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Anybody Jacked Up for the Winter Olympics games?
**Edit** Only 2 weeks away!!! 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver! **Edit from 2006**
You can never get enough Luge, Biathlon and Curling coverage. Anyone else excited?? http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics Last edited by Deberg_1990; 01-25-2010 at 01:32 PM.. |
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02-20-2014, 10:22 PM | #991 |
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I thought the Russian just left her routine, she wasn't in sink with the music, it was more show with jumps and spins? Guess it worked for her if that's the case.
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02-20-2014, 10:23 PM | #992 | |
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02-20-2014, 10:27 PM | #993 |
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Uh oh, the freak show coming up.
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02-20-2014, 10:29 PM | #994 |
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That's crazy that they said that Korean skater is one of the richest female athletes in the world. She donated $100,000 to the tsunami relief.
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02-20-2014, 10:31 PM | #995 |
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Ski cross and snowboard cross are both awesome. Those seem like things they could play much more of on TV here.
The people are in direct competition with each instead of the clock and they really have to do be skilled to maintain speed while going over jumps, through turns, and avoiding/passing people. Plus it is a lot like Super Mario Kart. |
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02-20-2014, 10:35 PM | #996 | |
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Taxpayers? Since when did a small country become so rich? It must be our money filtered down through the ranks.
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02-20-2014, 10:39 PM | #997 |
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I guess just from winnings and sponsors?
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02-20-2014, 10:50 PM | #998 |
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02-21-2014, 07:43 AM | #999 | |
Would an idiot do that?
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02-21-2014, 07:44 AM | #1000 | |
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But if you're the richest female athlete in the world, is $100K really all that much? It might mean more if they reported that it ws X% of her income or something. |
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02-21-2014, 07:46 AM | #1001 |
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02-21-2014, 08:09 AM | #1004 |
Would an idiot do that?
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Finesse, offensive-minded, and in some ways less team oriented... the general take on it is that since international rinks are wider than NHL rinks, you can't be as aggressive and cover the full width of the ice... going for the big hit or taking out someone along the boards puts you too far out of position.
Also, the NHL used to have a two line pass rule, where the puck couldn't cross both the blue line and center line on the same pass... international rules have never had that (as far as I know). So, in the NHL, you had to work the puck up the ice through each zone, where as international play had more breakaways and big plays. Finland used to use what they called the torpedo, always looking for the long pass out of the defensive zone in order to get behind the defense (basically why hockey and soccer have offsides). When Russia played Finland, Russia got down a couple of goals and quite working for goals... they started looking for the big play (iced the puck 4 times at the end of the game looking for a breakaway instead of working the puck into the zone so they could pull the goalie). They tried to rely on their individual skill instead of working the puck deep and getting goals by screening the goalie and fighting for rebounds, which is the more North American way to do it. Team USA is a great example of the NA way... despite all of their offensive talent, they're also pretty physical, many of their goals have been scored within ~3 feet of the net, and they play really well as a team. Several Olympic teams are adapting that style as they've figured out how to be more aggressive with the forecheck while not risking the middle of the ice (and of course since the top teams are mostly made up of NHL players).
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