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Doxa
I am following the mixed team race of ski jumping (never knew there exist such a race) Sounds like a total fiasco. They keep on disqualifying jumpers (due to having illegal dresses or something) from countries fighting for a medal: Japan, Austria, Germany... Never seen anything like that..
Edit: Okay, now Norway out (from a sure silver) ...
- Doxa
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Doxa
I am following the mixed team race of ski jumping (never knew there exist such a race) Sounds like a total fiasco. They keep on disqualifying jumpers (due to having illegal dresses or something) from countries fighting for a medal: Japan, Austria, Germany... Never seen anything like that..
Edit: Okay, now Norway out (from a sure silver) ...
- Doxa
What a dramatic race it was! And with so many disqualifications, some biggest surprises in Olympic games so far.
Gold: Slovenia (they were favourite and clearly the best)
Silver: ROC (the first Russian medal in sky-jumping since 1968)
Bronze: Canada!!!!! (first medal ever in sky-jumping - congrats Treacle, SomeTorontoGirl, etc.!)
- Doxa
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Stoneage
I like Sara Hector's honesty. She said before the start, something like this: " I threw up this morning. I haven't been able to eat for a week now. I'm so nervous."
She kept it together though and won the gold (Giant Slalom). What an effort!
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Sighunt
Here's an article from Yahoo Sports re: the Five Olympic skiers who were disqualified for baggy outfits. The interesting thing is that the suits these jumpers were wearing had apparently been cleared in earlier jump outings.
[sports.yahoo.com]
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Here's an article from Yahoo Sports re: the Five Olympic skiers who were disqualified for baggy outfits. The interesting thing is that the suits these jumpers were wearing had apparently been cleared in earlier jump outings.
[sports.yahoo.com]
If they drink or eat too little their suits won't meet the requirements.
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steffialicia
Paint it Black was used by an American skater at the Olympics for her short program. Sorry if this is a repeat!
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crawdaddy
I couldn't believe it when the guy commentating said that all the disqualifications were because of an 'equipment violation'.
The only equipment they use are ski's.
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crawdaddy
I couldn't believe it when the guy commentating said that all the disqualifications were because of an 'equipment violation'.
The only equipment they use are ski's.
From today’s Guardian:
Ursa Bogataj and Nika Kriznar, who took gold and bronze in the women’s individual event, helped Slovenia to secure gold alongside Peter Prevc and Timi Zajc. Taking advantage of the chaos, the Russian Olympic Committee claimed the silver medal and Canada, rank outsiders, collected bronze.
Partners in crime?
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Rockman
tumblin' dice .......
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steffialicia
Paint it Black was used by an American skater at the Olympics for her short program. Sorry if this is a repeat!
That was great. My wife even noticed it!
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Here's an article from Yahoo Sports re: the Five Olympic skiers who were disqualified for baggy outfits. The interesting thing is that the suits these jumpers were wearing had apparently been cleared in earlier jump outings.
[sports.yahoo.com]
If they drink or eat too little their suits won't meet the requirements.
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Here's an article from Yahoo Sports re: the Five Olympic skiers who were disqualified for baggy outfits. The interesting thing is that the suits these jumpers were wearing had apparently been cleared in earlier jump outings.
[sports.yahoo.com]
If they drink or eat too little their suits won't meet the requirements.
The violation is having a suit that is too big so more air flows through it, holding the jumper aloft for longer.
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Here's an article from Yahoo Sports re: the Five Olympic skiers who were disqualified for baggy outfits. The interesting thing is that the suits these jumpers were wearing had apparently been cleared in earlier jump outings.
[sports.yahoo.com]
If they drink or eat too little their suits won't meet the requirements.
The violation is having a suit that is too big so more air flows through it, holding the jumper aloft for longer.
All of that's understandable, but they have to have a better system in place than to disqualify competitors wearing the suits they that passed the requirements earlier. This sounds totally stupid. There's an administrative way to handle this, the athlete's shouldn't bear the brunt of this ineptitude.
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Here's an article from Yahoo Sports re: the Five Olympic skiers who were disqualified for baggy outfits. The interesting thing is that the suits these jumpers were wearing had apparently been cleared in earlier jump outings.
[sports.yahoo.com]
If they drink or eat too little their suits won't meet the requirements.
The violation is having a suit that is too big so more air flows through it, holding the jumper aloft for longer.
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Here's an article from Yahoo Sports re: the Five Olympic skiers who were disqualified for baggy outfits. The interesting thing is that the suits these jumpers were wearing had apparently been cleared in earlier jump outings.
[sports.yahoo.com]
If they drink or eat too little their suits won't meet the requirements.
The violation is having a suit that is too big so more air flows through it, holding the jumper aloft for longer.
All of that's understandable, but they have to have a better system in place than to disqualify competitors wearing the suits they that passed the requirements earlier. This sounds totally stupid. There's an administrative way to handle this, the athlete's shouldn't bear the brunt of this ineptitude.
Totally agree, but athletes do cheat.
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DandelionPowderman
According to the Norwegian female ski jumpers, they were asked to stand in a different way than usual for the check up.
That's a bit weird, as it were the same persons controlling their suits as in the world cup.