2026 Winter Olympics

Man Vonn's injury was bad but, she did it to herself. At 41 with a ruptured ACL she should've bowed out and let a younger athlete have a chance of winning. I use to love too watch her during the World Cup but now I don't think theirs a mountain large enough to support her ego.

Has anyone seen the athletes in the Luge and Skeleton wearing GoPro's? the footage is insane.
 
Mixed feelings about Vonn. I always thought she liked her ego stroked.
Amazing skier, tough as nails. But she struggled out of the limelight.
The comeback had me rooting for her though. Old folks kicking ass. But at 41, with a ruptured acl, this wasn't going to end well. Yeah, I heard all the talk about it not affecting her abilities. But the downhill is unforgiving to any distraction no matter how " inconsequential ".
In the meantime, all the focus on Vonn has spared Shiffrin. The GOAT. She should perform better in this Olympics after all the expectations that weighed her down the last go around.
At least I hope so.
 
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Vonn was still legit. She was leading the 2025-2026 World Cup competition. Her crash had nothing to do with her ACL. She tried to cut an edge and was 5” too aggressive.
 
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In other news, Jake Paul’s girlfriend won a gold metal for the Netherlands setting an Olympic record in 1000 speed skating. Jake was crying in the crowd.
 
Wife and I have been watching the Olympics between house chores today (moved 2 cord of firewood in the morning).

Mixed biathlon has been my favorite event today. The men part of the mixture was ok but the women made the event exciting. There was a pack of 4 women at the head of the teams. Other teams were a minute or more behind. French woman drives past them hard and creates an 18 second gap. She hits her 10 shots with no misses. Last women take off fighting for silver or bronze unless France chokes. France didn’t. She expanded her gap a little and hit her 10 shots with no misses. Impressive. Other three countries come to the last standing shoot with everyone knowing that if they shoot well, they medal. Italy doesn’t miss - silver. Germany missed one and perfect shooting Norway missed 2. Germany gets bronze. The first French woman should be a force in the individual biathlon events.View attachment 401063

I watched the woman downhill knowing about Vonn. Twice I heard her scream loud enough to be above hill noises as they moved her. Horrific. I hope she recovers well. It may/should be a career ending event. Hurrah for Breezy for winning gold.View attachment 401064

Watching curling now waiting for live coverage. I still don’t understand the rules.
I watched the mixed biathlon. The women were incredible with their shooting. Under pressure an breathing hard.
I was impressed. that is so hard to do and they were really quick taking the next shot
 
Mixed feelings about Vonn. I always thought she liked her ego stroked.
Amazing skier, tough as nails. But she struggled out of the limelight.
The comeback had me rooting for her though. Old folks kicking ass. But at 41, with a ruptured acl, this wasn't going to end well. Yeah, I heard all the talk about it not affecting her abilities. But the downhill is unforgiving to any distraction no matter how " inconsequential ".
In the meantime, all the focus on Vonn has spared Shiffrin. The GOAT. She should perform better in this Olympics after all the expectations that weighed her down the last go around.
At least I hope so.
All the focus took away the winners (Johnson) time in the lime light
 
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