I was watching one of the speed skating events last night and they did a little blurb about some girl that took a hard fall a year ago and STRUGGLED to get back in form for the games this year due to her "bruised knee".I for one am sick of all these against all odds, adversity, hardship stories. They just make me laugh and think, if that's your idea of having it tough, you really must be in for a shock should things actually get bad. I know it's media amping it up but still.
The only thing worse than watching ice skating is watching skaters fall on their asses and listening to the announcers say that you score more points for trying difficult things and failing than for perfectly performing easier moves.
How fucking retarded is that shit? It just goes to show that holistically scored events are inferior in every way to directly competitive ones.
Mirai Nigasu nailed a rare female skater triple axel. It is fucking amazing. Highly recommend checking it out.
First American woman to land a triple axel was Tonya Harding, who was also the first woman to land two in the same competition, and she remains the only other American woman to land one in international competition.
I don't know a lot about snowboarding but Shaun White's gold medal run was insane. Everyone likes an underdog but when somebody comes in as the favorite, the best in the world throw everything they have at him, and he just elevates to another level it's so fucking impressive.
Also, he audibly said "fuck" twice on NBC which is sort of an accomplishment.
Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva is a giant weeb
I am always a fan of the Olympics and especially the lesser Winter Games.
I usually only care about the Ski/Snowboard events and am hoping Alex Hall and Gus Kenworthy can bring it. Obviously want Lindsey Vonn to win as well.
What events are you guys looking forward to?