Winter Olympics 2026

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Anonymous wrote:Kudos to Italy for the best Winter Olympic games I have ever seen.

You must have been too young to watch Albertville!

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Anonymous wrote:Why is NBC keep highlighting Eileen Gu and L. Vonn? First is representing China and the second one is not even in the game!!! I know they are pretty but enough is enough

Mikaela is the GOAT of alpine skiing with 3x as many gold medals and more than 2x as many world cup wins, but you'd think it was Lindsay the way the media has been carrying on.

Blonde.

Mikaela Shifrin is also blonde. And pretty.
I think they just filmed a bunch of stuff about Vonn because they wanted to have this big comeback story, and then she crashed and hurt herself and they are still using all the stuff they invested in because they don't know how to pivot.

Vonne is "Blonde"

Her brand leans into an image that could be considered more marketable because she is experienced in selling her image. Not to me. I love the athletes. But I could see why any broadcaster who is all about the bottom line would keep mentioning Vonne.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is NBC keep highlighting Eileen Gu and L. Vonn? First is representing China and the second one is not even in the game!!! I know they are pretty but enough is enough

Mikaela is the GOAT of alpine skiing with 3x as many gold medals and more than 2x as many world cup wins, but you'd think it was Lindsay the way the media has been carrying on.

Blonde.

Mikaela Shifrin is also blonde. And pretty.
I think they just filmed a bunch of stuff about Vonn because they wanted to have this big comeback story, and then she crashed and hurt herself and they are still using all the stuff they invested in because they don't know how to pivot.

Vonn is tabloid-y. She was with Tiger Woods shortly after his divorce (maybe during?) and does a lot more running around with other celebs. Shiffrin is more low-key and not really in the news.

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Anonymous wrote:Asian Tiger parent plus money plus genetically gifted surrogate=winning

As others have noted, the circumstances of her birth is too weird.
A Chinese father who did not procreate with his Chinese wife but instead chose surrogacy with white eggs for all 5 children.

Then the smug and poor choice of language.
Her legs are kind of short and thick. I guess that is why she needed to punk it up above the shoulder.


-signed, Chinese

I honestly don’t think the circumstances of her birth are that weird among wealthy gay people. Her dad probably fits in that group as do many of the people around them in the Bay Area.

So one has a skate to grind i see with all these Liu comments

I do not think that the above comment is a skate to grind? It’s very factual and neutral. He is rich and probably gay, and surrogacy is common in that circle?

It doesn't belong in this thread but im too lazy to report you.

But yeah, you've got something going on. We get it

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Anonymous wrote:Asian Tiger parent plus money plus genetically gifted surrogate=winning

As others have noted, the circumstances of her birth is too weird.
A Chinese father who did not procreate with his Chinese wife but instead chose surrogacy with white eggs for all 5 children.

Then the smug and poor choice of language.
Her legs are kind of short and thick. I guess that is why she needed to punk it up above the shoulder.


-signed, Chinese

I honestly don’t think the circumstances of her birth are that weird among wealthy gay people. Her dad probably fits in that group as do many of the people around them in the Bay Area.

So one has a skate to grind i see with all these Liu comments

I do not think that the above comment is a skate to grind? It’s very factual and neutral. He is rich and probably gay, and surrogacy is common in that circle?

It doesn't belong in this thread but im too lazy to report you.

But yeah, you've got something going on. We get it

There’s nothing wrong with being rich and gay and collecting kids if you can afford it.

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Anonymous wrote:Asian Tiger parent plus money plus genetically gifted surrogate=winning

As others have noted, the circumstances of her birth is too weird.
A Chinese father who did not procreate with his Chinese wife but instead chose surrogacy with white eggs for all 5 children.

Then the smug and poor choice of language.
Her legs are kind of short and thick. I guess that is why she needed to punk it up above the shoulder.


-signed, Chinese

I honestly don’t think the circumstances of her birth are that weird among wealthy gay people. Her dad probably fits in that group as do many of the people around them in the Bay Area.

So one has a skate to grind i see with all these Liu comments

I do not think that the above comment is a skate to grind? It’s very factual and neutral. He is rich and probably gay, and surrogacy is common in that circle?

It doesn't belong in this thread but im too lazy to report you.

But yeah, you've got something going on. We get it

There’s nothing wrong with being rich and gay and collecting kids if you can afford it.

The thread is about Sports
Can't keep up? There might be meds for that

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Anonymous wrote:Why is NBC keep highlighting Eileen Gu and L. Vonn? First is representing China and the second one is not even in the game!!! I know they are pretty but enough is enough

Mikaela is the GOAT of alpine skiing with 3x as many gold medals and more than 2x as many world cup wins, but you'd think it was Lindsay the way the media has been carrying on.

Blonde.

Mikaela Shifrin is also blonde. And pretty.
I think they just filmed a bunch of stuff about Vonn because they wanted to have this big comeback story, and then she crashed and hurt herself and they are still using all the stuff they invested in because they don't know how to pivot.

Vonne is "Blonde"

Her brand leans into an image that could be considered more marketable because she is experienced in selling her image. Not to me. I love the athletes. But I could see why any broadcaster who is all about the bottom line would keep mentioning Vonne.

Vonn’s personal life also makes her more interesting to the reality tv crowd. Divorced, then dated Tiger Woods at the peak of his tabloid issues and then a NHL player.

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Sadly, Olympic athletes, unless the they are Michael Phelps or Katie Ledecky or Usain Bolt level, sometimes need to be tabloid fodder to stay in the news and be super marketable. Sha’carri Richardson is a good example. She’s loud and keeps getting arrested but we know who she is, while she keeps getting beaten in races by much more low-key competitors.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is NBC keep highlighting Eileen Gu and L. Vonn? First is representing China and the second one is not even in the game!!! I know they are pretty but enough is enough

Mikaela is the GOAT of alpine skiing with 3x as many gold medals and more than 2x as many world cup wins, but you'd think it was Lindsay the way the media has been carrying on.

Blonde.

Mikaela Shifrin is also blonde. And pretty.
I think they just filmed a bunch of stuff about Vonn because they wanted to have this big comeback story, and then she crashed and hurt herself and they are still using all the stuff they invested in because they don't know how to pivot.

Vonne is "Blonde"

Her brand leans into an image that could be considered more marketable because she is experienced in selling her image. Not to me. I love the athletes. But I could see why any broadcaster who is all about the bottom line would keep mentioning Vonne.

She’s louder on social and hangs out with famous people. Mikaela is the opposite.

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Anonymous wrote:Asian Tiger parent plus money plus genetically gifted surrogate=winning

As others have noted, the circumstances of her birth is too weird.
A Chinese father who did not procreate with his Chinese wife but instead chose surrogacy with white eggs for all 5 children.

Then the smug and poor choice of language.
Her legs are kind of short and thick. I guess that is why she needed to punk it up above the shoulder.


-signed, Chinese

I honestly don’t think the circumstances of her birth are that weird among wealthy gay people. Her dad probably fits in that group as do many of the people around them in the Bay Area.

So one has a skate to grind i see with all these Liu comments

I do not think that the above comment is a skate to grind? It’s very factual and neutral. He is rich and probably gay, and surrogacy is common in that circle?

It doesn't belong in this thread but im too lazy to report you.

But yeah, you've got something going on. We get it

There’s nothing wrong with being rich and gay and collecting kids if you can afford it.

The thread is about Sports
Can't keep up? There might be meds for that

Shut up

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Asian Tiger parent plus money plus genetically gifted surrogate=winning

As others have noted, the circumstances of her birth is too weird.
A Chinese father who did not procreate with his Chinese wife but instead chose surrogacy with white eggs for all 5 children.

Then the smug and poor choice of language.
Her legs are kind of short and thick. I guess that is why she needed to punk it up above the shoulder.
-signed, Chinese

Now do Eileen Gu.

Another Harvard engineered tall white guy

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Anonymous wrote:Alysa Liu could sell the rights to her biopic to Netflix for 50 million

I think her and amber have inspired a new generation of skaters.

There’s def going to be a mega spike in kids participating in skating

I don’t remember skaters being so inspirational and cool in decades.

Her biopic? The circumstances of her birth were a little odd, but other than that, it's mostly just the same as many other figure skaters or niche athletes--lots of tiger parenting from an affluent parent.

NP. You clearly don’t know her story. After the last Olympics, and the subsequent Worlds (where she earned bronze), she quit the sport. She took a two-year break. Then she decided she wanted to skate, train and compete again, on her own terms, for fun and with no pressure. Before, she could do a triple Axel. She didn’t get that back, but she gained consistency and joy of skating. It’s unheard of that she returned and within a year, won the World Championship. Then went on to win the Olympics.

Lol

What a well-supported, well-articulated response.

Even casual watchers of this year’s women’s skating events would have picked up on the improbability of a comeback leading to this level of success. Jonny, Tara and Terry talked about it in their commentary. Ask Rachel Flatt, Gracie Gold, Elaine Zayak and the Shibutanis how their comebacks after a long break went.

The Canadian pair skater Deanna Stellato-Dudek (American by birth) has a phenomenal comeback story, including World’s gold, but unfortunately a recent injury threw the pair off and they didn’t medal at the Olympics.

Didn’t Yuna Kim take a break and then come back and set a bunch of world records?

And cheated out of a second Olympic gold medal.

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US hockey fools

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Anonymous wrote:Sadly, Olympic athletes, unless the they are Michael Phelps or Katie Ledecky or Usain Bolt level, sometimes need to be tabloid fodder to stay in the news and be super marketable. Sha’carri Richardson is a good example. She’s loud and keeps getting arrested but we know who she is, while she keeps getting beaten in races by much more low-key competitors.

Gee, I wonder what you dislike about Richardson.

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Anonymous wrote:Alysa Liu could sell the rights to her biopic to Netflix for 50 million

I think her and amber have inspired a new generation of skaters.

There’s def going to be a mega spike in kids participating in skating

I don’t remember skaters being so inspirational and cool in decades.

Her biopic? The circumstances of her birth were a little odd, but other than that, it's mostly just the same as many other figure skaters or niche athletes--lots of tiger parenting from an affluent parent.

NP. You clearly don’t know her story. After the last Olympics, and the subsequent Worlds (where she earned bronze), she quit the sport. She took a two-year break. Then she decided she wanted to skate, train and compete again, on her own terms, for fun and with no pressure. Before, she could do a triple Axel. She didn’t get that back, but she gained consistency and joy of skating. It’s unheard of that she returned and within a year, won the World Championship. Then went on to win the Olympics.

Lol

What a well-supported, well-articulated response.

Even casual watchers of this year’s women’s skating events would have picked up on the improbability of a comeback leading to this level of success. Jonny, Tara and Terry talked about it in their commentary. Ask Rachel Flatt, Gracie Gold, Elaine Zayak and the Shibutanis how their comebacks after a long break went.

The Canadian pair skater Deanna Stellato-Dudek (American by birth) has a phenomenal comeback story, including World’s gold, but unfortunately a recent injury threw the pair off and they didn’t medal at the Olympics.

Didn’t Yuna Kim take a break and then come back and set a bunch of world records?

No, she went through one period of having to withdraw for injuries, and another of coaching changes and training instability, but she didn’t announce her retirement in either of those periods, and kept training throughout both.