- Just keep trying to piss off Adam Rippon, homophobes. He'll just come back and really start having fun on your asses. He doesn't have the jumps to compete with the Asians, but he's seventh and almost certainly will be the top American male finisher after the free skate tonight.
- And that might not be the only thing pissing off the "America First" crowd. The United States athletes had a very bad night on a night a number of the top names were seen to cash in. Jacobellis, 4th in the snowboard cross. Shiffrin, 4th in the slalom (her best event). Nathan Chen shows he probably didn't belong here.
- Of course, you could be Canada right now, asking questions about your 0-3 women's curling team.
- But, on the other side of the ledger, there is this!!
That was the back end of the men's 15K cross-country race.
German Madrazo of Mexico finished last in the event. And no surprise in that -- he was one of a number of skiers (who came to congratulate him and hoist him as the winner came by to send his regards!) who took up cross-country skiing and tried to see if they could finish the Olympic course. (And yes, that guy in the red is the "Shirtless Tongan", Pita Taufatofua, competing in his event!).
When Madrazo came into the arena where the start-finish line was, he was greeted with a warm welcome, and a Mexican flag to take over the line with him.
- And, according to Taufatofua, he's now going to try to qualify for a water sport for Tokyo. (Deadspin)
- I usually don't think of posting comments unless they're completely idiotic, but I have to do this one: "Dr. Emilio Lazardo" on Deadspin notes, about Taufatufua's finish: "To be fair, he is probably exhausted from having more sex than any of the 113 men who finished in front of him."
- A possible scare of Mikaela Shiffrin that might have larger implications than just the loss last night: She was known to have been vomiting before her first run yesterday. She said she might have come down with something. And now, news this morning that the norovirus outbreak has hit the skiers -- two Swiss freestyle skiers have been confirmed with the virus. (MSN)
- One of the two was Fabian Boesch, who became a social-media sensation when he posted a picture of himself goofing off, hanging off the outside rail of an escalator.
- There is much concern as to some of the attendance figures of events in the Games in Korea. The MSN article gives seven reasons this could be happening:
- The fact that organizers have tailored the scheduling for prime-time television in different targeted regions of the world (leading to figure skating being held in the morning to cater to USA audiences -- and some of the cross-country very late at night to cater to Europeans!) is one.
- Another: Nobody's buying even walk-up tickets available for every event -- including the men's short program -- yesterday!
- The continuing Cold War between the Olympic Athletes From Russia (and their fans) and... pretty much everybody else!!! ... has caught the ire of the IOC. Gunilla Lindberg of the IOC Executive Board is blasting athletes isolating the OAR for violating the Olympic spirit in and of themselves. (Inside the Games)
- And don't think this isn't lost on OAR athletes. Just ask Slovenia's men's hockey team, who is checking for the license plate number of that truck that scored five goals in 12 minutes and ran them out of the building 8-2 last night!
- And, and United States? You see that same team tonight, for first in the group!
- HOORAY BEER!!! Red Stripe Beer has bought a new sled for the Jamaican women's bobsled team to assure they will compete at the Games. (Inside the Games)
- Medals: Norway has pulled ahead of Germany in the total. Norway has 19 total medals, Germany 15, the Netherlands and Canada 13 each. Germany heads the Olympic standard table with nine gold medals, the Netherlands and Norway with six each. The USA was completely shut out yesterday on a day many thought several medals could've come their way, as they stand with five gold medals (fourth on the Olympic standard), but a distant tie for fifth in the total with eight (with Austria and the Olympic Athletes from Russia).
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