2026 Winter Olympics

[OnlyBeansOnToast]

BG keen to bask in the glory of mixed team skeleton gold medallist Tabby Stoecker being a competitive gymnast until she was 11.

 

[irichluck21]

Apparently the Canadian men's curling team is getting a reputation for cheating. Sweden and Switzerland have both accused Canada of touching the stone after it is released, which is against the rules.

 

[RAFIKI]

It’s led to some entertaining internet fun

 

[rlayt]

Ilia showed grace and humility. I can’t think of one time Khorkina did. I hope Ilia continues to be a good sportsman.

 

[OnlyBeansOnToast]

Penile injections raised the bar, but there's been some fantastic rule-breaking over the past couple of weeks.

Austria's Daniel Tschofenig disqualified from event for wearing oversized boots

Austrian ski jumper Daniel Tschofenig is disqualified from the men's large hill individual event for wearing oversized boots.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[RedBirdie]

The drama around the Canadian curling teams (the women have been similarly accused) might be the most drama in curling, ever.

We decided to take Little Birdie curling over the weekend and he had a blast. I haven't been curling in 20+ years and found I wasn't quite as rusty as I feared.

 

[MaryClare]

The drama around the Canadian curling teams (the women have been similarly accused) might be the most drama in curling, ever.

We decided to take Little Birdie curling over the weekend and he had a blast. I haven't been curling in 20+ years and found I wasn't quite as rusty as I feared.

It might be the most drama involving Canadians ever.

I remember during Sochi, a non Russian journalist wrote an article asking why Russia is not very good at curling, despite being quite good on ice generally. Like there are countries that are good at curling. And there is Russia.

 

[RedBirdie]

Canadian hockey is always engaged in drama. Good drama, bad drama ("let's create a slush fund from youth hockey registration fees to pay off victims of sexual assault!"), roster drama, oh-my-god-we-lost-to-the-US drama. All the drama, all the time.

 

[irichluck21]

I am jealous. No curling anywhere close to me.
I always wanted to try.

 

[OnlyBeansOnToast]

The UK has 22 dedicated curling venues. 21 of them are in Scotland.

 

[OnlyBeansOnToast]

The UK has 22 dedicated curling venues. 21 of them are in Scotland.

That's to say, there's one curling rink for every 260,000 Scots, and one for every 57 million English.