Milan Winter Olympics 2/6 - 2/22 2026

[ptmcmahon]

It may be an unpopular opinion, but also it's not factually accurate either - no other US skier would have been named to the team if Vonn had withdrawn, the crash was not a result of her recent knee injury, and Vonn was one of the leading women's downhill skiers this season.

Like usual it's just people on the internet deciding they need to voice their opinion about something they're not especially familiar with.

[texasniteowl]

So, I know we have a couple of ice skating fans on the forum. Were the ice dance results right? I mean, it was close...like a point and a half between gold and silver? But I only watch skating at the Olympics mostly and my knowledge is minimal. (I'm trying to keep it generic as some people may not have seen it yet.)

[ptmcmahon]

I also have very limited knowledge of it but watched the last five teams since there was a Canadian pair. I thought the Canadians did look better than the gold and silver medalists, but the CBC announcers seemed to think the French definitely won even with a minor "mistake" (Kurt Browning was doing the commentary.) They did seem surprised when the US team passed the Canadians though.

I probably would have put them Canada-US-France, while the Canadian announcers were leaning France-Canada-US. I'm trying to find some non "local" news about it but am mostly finding American news articles claiming the French win was controversial (which I definitely thought too.)

But I only watch skating at Olympics so take my opinion with many many grains of salt

[texasniteowl]

I enjoyed the Canadian team's dance the most too. I pretty much assumed by scores coming in that the last 2 teams would score higher though due to technical elements at least. So I wasn't surprised by those. But I'll probably watch the routines again tonight in the prime time coverage and what I think on 2nd watch. But yeah, my knowledge of the technical elements is really limited.

The British team's dance was fun too. Had an error and not the same level but was definitely fun.

[ptmcmahon]

Watching the women's halfpipe finals now (Chloe Kim's event)... it's snowing a bit there and it looks like it is making the course extremely slick... almost every boarder is falling.

[ptmcmahon]

And in something I don't remember seeing before ...in the womens 500 m short track speed skating quarterfinal heat 3 has had 3 restarts so far before someone has finally be dq'd.

[skatingfan]

So, I know we have a couple of ice skating fans on the forum. Were the ice dance results right? I mean, it was close...like a point and a half between gold and silver? But I only watch skating at the Olympics mostly and my knowledge is minimal. (I'm trying to keep it generic as some people may not have seen it yet.)

It could have gone either way, but the overall quality of the skating by the French couple outweighed the cleaner skate by the Americans.

[mmmm8]

Watching the women's halfpipe finals now (Chloe Kim's event)... it's snowing a bit there and it looks like it is making the course extremely slick... almost every boarder is falling.

I was watching Alpine Skiing (Women's Super-G) this morning and a bunch were also not able to complete the course, but I don't know if that's normal for the event.

[ptmcmahon]

7 of the first 13 in the halfpipe didn't finish their run. I sort of expect that more at the end than the beginning when people would more likely be trying to record a score and not knowing what they have to beat.

The most remarkable part was the eventual gold medalist, Gaon Choi, fell on her first two attempts. The first time she was down for 3-4 minutes and the camera even zoomed out away. I was surprised she kept competing. Her last run was good and she upset Chloe Kim for the gold.

There are complaints about course conditions:

https://www.newsweek.com/sports/olympic ... l-11515357