by judges!
Can you imagine basketball being one of those sports?!?! It would be terrible!
Oh... Duke comes up short once again in the first round of the NCAA's. It seems like the judges just absolutely hate them! Straight 0's across the board. unc, on the other hand, has been guaranteed their 50th National Championship!
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by CameronBornAndBred » February 21st, 2010, 12:31 am
DukeUsul wrote:Possibly the best part of short track is that there are no judges scores involved....
True..but there is a surprising amount of judging involved.
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by colchar » February 21st, 2010, 2:45 am
CameronBornAndBred wrote:DukeUsul wrote:Possibly the best part of short track is that there are no judges scores involved....
True..but there is a surprising amount of judging involved.
But more in the referee 'let's make sure everything is fair and no rules are broken' sense than in an awarding points and determining who wins sense.
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by Lavabe » February 21st, 2010, 10:21 am
colchar wrote:CameronBornAndBred wrote:DukeUsul wrote:Possibly the best part of short track is that there are no judges scores involved....
True..but there is a surprising amount of judging involved.
But more in the referee 'let's make sure everything is fair and no rules are broken' sense than in an awarding points and determining who wins sense.
In the previous Winter games, the South Koreans probably would have disagreed with this statement.
Two more Ohno races remaining.
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by Lavabe » February 21st, 2010, 10:24 am
Rolvix wrote:Oh... Duke comes up short once again in the first round of the NCAA's. It seems like the judges just absolutely hate them! Straight 0's across the board. unc, on the other hand, has been guaranteed their 50th National Championship!
51st, if you include the Helms Award.
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by rockymtn devil » February 21st, 2010, 10:46 am
wilson wrote:Short-track speed skating is incredibly entertaining sport. If they televised World Cup meets a couple of times a month, I'd definitely watch them.
Agreed. It's become one of my favorites of the games this year.
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by Lavabe » February 21st, 2010, 10:56 am
rockymtn devil wrote:wilson wrote:Short-track speed skating is incredibly entertaining sport. If they televised World Cup meets a couple of times a month, I'd definitely watch them.
Agreed. It's become one of my favorites of the games this year.
Friday is the last short-track event with Ohno... the 5000m relay.
Although the solo events have been a LOT of fun, the relays are just INSANE!!
VERY high on the BADASS quotient. China, Canada, Korea, US, and France will be skating in it.
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by Lavabe » February 21st, 2010, 11:00 am
Ski Jumping from Saturday...
There's one Swiss jumper, Simon Ammann, and then there's everyone else. They had to move the start down the hill a bit so that he could land on the slope.
THAT'S WACK!!
On Saturday, Dude won his 4th gold medal in jumping.
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by Lavabe » February 21st, 2010, 11:08 am
Nice to see Brian Shimer coaching the US team. Also nice to see that Bodine/NASCAR sled.
Any idea why the bobsledders and the skeleton athletes are in the same team organization, but the lugers have their own organization? THAT'S nuts.
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by colchar » February 21st, 2010, 3:31 pm
That's unfathomable up here.
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by Lavabe » February 21st, 2010, 7:13 pm
Men's Biathalon was BADASS today. Very cool.
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by YmoBeThere » February 21st, 2010, 10:00 pm
Are they televising the Men's Hockey against Canada live? If not, what a huge opportunity missed.