She was within her right to try to race. She earned her spot at the Olympics.
But it seems like a very silly decision for her personal health.
But it seems like a very silly decision for her personal health.
Winter Olympics started. Who knew?!
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Someone really needs to tell Vonn to stop. She’s not going to be able to walk when she’s 50 if she keeps this up. It was crazy to try and ski with basically no ACL, with predictable results. Hopefully she’s done and can move on with the next phase of her life.
Not if you're not physically able to do it and taking the spot of someone that was healthy. You do nothing but hurt your team by doing what she did.
Exactly. She earned her spot IF she was healthy. But she struggled to even make it down the hill in training runs. She should have given her spot to the alternate.
Netflix just put out a new documentary on it with most of the players reuniting at Lake Placid 45 years later. Really good watch. Still hard to believe our guys pulled that off in the Olympics. I personally think Herb Brooks is the best coach in any sport ever. Nobody else could have done what he did with that team. Besides winning multiple national championships at Minnesota and winning Gold in 1980, he also coached the US hockey team to the Gold medal game in 2002 where we lost to Canada and earned the Silver. This was of course after the pros were allowed to play. The 2 Brooks teams are the only 2 times we've medaled in men's hockey since 1960.
Skiers back Vonn's call to race at Olympics, even after crash
The fallout from Lindsey Vonn's devastating crash in the Olympic downhill included a key question: Should she have been allowed on a course that is dangerous even to perfectly healthy skiers? The answer from the skiing community remains yes.
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NASCAR has an idea for the Winter Olympics:
Biathlon is pretty crazy. Wear yourself out cross country skiing at an insane pace but then have to stop and target shoot with a rifle.
I would have put money on the Finns inventing it. I would've lost said money.
Google says the following:
"Documents describe Norwegian and Swedish ski units fighting in the Second Northern War (1700–21), and, in 1767, the first recorded biathlon competition took place along the Norway-Sweden border between patrol companies. The sport was thought to provide valuable training as well as recreation."
Close enough. Pretty crazy sport today, but you can see that 200 years ago it made a LOT of sense in that part of the world.
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https://www.themeateater.com/listen...nd-skier-walk-into-a-bar-meateater-radio-live
Good interview with one of our biathletes here....
Good interview with one of our biathletes here....
Biatholon? That’s woke as hell***
I would have used that excuse too. Instead of sitting there watching a bunch of people sweep ice in front of a sliding rock or wonder htf they even score figure skating.
USA Mixed Doubles Curling team, guaranteed of a metal, first time ever for this event.
Usually comes on CNBC,. at 4pm. It's delayed.