# The 2022 Winter Olympics Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** olympic-sports-track\ **Created:** [February 3, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841 "2022-02-03T11:41:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/101 "2022-02-10T23:29:31Z")
Since I was away from home the past week I had to DVR everything I was interested in. Was mildly pissed when the NBC coverage of the opening ceremony cut off just as the torch lighting was starting. ---
**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 11, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/102 "2022-02-11T03:54:38Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Uncalled for. Yeah, that ‘snow’ is something…well, I’m sure they are all well familiar with artificial, but that shit seems super-natural. I know I wouldn’t want to try to cut it. Look at how many crashes there are. Not righthous, man, not cool. ---
**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 11, 2022, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/103 "2022-02-11T05:19:43Z")
Yeah, i gather the snow is fast but sticky. All the Alpine skiing looks really dangerous. I mean, it’s always dangerous, but it looks even moreso this year. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/104 "2022-02-11T11:55:04Z")
Russian 15 year old figure skater Kamila Valieva - who is a real prodigy, and overwhelming favourite to win individual gold on Sunday - has failed a drug test. > **[Valieva failed drugs test confirmed](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/60329120)** > > The International Testing Agency confirms teenage Russian Olympic Committee figure skater Kamila Valieva failed a drugs test in December. This is obviously extra difficult for the authorities to manage because of the age of the athlete, but the ROC are very robustly defending her. She helped win the team gold for ROC earlier and they are still waiting for the medal ceremony because of this uncertainly and it’s not gone to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to decide. I hope this is one of those accidents. The idea that even the Russian child athletes have been meddling in PEDs is horrible. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/105 "2022-02-11T12:19:15Z")
she probably didn’t know about it other than “take this” by someone important ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/106 "2022-02-11T13:01:45Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > and it’s not gone to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to decide. Sorry, should have written that is HAS gone to the court of arbitration ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/107 "2022-02-11T13:10:51Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > she probably didn’t know about it other than “take this” by someone important And yes, as a minor, even if it was shown to be a deliberate act the fault would lie with her adult handlers. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/108 "2022-02-11T13:24:04Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > The idea that even the Russian child athletes have been meddling in PEDs is horrible. That is refreshingly naive IMO. ---
**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 11, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/109 "2022-02-11T14:12:03Z")
Russia is already banned, so their athletes have to compete as the “Russian Olympic Committee”. If they’re now caught doping, the punishment could be serious; they might have to come up with a whole new name. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/110 "2022-02-11T14:15:23Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > If they’re now caught doping, the punishment could be serious; they might have to come up with a whole new name. Olympic Committee of Russiia. I look forward to the OCR in 2024. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/111 "2022-02-11T14:25:42Z")
The Russians shouldn’t even be there in the first place, and now they’ve been caught doping again? As PFC Pyle once said, “Surprise. Surprise. Surprise.” ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/112 "2022-02-11T14:52:20Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Olympic Committee of Russiia. Splitter! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/113 "2022-02-11T14:55:58Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Olympic Committee of Russiia. Splitter! > [@Gatopescado](#): > > Not righthous, man, not cool. Eighty two women, all dealing with the same pressures, and the same snow, entered the competition. Sixty women managed to make it down, and three of them somehow got medals, on that same snow. Twenty-two DNF’d. And how many sat down and felt sorry for themselves in the snow for 25 minutes? One. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/114 "2022-02-11T18:04:28Z")
Curling - at what point is the opposition allowed to sweep a “path” for your team’s stomes? It often happens when one of your stones is coming close to exiting the house, and the opposition is trying to encorage it to do that. Trivial comment - the Swiss men’s team has at least two members with obviously German names, yet they do all thier talking/yelling in French. ---
**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 11, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/115 "2022-02-11T19:06:18Z")
Ah, all the yelling in Curling. Almost like they are overcompensating for how slow it moves. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/116 "2022-02-11T19:34:48Z")
I didn’t see it mentioned upthread anywhere, but Lindsey Jacobellis finally won her elusive snowboard cross gold medal. Nice redemption story; Jacobellis has been by far the most dominant athlete in that sport for nearly 20 years, but has had horrible luck at the Olympics. She can finally stop hearing about the 2006 incident too. ---
**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 11, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/117 "2022-02-11T21:05:19Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > Curling - at what point is the opposition allowed to sweep a “path” for your team’s stomes? It often happens when one of your stones is coming close to exiting the house, and the opposition is trying to encorage it to do that. There’s a line that goes across the house called the tee line. [![](https://www.curlingbasics.com/en/images/z_lexikon_back_house.jpg) ](https://www.curlingbasics.com/en/images/z_lexikon_back_house.jpg) Behind that line, one player from each team can sweep, but you can sweep your stone or the opponent’s. In theory, you could have one player from each team sweeping. but if one team wants the stone to slide farther, the other wants it not to. ---
**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 11, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/118 "2022-02-11T23:29:06Z")
> [@SwissMan](#): > > She can finally stop hearing about the 2006 incident too. Nah!! ---
**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 12, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/119 "2022-02-12T02:26:30Z")
It’s snowing! I almost forgot what that looks like. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841/120 "2022-02-12T04:12:12Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Russia is already banned, so their athletes have to compete as the “Russian Olympic Committee”. If they’re now caught doping, the punishment could be serious; they might have to come up with a whole new name. They can go back to their 2018 name - Olympic Athletes from Russia. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-winter-olympics-thread/958841.md?page=7)