# The 2010 Olympic Winter Games Results Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 13, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854 "2010-02-13T13:33:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/41 "2010-02-16T02:27:47Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It was Ross Rebagliati, a gold medalist in snowboarding in 1998, who was famous for enjoying the kind weed. Kind of like Mike Robertson, if his CTV interview is any indication. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/42 "2010-02-16T02:50:33Z")
Ice skating. Couple now on ice. In long shots, the guy’s outfit looks like a Star Trek (TOS) uniform. Amanda and Mark? No names on bottom of screen and I missed their introduction. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/43 "2010-02-16T03:10:17Z")
They’ve just awarded Bilodeau his Gold Medal. Beautiful. Well done, and congratulations! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/44 "2010-02-16T03:51:05Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It was Ross Rebagliati, a gold medalist in snowboarding in 1998, who was famous for enjoying the kind weed. You are absolutely correct. What an odd thing for me to have confused! Either way, Brassard has been awesome as a commentator. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/45 "2010-02-16T07:36:28Z")
> [@Foldup\_Rabbit](#): > > Goals for and against also come into play for tiebreakers in international hockey, so it was in Canada’s best interests (and Slovakia, versus Bulgaria) to score as many freaking goals as humanly possible. Sure. But apparently the Americans pulled back against the Chinese, only beating them [12 - 1.](http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1480330.html?storylink=mirelated) > [@](#): > > “I get uncomfortable when the score gets too lopsided,” Johnson said. “I’ve been on the other end of that too many times. It can be a difficult balancing act. You certainly want to respect your opponent and the hard work they did to get here. At some point it becomes uncomfortable, so you try to do the things that make the team stronger, get something out of the game, and move on.” I wonder if the stigma against running up the score in competitive (as opposed to casual/friendly) athletics is peculiarly American. If an 82-0 drubbing occured in American hockey, people would be screaming bloody murder, even if goal differential were a factor. Personally, I have no problems with it at this level, but reading Dope threads about (American) football, the slightest suggestion that a team was running up the score ignites passions on both sides. ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/46 "2010-02-16T23:16:32Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > It is just a matter of time before Sweden, Finland and Russia catch up, but it taking longer than we thought… It seems odd to me that Russian women’s hockey isn’t more advanced. The nation has a huge population (smaller than the US, but considerably larger thatn Canada), men’s ice hockey is extremely popular there (as in the US & Canada), and Russia has always been highly competitive in women’s sports, even in the post-Communist era. Why are they so far behind? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/47 "2010-02-17T21:29:38Z")
Ladies’ Downhill: Gold: Lindsey Vonn (USA) Silver: Julia Mancuso (USA) Bronze: Elisabeth Georgl (AUT) Romanian skier Edith Miklos took a nasty fall when she caught her edges. That’s pretty much how I destroyed one of my knees (though obviously not at her speed!). Crashing through two barriers, she did stand briefly; but she ended up being airlifted out. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/48 "2010-02-17T22:11:59Z")
> [@threeorange](#): > > It seems odd to me that Russian women’s hockey isn’t more advanced. The nation has a huge population (smaller than the US, but considerably larger thatn Canada), men’s ice hockey is extremely popular there (as in the US & Canada), and Russia has always been highly competitive in women’s sports, even in the post-Communist era. > > Why are they so far behind? The cynical part of me says that they’ve decided that they can either develop 22 elite hockey players and have a chance at 1 medal, or they can develop 22 elite speed skaters, skiers, etc, and have a chance at 22 medals. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/49 "2010-02-18T02:06:03Z")
[QUOTE=ThreeOrange] It seems odd to me that Russian women’s hockey isn’t more advanced. The nation has a huge population (smaller than the US, but considerably larger thatn Canada), men’s ice hockey is extremely popular there (as in the US & Canada), and Russia has always been highly competitive in women’s sports, even in the post-Communist era. Why are they so far behind? [/QUOTE] > [@Rysto](#): > > The cynical part of me says that they’ve decided that they can either develop 22 elite hockey players and have a chance at 1 medal, or they can develop 22 elite speed skaters, skiers, etc, and have a chance at 22 medals. I don’t believe that. They’ll just develop both, it’s not like they can’t afford it. With Sochi 2014 coming up, there’s a lot of support to make sure that Russia is going to own the podium. Instead, the reason that women’s hockey is underdeveloped is because hockey is not for girls - or so they’ll tell you. And to be fair, IIRC, women’s hockey has really only been an olympic event for a couple of Olympics now (ETA: that’s right - [since 1998](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_Olympic_Games#Women.27s_tournament)). Compare it to football (aka soccer). It is not considered a women’s sport in most of the countries that are crazy about football, and in most of those countries women’s national leagues have only started up recently and consist of only a few teams. It’s not a televised event, and a World Cup has only been organized five times, with 2 of those cups going to the US, arguably the least soccer-minded country in the world. The stigma that football is a men’s game is pretty hard to shake of, and I’m guessing it’s the same for hockey at least in Russia. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/50 "2010-02-18T02:16:43Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s not a televised event, and a World Cup has only been organized five times, with 2 of those cups going to the US, arguably the least soccer-minded country in the world. I don’t think many people really thought about it at the time but Title IX has really helped us win a number of gold medals. Even a lot of the women on other countries team get to continue honing their skills at American colleges. Not really something countries that don’t have a tradition of college sports can do, and women’s sports have always had a horrible time maintaining a profitable league that pays living wages(except tennis and golf) withough government cash. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/51 "2010-02-18T02:55:03Z")
In another thrilling women’s hockey game, Canada devoured Sweden 13-1. Sweden, remember, has always been the BEST non-North-American team. Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/52 "2010-02-18T04:20:01Z")
Men’s Halfpipe: Gold: Shaun White (USA) Silver: Peetu Piiroinen (FIN) Bronze: Scott Lago (USA) ---
**Author:** ![BMada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BMada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMada)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/53 "2010-02-18T04:23:16Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > In another thrilling women’s hockey game, Canada devoured Sweden 13-1. Sweden, remember, has always been the BEST non-North-American team. > > Yuck. it’s always a given that US and Canada in the gold medal finals isn’t it? At least we know we have one guaranteed medal there. ---
**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 18, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/54 "2010-02-18T14:03:00Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > In another thrilling women’s hockey game, Canada devoured Sweden 13-1. Sweden, remember, has always been the BEST non-North-American team. > > Yuck. Yeah. But I guess I am not as familiar with women’s hockey as I thought. My jaw hit the floor when a penalty was called for body-checking. I mean, isn’t that a major part of the game? ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/55 "2010-02-18T15:13:52Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Yeah. But I guess I am not as familiar with women’s hockey as I thought. My jaw hit the floor when a penalty was called for body-checking. I mean, isn’t that a major part of the game? Not in women’s hockey. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/56 "2010-02-18T20:44:02Z")
> [@BMada](#): > > it’s always a given that US and Canada in the gold medal finals isn’t it? At least we know we have one guaranteed medal there. The U.S. did not reach the gold medal game at the 2006 Games - Sweden beat them in the semifinal. So there was some hope things were getting better. It’s not looking that way now. It’s still likely to be a Canada-USA final, but more so than before, Canada’s a big favourite; this is the lest evenly match the teams have been in years, IMHO. The Canadians are running the best squad they’ve ever had out there, while the USA is in a bit of transition. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/57 "2010-02-18T21:12:36Z")
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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/58 "2010-02-19T01:03:45Z")
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**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/59 "2010-02-19T01:51:24Z")
Yeah, no shit. 0-4 and 0-3 (Men’s and Women’s US Curling respectively). I mean, can the US (Men’s) Skip draw at all? They should can his ass and play the Alternate. Not that it matters now. The men are going home after the round robin. The women might, just might, on the outside edge of possibility, still have a chance to advance. Still a damn poor performance overall. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854/60 "2010-02-19T02:38:07Z")
Canada men’s and women’s curling teams are both undefeated. Just sayin’ 🙂 Ok, I adore Jonas Hiller (Goalie McSquirrley!) when he plays for Anaheim, but right now, I want him to suffer a groin injury. Yes, I am a mean person! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-olympic-winter-games-results-thread/528854.md?page=4)