Cortina d'Ampezzo-Milan Winter Olympics

[Brullnux]

For one of the greatest skiers of all time, I think Odermatt has a tendency to underperform at big events. He has 100 podiums and 53 victories in 196 starts in the World Cup, then 4 podiums (3 wins) in 17 starts at Worlds/Olympics. Granted, it's always harder to win one-off events than through the whole season, but it's a noticeable drop-off from otherworldly/Pogacar level to very good Nibali level, if I can make a comparison with cycling.

Paris incredibly unlucky with his ski jumping off at a random turn. Not even that bumpy, just a technician's error. Now Paris is someone who absolutely does not have a good record in big events.

 

[jmdirt]

American commentators going on and on about Ogden when Klaebo is right there...

...but it is an American broadcast so that makes sense IMO.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

...but it is an American broadcast so that makes sense IMO.

Fair enough. Thing is in any sport and at any time I have favorite individual athletes regardless of their nationality, so I find this very American slant that occurs during every Olympic cycle fairly jarring and pretty off-putting. (I'm sure this is happening in every nation right now, but I need to follow @Sciatic's advice and fire up my VPN for some balance. )

Edit: team sports like hockey are a little different though, like, I'm totally stoked Slovakia has advanced by beating Finland today!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Not all men are three time Olympic champions, but Von Allmen is.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Not all men are three time Olympic champions, but Von Allmen is.

Yeah, Von Allmen's hattrick is pretty spectacular, and he's only 24!

I also need to mention I really like the Swiss Olympic team outfits, I think they're one of the nicer ones.

 

[JR1012]

First game of hockey and we have the first surprise. Slovakia beats Finland 4-1.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Gold for Italy in the women's luge doubles, or as Ingrid Tandrevold describes it: something where one of them is in the front and the other one is in the back and both of them are crazy.