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John Dough posted:Netherlands has the most medals again due to winning almost everything involving ice skating that's because they're the only place in the world to take it seriously, same way flemings 'dominate' cyclocross so it's good for them, but also kind of a bad sign.
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Feb 18, 2014 22:52
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pryatt directing traffic, letting cars through to Euromaidan. Delightful little international incident in the making.
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Feb 18, 2014 22:53
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SquadronROE posted:It's obvious that camera robot won. Is there a view from that camera robot posted somewhere?
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Feb 18, 2014 23:01
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SquadronROE posted:It's obvious that camera robot won. That's actually a basket of shower curtains and doorknobs. It's kind of like the rabbit at the race track.
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Feb 18, 2014 23:07
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Feb 18, 2014 23:13
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Phlegmish posted:that's because they're the only place in the world to take it seriously, same way flemings 'dominate' cyclocross gently caress you you're just jealous. We won't be able to take silver or bronze in the team pursuit, maybe you other countries could have a go at that? 
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turtlecrunch posted:
Are all the athletes in the stands, or is that a picture of their empty seats for later?
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So... are Paralympics going to be held in this hot mess next?
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Young Freud posted:Yeah, it's strange though. I think we're probably better at shooting than the other nations, but finding someone who both shoots AND skis is probably a bit difficult for us. Also, a lot of those competitors from Scandinavian countries, Russia, and a few others like Switzerland tend to also be out of the military or subsided indirectly by the military, where being able to shoot and ski cross-country is that's still a major thing. Biathlon's origins came from alpine infantry. I'll try not to go all TFR in here but much like there are dozens of ways to get down a snowy mountain there are a large number of shooting disciplines. We Americans tend to do most of our precision shooting while sitting at a bench and using high magnification scopes. China, South Korea and Italy all took home more medals in the shooting sports than us in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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MisterOblivious posted:I'll try not to go all TFR in here but much like there are dozens of ways to get down a snowy mountain there are a large number of shooting disciplines. We Americans tend to do most of our precision shooting while sitting at a bench and using high magnification scopes. False: asians have slant eyes and therefore have bad vision and can't shoot anything because they can't see anything.
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Agrajag posted:False: asians have slant eyes and therefore have bad vision and can't shoot anything because they can't see anything. False: Squinted eyes give you clearer vision by changing the focus points in the eye thereby enabling you to shoot more accurately at distance.
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MisterOblivious posted:I'll try not to go all TFR in here but much like there are dozens of ways to get down a snowy mountain there are a large number of shooting disciplines. We Americans tend to do most of our precision shooting while sitting at a bench and using high magnification scopes. True. U.S. medals in 2012 were in 50m three-position (which is exactly like you said, stationary precision shooting through scopes) and in skeet shooting. I know South Korea is hardcore into competitive shooting. I remember a friend telling me watching some skeet competition that when into overtime, where the competitors where still shooting it out in the middle of a monsoon and still hitting their skeets.
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LOL, CNBC's Curling coverage just had a segment of slo-mo shots of the British Women's team skip interspersed with close-ups of her yelling "HAAAAARRRRD!"
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Young Freud posted:True. U.S. medals in 2012 were in 50m three-position (which is exactly like you said, stationary precision shooting through scopes) an None of the Olympic shooting sports use "scopes" or magnification of any kind. "Sitting at a bench and using high magnification scopes" is not at all like shooting self-supported through iron sights.
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Cthulu Carl posted:LOL, CNBC's Curling coverage just had a segment of slo-mo shots of the British Women's team skip interspersed with close-ups of her yelling "HAAAAARRRRD!" yes  10 hours until she pulls off the monumental upset
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Vertical Lime posted:10 hours until she pulls off the monumental upset Yes I imagine she will be upset When she loses to Canada
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angerbeet posted:Yes I imagine she will be upset Even Abe is on our side. There is but one outcome and it is a Canadian victory.
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We all know this, but sometimes you gotta cheer for the little guy, even if you know he's terrible and is gonna lose, so he doesn't lose heart. Which is why I'm a Pittsburgh Pirates fan
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peanut posted:So... are Paralympics going to be held in this hot mess next? They're still working on making Russia wheelchair accessible. Don't worry, it will be done in time. The tarps are almost finished.
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davebo posted:They're still working on making Russia wheelchair accessible. Don't worry, it will be done in time. The tarps are almost finished. The tarps will be cut into dog harnesses. The weelchair bound just need to capture a stray or two for transport.
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Do bobsledders really warm up with hurdles? Or is that just what they tell the press while they troll Lolo Jones?
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That other Russian team and their D.A.R.E. PSA dance      Extras: 1, 2, 3, 4 In their defense they had one move I liked more than any other in the freedance even though it had a clunky execution.
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Haven't seen this linked here yet I don't think, but here is Sir David Attenborough doing some Curling commentary... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPYOoPy3t5A
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auzdark posted:Haven't seen this linked here yet I don't think, but here is Sir David Attenborough doing some Curling commentary... curling finally sense. Also Anna sloan would have no trouble infiltrating the Scandinavian teams
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Suddenly I loving love the Olympics. turtlecrunch posted:
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auzdark posted:Haven't seen this linked here yet I don't think, but here is Sir David Attenborough doing some Curling commentary... What a drat soothing voice that man has.
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auzdark posted:Haven't seen this linked here yet I don't think, but here is Sir David Attenborough doing some Curling commentary... drat it, Sir David, that's not alpha female! She just the Third. The Skip is the alpha! You can't even trust Attenborough these days 
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oh christ that half-pipe skiing injury.. guy blows out his acl, lays on the ground grabbing his knee and screaming for a while, then skis off
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you irl posted:They barely have enough finishers to fill the next round, the announcer said if you just land any trick at this point you're in Makes me think of the funny speed skater story in which the guy's strategy was just to hang back and then sail past the big crash.
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etalian posted:Makes me think of the funny speed skater story in which the guy's strategy was just to hang back and then sail past the big crash.   
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Steven Bradbury is a fuckin hero and I'm not Australian/someone who cares about speed skating
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That halfpipe injury was killer  Poor guy. I'm in Colorado, and after seeing all these Colorado kids competing, I see a commercial telling me Colorado's childhood obesity rate is growing super fast. Something doesn't jive. Plus I'm a fat, so I know we're still the skinniest state in the US.
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you irl posted:oh christ that half-pipe skiing injury.. guy blows out his acl, lays on the ground grabbing his knee and screaming for a while, then skis off Was this during qualis or what? I want to see the vod
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Reposting from the Olympics forum since I was looking for snowboard cross poo poo (which was not on the sports page for no apparent reason) for like 2 days before I saw itBadfinger posted:By the way, this is apparently the unmarked, untabbed page you can wind your way towards by means of black magic to watch full event replays. I am just going to assume it will update and catalog days at the bottom as it goes. NBC 
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