Good Sports Day

I assume the Dutch won again at synchronized sodomy.

Norway set the record for most golds in 1 winter Olympics with 17. Norway pays their athletes $0 for their medals. They have the best winter Olympic athlete of all time.

Sweden and England also do not pay their athletes if they win.

Who?

Johannes Høsflot KlÌbo - Wikipedia Johannes Høsflot KlÌbo - Wikipedia

Never heard of him. He looks a bit like Magnus (unsurprising) and most people have never heard of him, either.

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finishing in style; our last 2 events: 2 more gold!

https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/news/winter-olympics-2026-marijke-groenewoud-wins-women-mass-start-gold-dutch-double

https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/news/winter-olympics-2026-jorrit-bergsma-wins-extraordinary-men-mass-start-speed-skating-gold

great winter olympics for the dutch with a total of 10 gold, 7 silver and 3 bronze medals

The :united_states: did better than I realized. 11 golds is a record and USA at least has a chance in men’s hockey. Canada is better, but not playing better and it’s just 1 game.

The Netherlands ended up with 11 golds.

lol no 10, unless you also count one of reg’s “synchronized sodomy” gold medals

Our men’s team has been finding ways to lose for years.

they did lol usa won in overtime 2-1!

which brings us to the final medal list:

best result ever for the netherlands! (not sure how its fair that italy with 10 more medals! ends up behind us but thats ok) :wink:

I guess they went with silvers for the tiebreaker, lol.

Canada was the better team, but USA has the best goalie in the world. He went to my Alma Mater. I’m probably 15 years older. UMass Lowell was excellent when he was there. They are awful at hockey now. Congrats to USA! First gold in 46 years in men’s hockey. I assume this is Crosby’s last olympics. I’ll be able to root for Canada once he retires.

Those medals look pretty spread out. None of the countries were really pathetic, except maybe Poland. Canada won men’s curling. It doesn’t seem to require much athleticism, but I do consider it a sport. Moreso than figure skating which requires a ridiculous amount of athleticism.

God, we suck. lol.

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McDavid does not seem to be able to win a big game. Best player in the world for the last several years, but not when it counts. Costly turnover by Canada’s best defenseman (who also scored their only goal).

Did Russia get booted out because of all their doping or is it politics? I think China dopes just as much as Russia.

It looks like China paid Gu at least $7,000,000 to give up her US citizenship.

What kind of benefit do they get from that? She won a gold and 2 silvers for China.

If the USA bought a Chinese citizen and they won medal, I wouldn’t care in a positive way. If anything, I’d want the $7,000,000.

We had a stretch in the 2000s and 2010s where we were totally dominant in hockey, both men and women. Those days are gone and will likely never return. Other countries are getting better and our pool of young white men is dwindling. Non-whites clearly don’t play hockey as well as whites. That isn’t a racist observation. I don’t say they “can’t” play as well, but they don’t. They have other interests – soccer, basketball, even cricket, whatever. Hockey itself is in decline in Canada, with youth participation about 30% lower than peak. It’s time to let other things define us.

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:united_states: will no longer dominate men’s basketball. None of the top 4 players are from the USA.

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Big shout out to the USA’s men’s Hockey Team who accepted Trump’s invitation and showed up at the State of the Union Address.