It didn't look like she was ever really in a position to push for gold. Looked a bit too off the pace and over cooked it trying to get back into the mix
You clearly pushed the Canadian girl going into the last lap and she just got on with it. Then the Korean barely brushes you and you collapse into a heap.
Soft. As. Custard.
It didn't look like she was ever really in a position to push for gold. Looked a bit too off the pace and over cooked it trying to get back into the mix
I'll be honest, 7s, I know sod all about the sport as when I lived in Canada it was a Quebecois passion, the rest of the country didn't give a toss.
But yes, she looked well back and there was a clear push to get into third place which she immediately lost before crashing out on the smallest of contact. Never in with a shout.
The Slidey Olympics imo. I watched a bit of ski jumping and tbf there aren't many endeavours that involve a human hurtling through the air for a hundred metres. Gets a bit samey after a while though. And the slalom skiing is crap. They keep hitting the sticky things all the way down. I quite like a bit of the jumping-on-a-cart-rattling-down-an-icy-tube.
It isn't more pointless, it's equally pointless, from a sporting perspective. Like the summer Olympics, anything remotely interesting from a sporting perspective is so blighted by drugs that it also becomes pointless.
However, it is entertaining, much more so imo than the summer Olympics. Lots of people flying through the air, hurtling down hills at insane speeds and sliding about. All good, light entertainment which can pass the time.
Although I'll miss the (ice) hockey being a serious affair. Canada proving its dominance was always one of my highlights of the winter Olympics. Shame they messed about with it.