Members amybrickwallace Posted February 17, 2018 Members Share Posted February 17, 2018 OK, then, I've seen medal ceremonies in some of the other sports on NBCSN. Add to it that I fell asleep right after the last skater had performed, so I did not know that the medal ceremony did not air. As for skating being fixed, I first realized that in 1994 when Nancy Kerrigan lost out on the gold in Lillehammer. She was robbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted February 17, 2018 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2018 Ha...love this.... https://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelblackmon/sally-field-the-worlds-most-extra-mom?utm_term=.auv1AE1n0x&ref=mobile_share#.nt940Y4XrM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted February 17, 2018 Members Share Posted February 17, 2018 I think it's easy to believe figure skating is fixed, because unlike most other sports it's not about who's fastest or strongest or who can jump the longest or the highest. It has an element of performance and that opens it up for personal preferences and opinions. Sure, there are compulsary elements too, but they only account for part of the points total. Take the above mentioned example of Nancy Kerrigan in 1994 for instance. I personally thought that Oksana Baiul deserved the gold that year, but other people don't and I can't argue with their opinion. I'm not saying that fixing does or doesn't occur, because I have no proof either way, but there is a reason you never hear rumours like that about alpine or cross-country skiing or about long jump or decathlon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted February 18, 2018 Members Share Posted February 18, 2018 Not surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted February 23, 2018 Members Share Posted February 23, 2018 These two made the Olympics for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted February 24, 2018 Members Share Posted February 24, 2018 LOL Squirrel for the win!! Please register in order to view this content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted February 25, 2018 Members Share Posted February 25, 2018 What a fitting end. Norway's Marit Bjørgen wins the last gold medal of the games in her final olympic start to become the most decorated winter olympian ever, and with that gold medal Norway becomes the most successful country ever in a single Winter Olympic. Please register in order to view this content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted February 26, 2018 Members Share Posted February 26, 2018 Finally some good ratings news from this year’s Games. Last night’s closing ceremony was up from Sochi. http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/2018-winter-olympics-closing-ceremony-ratings-1202710262/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted February 26, 2018 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2018 Wow! Please register in order to view this content Gus Kenworthy is at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium. Yesterday at 9:34am · PyeongChang, South Korea · Two weeks ago, at opening ceremonies, we met and a friendship began. Today, at closing ceremonies, it ends. Adam, please stop calling me. You're honestly starting to get v clingy and I can't anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted February 26, 2018 Members Share Posted February 26, 2018 Lol. I saw that too. Gus shouldn’t joke like that on Twitter where things can be taken out of context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted February 26, 2018 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2018 I thought it was real. I mean come on Adam does come off as clingy....LOL. I know everyone and I mean everyone loves him but he annoys me to no end sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted February 26, 2018 Members Share Posted February 26, 2018 He’s annoying and believes his own press a little too much, but he doesn’t feel bitter or mean like the KGB queen Johnny Weir. So I give him a little leeway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted February 26, 2018 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2018 Yup...I mean really...he is a gay guy competing in the Olympics.....And? Like there haven't been before. What was so great that he did in the Olympics to deserve all this fame? Did he win a medal I don't know about? Did he set some Olympic record? He didn't even place and can't do a quad jump. Let's move on from him.......LOL But yes no one is worse than Johnny Weir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted March 6, 2018 Members Share Posted March 6, 2018 Uhhhh...lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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