# 2026 Winter Olympics - follow along and discussion thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** olympic-sports\ **Created:** [January 11, 2026, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575 "2026-01-11T22:27:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/261 "2026-02-19T13:29:07Z")
Just wanted to add that the first run uphill has a bit of a maze. Also, is it bad that I laughed a little when some of them slipped when trying to run up the stairs? I’m terrified to walk on flat icy ground. I’m not running upstairs in ski boots. The individual event is over but the team relay is Saturday. There is probably a way to watch the finals online. Also if you did miss kayak cross in 2024, you can find videos online ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/262 "2026-02-19T14:41:55Z")
Skimo video: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/76kUYTKiOQA/maxresdefault.jpg "Cardona Coll posts fastest heat time in ski mountaineering sprint | Winter Olympics | NBC Sports") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76kUYTKiOQA) Brian ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/263 "2026-02-19T16:35:25Z")
Tabitha Peterson with a draw to the button on an extra end against Switzerland to send the US women to the curling semi-final. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/264 "2026-02-19T17:07:48Z")
I was following the score, but not watching the game. I’d like to catch a replay; want to see how Switzerland got 3 in the tenth. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/265 "2026-02-19T18:33:26Z")
Hockey star Laila Edwards’s family cheers at Olympic debut, thanks to Kelce brothers and a GoFundMe: [Ohio hockey star Edwards' family cheers at Olympic debut](https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2026/02/19/ohio-hockey-star-edwards--family-cheers-at-olympic-debut) ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/266 "2026-02-19T21:01:00Z")
US women win gold in hockey. After scoring at least 5 goals in all their games and only giving up one goal, they needed a goal with two minutes left with an extra skater to force overtime, where they won 2-1. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/267 "2026-02-19T21:06:21Z")
An amazing finish for Team USA hockey. Very satisfying to beat Canada. I hope the men can do the same. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/268 "2026-02-19T21:32:18Z")
I was unimpressed with SkiMo. I was expecting something a little more Epic. The whole run is done in about 3 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/269 "2026-02-19T21:57:26Z")
It does, however, put lie to the idea that the winter Olympics is all forms of sliding, since at one point they took their skis off and ran up the stairs. Stairs, of course, being a regular feature one encounters while mountaineering. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/270 "2026-02-19T22:20:43Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I was unimpressed with SkiMo. I was expecting something a little more Epic. The whole run is done in about 3 minutes. You might like Saturday better. That’s the mixed relay, where the course is twice as long with two ascents and two descents. Each member of the two-person team completes the course twice. It should take around 30 minutes for the race. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/271 "2026-02-20T00:41:51Z")
Maybe if they down a beer in between laps that would make it more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/272 "2026-02-20T00:48:03Z")
My wish for the next winter olympics is a women’s ice hockey final that will be something other than a USA-Canada matchup again. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/273 "2026-02-20T00:57:16Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > My wish for the next winter olympics is a women’s ice hockey final that will be something other than a USA-Canada matchup again It’s becoming tradition. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/274 "2026-02-20T01:55:55Z")
OMG! Tenley Albright is watching the skating! For those who don’t know, she is a female figure skater who won silver in 1952 and the US’s first woman’s gold in 1956. She then went to Harvard Medical School and became an orthopedic surgeon. I love her. It’s 70 years since her gold medal and she looks fantastic. Also, I want some of whatever Alysa Liu is on because she skates like she really doesn’t GAF and is just having fun. She competes like she is just performing in the gala. I’ve never seen any competitor so unaffected by stress. Also, I still defend skimo as the most bizarre winter sport. I have almost never had the need to run up a flight of icy stairs at top speed. (Except maybe in college if I was late for class and the weather was bad). These are the sprints but looking forward to the relay. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/275 "2026-02-20T04:37:39Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I was unimpressed with SkiMo. I was expecting something a little more Epic. The whole run is done in about 3 minutes. Same. And the whole race seemed to be about how quickly you could dress and undress. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/276 "2026-02-20T18:17:00Z")
The Canada Finland game was fantastic 👌 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/277 "2026-02-20T20:25:20Z")
Troubler on the Women’s Short Track. Most women falling on one particular corner. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/278 "2026-02-21T00:20:47Z")
USA faces Canada for the men’s hockey final. Here is a rivalry I follow. I hope America can somehow pull it off. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/279 "2026-02-21T01:31:33Z")
I was thinking the other day how remarkable it was that I’ve never seen a serious blade injury in short track speed skating given how often there are big crashes with feet flying all over the place. Lo and behold, a Polish skater caught a blade to the face today. > **[Blade slices over Sellier's eye in Olympic speedskating 1500](https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/47988817/blade-slices-sellier-eye-olympic-speedskating-1500)** > > Kamila Sellier of Poland was stretchered off after a blade sliced over her left eye during an accident at the women's 1,500 meters Friday, but Polish officials said her eye was OK. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575/280 "2026-02-21T12:06:11Z")
I think someone hand got cut years ago and now athletes have to wear cut proof gloves. Brian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-winter-olympics-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/1026575.md?page=15)