- If we get out of these Olympics without a war with Russia, it may be a miracle. Not only are their fans making a fair mockery of the IOC's "Olympic Athletes From Russia" limitations (Yahoo!), but Russian and American skeleton riders are not on speaking terms at all in the practice runs, a rarity in such events. (Yahoo!)
- Of course, it could be worse... You could be Pita Taufatofua. The "Shirtless Tongan" had a scare at the PyeongChang Games. His family and country had to deal with a Southeastern Asia cyclone which damaged about 40% of the buildings in the country and destroyed it's Parliament building. His family is safe, and he may look for ways to attempt to raise awareness and funds during the Games. (Yahoo!)
- As I'm reading of some of the stories on Yahoo! here, I'm noticing a number of the comments indicating very little of Yahoo!'s coverage is about the actual events! Should stand to reason... Since many American viewers of the Games go backstory-driven... Right?
- Of course, it could probably even be still worse than Taufatofua. Kim Boutin of Canada is facing threats from the South Korean fans. Why? Boutin won bronze, largely because of a call by the short-track 500m final jury that Choi Min-Jeong infringed her on the ice.
Judge for yourself:
- A Chicago television station goofing around with the Olympics stepped in it hard this weekend reporting the Russian alternative Games for their banned athletes. Instead of the normal PyeongChang Olympics, a similar logo on several Games stories had it called the "P.F.Chang 2018" Games, with a four-ringed representation of the Olympic Rings.
ABC 7 had this to say, according to
the Deadspin report on the incident:
"Jayme Nicholas, a spokesperson for the ABC affiliate in Chicago, told
Inc. that the goof was the result of a mix-up. The graphic was created
for a different “satirical piece” put together on Friday by sports
anchor Mark Giangreco in which viewers were encouraged to invent their
own Olympic sports, but it was mistakenly also used for the serious news
story read on Saturday by weekend anchor Mark Rivera, Nicholas said."
(hat-tip to my anonymous friend for that one)
- A homophobic jackass on Twitter slammed gay American skater Adam Rippon on Twitter for the crime of who he is. Rippon has become one of the American stars of the Games, on the basis of a crackling performance in the men's long program of the team competition and his infectious personality. The only reason I'm going to dignify GrumpyGrampa22 and his right-wing idiocy is that he's REALLY AN IDIOT!!! In sending a vitriolic homophobic rant (though he didn't say it directly, read the Kotaku article and you're pretty clear of his intent), though the recipient of his rant was Adam Rippon -- it was Adam Rippon, a 37 year-old game designer from the Bay Area!!! This IDIOTIC MOTHERFUCKER couldn't be arsed to do an ounce of research or looking around!
- I'm not exactly sure why this is an "admission", but IOC head Thomas Bach stated that the deal to allow both Koreas to march unified at the Opening Ceremony was a last-minute success. I mean, this is a very deeply political situation, and a very tender subject for all parties involved. Let's not criticize the timing -- let's praise that it got done!! (Inside the Games)
- "But no one was FORCED to..." This is the FIS statement on the slopestyle debacle. REALLY??? (Inside the Games)
- Whoops!!! Now even the International Ice Hockey Federation can't get it right. Someone might want to send the Canadian women's ice-hockey coach to them -- as, on at least four occasions, the Olympic Athletes From Russia have been represented with the Russian flag. (Inside the Games)
- Medal Count, to wrap this one up: Germany won the women's luge last night -- their leading fifth gold medal of the Games. Norway leads the total with 11, Canada and the Netherlands have 10, Germany has nine. USA is fifth on the table with three golds, one silver, and two bronze for six total.
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