20-02-2018, 23:31
Elise Christie was hit by both Sod and Murphy in the Olympics - if it can go wrong it will. As Snooty says there's so much physical contact, it could go either way for almost all the skaters. At a corner in football there could 3 penalties to the attackers or 3 free-kicks to the defenders - it depends on which incident the referee sees first. Same in short track. Anyway no GB athletes through to the Quarter-finals.
In the curling event both the GB Men and the GB Women have Semi-final Qualification in their own hands. The Women play Canada at 00.05 and both teams have a chance to progress. Korea have already qualified with 6 wins and Sweden, GB and Japan have 5 wins. Depending on results tomorrow there could be 6 teams tied on 5 wins at the end of the day, with only 3 qualifying. There is a complicated system of ranking the teams on wins against the other tied teams and the Draw Shot Challenge, then maybe the GDP per person of each country
, then play-offs or the 3 corners a penalty if no outright decision on qualification is reached. GB should just avoid the hassle and beat Canada to solve the problem - easy!
The Men, playing USA at 05.05, are in a similar position. Sweden have qualified in 1st position with 7 wins, followed by Canada, GB and Switzerland on 5 wins. This time there are 5 teams who could finish on 5 wins with the same ranking system coming into operation. Again, a win for GB would lead to automatic qualification.
There's a really exciting day ahead for the 2-woman Bob for the GB duo of Mica McNeill and Mica Moore. 2 excellent runs this morning sees them in 6th place, perhaps out of contention for Gold and Silver, but only 0.16 seconds behind the 3rd placed team. They've nothing to lose, so go for it, girls, and give the GB Bobsleigh Federation a smack in the face for withdrawing your funding.
Andrew Musgrave and Andrew Young represent GB in the Men's Cross Country Team Sprint at 08.50 with the Final at 10.30.
Jamie Nicholls sets off 1st in Heat 1 of the Snowboard Big Air Qualifying Runs at 00.30 with Rowan Coultas at the end of the run. Billy Morgan is in the 2nd heat at 02.45. There are 2 runs in each Heat and successful athletes will be in the Final on Saturday, consisting of 3 runs.
In the curling event both the GB Men and the GB Women have Semi-final Qualification in their own hands. The Women play Canada at 00.05 and both teams have a chance to progress. Korea have already qualified with 6 wins and Sweden, GB and Japan have 5 wins. Depending on results tomorrow there could be 6 teams tied on 5 wins at the end of the day, with only 3 qualifying. There is a complicated system of ranking the teams on wins against the other tied teams and the Draw Shot Challenge, then maybe the GDP per person of each country
, then play-offs or the 3 corners a penalty if no outright decision on qualification is reached. GB should just avoid the hassle and beat Canada to solve the problem - easy!The Men, playing USA at 05.05, are in a similar position. Sweden have qualified in 1st position with 7 wins, followed by Canada, GB and Switzerland on 5 wins. This time there are 5 teams who could finish on 5 wins with the same ranking system coming into operation. Again, a win for GB would lead to automatic qualification.
There's a really exciting day ahead for the 2-woman Bob for the GB duo of Mica McNeill and Mica Moore. 2 excellent runs this morning sees them in 6th place, perhaps out of contention for Gold and Silver, but only 0.16 seconds behind the 3rd placed team. They've nothing to lose, so go for it, girls, and give the GB Bobsleigh Federation a smack in the face for withdrawing your funding.
Andrew Musgrave and Andrew Young represent GB in the Men's Cross Country Team Sprint at 08.50 with the Final at 10.30.
Jamie Nicholls sets off 1st in Heat 1 of the Snowboard Big Air Qualifying Runs at 00.30 with Rowan Coultas at the end of the run. Billy Morgan is in the 2nd heat at 02.45. There are 2 runs in each Heat and successful athletes will be in the Final on Saturday, consisting of 3 runs.
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