2022 Winter Olympics: Beijing

[CanadianSU]

Finland hockey gold over “ROC”

We all liked that.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[samspann1]

Cross-country skiing-Finn Remi suffers frozen penis in mass start race

The men's 50km mass start race at the Beijing Games was shortened to 30km but that did little to help Finland's Remi Lindholm, who needed a heat pack at the end of the race to thaw out a particularly sensitive body part.

www.reuters.com

 

[Orangezoo]

USA 5th in Medals via final count and tied for 4th in golds. Norway demolished everyone in medals.

 

[Orangezoo]

I think I may have watched less than 5 hours total of the Olympics. The one event I was going to watch in full the US vs Canada Woman's Hockey final, I watched the first period and then went to sleep after we took the 3-0 lead.

After the crazy crap with all the doping, the not so great coverage and then the time differences same here. I think I watched about that much myself and it was like the first few days.

 

[jncuse]

After the crazy crap with all the doping, the not so great coverage and then the time differences same here. I think I watched about that much myself and it was like the first few days.

Part of it for me was the "Freedom Convoy" in Canada took up way too much of my free time TV viewing. (not going to make a political statement on it either way on this politics free board, but it has been a major distraction)

 

[Orangezoo]

Part of it for me was the "Freedom Convoy" in Canada took up way too much of my free time TV viewing. (not going to make a political statement on it either way on this politics free board, but it has been a major distraction)

Understood and I can imagine- especially since it got press all over which isn't common for all yall up north.

 

[Madbiker]

Where's the next winter Olympics? North Korea?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Where's the next winter Olympics? North Korea?

Italy in 2026.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[upperdeck]

6hrs time difference.. not sure how that helps a whole lot except for the confusion as to which day an event is taking place. 11pm stuff would be 5pm here 3pm cali .

it does mean though less stuff happening in the morning and then long waits to try and avoid finding things out..

stuff at 10-12 in the morning would be 4-7 am so not far off of live..

but some events would only be 2-3 hrs before prime time kicks in so much less delay there.

I think i watched 100+ hrs of stuff. some i FWD thru to get to the US groups.

the tv coverage was fine. It was the streaming side they messed up pretty bad.

 

[clayman32]

Overall, a somewhat unexpected, solid olympics for the US. Two more medals than 4 years ago, and that was with Shiffrin going 0fer this time around. I hope she comes back strong in 4 years. She seems like a really sweet girl.

My favorite story was Lindsey Jacobellis winning 2 golds. I mean I still remember watching her epic fail at the 2006 games live. And I still cringe watching it today lol
She f’d up her gold back then and didn’t get any medals for 16 years in between. That’s pretty incredible. She’s also easy on the eyes

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Another Vermont winner! I’ve got three mutual fb friends.

 

[kirbivore]

I think i watched 100+ hrs of stuff. some i FWD thru to get to the US groups.

One the rare ones

TV Ratings For Beijing Winter Olympics Was An All-Time Low; For Streaming It Was An All-Time High

How millions of viewers watched the Tokyo and Beijing Olympics, highlights the need to improve video measurement.

www.forbes.com