2022 Olympics

[Anonymous]

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She fell four times. FOUR. TIMES. Her team score is a 1 and that’s because negative doesn’t exist on the scoreboard.

I’ve never seen anything that bad. And she still has to compete in the ladies single.

Tell me you're new to watching figure skating without telling me you're new to watching figure skating.

Who cares? Get over yourself.

-np

[Anonymous]

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The only medals the US took in 2018 were ice dance and team. So a half dozen of those people standing there would not be Olympic medalists otherwise. Be sure to let them know someone on DCUM thinks their once in a lifetime Olympic Bronze medal is inconsequential but just showing up for vibes is amazing!

You know in your heart if they were good enough they'd have actual solo competition medals.

I can’t say this is good enough to win the toddlers competition…she can barely stand upright

Hope the communism is worth it. Doubt they’ll pay for her beginner language classes now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

She fell four times. FOUR. TIMES. Her team score is a 1 and that’s because negative doesn’t exist on the scoreboard.

I’ve never seen anything that bad. And she still has to compete in the ladies single.

Tell me you're new to watching figure skating without telling me you're new to watching figure skating.

Who cares? Get over yourself.

-np

NP What is your problem? Arm-chair quarterback?

[Anonymous]

the top pairs team took a very scary fall on the ice at the end of their routine. (did he hit a rut in the ice? It looked like the back of his skate blade caught on something)

Falls happen. Hers were very obviously nerves/lost confidence. Like I said, my heart broke for her.

Remember this past summer? The absolute best gymnast in the world hands down dropped out when her head got screwed up. It was a very big deal and absolutely the right call.

Seriously, people are just horrible to be rooting on this girl to fail.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The only medals the US took in 2018 were ice dance and team. So a half dozen of those people standing there would not be Olympic medalists otherwise. Be sure to let them know someone on DCUM thinks their once in a lifetime Olympic Bronze medal is inconsequential but just showing up for vibes is amazing!

You know in your heart if they were good enough they'd have actual solo competition medals.

I can’t say this is good enough to win the toddlers competition…she can barely stand upright

You're being utterly ridiculous.

She fell four times. FOUR. TIMES. Her team score is a 1 and that’s because negative doesn’t exist on the scoreboard.

I’ve never seen anything that bad. And she still has to compete in the ladies single.

Why do you dislike her so much?

Are you this angry at Jin Boyang? He is a world bronze medalist and was 4th in the team event. In fact, the only reason he wasn’t last was that Keegan Messing from Canada couldn’t clear his covid tests. He was capable of placing higher and couldn’t pull through.

Honestly, there was absolutely no one else the Chinese could have sent that could have done better than last place in the free skate. They just don’t have any strong women’s skaters. Plus ANYONE China could have sent would have been in last place. Kamilia Valeiva is other worldly. Kaori Sakamoto was 6th at the last world championships and Karen Chen placed 4th there. Admittedly, Madeline Schizas was an under the radar newbie that has improved drastically, but considering she beat Karen last night she would have also beaten anyone else China could have sent.

The nature of the team event is that almost all the 10 countries competing only have strength in 2 disciplines. 3 gets you in medal contention like the US and the US this time around and all 4 gets you a gold like Canada in 2018 and ROC in 2014/2022. That means for most countries at least 2 of their disciplines are weak. For China that is dance and even more so, women’s. Some countries had skaters in the team event that are so weak they didn’t qualify to the olympics on their own. They are ONLY there for the team event like the Italian ladies skater and the German mens skater. The team event means some of these really weak skaters are being aired on US tv for the first time ever. It’s not like NBC is going to air the 30th best mens skater tonight. They tend to only air the top 10-12 (if even that many) so most American viewers aren’t used to seeing bad skates.

You are clearly a very new skating viewer. Watch Anna Pogorilaya at the 2015 worlds. Now that was BAD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

She fell four times. FOUR. TIMES. Her team score is a 1 and that’s because negative doesn’t exist on the scoreboard.

I’ve never seen anything that bad. And she still has to compete in the ladies single.

Tell me you're new to watching figure skating without telling me you're new to watching figure skating.

Who cares? Get over yourself.

-np

NP What is your problem? Arm-chair quarterback?

Many of us like to discuss the Olympics without pedantic demands for expert commentary only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

She fell four times. FOUR. TIMES. Her team score is a 1 and that’s because negative doesn’t exist on the scoreboard.

I’ve never seen anything that bad. And she still has to compete in the ladies single.

Tell me you're new to watching figure skating without telling me you're new to watching figure skating.

Who cares? Get over yourself.

-np

NP What is your problem? Arm-chair quarterback?

Many of us like to discuss the Olympics without pedantic demands for expert commentary only.

Complaining skaters fall is like complaining gymnasts wear leotards.

Clean programs are an exception. They are not the rule. Skaters who can consistently skate clean programs - Kwan, Plushenko etc. - are justifiably famous for that. There is just too much technical content in a 4-minute slot and too much to get right.

[Anonymous]

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Why do you dislike her so much?

I think it is pretty obvious - the poster is anxious to cast her as a traitor and see her crumble after what they think is an evil decision. The worse she skates, the happier that person will be.

[Anonymous]

Michelle Kwan - her skating was so gorgeous it made me cry. It makes me so sad that she never got her olympic gold. But even she could be beaten on any given night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Michelle Kwan - her skating was so gorgeous it made me cry. It makes me so sad that she never got her olympic gold. But even she could be beaten on any given night.

She is one of the greatest (and a new mom, congratulations!)

Yes, even with her famous mental toughness, she said Olympics were just a completely different ballgame in terms of the level of stress and tension.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The only medals the US took in 2018 were ice dance and team. So a half dozen of those people standing there would not be Olympic medalists otherwise. Be sure to let them know someone on DCUM thinks their once in a lifetime Olympic Bronze medal is inconsequential but just showing up for vibes is amazing!

You know in your heart if they were good enough they'd have actual solo competition medals.

I can’t say this is good enough to win the toddlers competition…she can barely stand upright

You're being utterly ridiculous.

She fell four times. FOUR. TIMES. Her team score is a 1 and that’s because negative doesn’t exist on the scoreboard.

I’ve never seen anything that bad. And she still has to compete in the ladies single.

Why do you dislike her so much?

Are you this angry at Jin Boyang? He is a world bronze medalist and was 4th in the team event. In fact, the only reason he wasn’t last was that Keegan Messing from Canada couldn’t clear his covid tests. He was capable of placing higher and couldn’t pull through.

Honestly, there was absolutely no one else the Chinese could have sent that could have done better than last place in the free skate. They just don’t have any strong women’s skaters. Plus ANYONE China could have sent would have been in last place. Kamilia Valeiva is other worldly. Kaori Sakamoto was 6th at the last world championships and Karen Chen placed 4th there. Admittedly, Madeline Schizas was an under the radar newbie that has improved drastically, but considering she beat Karen last night she would have also beaten anyone else China could have sent.

The nature of the team event is that almost all the 10 countries competing only have strength in 2 disciplines. 3 gets you in medal contention like the US and the US this time around and all 4 gets you a gold like Canada in 2018 and ROC in 2014/2022. That means for most countries at least 2 of their disciplines are weak. For China that is dance and even more so, women’s. Some countries had skaters in the team event that are so weak they didn’t qualify to the olympics on their own. They are ONLY there for the team event like the Italian ladies skater and the German mens skater. The team event means some of these really weak skaters are being aired on US tv for the first time ever. It’s not like NBC is going to air the 30th best mens skater tonight. They tend to only air the top 10-12 (if even that many) so most American viewers aren’t used to seeing bad skates.

You are clearly a very new skating viewer. Watch Anna Pogorilaya at the 2015 worlds. Now that was BAD.

Yes, every time people say the Chinese girl’s program was bad, I think back to that Pogorilaya program. Bad, bad, bad - almost laughably bad!

Can you answer a question I have about the team event? I seem to remember that, in the past, countries had to switch up skaters in 2 of the disciplines from short to long. And the US did that - men and dance switched, ladies and pairs skated both. But all the Russians skated the short and long. Did they change that team event rule? Or am I misremembering? That requirement created some interesting strategic decisions in the past.

[Anonymous]

These olympics just suck.

Mikaela Shiffrin, what a disappointment. Probably spending too much time with her Norwegian skiier boyfriend instead of focusing on her craft.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Michelle Kwan - her skating was so gorgeous it made me cry. It makes me so sad that she never got her olympic gold. But even she could be beaten on any given night.

She is one of the greatest (and a new mom, congratulations!)

Yes, even with her famous mental toughness, she said Olympics were just a completely different ballgame in terms of the level of stress and tension.

Yes, like discussed above about the Russians these days, Kwan had the bad luck to run into 15-year-olds suddenly eligible for the Olympics who out-jumped her in 1998 and 2002. I always think that, if she hadn’t pulled out of the 2006 Olympics at the last minute with an injury, THAT was the Olympics Kwan could have won. No young phenom to jump over her to the top. Young Mao Asada, technically brilliant at the time, was a tad too young to be eligible for those Olympics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These olympics just suck.

Mikaela Shiffrin, what a disappointment. Probably spending too much time with her Norwegian skiier boyfriend instead of focusing on her craft.

Oh, yeah, I’m sure that’s it.

[Anonymous]

Why are there no actual videos of Zhu’s performances? This Olympic coverage blows.