Running 2018 Winter Games thread

I actually like Miller a lot. I love technical announcing, first of all. And the board should not be surprised that the deadpan Veith joke was right in my wheelhouse.

 

Why on earth add a presentation element to ski jumping? How about th farthest landing down the hill, and we call it a day?

 

I've never understood that either. I don't know how you could do it awkwardly and have farther jumps. I could see using the style mark as a tie-breaker, but given the improved tracking and measuring today, it makes about as much sense as figure skaters still being judged on well, how well they skate figures (circles, figure eights etc).

 

An Oral History of the Time Bob Costas Had Pink Eye at the Sochi Olympics

 

How well you “land” matters, no?

 

Shoot, I think as long as you don't fall, you should be fine. I just find it hard to imagine someone who could jump the farthest getting dinged because his butt was too far back or his shoulders weren't square. We don't do style points for the Long Jump or high jump.

 

No.
If any body part touches during landing, the jump is disqualified.
Or Hell don't even do that. I've seen Olympic runners dive across the tape, and nobody cares.

There isn't an artistic element to the long jump.

 

A Russian doping!?!

Russian Athlete May Lose Olympic Medal After Failed Doping Test

 

He's a curler!! That's the best part. I assume in that sport the test he failed was because there were no traces of beer in his blood.

 

If they gotta, why not take a cue from Blake Griffin in the NBA slam dunk contest and start rolling out cars they have to clear?

"The Olympic ski jump brought to you by Volvo, the official hurdle of ski jumping..."

Then our team could dress like Evel Knievel and we call it a day.

 

Since when did they have tracks going down the run before the ski-jumpers take off? That's a horrible idea; go find something else to do if you can't ski that far in a straight line. Is there actually any snow on that take-off run?

 

They have fucked up that sport that I totally ignore.