Winter Olympics 2014

PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by **Mini E** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:14 am

Christie disqualified again :fp:

I didn't see the race itself - tuned in just after but the commentators seem baffled. Anyone see what happened?

PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by **Captain Kinopio** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:14 am

Our quality Speed Skater has been kicked out of her favourite event for a second DQ.

Utterly baffled because nobody can see what it's for

PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by **Mini E** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:17 am

Did you watch the race? I just tuned in as they were doing the photo finish and have no idea what it was for...

PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by **Captain Kinopio** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:19 am

Yep, nothing happened in the race.

No one went over, nobody cut corners, nobody got pushed, nobody complained. Only thing I could maybe think is possibly for a false start but that's a complete guess.

PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by **Mini E** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:22 am

Ollie Williams
BBC Sport in Sochi
Short Track Speed Skating
Women's 1500m heats
On Twitter: Apparently, Elise Christie may have gone inside one of the course markers early on in the race. Not confirmed. Bewildering.
Elise Christie was also penalised in the final of the 500m for causing a crash, when it looked like she had won a silver medal.

PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by **Yorkcityknight** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:22 am

According to 5 Live she missed the finish line....by a cm :fp:

PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by KB » Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:37 am

Yorkcityknight wrote:According to 5 Live she missed the finish line....by a cm

It's harsh and it may happen often, I don't know. But when she crosses that line her skates are outside the finish line, sadly. It's fair, if not harsh.

PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by **Captain Kinopio** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:49 am

I wonder if she'd come in second they would have penalized her, clearly no advantage to be gained by 1cm but then she did come first by 1000th of a second so maybe that's why they enforced it.

Would seem stupid to do so otherwise.

PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by **Mini E** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:57 am

First and second only makes a difference to the lane draw for the next round... and that's done by time rather than direct placing in your heat (although obviously if she had won the heat she'd have had a faster time than her competitor).

In all honesty, if someone from another country had done that, cost our athlete a place in the next round, and not been penalised, we'd be quite irritated. In the question of fairness, it's the right decision, it's just that the margins of error are so small that make it agonising

No excuse for the twitter abuse she's received now and has now had to shut down her twitter account.

PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by KB » Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:58 am

Herbi wrote:I wonder if she'd come in second they would have penalized her, clearly no advantage to be gained by 1cm but then she did come first by 1000th of a second so maybe that's why they enforced it.

Would seem stupid to do so otherwise.

Good point about finishing second, I would like to see if they would have enforced it. I don't think it's about gaining an advantage though, necessarily. They have refs to spot rule breaks, one noticed. They had to enforce the rule.

PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by **Captain Kinopio** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 12:01 pm

USA v Russia should be good in the ice hockey today.

Why does curling need to be 10 Ends? A single game can be quite interesting but strawberry float sitting there for 3 hours and watching 10 of the bloody things.

Corazon de Leon · PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by **Corazon de Leon** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 12:02 pm

I try to tune in at the end - the last three or four ends are always fun.

PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by **Mini E** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 12:14 pm

Herbi wrote:USA v Russia should be good in the ice hockey today.

Why does curling need to be 10 Ends? A single game can be quite interesting but strawberry float sitting there for 3 hours and watching 10 of the bloody things.

If the game is one sided, they can agree to end the match after 6 ends onwards.

PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by **Lotus** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:12 pm

Good to see some ice hockey on TV. Not the best first period though.

PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by **Mini E** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:13 pm

Not a good day for GB overall so far. Hoping the women can pick it up during my daily cross-trainer entertainment at 3pm :lol:

Corazon de Leon · PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by **Corazon de Leon** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:19 pm

They start at 3:40 I think.

PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by **Mini E** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 2:00 pm

I shall re-schedule my gym trip then :lol:

Just watching the BBC interview with Elise Christie

She's absolutely devastated and on the brink of complete tears. Poor girl.

Corazon de Leon · PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by **Corazon de Leon** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 2:08 pm

She's had a really rough time in Sochi - it should be the best period of an athlete's career and she's been DQed twice and bullied on twitter. I feel really bad for her.

PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by **D_C** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 2:40 pm

Hell of a game going on right now on BBC2.

PostRe: Winter Olympics 2014 by **Mini E** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 2:42 pm

Ben the curling does start at 3

super-rush-get-ready for the gym now. If I watch 5 ends of it then that's cardio done :lol:

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