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2018 Winter Olympics

HappyHighwayman said:
Do you guys know the rules about citizens from countries representing other countries they have no relation to?
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Canadians on the South Korean hockey team have to have lived the past 2 year in SK and be able to sing the national anthem in Korean in public.
 
Blankpage said:
Canadians on the South Korean hockey team have to have lived the past 2 year in SK and be able to sing the national anthem in Korean in public.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...aney-ski-halfpipe-video-average-a8218991.html

The American-born Hungarian skier did not perform a single trick during the Winter Olympics ski halfpipe - or even during the entire qualification process
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I mean, is it rational to have pride by being the least-worst skier and attending?
 
lol

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This is an interesting topic. Not only is it weird to see a white guy competing in ice dancing for Japan, but many of the athletes train in the US. Top it off with the trainers serving multiple athletes from different countries. Olympic sports are becoming global.
 
I actually don't really question the stuff people do anymore in the name of pride, nationalism, and sports. It's irrational and human nature. I don't need to respect or admire it.
 
HappyHighwayman said:
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...aney-ski-halfpipe-video-average-a8218991.html



I mean, is it rational to have pride by being the least-worst skier and attending?
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I saw that yesterday and was wondering wtf. I was doing something else as the tv played in the background so didn't hear the commentary.


Anyone remember the story of Eddie the Eagle Edwards. I though they changed the qualifying rules after him so this sort of thing couldn't happen again.
 
Blankpage said:
I saw that yesterday and was wondering wtf. I was doing something else as the tv played in the background so didn't hear the commentary.


Anyone remember the story of Eddie the Eagle Edwards. I though they changed the qualifying rules after him so this sort of thing couldn't happen again.
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Which shows the Olympics are an elitist organization designed to keep the "amateur" athletes out.

The Olympics support Larry Nassar more than Eddie the Eagle.

Why do they allow professional athletes to play?
 
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Blankpage said:
Eddie wasn't an amature he was barely a novice.
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And he met all their requirements for entry. Despite his massive popularity, spawning a movie and such, the Olympics decided to change their own well established rules to exclude an individual participant.

I highly respect the Olympics.

:rofl
 
HappyHighwayman said:
And he met all their requirements for entry. Despite his massive popularity, spawning a movie and such, the Olympics decided to change their own well established rules to exclude an individual participant.

I highly respect the Olympics.

:rofl
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Respect the athletes, screw the Olympic committees.
 
Yeah, but making a joke out of an event isn't the best way to respect the athletes who have been working their whole lives towards it.
 
The occasional Super Dave Osborne does make for some good entertainment as long as it doesn't get out of hand like an American Idol rejects sort of focus.
 
CoorsLight said:
Yeah, but making a joke out of an event isn't the best way to respect the athletes who have been working their whole lives towards it.
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Who gets to define what a joke is?

How is it any jokier than the Hungarian American lady?


I respect athletes for their discipline and dedication to something they want to accomplish, but I don't respect the goal of "sports" or "athleticism", and they are directly participating in a destroyer of economies, their own goals being more important than benefits to the locals.
 
CocoLoco said:
This is an interesting topic. Not only is it weird to see a white guy competing in ice dancing for Japan, but many of the athletes train in the US. Top it off with the trainers serving multiple athletes from different countries. Olympic sports are becoming global.
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I think it's been like that for the past couple decades, at least. Maybe way back in the olden days it was really more nation vs. nation, etc, but the cross-over thing has been going on for quite a while. Since the 1980's at least, probably before.

There are more than a handful of athletes who have competed for multiple countries as well.

Neither of the German figure skating pair are German. The Irish snowboarder is from San Diego or someshit. The Nigerian bobsled team is from Texas. Etc, etc...
 
So for the dumb question...the Russian dude got caught doping. Now, curling is a sport, and he is an athlete, but is curling a sport where superior fitness to the extreme provides an edge? I thought it was a highly skilled sport.
 
Curling is a sport or it would not be in the Olympics. Duh :laughing

To your other points. :dunno
 
budman said:
Curling is a sport or it would not be in the Olympics. Duh :laughing
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I don't consider some Olympic events "sports", more like games or competitions.

"Dressage" for example.

A quick google indicates "Equestrian" is the least popular Olympic sport in America.
 
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Put a 5’ tall 245 lb 60 yo on a horse and then decide. :teeth
 
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