2022 Olympic Winter Games Thread

Postby **count2infinity** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 8:15 am

Question: Is/was Shaun White really that good? As a non-snowboarding bro, my opinion may be way off base, but he alway seemed to come up small on the big stage.

Yup. He was that good.

Postby **willeyeam** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 8:24 am

Question: Is/was Shaun White really that good? As a non-snowboarding bro, my opinion may be way off base, but he alway seemed to come up small on the big stage.

He had 3 gold medals between 2006 and 2022 Olympics, and the two events that he didn't medal in he took 4th. And he medaled in the X Games like a bajillion times. Took a gold in skateboard there too. He's the goat. For now at least, that Japanese kid is a stud

Postby **skullman80** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 8:49 am

Never thought I'd see the day someone questioning Shaun White's career credentials.

Postby **willeyeam** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 8:54 am

have you met meow though

Postby **nocera** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 2:02 pm

US/Canada Mens hockey spoiler:

Postby **willeyeam** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 2:20 pm

Do you believe in miracles?

Postby **dodint** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 3:35 pm

Postby **meecrofilm** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 4:43 pm

Nick Baumgartner seems like a really solid dude.

Postby **count2infinity** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 8:39 pm

Deport schuster.

Postby **willeyeam** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 8:53 pm

That **** is still curling for us? I legitimately had enough time from his debut to learn how to curl and get better than him I think. If I knew he'd be around this long

Postby **Ad@m** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 9:48 pm

Wow! @Rocco’s favorite skip makes a nice play.

Postby **Sam's Drunk Dog** » Sun Feb 13, 2022 11:17 am

Postby **count2infinity** » Sun Feb 13, 2022 12:08 pm

Erin Jackson might have the best story of the Olympics so far. Just started ice skating 5 years ago and is now the 1st Black woman to win gold and 1st to win an Olympic medal.

Looking like Frozone out there. Good for her!!! That was awesome.

Postby **Spangler** » Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:40 pm

Question: Is/was Shaun White really that good? As a non-snowboarding bro, my opinion may be way off base, but he alway seemed to come up small on the big stage.
He had 3 gold medals between 2006 and 2022 Olympics, and the two events that he didn't medal in he took 4th. And he medaled in the X Games like a bajillion times. Took a gold in skateboard there too. He's the goat. For now at least, that Japanese kid is a stud

Not only that but Shaun White was inventing new moves for practically every Olympics he was in. Literally no one else could do the tricks at the time.

Postby **tifosi77** » Mon Feb 14, 2022 12:15 am

Monobob. Crap name, awesome event.

Postby **CBear3** » Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:06 am

In Germany it's called unaboob.

Also, cheers to the ROC for getting Kamila back reinstated :facepalm:

Postby **MR25** » Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:30 am

Amazing that someone can smoke weed and be banned, but you have an athlete actively doping and the IOC goes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Postby **CBear3** » Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:37 am

Amazing that someone can smoke weed and be banned, but you have an athlete actively doping and the IOC goes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The IOC "sued" to have her ineligible too. It's the CAS that ruled in her favor because of her status as a "protected person" (minor) and that because of the timing of testing the A sample was delayed it didn't give her an adequate chance to get the B sample tested and used in her appeal.

Postby **tifosi77** » Mon Feb 14, 2022 12:54 pm

I don't think the point of order here is the appeal procedure, it's that Russian athletes are competing at all in the first place. That's such a stain on the IOC; it doesn't make Russia look bad because the world already knows they're cheats.

If you let them compete at all, they have to be on the shortest of leashes. Someone tests positive? Aw, so sad, too bad; we've chartered five aircraft to take your entire delegation back home, and all your 2022 medals are vacated. You can appeal for reinstatement in 4 Olympiads.

Postby **nocera** » Mon Feb 14, 2022 12:55 pm

Russian athletes aren't competing. Russian Olympic Committee athletes are. Big difference.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:52 pm

Who let Joe Dirt on the US Curling team?

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:20 pm

Schuster just made an incredible.. throw? Turn? Idk he slid it well

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Feb 14, 2022 11:10 pm

Schuster just made an incredible.. throw? Turn? Idk he slid it well

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CZ-7gcdFTE ... =copy_link

Postby **iamjs** » Mon Feb 14, 2022 11:21 pm

Schuster just made an incredible.. throw? Turn? Idk he slid it well

Throw

Postby **shoeshine boy** » Tue Feb 15, 2022 8:06 am

Who let Joe Dirt on the US Curling team?

someone commented that the entire team looks like a group of dads escaped from the middle school PTA.

Matt Hamilton (Joe Dirt) has stated that he's going to donate the hair to a group that makes wigs for cancer kids.
besides, it makes him memorable which will likely get him a little money post-Olympics in public appearances.