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Official 2014 Sochi Olympics Thread

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skitheWest.
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Seen a lot of threads about the Olympics lately and figured it would be good to have a thread to keep it all in one place. FOR ALL SPORTS. I don't know about you guys but I couldn't be more stoked!
Jan 27 2014 2:09PM
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.AR6rider.
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Feb 9 2014 4:15PM
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AT-AT
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Is woman's slopestyle real?
Feb 9 2014 8:37PM
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skitheWest.
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my bad hahahaha didn't even see that part
Feb 9 2014 9:44PM
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BMB
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I'm getting sick of NBC's commentary on the Women's Snowboarding Slopestyle.
Feb 9 2014 10:30PM
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LoathesRaisins
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Holy headache.
Feb 10 2014 1:07AM
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SFB
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watched cross country skiing the other night. the commentator was going nuts.
Feb 10 2014 12:24PM
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Laurent.
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Feb 10 2014 12:42PM
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theBearJew
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That race was nuts! Dude fell and then climbed the final hill past everyone to win gold.




Finally got to see all of the snowboard slopestyle final. The judging is weird. No idea what they were looking for in runs.
Feb 10 2014 12:48PM
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maximiliaan
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Dutch podium again!
Feb 10 2014 12:52PM
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saskskier
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I'd like to see Canada sweep men's moguls, but I kind of feel obligated to cheer for the Swedish guy with the amazing beard.
Feb 10 2014 1:07PM
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FightClub27
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I know boots are boots but its funny to see some of the mogul guys rockin B & E full tilts. I think I'm gonna get a pair of Heart 140s for next year!
Feb 10 2014 1:19PM
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Laurent.
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Beardo the magnificent.

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Feb 10 2014 1:25PM
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SFB
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that guy is rad
Feb 10 2014 1:34PM
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theBearJew
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Curling on NBCSports network!
Feb 10 2014 3:49PM
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Laurent.
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Also the Netherlands can only into one sport.

But boy do we do well in that sport:

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Feb 10 2014 5:30PM
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GayWolf420
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wow, this dude sends it. i feel like he was envisioning boosting off of a massive cliff on that.
Feb 10 2014 5:36PM
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skitheWest.
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HAVE CLASS DURING MENS SLOPE FINALS FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
Feb 11 2014 11:37AM
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MuckMaestro
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Daddy's Home
Feb 11 2014 1:56PM
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cornholio
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kate hansen what a dumbass. try to make a name for yourself doing yoga pant warmup dance and then be a major failure at your sport. wtf is luge anyways, professional sledding?
Feb 11 2014 11:13PM
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cornholio
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of course they show her next run 1 minute later where she takes the lead. still fuck that bitch i hope she loses
Feb 11 2014 11:15PM
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theabortionator
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How's that going for you? BTW this is my "OFFICIAL" response
Feb 11 2014 11:22PM
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Bogs
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I doubt she dances as a warm up to make a name for herself. Seems much more likely that she does it because it 1. gets her warmed up and 2. helps her relax and stay loose before a race.

Failure to her sport? She made the Olympics, hardly a "failure."

No, luge is not "professional sledding" they're going 80 mph with nothing but a tiny sled between them and walls of ice. I highly doubt there are many members on NS who'd have the balls to do something like that.

In conclusion: you're, like, way too upset about this.
Feb 12 2014 12:02AM
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skitheWest.
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ummmmmmm....?
Feb 12 2014 12:03AM
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stupendous-man
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shawn is fer sure gonna get gold next year
Feb 12 2014 2:18AM
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DGski
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What time is it on tv est?
Feb 12 2014 8:49AM
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Kekambas.
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I'm confused why you're so mad.....
Feb 12 2014 9:11AM
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Kekambas.
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hahaha now USA is really getting screwed in this game.....
(womens hockey vs Canada)

Canada had 8 hoes on the ice..
then a BS call on USA that led to a PP goal
then the whistle blows before the puck goes in and it still counts.
Feb 12 2014 9:24AM
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corona
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I missed the part with 8 players on the ice, if that happened, but that's OK so long as they don't play the puck.

The call wasn't BS at all. It was perfectly in line with the other calls that were made. She pushed her foot out from under her with her stick, thus tripping. That even would have been called in men's hockey.

Whistle? I didn't hear a whistle. The goalie never had the puck and it was a perfectly good goal.
Feb 12 2014 9:29AM
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corona
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all I'm seeing is total 3rd period domination by Canada. Shots are 10-0 and we've been in the attacking end 3/4 of the time.
Feb 12 2014 9:31AM
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Ski_the_east01
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That's not true, unless they were all within a few feet of the bench but I'm not watching the game so I'm not sure if that was the case or not...

Even if you don't play the puck you can't have 8 players on the ice, playing the puck isn't a requirement for hte penalty - at least in the NHL
Feb 12 2014 9:37AM
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MilaKunis
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Where can I find a full replay of men's slopestyle in America?
Feb 12 2014 9:38AM
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SFB
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ya just get em next year big guy.
Feb 12 2014 9:38AM
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corona
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well yea. It's a change. have an extra person doing a change and you don't play the puck and that's never a penalty.
Feb 12 2014 9:42AM
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corona
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but regardless, I didn't see it. now there's a too many men penalty though.
Feb 12 2014 9:43AM
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Kekambas.
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i guess catching it 1 out of 3 times is better than 0 out of 3
Feb 12 2014 9:44AM
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Kekambas.
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gg Canada, see ya later
Feb 12 2014 9:45AM
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corona
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on that one they would have been fine, but the player getting off played the puck just as she was getting off the ice when the other player had already jumped on.


good game though. well done Canada.
Feb 12 2014 9:45AM
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corona
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Here. Straight from IIHF rules:

Players may be changed at any time from the players' bench, provided that the changing players shall be within an imaginary area limited by the length of the respective players' bench and three (3) meters from the boards and out of play before any change is made.

If, in the course of making a substitution, either player deliberately plays the puck while the retiring player is still on the playing surface, the infraction "Too Many Players" shall be assessed. If, in the course of a substitution, either player is accidentally struck with the puck, the play shall not be stopped and no penalty shall be assessed.


So yea. You can have 8 players on the ice so long as you don't play the puck and they're on a change and within 10 feet of the bench.
Feb 12 2014 10:01AM
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sNaubi
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i like how Sweden and norway dominated cross country ski sprint yesterday muahahahahahahahahah
Feb 12 2014 10:21AM
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skitheWest.
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4:30pm EST
Feb 12 2014 11:14AM
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Kekambas.
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Sweden is dirty......and easily have the best jerseys.
Feb 12 2014 12:31PM
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cheener12
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Farrington!! Sun Valley represent!
Feb 12 2014 1:53PM
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Ski_the_east01
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[IMG]crossingbroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Olympics.gif[/IMG]
Feb 12 2014 3:12PM
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.Rybak.
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So men's slope is on tonight right? (Tomorrow morning at like 1 and 3)
Feb 12 2014 4:39PM
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DILLINGER
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threads
Feb 12 2014 5:33PM
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skitheWest.
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nope, that might be the Sochi time but the finals are on at 4:30 EST
Feb 12 2014 7:48PM
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.Hugo.
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Ya... 130 and 330 central time..... so he was right
Feb 12 2014 7:50PM
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skitheWest.
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he said in the morning though so I thought he meant AM
Feb 12 2014 8:16PM
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.Hugo.
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it is AM......
Feb 12 2014 8:17PM
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