2026 Olympics Thread

[ELA]

And then the women turned around and had perhaps a loss that will keep them out of the medal round.  Losing 7-2 to an 0-5 Italy squad is brutal

Oof, and then the men lose to 1-5 China

[ELA]

Nice bounceback for the women this morning

[Wildcat4E]

Nice bounceback for the women this morning

Had to watch that before dragging myself to work, that was bad ass.  Hadn't seen a concession prior to the 9th end before.

[SFBadger96]

My Winter Olympics hot take: I'm trying to figure out why NBC has decided that curling is the most interesting event in the Winter Olympics. Good for a side story or two from time to time, but I'm baffled by how much prime time coverage NBC devotes to it.

[utee94]

My Winter Olympics hot take: I'm trying to figure out why NBC has decided that curling is the most interesting event in the Winter Olympics. Good for a side story or two from time to time, but I'm baffled by how much prime time coverage NBC devotes to it.

Yeah it's an automatic channel change for me.

[ELA]

I'm guessing it's rating driven.

I haven't watched any of the Prime Time coverage  Since I work from home, I watch live during the day.  For live broadcasts it's the exact opposite, USA and NBC show almost no curling, you have to go to Peacock for it

[Wildcat4E]

I find it pretty fascinating, but have watched it during the daytime.  I still pay for the Peacock, so I can flip around and see different stuff than the NBC main feed.  In fact, I've usually already seen the stuff they throw on prime time anyway--which has given me time to follow the K-State Basketball drama at night.

The fact that a lot of the curling chicks are easy to look at helps.  Did you see the lead for Italy? The US lead is a smoke show too.

[ELA]

Also, IMO the least watchable is speed skating.  The long races are just everyone skating in a pack, rotating taking the lead, with no separation, until a mad dash at the end.  I get the stamina standpoint, but thee is zero separation, they might as well help a friend move, and then go skate, if that's the point.

Then short track is just everyone crashing out, determining whose fault it is, then DQing them, over and over

[MikeDeTiger]

Honestly had no idea what curling is and only know anything about it now because there was a news story over the weekend wherein Sweden accused Canada of cheating, and the Canadian guy told him to F off.  

I think he should've been DQ'd for failing to add the "eh" at the end.  It's "F off, eh?"  

[MikeDeTiger]

Apparently it's a Scottish sport.  So they gave us golf and curling.  Trying to imagine Fearless taking up curling.  

[utee94]

I don't have Peacock but they're showing stuff on NBC, USA, and NBCSN, all of which I have.

I've watched a lot of the Alpine skiing and freestyle skiing and snowboarding events.  I've watched luge and bobsled too.  I like watching people go really really fast down mountainsides or sledding tracks.

Am I the only one that finds 2-person luge to be oddly weird and uncomfortable-looking, though?

[Wildcat4E]

Am I the only one that finds 2-person luge to be oddly weird and uncomfortable-looking, though?

Just don't say Gay.

I don't remember Mono-bob from previous Olympics.  Odd how it's old people that excelled in that one.

[GopherRock]

Just returned from Italy. Yes, the Mrs. and I went to Milan and the Olympics. 

Will have more details and thoughts once I sift through the impressive stack of unread emails.

Also, bobsled is badass. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

Yeah it's an automatic channel change for me.

It's not to be taken seriously. It's more of a "so bad, it's good" sorta thing. Like the Star Wars Holiday Special. Or Christmas Vacation 2.