2026 Winter Olympics

[MaryClare]

Figure skating gala tomorrow evening, yes or no?

 

[RedBirdie]

Canada men's hockey just advanced to the gold medal game after narrowly defeating Finland (thus destroying the dream of a Finland-Slovakia gold medal match).

If I'd been watching hockey during these Olympics I'd for sure have heart problems by now.

Brutal loss for Finland. Just absolutely heartbroken.

Meanwhile, the US just steamrolled Slovakia from start to finish.

 

[Sasha]

Total steamroller. Good on Slovakia for getting onto the scoreboard in the end!

In other news, the women's free skate was surprising clean and ... wholesome? I loved Ami's reaction to winning bronze. I thought she was disappointed at first, I didn't realise that she just hadn't clocked that she'd won a medal. There was lots of really good sportsmanship on display too.

 

[Big_rock_show]

Figure skating gala tomorrow evening, yes or no?

What exactly is the point of a figure skating gala? Is it like an exhibition of medalists?

 

[MaryClare]

What exactly is the point of a figure skating gala? Is it like an exhibition of medalists?

Yes. Big thing in FS, they all have gala routines. Gymnastics used to have one at the olympics but it was never as big a thing. I’m contemplating going, but I find “fun” rather draining

 

[makam]

Midori Ito gala skating to Singing in the Rain with a gold umbrella is a very fond childhood memory.

 

[Hatsumomo]

Brutal loss for Finland. Just absolutely heartbroken.

Meanwhile, the US just steamrolled Slovakia from start to finish.

It's hilarious that it's Canada vs. USA for both men and women's hockey for the gold medal final.

 

[Big_rock_show]

It's hilarious that it's Canada vs. USA for both men and women's hockey for the gold medal final.

It’s a big deal for the USA men, who haven’t been big gold medal winners in hockey. And Canada is always a tough team to beat, so it should be interesting!

 

[irichluck21]

Last time USA won gold it was 1980.
The only other gold was 1960.

 

[Sasha]

On the women's side I think it's always been USA-Canada for the gold. Makes for a good rivalry but it's not good for the sport.

 

[irichluck21]

USA women curling close loss to Canada for bronze. It was a great match to watch.

 

[Sasha]

These curlers are insanely good! It's like watching witchcraft.

 

[OnlyBeansOnToast]

TikTok is full of American ice hockey fans who are furious with the concept of “time zones”, while the Canadians are all just cheerily getting ready for a 5am trip to the bar.

 

[OnlyBeansOnToast]

These curlers are insanely good! It's like watching witchcraft.

There’s been an awful lot of curling on the BBC this month and I still can’t get my head around the physics. I just… how? How do they do that?

 

[arabiandoublefront]

It’s a big deal for the USA men, who haven’t been big gold medal winners in hockey. And Canada is always a tough team to beat, so it should be interesting!

2010 devastated me.

 

[arabiandoublefront]

On the women's side I think it's always been USA-Canada for the gold. Makes for a good rivalry but it's not good for the sport.

There was that one time USA was upset in semifinals and had to settle for the bronze.

 

[RedBirdie]

TikTok is full of American ice hockey fans who are furious with the concept of “time zones”, while the Canadians are all just cheerily getting ready for a 5am trip to the bar.

It's because our backwards ass puritans who make laws prohibit alcohol sales before 10 am (or noon in some cases). We just want to drink and watch hockey in public and can't do so in wide swaths of the country.

Meanwhile, Canada is making emergency declarations that bars open before puck drop. I'm extremely jealous.

 

[BB12]

TikTok is full of American ice hockey fans who are furious with the concept of “time zones”, while the Canadians are all just cheerily getting ready for a 5am trip to the bar.

This is becoming a trend.

When the Australian Open was on, there was a group of Americans complaining it wasnt being played at a better time for the US.

 

[OnlyBeansOnToast]

It's because our backwards ass puritans who make laws prohibit alcohol sales before 10 am (or noon in some cases). We just want to drink and watch hockey in public and can't do so in wide swaths of the country.

Meanwhile, Canada is making emergency declarations that bars open before puck drop. I'm extremely jealous.

Whenever the World Cup is held in an unhelpful time zone, the UK government just changes the law to facilitate drunkenness at the appropriate hour.

 

[Sasha]

It's because our backwards ass puritans who make laws prohibit alcohol sales before 10 am (or noon in some cases). We just want to drink and watch hockey in public and can't do so in wide swaths of the country.

Meanwhile, Canada is making emergency declarations that bars open before puck drop. I'm extremely jealous.

Lol, well, not emergency declarations exactly. Just a one-day modification of the permitted opening hours. Minnesota (of course it's Minnesota) is doing it too!