XXI Olympic Winter Games

[TrueYankee26]

Ohno got ROBBED last night. ROBBED!

[Breakwood]

Ohno got ROBBED last night. ROBBED!

Please learn something about Short Track and not just buy in the the hype NBC is feeding you. When you do then you can come back and realize that you had no clue what you were talking about when you made that statement.

[NEW.ERA]

^ Agreed even if your trying to hold yourself up and just slightly touch a competitor you are DQ. I had to laugh listening to NBC's coverage of that race.

[Breakwood]

^ Agreed even if your trying to hold yourself up and just slightly touch a competitor you are DQ. I had to laugh listening to NBC's coverage of that race.

He touched Tremblay, and fulled extended his arm as Tremblay fell. It's the definition of a disqualification. To here Oh No! try to say he was protecting himself and to blame it on the "Canadian" referee is hilarious. He never mentioned that both referees have to agree on the final ruling. But if he said that, the "hometown bias" excuse would be thrown out the window.

[NJTank]

Ohno knew what he did was wrong.

Take a look at the look on his face after the race. He was like oh I hope they did not see that. I hope I get away with it.

[STL FANATIC]

Ohno could be DQed or not. My problem is with the enforcement. That type of contact is made frequently. It should be a DQ all the time, or it should not. Only calling it a DQ when a skater falls is terrible. It's the same as handing down a suspension based on a resulting injury instead of the actual act. Have rules and enforce them uniformly.

[Breakwood]

Ohno could be DQed or not. My problem is with the enforcement. That type of contact is made frequently. It should be a DQ all the time, or it should not. Only calling it a DQ when a skater falls is terrible. It's the same as handing down a suspension based on a resulting injury instead of the actual act. Have rules and enforce them uniformly.

Anytime your arm extends fully and you touch another skater you get disqualified, no ifs and or buts.

[officeglenn]

Ohno could be DQed or not. My problem is with the enforcement. That type of contact is made frequently. It should be a DQ all the time, or it should not. Only calling it a DQ when a skater falls is terrible. It's the same as handing down a suspension based on a resulting injury instead of the actual act. Have rules and enforce them uniformly.

Anytime your arm extends fully and you touch another skater you get disqualified, no ifs and or buts.

I'm curious -- is there more leniency given if contact occurs on an opponent's upper body versus making contact with their foot or skate? I was discussing this with friends last night, and, although none of us are short-track speed skaters and we weren't clear on the rules, we seemed to agree that contacting lower down on the body would have a greater potential of throwing an opponent off-balance than on the shoulder or torso.

[NEW.ERA]

Canada wins their 11th Gold Medal in Long Track Team Pursuit and Jasey-Jay Anderson is in the Gold Medal Final of Giant Snowboard Slalom.

So Canada is guaranteed at least 3 more medals all of which could be Gold. Great Olympics so far.

EDIT: Jasey-Jay wins Gold so that's 12 Gold and I believe this will make Canada finish with the most Gold Medals in this Olympics

[lordsketor]

So Canadians really do "own the podium" (not in total medals but in golds)

[NEW.ERA]

Only Germany has an outside shot at getting 12 Gold, But Canada still has two more chances to get Gold maybe even three with 4-Man Bobsleigh later on Today with Canada 1 sitting in 2nd spot and Canada 2 in 6th.

[lordsketor]

For the first time since St Moritz in 1948, the US-1 4 man bobsled team wins GOLD. Germany 1 the silver and Canada 1 with the Bronze. The US now has 36 medals and is guaranteed at least 37 medals after tomorrow.The most total medals in Winter Olympic history.

[NEW.ERA]

And Canada has tied their Torino total of 24 and will finish with 26.

All the athletes have made Canada proud.

[STL FANATIC]

Ohno could be DQed or not. My problem is with the enforcement. That type of contact is made frequently. It should be a DQ all the time, or it should not. Only calling it a DQ when a skater falls is terrible. It's the same as handing down a suspension based on a resulting injury instead of the actual act. Have rules and enforce them uniformly.

Anytime your arm extends fully and you touch another skater you get disqualified, no ifs and or buts.

This isn't true, though it may be the letter of the law. It just lacks consistent enforcement. I've watched plenty of speed-skating this year, and it's simply not called every time, that's all.

What's more is Ohno didn't extend his arm. The angle of his elbow never changed.

[Cujo]

Canada currently has a stranglehold on Men's Curling gold.... Up 5-3 in the 9th, with the hammer.

[NEW.ERA]

Gotta love the curling talk around here. Too bad you guys living in the States can't see the Brier, Now that's a Tournament!

[IceCap]

Canada wins gold in mens curling!

Sure, other countries have more medals, but we've got the most gold!

[Viper]

Canada just wrapped up the men's curling gold.

[NEW.ERA]

Kevin Martin completes his resume as the Best Men's Skip in the world.

1 Olympic Gold, 1 Olympic Silver

4 Brier Championships, 1 Brier Runner-up

1 World Championship, 2 Worlds Runner-up

[DEAD!]

Canada wins gold in mens curling!

Sure, other countries have more medals, but we've got the most gold!

We own the top of the podium!