Winter Olympics 2022
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Soldato
I just looked at the medals table. Never mind gold, we're at the very bottom of a list of 21 countries and we're the only ones without a single medal of any colour so far and the Olympics are almost halfway done. Shockingly bad and embarrassing.
Caporegime
Is the curling done? We normally medal in that.
Soldato
Yeah, we lost to Sweden in the bronze medal match.
Caporegime
Treacy seemed content to just have a relaxing skate round and finish last 
That was in the Mixed, still the male and female to come I thought with a hope in the womens?
Soldato
Used to love watching transworld sport early sunday morning as a little kid. This is the sort of stuff the BBC should cover year-round instead of their current trash.
Soldato
Good point, I hadn't thought about those matches.
Soldato
Can anyone give me a quick dummies guide to what 'powerplay' and 'hammer' is in curling?
We might medal in the Womens because luckily for us the rather superb (and very hot) Italian isnt competing in the Womens as Italy dont have a womens team
There are quite a few terms in curling, this basic guide helps explain them
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/spo...mon-curling-terms-and-what-they-mean/2753239/
Just happened to see this on the BBC, were only on day 5, so not unusual not to have achieved a medal yet. (Of course depends on the scheduling of events). UK Sport has set a target of between 3 to 7 medals for Beijing 2022.
First GB medal at Winter Olympics
1994 - Day 9: Torvill and Dean, figure skating bronze (Total GB medals at Games: 2)
1998 - Day 14: Four-man bobsleigh bronze (Total medals: 1)
2002 - Day 12: Alex Coomber, skeleton bronze (Total medals: 2)
2006 - Day 6: Shelley Rudman, skeleton silver (Total medals: 1)
2010 - Day 7: Amy Williams, skeleton gold (Total medals: 1)
2014 - Day 2: Jenny Jones, snowboarding bronze (Total medals: 5)
2018 - Day 7: Dominic Parsons, skeleton bronze (Total medals: 5)
I think 3 to 7 is unlikely for this games for us, not a massive surprise though, as a nation we dont really invest heavily in winter sports nor have a big following of it amongst our population. We're much more inclined toward the non-winter sports (both as a nation and as a people)
Mainly because most people unless living abroad have the ability to do them regularly, not like ice rinks or ski slopes are in abundance as they just don't generate any revenue.
Soldato
Ice Skating is the one I feel we could improve massively on. We can't conjure up mountains or loads of snow so you're always going to be hamstrung when it comes to the alpine stuff. We do on the other hand have plenty of ice rinks (most major cities have one) yet our run of skating success ended nearly 30 years ago and we've not even had a sniff since!
We used to be a joke in Gymnastics till we got our act together and now we're a top level country at it so it can be done.
We used to be a joke in Gymnastics till we got our act together and now we're a top level country at it so it can be done.
Soldato
Thanks for that link, I'll have a read through.
Sadly Valieva has tested positive for a banned drug and now the IOC are discussing what to do regarding the medals
Simple, strip the cheater of her medal. 15 or not the rules are clear.
The UK has/had good chances in some of the mental ski/border cross events but I think a few of those ships have sailed as well now.
Most UK ice rinks are ancient and need replacing + we do things stupidly and never make them Olympic sized when we build them.
The UK has/had good chances in some of the mental ski/border cross events but I think a few of those ships have sailed as well now.
Most UK ice rinks are ancient and need replacing + we do things stupidly and never make them Olympic sized when we build them.
Nothing confirm that I can see - Reports suggesting she has tested positive....But nothing confirming that.