Winter Olympics

[Baldy]

It's all artificial snow, where it's being held is very cold but a desert, so no precipitation.

 

[Rusty Nails]

It's all artificial snow, where it's being held is very cold but a desert, so no precipitation.

As a non skier I don't know the answer, but will this affect the quality of the skiing and the competition at all?

 

[lazybloke]

I am quite excited about watching them! Not that fussed about the curling which is on today but the whole slalom/snowboard tricks/luge/ski-jump things are amazing!

I've tried curling a couple of times; great fun, well worth a visit to Fenton's rink (other venues are available)

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

I've tried curling a couple of times; great fun, well worth a visit to Fenton's rink (other venues are available)

It’s basically ‘Bowls on Ice’.

I just know that they’re going to add Bowls into the Paris Summer Olympics and leave out Squash. Again.

 

[matticus]

It’s basically ‘Bowls on Ice’.

I just know that they’re going to add Bowls into the Paris Summer Olympics and leave out Squash. Again.

Pétanque, surely?!?

 

[Baldy]

As a non skier I don't know the answer, but will this affect the quality of the skiing and the competition at all?

No .

 

[lazybloke]

It's all artificial snow, where it's being held is very cold but a desert, so no precipitation.

As a non skier I don't know the answer, but will this affect the quality of the skiing and the competition at all?

No .

Must be 17 years since I've been the slopes, but I definitely remember the skis running differently as I passed the snow cannon.


Hmm. Probably I was just noticing the difference between compacted & uncompacted snow.

To put it another way, I don't know.

 

[Baldy]

As it's all artificial snow there's none of the contrasting patches of different snow. And, they all have to ski the same sloop so it's the same for everyone.

 

[Alex321]

Are the skiing and snowboarding events going to have enough natural snow, or will there be reliance on artificial snow for them?

That venue gets an average of 8 inches of snow per year. So no chance of enough natural snow

 

[Alex321]

As a non skier I don't know the answer, but will this affect the quality of the skiing and the competition at all?

A little and no, respectively.

It does affect the quality of the skiing, but it will be the same for all of them, and it doesn't affect the quality as much for that level of racing, because the pistes are always artificially iced up anyhow for the races.

 

[matticus]

I'd forgotten about the speed skating.
That is proper sport, and usually proper exciting.
Team Relay final was fantastic. 👍

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/59939987

Europsort tends to have a lot of winter sports too generally

I’ve given up with the BBC and am using the Eurosport free trial to watch the proper winter sports while the BBC concentrates on covering the annihilation of the British competitors, followed by talking about it in excruciating detail for the following few hours.

 

[Mo1959]

I'd forgotten about the speed skating.
That is proper sport, and usually proper exciting.
Team Relay final was fantastic. 👍

I noticed they had some rather nice bikes for their warm up too.

I’m enjoying the Moguls. Looks so hard on the body though.

 

[Beebo]

Not sure dressing up as a tiger can be allowed.
I presume there is some requirements to be correctly attired when competing. It does paint the event as a bit of a joke.
Or am I just a grumpy old man?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/winter-olympics/60372527

 

[Smokin Joe]

Whether she was herself complicit in doping or not is neither here nor there. To allow her to continue is unfair on the other competitors.