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    S03.E02: Bottoms Up

    in Blown Away

    I really didn't like that Dan's advantage was to be able to trade... and only one other drink didn't have alcohol. Couldn't they have told them they could make the other drinks virgin if he wanted to pick them? It made the advantage worthless.

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    In The Media: DWTS

    in Dancing With The Stars

    · Edited by Dots And Stripes

    Maks has been extraordinarily clear that others are suffering more than he is. I don't think that means he can't or shouldn't talk about his own experience. 

    There's no one I've watched on a silly reality show that I want to see suffer or die in a warzone. I had no idea that would be a controversial stance.

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    In The Media: DWTS

    in Dancing With The Stars

    56 minutes ago, chocolatine said:

    While he himself did nothing to help.

    Speaking out is not nothing and I don't know how anyone who wasn't with him say one way or another what else he did to help while he was there. There are ways to help that don't involve picking up a gun.

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    Figure Skating

    in Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games

    Super excited for the H/D bronze. I find them entertaining on and off the ice. I love that Madi has not been shy about going for gold, even though everyone else knew it wasn't happening. I enjoy that competitive spirit. She and Zach also just skate to the limit and keep things exciting. 

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    Speed Skating

    in Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games

    4 hours ago, Enero said:

    This! She’s truly a talent. She started with in-line skating then moved to the ice 5 years ago. She’s very lucky to be at the games as well being that she made an error at trials and likely would not have made the team, but her close friend Brittany Bowe gave her spot to Erin. Note Brittany will be competing in the 1000 and 1500 meter races which is likely another reason, besides their friendship, that she gave up her 500m spot to Erin.

    Bowe also ended up getting a spot in the 500m anyway after a reallocation. She finished outside the top 10. Still a classy move. 

    Jackson is really awesome. The way she's handled her path to the Olympics showed so much grace and character. All of her hard work lead to a win!

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    Swimming, Diving, Water Polo - Live from the Aquatics Centre!

    in 2021 Olympic Games

    NBC was showing Dressel profiles all day and they totally worked on me. Very quirky and clearly he has a big heart. He’s the swimmer who handed the relay medal to the teammate who swam in the prelims (who will get his own medal but was not allowed on the podium.)

    Also, that was the first time the live video chat thing kind of worked. So sweet to see him overcome like that.

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    Gymnastics

    in 2021 Olympic Games

    5 minutes ago, ombelico said:

    Then add on the team composition "strategy" blatantly taking her and her scores for granted, and the fact that this "strategy" was concocted by an organization that didn't protect her from chronic sexual and emotional abuse, and has barely made any effort to correct the problems and culture that led to the abuse, it wouldn't be surprising that a return to the Olympics could become unexpectedly triggering for her. 

    Weirdly, I think this team was actually constructed in a way that protected it when this happened. By taking the top 4 AA scores, the "team" was set up to compete if Simone wasn't there. If say a beam specialist who was terrible on bars had been chosen, the result could have been worse.

    Team USA definitely counted on Simone to win gold in the team and other events. I think her strength hid just how much the rest of the world was catching-up with Team USA. I'm just not sure that the team could have been designed better around her.

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    Gymnastics

    in 2021 Olympic Games

    26 minutes ago, Irlandesa said:

    The gold medalists might disagree.  It may have hurt some of the favorites--especially those who are returning from the last Olympics who have aged a year. But races are still being won.  Records are still being set.  Repeats are still happening.

    And that's especially true for Simone.  Gymnast is one of the sports where it really is a benefit to be very young when it comes to size, weight, and mentality.  (As we get older, it becomes more obvious that bad stuff can happen.) 

    Of course somebody still wins gold. Someone will win even if the entire field is below expectations. That's how competitions work.

    I didn't even say all athletes were harmed by the year, but as I did say, Golden covered why the "extra year" was harder than non-athletes would realize. It's not just more practice time. It changes the plan and many athletes did not have the opportunity to practice or compete the way they normal would to prepare for the Olympics because COVID interrupted everything.

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    Gymnastics

    in 2021 Olympic Games

    14 minutes ago, alexa said:

    It benefited many athletes to have the extra year.  So I think as with many times for athletes it is just a timing thing on when they can perform their best.  For some it was last year, and some this year was their year.  There have been some amazing competitions so I don’t think as a whole the athletes aren’t doing well.  Grace said the extra year improved her gymnastics and others have stated the same in their disciplines.  

    The COVID years seems to have hurt more athletes than it helped. Yes, there are some 16 year olds competing who are only eligible because of the delay and Grace and a couple swimmers have said they improved, but I think there are more athletes who were thrown not just by the wait but by the disruption.

    Golden covered how gyms were closed which prevented a lot of gymnasts from training for extended periods. International competitions were cancelled, so someone like Jordan couldn't get the feel for competing before international judges before the Olympics. Golden also covered how rough some of the early domestic competitions were with gymnasts saying there were way more falls than they would expect. Tom said a few times that the gymnasts were not where they needed to be for an Olympic year.

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    Gymnastics

    in 2021 Olympic Games

    34 minutes ago, Snow Apple said:

    I'm confused. I thought withdrawing (especially so early) means forfit. Can someone who know the rules better than me explain why Simone still get a team medal? I don't know much about sports.

    The qualifying round all 4 team members could do each apparatus with the top 3 scores counting.

    For the finals, it’s 3 up and 3 count, meaning the team picks 3 athletes to compete for each apparatus and all scores count. That leaves one team member out of each rotation.

    When Simone left today’s competition, that meant there were still 3 athletes available to compete on each apparatus. Jordan had been planning to sit out bars and beam. Suni was going to sit out floor. Apparently Suni hadn’t warmed up her full floor routine. It’s amazing what they were able to pull off.

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    Swimming, Diving, Water Polo - Live from the Aquatics Centre!

    in 2021 Olympic Games

    3 minutes ago, twoods said:

    Michael Phelps has won 28 Olympic medals- no one will fault him for being arrogant.

    Apparently some people will. I always thought he was a respectful competitor. Yes he thought he was a great swimmer… because he was a really, really great swimmer and competitor.

    I think the issue with his commentary is it sounds very insider-y. The best commentators know how to teach the audience about the sport. He’ll figure out a better level of technical talk with more practice. 

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