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2018 WINTER OLYMPICS - Pyeongchang/South Korea

GermanBango

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Tomorrow could indeed be a German day in South Korea ...
-Thomas Dreßen (Men's Downhill)
-Viktoria Rebensburg (Women's Giant Slalom)
-Laura Dahlmeier & Franzi Hildebrand (Women's 15 km Individual)
-Simon Schempp, Arnd Peiffer & Eric Lesser (Men's 20 km Individual)
-Aljona & Bruno (Pairs Figure Skating)
-Team Germany (Luge Team Relay)
-Patrick Beckert (Speed Skating 10000m)

xheat
 

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We've got a chance tonight with Meagan and Eric in the pairs final, so fingers crossed for them - if they skate "Hometown Glory" as well as they did in the team event they've got a definite shot at a medal. Also cheering for our Canadian girls to smash the US in women's hockey, and Ted-Jan Bloemen in the men's 10,000m in speed skating
 

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Aksel Lund Svindal has won Norway's first olympic gold ever in downhill! And with Kjetil Jansrud in 2nd, this has been a great event. :D Ragnhild Mowinckel also with a chance of a medal in the giant slalom after the first run. Exciting. :D

Fun to watch skeleton as well, even if the Norwegian isn't fighting in the top. Some seriously cool helmets too, and not just the Norwegian one. :)
 

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I can't believe "Candyman" was actually the accompaniment to the dramatic conclusion of a sporting event. It's the most ridiculous climax music since a season-long RuPaul's Drag Race rivalry came down to an "It's Raining Men" lip-sync-off.
 

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Silver for Ragnhild Mowinckel in the giant slalom! What a day in the alpine skiing. :D And just to give you an idea about just how big Mowinckel's silver is... The last (and until now the only) women's medal in alpine skiing in the Olympics for Norway was in 1936! :eek:

Also great to follow the snowboardcross. No Norwegians there, but I'm following Regino Hernandez from Spain, because he has the coolest helmet, and he got a medal too. :D

What. A. Day! :D
 

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Regensburg only 4th in Giant slalom due to a very bad first race :? Josef Ferstl has little chances in Super-G but probably our alpine racers will go home without any medals. This hurts.
Nevertheless the development is promising. Finally we have competitive male downhill racers again.

And luckily our figure scating couple won gold although being only 4th before the last Event xheat
 

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And luckily our figure scating couple won gold although being only 4th before the last Event xheat

Moment of the Olympics so far. A program for the history books.
 

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Medal very likely
-Aljona Savchenko & Bruno Massot (Pairs skating)
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IF they manage to skate as marvelously as they did at the Grand Prix finale they are going to finish top 3 in the short program and win the free skating by a landslide (that program is a true gem)
I predict: 1x gold / 0x silver / 0x bronze (1 medal in total)
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TOLD YA :lol:
I'm so mad that I missed it lol
 

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Another medal for Laura Dahlmeier :lol:
Great race also from Franzi Preuss - she would've deserved a medal. Big congrats to Hanna Öberg!
 

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As predicted seems in skeleton nobody can beat Yun Sung-bin this time. Hope in the remaining two runs Martins Dukurs can catch Tregubov to bring silver for Latvia or at least to stay at top-3. But yeah... 2 more nervous runs next night.

Fantastic race by Hanna Öberg in biathlon!!! xcheer xyaay So happy for Sweden who prepared so well to these Olympics in biathlon especially with young athletes like Öberg and Samuelsson from whom no one expected so much. :D
 

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Hmm a rather "disappointing" day for the German team today ... sooo many chances. Let's hope they don't start underperforming now.
 

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SILVER for Jakov Fak xyaay
He saved us from the embarrassing 0-0-0

Slovenian nationalists who didn't want him to be the flag bearer feel so stupid now:lol:xpopcorn
 

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Hmm a rather "disappointing" day for the German team today ... sooo many chances. Let's hope they don't start underperforming now.

Well, the only real missed chance I see is Viktoria Rebensburg not winning a medal. Second came the biathlon men, but I didn't expect something. Winning a medal in speed skating or downhill, there was a slight chance, but it would've been lucky medals imo.

And the day is not over!
 

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Well, the only real missed chance I see is Viktoria Rebensburg not winning a medal. Second came the biathlon men, but I didn't expect something. Winning a medal in speed skating or downhill, there was a slight chance, but it would've been lucky medals imo.

And the day is not over!

Well yeah disappointing is probably the wrong word. I mean it's two golds and a bronze after all but more would've been possible. (looking at the two fourth and a fifth place).
I guess I'm just a little paranoid - We were on 1 in the medal table after the first week in Sochi after all and we know how that ended haha.
 

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Wow what a day! First, Charlotte Kalla gets an another medal, a silver medal in Women's 10km skiing. Our queen still continue to impress us.

Then, when you think the Biathlon-team have surprised you enough, HANNA ÖBERG GETS THE GOLD!!!! I couldn't believe it when I saw it, but it is true, fantastic display by our biggest talent in years. And the guys did very well as well, 4th for Samuelsson and 8th for Lindström, nice shooting from both!

A nice day to be swede! :D
 

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PS to the German fans: Congrats to Aliona and Bruno on the pairs gold, we can both celebrate because Meagan and Eric got bronze - our first medal in pairs figure skating since 2002

And 2 more medals for Canada: silver in the luge team relay and gold for Ted-Jan Bloemen in the men's 10,000m in speed skating! On top of that, we beat the US in women's hockey 2-1 to top our pool! Medal round, here we come!
 

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What a day... :no:

Day 6:
Alpine skiing (men's downhill): This event has been a bit of a nemesis for Norway. We've had a lot of good athletes in downhill over the years, with loads of medals and good results, but we've never won the gold in the Olympics. But finally, the long awaited gold, thanks to Aksel Lund Svindal! :D And Kjetil Jansrud also on the podium with a silver, this was amazing. Too bad I couldn't give it my full attention, as I was also watching skeleton and snowboardcross, but still, amazing! :D
And this event was on the quiz, would Norway get the gold? I had faith, guessed yes, and got a point. :D

Alpine skiing (women's giant slalom): And just when you thought the day couldn't get better. Sure, Ragnhild Mowinckel had a great result in the first run, and a medal was possible, but as I mentioned earlier, Norwegian women hasn't won a medal in alpine skiing since 1936, so there was a risk that we could get another 4th place. Or worse. But Mowinckel had another great run, climbed two spots, and was only beaten by Mikaela Shiffrin in the end. :D And that was perfectly ok with me, I like Shiffrin, and she deserved the win, but of course I would have preferred to see Mowinckel on the top of the podium. ;)

Biathlon (men's and women's individual): To start with the women, it was a rather disappointing day. Way too many misses, so even if Eckhoff had the 2nd best cross-country time of the day, it just didn't go well for any of them. 23rd, 40th, 43rd and 71st; the numbers say it all. So, it's a good thing we have the guys as well, and especially the Bø brothers.Tarjei was fighting for the win up until the last shooting, but 2 misses ruined it for him. But then there was his younger brother, Johannes Thingnes Bø. Landertinger and Fak made it exciting for a long time, and there were a couple of Swedes in the fight too, and these days, you can't rule the Swedes out of any biathlon events (congrats on the win for Öberg btw). But in the end, nobody beat Johannes, and he made the day historical, with 3 golds for Norway. Incredible! :D
The men's event was on the quiz, would Fourcade win the gold? I actually thought he would, but he messed that up on the last shooting, and I lost a point there. I'm ok with that tho. ;)

Cross-country (women's 10 km): Again, I'm not that into cross-country skiing, and even tho I had the race on, I wasn't really paying attention to it. But I did notice that we had a surprise winner in Ragnhild Haga, and that Marit Bjørgen shared the bronze with Pärmäkoski, all adding up to the historical Olympic day for Norway. :)
Also an event on the quiz, would Marit Bjørgen win the gold? I didn't think she would, and got a point there.

Figure skating (pairs): I caught some of the short program, and saw that Bruno Massot had messed it up for Germany, so I didn't think Germany would end up winning this. A medal, yes, but probably not a gold. But, they've apparently done some great free skating, and they did win it. I guess I should be impressed, but I know so little about this sport...
And this was also on the quiz (it's only 3 a day, but the men's downhill was originally on day 1, so it was 4 today), which nation would win the gold? I thought a pair from OAR would take this, but no, so no point here.

Luge (team relay): Because of real life needing some attention today, I haven't actually seen this yet, but I've seen who got the medals, and I can't say I'm surprised. Planning to watch this tomorrow tho. :)

Snowboard (men's snowboardcross): One of my favorite events in these Olympics, and I saw all of it. Including the seeding runs. Sure, the alpine skiing and skeleton made it a bit complicated, but that's life. One TV and 2 computer screens came in handy here. And it'll be the same tomorrow as well. A LOT of action, and also some very bad crashes. I hope Nikolay Olyunin is ok, but some dude on the live stream said he thought Olyunin had broken his leg, and that would suck. These guys are nuts tho, Cameron Bolton did the small final with what seemed like a freshly broken arm. :eek: I would understand it if he had qualified for the final, but to go thru all that pain just to fight for a 7th place? Wow! Anyway, despite the lack of Norwegians in this event, I still had someone to support, Regino Hernandez from Spain. And even tho he hasn't had the greatest results this season, I had faith in him, and he delivered! :D Escaped most of the crashes, and made it all the way to the final, where he got a bronze. Awesome! :D

Speed skating (men's 10000 m): Missed this one, because of the previously mentioned real life. One Norwegian taking part, but he finished second to last. :( No Dutch gold tho, which at this point is a bit surprising, but of course the Canadian winner had to be a Dutch. Bergsma was close tho, but I figure Bloemen had the advantage of knowing what time he was up against, altho it probably didn't matter.

Day 6: 3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze! I haven't checked, but they've said on TV that this is the best day ever in the Olympics for Norway, and I don't find that too hard to believe. This was amazing!
 
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