2026 Winter Olympics

[Big_rock_show]

The times in ski racing really are just beyond my comprehension. .04 seconds between first and second, .13 seconds between 3rd and 7th.

In most races you’re head to head, and pools and tracks only vary so much. Ski racing is different every mountain, and then different conditions every day and every run. Maybe it’s just that I’ve never done it, but it is really crazy to me that things are this close when you can’t see your opponent.

And you’re going as fast as a car on the freeway and are still alive to do it multiple times. I can’t.

 

[irichluck21]

Disappointed no prime time coverage of Ladies, Ice Dance, and Pairs.
I know they competed the day before when prime time coverage was the opening ceremonies.

Anyone find coverage on Peacock of it? I haven't looked to hard yet. But was curious if anyone saw it anywhere/

 

[makam]

Disappointed no prime time coverage of Ladies, Ice Dance, and Pairs.
I know they competed the day before when prime time coverage was the opening ceremonies.

Anyone find coverage on Peacock of it? I haven't looked to hard yet. But was curious if anyone saw it anywhere/

Yeah, it is there and esay to find under the individual sports. But if you have the peacock with commercials, it is commercial hell on replays.

 

[Passion]

Disappointed no prime time coverage of Ladies, Ice Dance, and Pairs.
I know they competed the day before when prime time coverage was the opening ceremonies.

Anyone find coverage on Peacock of it? I haven't looked to hard yet. But was curious if anyone saw it anywhere/

I don’t know where it is now but we watched it on Peacock streaming live while waiting for opening ceremonies to begin. It ended right on time to switch feeds to the ceremony starting. They only showed the top few skaters in each category though.

 

[RichardL]

The replays are all on Peacock available to stream at any time. The livestream is different than the recorded replays, which are searchable under the Olympics tab in the navigation bar.

 

[Puffin]

I've been smiling at the commentators talking about "sticking the landing"

..... on luge

 

[rlayt]

In an Atlantic article on Ilia Malinin, “ Sometimes there are evolutionary leaps in sport, the arrival of athletes so physically dynamic, they widen the eyes with incredulity: the gymnast Simone Biles thundering in the air, the swimmer Michael Phelps coursing through the water with a wake like an attack boat’s. Malinin is one of these. In December, while refining his routine for his first Olympic Games, in Milan, the 21-year-old figure skater landed seven quadruple jumps in competition, spinning like a weather vane in a windstorm. No other competitor landed more than four.“

We seem to have a Renaissance going on with all these super-humans. Is this the likely outcome of better nutrition , cutting edge training techniques and superior sports medicine?

Who are the super humans of other sports?

 

[MaryClare]

In an Atlantic article on Ilia Malinin, “ Sometimes there are evolutionary leaps in sport, the arrival of athletes so physically dynamic, they widen the eyes with incredulity: the gymnast Simone Biles thundering in the air, the swimmer Michael Phelps coursing through the water with a wake like an attack boat’s. Malinin is one of these. In December, while refining his routine for his first Olympic Games, in Milan, the 21-year-old figure skater landed seven quadruple jumps in competition, spinning like a weather vane in a windstorm. No other competitor landed more than four.“

We seem to have a Renaissance going on with all these super-humans. Is this the likely outcome of better nutrition , cutting edge training techniques and superior sports medicine?

Who are the super humans of other sports?

Malinin is different from Phelps and Biles. We don’t know why they are so, so good at their sports. They probably don’t even know.

Malinin has every advantage a figure skater can possibly have. The mystery is what makes him that bit better than the other 2 American men, who also have every advantage a figure skater can possibly have. Incidentally, Malinin’s parents are the least decorated of him, Naumov and Torgashev

 

[Big_rock_show]

Disappointed no prime time coverage of Ladies, Ice Dance, and Pairs.
I know they competed the day before when prime time coverage was the opening ceremonies.

Anyone find coverage on Peacock of it? I haven't looked to hard yet. But was curious if anyone saw it anywhere/

I watched it on peacock!

 

[rlayt]

I guess they treated it like a warm up to the skaters’ main events. Malinin was lucky this wasn’t his only time on the ice.

Ice Dance Rhythm Dance is tomorrow. Chock and Bates looked great in the team event.

 

[RedBirdie]

Vonn had surgery to stabilize her fractured left leg.

 

[Aizheng]

Malinin is different from Phelps and Biles. We don’t know why they are so, so good at their sports. They probably don’t even know.

Malinin has every advantage a figure skater can possibly have. The mystery is what makes him that bit better than the other 2 American men, who also have every advantage a figure skater can possibly have. Incidentally, Malinin’s parents are the least decorated of him, Naumov and Torgashev

I would not say that Malinin is different, you yourself identified that we don’t know why he’s that much better than others with the same advantages. Of course, in order to become so physically capable, you need significant advantages. In Biles’ case, it was family money, a supportive coach and seemingly also a willingness by her family to let her go slower than her “talent” might have dictated.

In Ilia’s case, it seems to be genetics, but also built-in high-caliber coaching, but it’s not like these pre-requisites are enough. What stands out to me for ilia is actually how he does not seem to need to “prepare”/pick up speed the same way other competitors do. Reminds me of Simone biles and her tumbling, needing fewer steps than others.

 

[JaJa]

Sure but would have liked her to get to finish, even in the slowest time ever. This was a very cruel ending

I think that when an athlete, or anyone actually, exhibits that level of courage, winning a race becomes almost irrelevant. The victory was in literally ignoring major obstacles and standing up to the challenge. Lindsey won.