The Official GMHockey 2010 Winter Olympics Thread - All Talk Here!

wprager wrote:Ashleigh McIvor is 2nd (2/100th behind) after the qualifying run of the women's Ski Cross.

Qualifying times really dont mean much in ski-cross. Although it looks like no canadians will meet each other in at least the 1st round.

The women beat the Brits in curling. They have one more match in the round-robin portion against the Russians. Looks like they are going to go undefeated.

Edit: Oops, they lost one match, it appears, but they've already qualified for the semis.

wprager wrote:The women beat the Brits in curling. They have one more match in the round-robin portion against the Russians. Looks like they are going to go undefeated.

Edit: Oops, they lost one match, it appears, but they've already qualified for the semis.

Its accutually the Great Brits as there from Scotland, either way ive been very impressed with her seeing as she is only 19 years old, and not to bad looking either.

Ashliegh McIvor is in the finals for Freestyle Sking on CTV shortly......

GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice, I get to hear that song again

M_Christopher wrote:Ashliegh McIvor is in the finals for Freestyle Sking on CTV shortly......

Go McIver!

What about the other Canuck. I can't make sense of the even results page. What is a Small Final and has it been on already or not, and how did she do?

wprager wrote:

M_Christopher wrote:Ashliegh McIvor is in the finals for Freestyle Sking on CTV shortly......

Go McIver!

What about the other Canuck. I can't make sense of the even results page. What is a Small Final and has it been on already or not, and how did she do?

Serwa got 5th overall, she won the small finals

[quote=\\\"wprager\\\"][quote=\\\"M_Christopher\\\"]Ashliegh McIvor is in the finals for Freestyle Sking on CTV shortly...... [/quote]

Go McIver!

What about the other Canuck. I can\\\'t make sense of the even results page. What is a Small Final and has it been on already or not, and how did she do?[/quote]small final is for 5th place(depends on how many people are in final so the small final could be for 4 th place or lower), in an invent like speed skating if someone is disqualified the 4th place person gets to compete for the gold, Congrats to McIver

I guess she gets the Gold (just watching on CTV.ca), but I have no idea what happened to Serwa.

We're now tied for 2nd most golds in the Olympics

wprager wrote:I guess she gets the Gold (just watching on CTV.ca), but I have no idea what happened to Serwa.

Serwa got barely edged out in the semi-finals, then won the small finals for 5th place overall.

Thanks for the explanations MC and S4W.

What the hell happened with the Russians. A few days ago they were 6 medals behinds us and now, even with McIvar's Gold we're 2 behind them.

Mind you, we're doubling them in gold medals. Huge difference with the Canadians this year -- just a single bronze and 6 gold (with a good chance to get into double digits). Like that skateboarder who could have settled for the bronze but tried to get a silver (but failed), it's certainly a change from the past. Still too many 4/5 (or worse) finishes, nowhere to be seen in cross-country events (including biathlon) or ski jumping. There's lots of medals to be had there -- that's how countries like Norway and Finland pad their totals.

You know, we're just one gold medal behind the leaders. We've got a good chance at getting 2 more golds in curling, which the US (or Germans) have no shot at. We could still "Own the Top-Level of the Podium"

I still remember back when the leaderboard was determined *only* on gold medals.

wprager wrote:What the hell happened with the Russians. A few days ago they were 6 medals behinds us and now, even with McIvar's Gold we're 2 behind them.

Mind you, we're doubling them in gold medals. Huge difference with the Canadians this year -- just a single bronze and 6 gold (with a good chance to get into double digits). Like that skateboarder who could have settled for the bronze but tried to get a silver (but failed), it's certainly a change from the past. Still too many 4/5 (or worse) finishes, nowhere to be seen in cross-country events (including biathlon) or ski jumping. There's lots of medals to be had there -- that's how countries like Norway and Finland pad their totals.

Russians have been doing well in the sliding events and figure skating.

And let's not forget the women's hockey team. Need a bit of luck on the short track. You always need luck there. Or some ruthless team tactics.

M_Christopher wrote:

wprager wrote:What the hell happened with the Russians. A few days ago they were 6 medals behinds us and now, even with McIvar's Gold we're 2 behind them.

Mind you, we're doubling them in gold medals. Huge difference with the Canadians this year -- just a single bronze and 6 gold (with a good chance to get into double digits). Like that skateboarder who could have settled for the bronze but tried to get a silver (but failed), it's certainly a change from the past. Still too many 4/5 (or worse) finishes, nowhere to be seen in cross-country events (including biathlon) or ski jumping. There's lots of medals to be had there -- that's how countries like Norway and Finland pad their totals.

Russians have been doing well in the sliding events and figure skating.

Yeah, they keep sliding into third