Olympic Excitement

[Ed Anger]

As long as it inflates American medal counts, I'm for it.

[Admiral Yi]

That would be just the Snowboard events which accounts for 6 events.

Isn't ski acrobatics an Olympic sport now?

[katmai]

That would be just the Snowboard events which accounts for 6 events.

Isn't ski acrobatics an Olympic sport now?

Freestyle skiing has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville.
It was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Winter Olympics, with moguls, aerials, and ballet events.
Moguls became an official medal sport at the 1992 games, while aerials and ballet were still demonstration events.
At the 1994 games, aerials also became an official medal event and the ski ballet competition was dropped.
For the 2010 Winter Olympics, ski cross was added to the program.

though you are correct that USA does well as they have total of 10 medal overall in the events.
Norway and Canada are tied for 2nd with 6 each in the history of the event.

[Admiral Yi]

How could they drop ski ballet, that was the best sport ever. 

[dps]

I think some of the speed skating stuff also came out of the X-games, though they were closer to traditional sporting events than the typical X-games silliness.

[sbr]

The full-contact short-track stuff is relatively new; no idea if it came from the X-Games though.

[katmai]

The full-contact short-track stuff is relatively new; no idea if it came from the X-Games though.

are you high?

Only new Speed Skating event since 1976 is the team pursuit.

[Grey Fox]

Ski cross is awesome. It might from X-games but it's actually fun to watch unlike anything having to do with Downhill.

[katmai]

So yeah why Women's Ice Hockey might not be around after 2018.

The Vancouver Games mark the fourth for women's hockey.
Including the 18-0 win, two-time gold medalist Canada's aggregate score is 127-19.
The United States won the other gold. Its cumulative embarrassments: 113-18, which, after 16 games, comes to an average of 7-1. S
ix-goal games cannot sustain a sport

[crazy canuck]

The full-contact short-track stuff is relatively new; no idea if it came from the X-Games though.

That was a part of speed skating when I was a kid.

[Grey Fox]

So yeah why Women's Ice Hockey might not be around after 2018.

The Vancouver Games mark the fourth for women's hockey.
Including the 18-0 win, two-time gold medalist Canada's aggregate score is 127-19.
The United States won the other gold. Its cumulative embarrassments: 113-18, which, after 16 games, comes to an average of 7-1. S
ix-goal games cannot sustain a sport

Bah! There's 15min between first & last in Cross Country Ski 10km Sprint.

Bloggers are crying murder for no good reason.

[sbr]

Granted it is wikipedia, but i am cookgn dinner and can't be arsed to find anything else right now:

At the 1988 Winter Olympics, held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, short track was a demonstration sport. It was upgraded to a full Olympic sport in 1992 and has been part of the Winter Olympics since. The programme was expanded from 4 in 1992 to 8 in 2002. The events are the same for both men and women: 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m and the relay (5000 m (men)/3000 m (women)).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_track_speed_skating#History

[katmai]

sbr you are right about it only being in since 1992, and that page also shows that USA is only 4th in amount of medals in the event in that time, so doesn't  jive with Yi's theory.

[Josephus]

So Terry Fox's mom is bitching...

http://www.torontosun.com/sports/vancouver2010/news/2010/02/13/12871696-qmi.html

The mother of Terry Fox says she's disappointed the legacy of her late son wasn't given a more prominent place in the Olympic opening ceremony Friday night.

In a television interview Saturday, Betty Fox said it was "disappointing" her legendary son didn't play a more significant role in the event that marked the beginning of the 2010 Vancouver Games.

Fox, who carried the Olympic flag at the event, said the Fox family was never approached about her son's image being used in the ceremony.

"I would have been so honoured to have represented our son in that way," Fox said in the interview. "It was a little disappointing."

The cauldron was lit by Wayne Gretzky, Catriona Le May Doan, Steve Nash, Rick Hansen and Nancy Greene Raine.

In 1980, Terry Fox captivated millions when, after losing a leg to cancer, he attempted to run across Canada. His Marathon of Hope raised millions of dollars and his legacy lives on today.

Fox died at age 22 on June 28, 1981.

Or maybe she was pissed off that NBC thought she was Micahel J Fox's mother

http://www.mediaite.com/online/olympian-mistake-nbc-confuses-michael-j-fox-with-terry-fox/

[Grey Fox]

No one cares about T. Fox, especially anyone in their 20s.