Did you watch that documentary on the Russian 5 where Yzerman, McCarty, Osgood, Shanahan and Draper all defected from the Red Wings to play for the Soviet Team because it's so awesome there? What a great story that was.
Did you watch that documentary on the Russian 5 where Yzerman, McCarty, Osgood, Shanahan and Draper all defected from the Red Wings to play for the Soviet Team because it's so awesome there? What a great story that was.
Even better, how about the support and encouragement Elena Mukhina received from her coaches and leaders before the 1980 olympics . A class act that Russia.
People really criticizing a young girl for stepping out due to mental health in a sport they pretend to care about every 4 years
Is losing that edge really mental health though? Being gun shy or just not having it in you may be mental toughness but is it really mental health?
Curious if the two are considered the same thing or not?
Either way, she didn't feel she had it and she did the right thing. We should be criticizing our basketball team above everything else at the Olympics.
Yeah, what a bunch of losers! Says every over weight white male while drinking a beer, eating chips and scratching their nuts on the coach in front of their 60 inch TV.
Hey buddy....do you think Canada will crack into the top 10 today? Slovenia's breathing down your neck!
We are a country of 36 million…so we do alright. Whatever is your point? Do you have point? Could you find Canada on map?
Fifty US dollars or 4 million Canadian dollars says percentage wise I can identify correctly more provinces than you can states.
There's some possibility the troll can name 11 US states...
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Hey buddy....do you think Canada will crack into the top 10 today? Slovenia's breathing down your neck!
We are a country of 36 million…so we do alright. Whatever is your point? Do you have point? Could you find Canada on map?
Fifty US dollars or 4 million Canadian dollars says percentage wise I can identify correctly more provinces than you can states.
There's some possibility the troll can name 11 US states...
Are you sure about that. Maybe McGruff can dress up in his indigenous costume and do a indigenous dance and show us…
it must be quite difficult to remember 10 provinces and 3 territories…lol
Ontario
British Columbia
Nanuet
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Quebec
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Yukon
What did I leave out? I love our neighbors to the north (well, most of them) -- certainly enjoy a much higher percentage of people I have met from Canada vs. people I have met from USA.
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I just looked on a map. Nunavut. I just learned of this place a few years back, had never heard of it before and I see I botched the name quite badly.
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And, Newfoundland & Labrador...which sound an awful lot like dogs, down here. Forgot that one.
Dammit, Manitoba...easy one and I left that off too.
Geography is not a strong suit, but I can name all 50 states. (Been to almost every one!)
Nothing quite like the olympics to bring people from different countries together
LOL. I thought this thread was from that cesspool over in A Moving Train.
I wasn't too excited for these Olympics but still find myself watching every night. It isn't the same without fans but I always love watching the swimming. Dressel with the gold in 100m last night was great and the American dude who came out of nowhere to win the 800m was awesome!
People really criticizing a young girl for stepping out due to mental health in a sport they pretend to care about every 4 years
Is losing that edge really mental health though? Being gun shy or just not having it in you may be mental toughness but is it really mental health?
Curious if the two are considered the same thing or not?
Either way, she didn't feel she had it and she did the right thing. We should be criticizing our basketball team above everything else at the Olympics.
Yeah, what a bunch of losers! Says every over weight white male while drinking a beer, eating chips and scratching their nuts on the coach in front of their 60 inch TV.
Ummm, that's not what I was saying at all. Nice take though. Wrong, but nice take.
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I read Japan will lose at least 20 billion…lmfao. Toyota cancelled their ads in support of the Japanese people who wanted the games cancelled…
and yes fans matter. Now Japan and her citizens are really on the hook…
and many of those venues will not be utilized when the games are over.
countries need to re-think if the bullshit Olympics are worth it anymore…
Yah, I read the Japan legally didn't have the capacity to cancel or postpone them. They got stuck in a bad place.
I'm not sure why countries are so eager to host them. It does seem like a giant money pit of which you have very little control over. Japan is probably the worst example, because of the pandemic, and not getting any ticket revenue.. but other years countries end up losing too.
Maybe countries will be less eager going forward. Maybe repeating cities from the past that already infrastructure in place?
There should really only be 2-3 "permanent" hosts for each of the summer and winter Olympics. It's a huge money suck for most countries who have to build a ridiculous amount of infrastructure/stadiums/arenas etc. Then after the olympics are over almost all of the facilities are just abandoned.
It would make sense to me to not host them all I. 1 place. Why not 1 country do water sports that already has the pools, another dog gymnastics, another open water sports, etc. you who’s t have to build a village to host thr athletes and staff, or not one nearly as big. Smaller investment for the country, and you’re not stuck with the same 3 or 4.
I feel so bad for Simone. I don’t know why anyone would be upset with her decision, including her teammates. It’s not like she withdrew to go film a movie and bail. She was doing worse and worse every day and feared for her safety and knew someone else could do better. They wouldn’t have even won silver if she stayed and fell off the beam a couple times. This was no doubt the toughest decision of her life. This sport at that level you don’t have a life outside gymnastics. You give up your childhood (and as we later learned, a lot more than that) for just a few moments at the olympics. The window where your body can perform is so small you’re lucky if you get 2 chances. She will almost certainly be retired in 3 years. There’s no way she would withdraw her second and last chance to compete unless she had to and it was for the best. This may be the most demanding sport. It’s not like curling where you work at Best Buy and practice on the weekends then go for a beer. You train full time, all year. She gave all that up. That decision was not made lightly. She will be asked for the rest of her life why, and the what if’s. Hoping she can perform in the individual events. Haven’t heard anything on that yet.
I feel so bad for Simone. I don’t know why anyone would be upset with her decision, including her teammates. It’s not like she withdrew to go film a movie and bail. She was doing worse and worse every day and feared for her safety and knew someone else could do better. They wouldn’t have even won silver if she stayed and fell off the beam a couple times. This was no doubt the toughest decision of her life. This sport at that level you don’t have a life outside gymnastics. You give up your childhood (and as we later learned, a lot more than that) for just a few moments at the olympics. The window where your body can perform is so small you’re lucky if you get 2 chances. She will almost certainly be retired in 3 years. There’s no way she would withdraw her second and last chance to compete unless she had to and it was for the best. This may be the most demanding sport. It’s not like curling where you work at Best Buy and practice on the weekends then go for a beer. You train full time, all year. She gave all that up. That decision was not made lightly. She will be asked for the rest of her life why, and the what if’s. Hoping she can perform in the individual events. Haven’t heard anything on that yet.
I agree i saw her there cheering on the team and her team mate getting gold. My heart is with her. Im not American but i am human. Let me run into the rain to shine a human light today!
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With no American? But i thought guns were the national sport
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it must be quite difficult to remember 10 provinces and 3 territories…lol
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LOL. I thought this thread was from that cesspool over in A Moving Train.
I wasn't too excited for these Olympics but still find myself watching every night. It isn't the same without fans but I always love watching the swimming. Dressel with the gold in 100m last night was great and the American dude who came out of nowhere to win the 800m was awesome!
Perhaps I touched a nerve...lol
This was no doubt the toughest decision of her life. This sport at that level you don’t have a life outside gymnastics. You give up your childhood (and as we later learned, a lot more than that) for just a few moments at the olympics. The window where your body can perform is so small you’re lucky if you get 2 chances. She will almost certainly be retired in 3 years. There’s no way she would withdraw her second and last chance to compete unless she had to and it was for the best. This may be the most demanding sport. It’s not like curling where you work at Best Buy and practice on the weekends then go for a beer. You train full time, all year. She gave all that up. That decision was not made lightly. She will be asked for the rest of her life why, and the what if’s.
Hoping she can perform in the individual events. Haven’t heard anything on that yet.
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