[OLY] Winter Olympics 2026, Milano/Cortina d'Ampezzo

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Spoiler: Women's hockey

Canada scores a short-handed goal less than a minute into the second intermission, lead 1-0.

They play hockey during the intermission(s) as well???

Not good for the United States moving forward!

 

[pdxKingsFan]

United States blew a three-point lead in the tenth end but rallied in the extra end to defeat Switzerland and advance to the semifinals in women's curling. USA is one of six countries to have competed in women's curling in every Olympics since it debuted, and the only one of those six to have never won a medal.

Their impressive start has been ruined by some dog crap play at the end lately. The Great Britain game where they had the hammer and somehow let them steal 2 in the 10th to win outright was something else. Also losing to the Italian Instagram team.

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

Their impressive start has been ruined by some dog crap play at the end lately. The Great Britain game where they had the hammer and somehow let them steal 2 in the 10th to win outright was something else. Also losing to the Italian Instagram team.

The Great Britain game you speak of was annoying as hell. Well, at least the conclusion of it was.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

The Great Britain game you speak of was annoying as hell. Well, at least the conclusion of it was.

I think I can not spoiler this since it's a few days old - At least the other game we lost to a bunch of smokeshows.

 

[Spike]

I think I can not spoiler this since it's a few days old - At least the other game we lost to a bunch of smokeshows.

 

[Spike]

Fourteenth Winter Olympics of my lifetime, seventh that I can remember watching, and I still don't understand the first thing about curling, but it sure is fascinating.

How familiar are you with bocce?

 

[pdxKingsFan]

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The first is drop dead gorgeous by any metric and the skip is cute as a button. In my way too old to be saying this opinion.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

How familiar are you with bocce?

I understand curling although I don't always get some of the strategy - though I also get a lot of times the strategy is play super conservatively so you can have one crazy 3 or 4 point end that essentially decides the match. But I wonder, is bar shuffleboard supposed to be played by curling rules, or is that something only people who enjoy curling but can't be bothered to find a local curling club do?

 

[Spike]

The first is drop dead gorgeous by any metric and the skip is cute as a button. In my way too old to be saying this opinion.

I think using the phrase, "cute as a button" absolves you of any nefarious intent, old man.

 

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And we are tied at 1-1, thanks to Hilary Knight!!!

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Spoiler: Women's hockey

Hilary Knight ties the game with 2:04 remaining in the third period!

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

How familiar are you with bocce?

I think it was one of the sports played at X Middle School on Fillmore?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Overtime!

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Spoiler

Sudden death?

 

[Spike]

Wow.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

GOLD FOR USA!

 

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Megan Keller clinches GOLD for the United States!!!

 

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The move she made just to be able to get the shot off was SICK...

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Spoiler

https://twitter.com/x/status/2024591316097568991

 

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It's going to be difficult for the men's gold medal match to top that, regardless of the matchup.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

It's going to be difficult for the men's gold medal match to top that, regardless of the matchup.

I don't care who it is as long as it's USA vs CAN.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Alysa Liu (USA) wins the women's individual Figure Skating, preventing a podium sweep by Japan. It is the first Gold Medal in this event by United States since 2002 (Sarah Hughes), and the first medal of any kind since 2006 (Sasha Cohen).