jdc2000 Posted February 17, 2018 Share #1 Posted February 17, 2018 More stellar TV coverage from NBS Sports. They cut away from the Women's Super G race after 19 racers had finished to show figure skating. Unfortunately, the winner was racer #26. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc2000 Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share #2 Posted February 17, 2018 And in the re-broadcast, they still didn't show the winning run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted February 17, 2018 Share #3 Posted February 17, 2018 Women's super G has always been illusive. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted February 17, 2018 Share #4 Posted February 17, 2018 Glad to hear it isn’t just a BBC problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc2000 Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted February 17, 2018 https://www.yahoo.com/news/ester-ledecka-shocks-crowd-gold-medal-super-g-run-050447024.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted February 17, 2018 Share #6 Posted February 17, 2018 Sounds like a toilet cleaner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted February 17, 2018 Share #7 Posted February 17, 2018 It was reported Michaela Schiffrin loaned Ledecka her skis since she decided not to compete in Super G. The Okympics would be more interesting if all the athletes could get the good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted February 19, 2018 Share #8 Posted February 19, 2018 On 17/02/2018 at 3:57 PM, groupw said: It was reported Michaela Schiffrin loaned Ledecka her skis since she decided not to compete in Super G. The Okympics would be more interesting if all the athletes could get the good stuff! I believe that decision was made by her ski sponsor company, when she pulled out they still wanted their kit used and on display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 19, 2018 Share #9 Posted February 19, 2018 On 2/17/2018 at 10:57 AM, groupw said: It was reported Michaela Schiffrin loaned Ledecka her skis since she decided not to compete in Super G. The Okympics would be more interesting if all the athletes could get the good stuff! They need to be checked for mechanical doping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted February 19, 2018 Share #10 Posted February 19, 2018 But at least they cut away to an important sport! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ltdskilz Posted February 19, 2018 Share #11 Posted February 19, 2018 I turned on the tv last night and was greeted with the 1st of 2 days of skiiing practice runs. I turned it off before I found out who won the practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc2000 Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share #12 Posted February 20, 2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc2000 Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share #13 Posted February 20, 2018 14 hours ago, pedalphile said: I believe that decision was made by her ski sponsor company, when she pulled out they still wanted their kit used and on display. They got their money's worth, or would have if NBC Sports had covered it. The best skis go to the fastest racers, so they may have made the 0.01 second difference for the win versus Ledecka's own skis. That was still fantastic skiing from Ledecka though. Another factor was probably that Ledecka was under no pressure whatsoever to produce a podium result, and could focus entirely on skiing her best run. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted February 21, 2018 Share #14 Posted February 21, 2018 As Northerners and Canuckistanis know, going to cbc.ca/olympics allows you to stream tons of events for free, done way better than NBC. Even if you're an American, they're not region-blocking anything. Let's hear it for the Canadian Broadcorping Castration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc2000 Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share #15 Posted February 24, 2018 Ledecka picked up the gold in snowboard parallel GS today. This time she believed it. I bet she had her makeup on today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 24, 2018 Share #16 Posted February 24, 2018 On 02/19/2018 at 8:29 PM, jdc2000 said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Game Ahhh, thanks for those of us who aren't futbal fans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted February 25, 2018 Share #17 Posted February 25, 2018 On 20/02/2018 at 1:33 AM, jdc2000 said: They got their money's worth, or would have if NBC Sports had covered it. The best skis go to the fastest racers, so they may have made the 0.01 second difference for the win versus Ledecka's own skis. That was still fantastic skiing from Ledecka though. Another factor was probably that Ledecka was under no pressure whatsoever to produce a podium result, and could focus entirely on skiing her best run. This lass went on to win another Gold medal in snowboarding, no one has ever done this before in one Games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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