Coming this winter (this is prejudiced since it is summer in Australia) plentiful of winter games like for example curling.
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After losing coin toss, speedskater Shani Davis rips U.S. Olympic flag-bearer selection
Erin Hamlin would seem to be a fine choice to lead the U.S. Winter Olympic team into Friday’s Opening Ceremonies as its flag bearer. The first U.S. athlete to medal in singles luge four years ago in Sochi, she plans to retire after this year’s Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. On Wednesday, the U.S. Olympic Committee made her selection official, announcing that Hamlin would be carrying the stars and stripes ahead of her teammates.
This news did not sit well with Shani Davis, who is similarly worthy as a two-time gold medalist and the first black athlete to win gold in an individual Winter Olympic event. Early Thursday morning U.S. time, he tweeted out his displeasure with Hamlin’s selection, which ultimately came down to a coin toss.
The flag bearer was chosen from a pool of eight nominees, the Associated Press reported. One representative from each of the eight U.S. winter sports federations voted, and, because Hamlin and Davis each received four votes, the decision was left to a coin toss, in a process established beforehand by the USOC. Hamlin won the coin toss.
“He told me, and I was like, ‘Wait, officially?’ ” Hamlin said, recalling how she was told of her selection over the phone by Alan Ashley, the Team USA chef de mission.
Davis, 35, will be competing in his fifth and likely last Winter Olympics. After winning one gold and one silver at both the 2006 Turin Games and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, he finished eighth in the 1,000 and 11th in the 1,500 in Sochi. And even though he has long trained separately from the U.S. speedskating team, his fellow competitors regard him as a mentor.
“He looks after the younger people like me and gives great advice. He’s not selfish at all,” U.S. speedskater Emery Lehman told the AP earlier this week. “He’ll go out of his way to help you out, and having someone like him there is really good for the team. It also shows how hard he’s willing to fight to bounce back from Sochi. Seeing that kind of influences the rest of us to keep our heads up and keep grinding.”
Another U.S. speedskating teammate, Joey Mantia, said the flag-bearer decision was simply a split decision.
Well none of my above posts were really serious (more like totally making fun of) except for the one about Shani Davis.
Everyone was free to post more informative stuff here, like Russia (OAR) vs Germany in the final of ice hockey.
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Why is no one talking about Germany eliminating freaking Canada in Ice Hockey, and going to the final?
Germany played well, but Canada and the USA were both expected to be pretty weak this year.
The NHL refused to play along with the Olympics, NHL players couldn't go, which meant that every country was represented by players not good enough to play in the NHL. Russia was seen as the favorite since they have their own league (the KHL), but Germany came as a surprise.
It was disappointing to see countries being represented by retired players or amateurs, but at the same time, it was kinda neat to see different players than what we're used to. Some people also enjoyed seeing a more "amateur" competition, similar to what the original Olympics were described as.
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