2022 Winter Olympics

[Agelastus]

GB won their first medal only just now? In curling of all sports. What happened?

We're not an Alpine country.

You can't rely on the same people or sports all the time.

Winning 5 medals at each of the last two Winter Olympics was rather unusual (for example, look at the UK's record from 1968 to 1992.)

Thank God for Scotland.

[Maladict]

GB won their first medal only just now? In curling of all sports. What happened?

We're not an Alpine country.

Sure, but the UK nevertheless was able to send 50 athletes.

[mongers]

GB won their first medal only just now? In curling of all sports. What happened?

We're not an Alpine country.

Sure, but the UK nevertheless was able to send 50 athletes.

We have a lot of posh people who like to frequent Swiss resorts in Winter.   

[Sheilbh]

Sure, but the UK nevertheless was able to send 50 athletes.

Except for the curlers they will all do dreadfully though

[Grey Fox]

GB will get a 2nd medal in women's curling too.

[Agelastus]

GB won their first medal only just now? In curling of all sports. What happened?

We're not an Alpine country.

Sure, but the UK nevertheless was able to send 50 athletes.

We have a lot of posh people who like to frequent Swiss resorts in Winter.   

I don't know their social origins, but a 50 person team that manages to include 3 sets of siblings would indicate a somewhat limited talent pool to select from.

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Anyway, our 50 person team includes 10 curlers (as I said, thank god for Scotland), 6 bobsleighers, and 11 freestyle skiers (also not a traditional Alpine sport.) That's more than half the team in just 3 of the 15 sports at the Olympics.

We've also had no success in Skeleton this year, another recent Olympic sport where we have won several medals.

As I said, we are not an Alpine nation; our success is mostly in non-traditional Olympic sports. Even Curling only appeared as an occasional demonstration sport before 1998.

[The Larch]

Winter Olympics: Finnish cross-country skier suffers frozen penis in 50km race

[crazy canuck]

Canada won gold in hockey - the only thing I watched at this Olympics.  So at least something is still as it should be.   

Cana lost in the quarter finals to Sweden.

Sorry, I should have clarified I was talking about the hockey where the best players in the world competed.  The Canadian side was undefeated in that competition.

[Threviel]

Canada won gold in hockey - the only thing I watched at this Olympics.  So at least something is still as it should be.   

Cana lost in the quarter finals to Sweden.

Sorry, I should have clarified I was talking about the hockey where the best players in the world competed.  The Canadian side was undefeated in that competition.

The hockey where tackling is not allowed because Canadian players are far too good?

[Eddie Teach]

Are there different hockey categories at the Olympics?

[Threviel]

Are there different hockey categories at the Olympics?

Well, there's real hockey that India normally wins in the summer Olympics and Ice Hockey that a few countries normally win in the winter Olympics.

Then there's women's ice hockey, which is what we are talking about, where Canada has a real league with real pro's that are good and everyone else sends some school kids. The first international tournament ended with Canada running over and actually hurting other players with tacklings, the differences were so great that tacklings were forbidden in international play. The US is the only real competitor and they sometimes win a match against Canada. Sweden lost 11-0 in the quarter finals this year.

[Valmy]

Are there different hockey categories at the Olympics?

Two. Men's and women's

[Eddie Teach]

Nyuk nyuk.

[crazy canuck]

Are there different hockey categories at the Olympics?

Well, there's real hockey that India normally wins in the summer Olympics and Ice Hockey that a few countries normally win in the winter Olympics.

Then there's women's ice hockey, which is what we are talking about, where Canada has a real league with real pro's that are good and everyone else sends some school kids. The first international tournament ended with Canada running over and actually hurting other players with tacklings, the differences were so great that tacklings were forbidden in international play. The US is the only real competitor and they sometimes win a match against Canada. Sweden lost 11-0 in the quarter finals this year.

Pretty sure the Americans would object to their women's hockey team being described as a bunch of school kids.   I am not sure what you mean by "tacklings".  Contact is allowed in Women's hockey. 

[Grey Fox]

I read it has checking.