You dont get a pass unless you are in qualifying position when you crash. Not sure where the canadian was, but if he wasn't top 2 when he went down, he's screwed. Thats one of the risks of hanging out in the back like Ohno's been doing. If you arent in the top 2 or 3, you better not go down.

I think that only happens in the heats...not sure, though.

Ah, that's right.

I thought he was in second at the time, guess not.

It might also be a quarter-only thing too. If you are in the lead in the medal race and go down, they dont hand you a gold. I think they only want 6 in the final no matter what.

USA has 1/3 of the Finals.

That other american cut that a little close at the end. He got a bit lazy at the finish line and an italian snuck up and almost stole his spot away.

I think they have the option of re-racing without the DQ'd guy in that case, though it's not a strict rule.

They advanced that Canadian btw, kstater, you were right.

Now I still have someone to cheer for in addition to Ohno.

Horrible camera angles for the luge.

Do the boblseds run the same track?

Did we really just watch a full race just to determine 8th place? Really IOC, you think its necessary?

lol, I was wondering WTF that was...

I know I was right. I'm always right. The sooner you figure that out, the better off you are. :)

It was like Pee Wee League Soccer. "There are no losers." LOL "Congratulations! You won the race! You're in last place!" I'd be embarrassed to skate in it.

The Koreans took themselves out USA 2-3 after Ohno ****ed up earlier.

LMAO hahaha.

That Korean favorite pulled it out....but they almost had a podium finish. Wow.

It could have been all 3 of those Koreans knocked out...the front guy almost got pushed down.

Can you picture the Korean leader? "Oh mah Gawd! Re got all tree spots!!! Re gonna rin all tree meda... NOOO! NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! YOU FAKKHAAASSS!!!! I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!! YOU BETTER DEFECT YOU BAHSTAAAAAAAHDS!!!!" ROFL ROFL ROFL

I hope those Koreans are from the south, if they're from the North, they might be dead soon.

That was beautiful. :LOL:

Korea had 1-2-3 locked up, guaranteed podium sweep, but the Korean in 3rd got greedy, made a bad pass to try to get silver, took them both out, damn near took out the leader too, USA gladly takes the gift-wrapped silver and bronze.

Since we don't have a Korean Leader Facepalm, maybe he had one of these two expressions while watching that finish. LMAO

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Bktad0_Pkt...im-Jong-Il.jpg

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,682194,00.jpg

Oh, good point. I'm not sure if they're from the North or South. I guess if they're from the South they won't get shot; they'll just be working in a Kia or Hyundai plant, LOL.

No kidding. If this is north korea, he had better go to the Canadian government and ask for political asylum.

Ouch, had a hell of a run prior to that.

Hell, I could've moguled like that, LOL... and I've never tried. Gotta suck to screw the pooch on international TV, especially if you're from Japan. They don't tolerate failure well.

Cute though, plucky too. It'd be hard to smile after that.

I guess the announcers said the weather is making the upper portion fast but the jumps difficult, 'cause that one almost lost it too.

I'm guessing she wasnt anywhere close to being a favorite to medal, so she tried to pull out a crazy trick but couldn't stick it. Probably more of a "welp, I tried!" smile.

Heck of a run.

23.9 would be 8th based on prelims.

She may have a deduction coming.

wipe out...

It's the South.

That might be enough for a medal.

How can you tell? They've been running a combined team for a few Olympics.

FAIL

They didn't run a combined team this Olympics. Those are all South Koreans.

Sooo close. Had a damn fine run going.

Everybody is choking.

I think the American had a better run. It'll be close.

Could be a Golden run....comes down to the final American.

They gave her the same time score with a slower run?

USA USA USA USA

We call that being from the host country.

Fuggin domination

Silver it is....Canadians will have to wait.

So, that's a 2nd and 3rd in 1500m speed skating (kthxbye Korea) and a 1st and 3rd in moguls. Not bad. Four medals on day one.

Supposedly she choked in 2006....a pretty good story then.

ski cross? huh. never heard of it, ought to be interesting.

We have a final in women's 3000m short track relay, I guess NBC will show it later.

Spoiler alert: Korea gold, USA silver, Netherlands bronze

That was a crappy final in the short track. Glad the Koreans wiped themselves out but what crappy way to take a silver.

That was a qualifying semi. No medals.

I thought it was hilarious.

Oh, definitely agreed. The screwed the pooch big time there. I just wish we didn't have to medal like that.

Damn, what a recovery there.

How the hell did he get back on the sled?

Who wants to luge?

I mean really who says, you know what I'd like to do, shove an ice skate up my ass, dress like a sperm and go 90 mph.

That shit is entertaining to watch though.

I think it would be so much fun, if they could guarantee the not dying thing. As it is, I'm happy to watch others.

Best way to watch the Olympics. DVR it and do something else for the 1st 45 mins. Come back and watch while it tapes. The amount of commercials is staggering. 45 mins. worth last night. By the time you skip thru them all, the timing is just about right. You're watching live the last 5 mins. Sweet.

It's like every other sporting event.
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A good example of why I like my "HDTV on the left, tube TV on the right" setup. The Olympics will be closed-captioned silent fodder on the HD for two weeks, while we watch TiVo on the tube set.

45 minutes of commercials over almost 4 hours isn't bad at all.

I like shovng a motorcycle up my ass, dressing like a cow and going over 100 mph.

Disagree. Luge and bobsled are my least favorite just because it's about impossible for a layman to really know who is doing well aside from watching the clock. They all look almost exactly the same aside from a different outfit, and you can't ever see them for more than 2 continuous seconds on the way down.

Don't get me wrong - I know there's a lot of skill involved in it. I just don't think it's all that entertaining as a spectator sport.

Pretty much this. The only reason I ever have to watch is to see if there's a crash because the absolute greatest in the field looks no different than the guy who finishes dead last, assuming they dont crash.

oh cool, we'll catch a bit of the James Bond event today. (skiing while shooting at things)

So, Central Time Zone folks...does your coverage start at noon or 1pm today? Just curious to see if I'm gonna be delayed compared to you all again.

Combined Nordic already a jumping.

Bastards. :cuss:

Dont worry, we wont spoil it for you. For example, I planned to say that the US, which has never won a medal in the event, looks like they are putting themselves in good position for the seeding in the Nordic combined, but I wont do that.

LMAO

Eh, it's OK. I just read the thread and keep the timestamps I'm reading an hour behind.

So, if the US pulls out an amazing gold in this event, youll go crazy on the board an hour after we've moved on to the next event? :)

Yet you only waited 9 minutes to reply to him?:D

You'd have to be fricking nuts to ski jump.

http://www.latimes.com/media/graphic...2/52215239.gif

"signature ponytails". Looks like the LA Times art department had some fun with it.

Cool. The combined nordic jump is getting started! :sulk: