Short-track skating seems like a right old lottery to me

Pinning such high medal hopes on one skater in that event always seemed risky.

Posted By: King on February 20th 2018 at 10:33:24

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Christie down again but not out (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 20, 10:17:42
- Clearly needs the super crotch..... (Other Sports) - usacanary, Feb 20, 13:16:31
- "She fell over, she fell over....." (Other Sports) - CB41, Feb 20, 11:02:45
- Tony? (n/m) (Other Sports) - CB41, Feb 20, 10:51:52
  - weeping like a willow, crying over Amirillo? (n/m) (Other Sports) - strap_on sally, Feb 20, 12:57:06
  - Come on, use your brain. Olympics, Christie... it's obviously Linford (n/m) (Other Sports) - Adster, Feb 20, 10:53:42
- Has she ever considered doing proper speed skating rather than this short-track stuff? (Other Sports) - mr carra, Feb 20, 10:42:22
  - Have you ever considered not being a fuckwit? (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 20, 10:44:32
    - How many Olympic medals does she have? (Other Sports) - wolfio, Feb 20, 14:20:01
    - Nobody cares about any of that shit (Other Sports) - mr carra, Feb 20, 10:54:03
      - Great to hear you’re not really annoyed at her so much (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 20, 11:01:05
        
        I'm with SCC on this (n/m) (Other Sports) - revsimon, Feb 20, 12:46:45
        
        I can accept them caring (Other Sports) - mr carra, Feb 20, 11:34:12
        
        she has been massively hyped (Other Sports) - CWC, Feb 20, 11:18:05
        
        What fuck load of money? (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 20, 11:23:46
      - i do (Other Sports) - Tombs, Feb 20, 11:01:00
        
        Why only horses, though? Though dressage on ice would be excellent (Other Sports) - Old Man, Feb 20, 12:20:12
        
        curling with progressively larger sized animals (Other Sports) - Tombs, Feb 20, 13:01:44
        
        kangaroo polo (Other Sports) - Tombs, Feb 20, 12:53:11
        
        I want to see the Ice Hammer Throw. They spin around on, chuck the hammer and then finish (Other Sports) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 11:12:47
        
        *on skates (n/m) (Other Sports) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 11:13:05
        
        Still should be just a distance jump. Ding it down in whatever skates/snowboard/ski's/bin. (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Feb 20, 11:39:18
        
        I was going to say "in Ice Dancing costumes" (Other Sports) - mr carra, Feb 20, 11:37:40
- Crashtie (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tombs, Feb 20, 10:36:19
- She’s a bit rubbish. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 10:34:18
  - Do fuck off you cloggy cunt (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 20, 10:40:25
    - Well, that escalated quickly. (Other Sports) - LittleMouseWithClogs, Feb 20, 10:58:55
      - Yes, rapier like wit (n/m) (Other Sports) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 11:14:02
- Great performance to get through (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 20, 10:19:49
  - Disqualified not that surprised (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 20, 10:22:23
    - Yes (n/m) (Other Sports) - revsimon, Feb 20, 10:37:08
    - Harsh (n/m) (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Feb 20, 10:22:49
      - Seemed to come inside and block one of them off with her arm (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 20, 10:23:54
        
        If the threshold is intentional means disqualification, she deserved it (n/m) (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Feb 20, 10:26:26
        
        Short-track skating seems like a right old lottery to me (Other Sports) - King, Feb 20, 10:33:24
        
        They should just get the judges to pick the winners, don't bother with the race. (Other Sports) - bird table, Feb 20, 10:45:20
        
        Doesn't seem much like a real sport (Other Sports) - mr carra, Feb 20, 10:55:46
        
        On that I can agree (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 20, 11:02:55
        
        The track is actually TOO short (Other Sports) - mr carra, Feb 20, 11:36:03
        
        'the koreans have an unfair advantage with being able to practice on the home track" (Other Sports) - Tombs, Feb 20, 11:02:28
        
        just do it like cycling pursuit (?) (Other Sports) - Tombs, Feb 20, 10:50:37
        
        not that one (the moped one) (Other Sports) - Tombs, Feb 20, 10:56:09
        
        they do speedway on ice (Other Sports) - mr carra, Feb 20, 11:43:35
        
        They should put them on the wheels too, like in Ben Hur (Other Sports) - Old Man, Feb 20, 12:07:01
        
        could use a skidoo (n/m) (Other Sports) - CWC, Feb 20, 11:29:02
        
        I'd flesh it out a bit and call it Skateball - basically Rollerball on ice (n/m) (Other Sports) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 11:21:21
        
        World champion at 1000m and 1500m (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 20, 10:39:12
      - What a terrible winter olympics (n/m) (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Feb 20, 10:23:18
        
        aren't they all though? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 11:23:01
- Fall Out Girl (n/m) (Other Sports) - bird table, Feb 20, 10:18:02

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