<p>Did any of you see the relay event in short track speed skating? I’m no expert, but I didn’t see anything that justified DQ’ing the South Koreans. It seemed tame compared to other things I’ve observed. One skater took his hand and deliberately pushed Ohno in one of his races, and I couldn’t believe that was allowed. This seemed kind of heartbreaking to me, but what do I know.</p>
<p>Johnny is such a classy guy! Absolutely love him. His name is just perfect for a designer label - Johnny Weir. I’d like a Johnny Weir dress to go with my Jimmy Choo boots :)</p>
<p>I thought only kids did this, but this guy is an Olympic athlete - how can one not show up for this?</p>
<p>[German</a> speedskater misses race because of turned-off cell phone](<a href=“Sports News, Scores, Fantasy Games - Yahoo Sports”>Sports News, Scores, Fantasy Games - Yahoo Sports)</p>
<p>The Koreans are probably as mad as hornets coming out of their nest after someone poked it with a stick! I do not blame them. I watched it last night. I hope the Korean girls did not throw their flags on the ice like that DQ’d Korean skater did!</p>
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<p>Years ago (in the days before cell phones) we went on vacation for a week and didn’t call our home answering machine for messages. When we got home there was a series of messages on our machine - maybe about 6 in all - It seems that the Queen of England was going to be in town at a future date and the caller wanted to know if my H could be a part of a musical program in her honor. The last message, “You haven’t responded so I guess you aren’t interested.” My H is a HUGE fan of the British royal family. Lesson learned.</p>
<p>You would think that even if the chances were infinitesimal that he would get a chance to race, he might still be interested enough to be on hand to see the race.</p>
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<p>Yeah, I didn’t think it warranted disqualification either. Does anyone know anything about the rules? I didn’t think that the commentators were clear on why it happened either.</p>
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<p>I guess each sport is governed by its own rules. I remember hearing that in the summer games, the swimmers who were done competing or had quite a few days between events were required to sit in the pool and watch their team mates compete.</p>
<p>The South Korea DQ on the relay was heartbreaking. I felt awful for those women. Apparently the DQ was for clicking skates. They South Koreans must be incensed.</p>
<p>The German skater was probably out meeting some Zoosk girls.</p>
<p>Cartera!!! It was a good thing I finished my coffee before reading your post! LOL!!!</p>
<p>I looked up that dq, and this is what I found:</p>
<p>[China</a> gold as Koreans disqualified - 2010 Olympics - Yahoo! Sports](<a href=“Sports News, Scores, Fantasy Games - Yahoo Sports”>Sports News, Scores, Fantasy Games - Yahoo Sports)</p>
<p>I am loving watching the Olympics. I think I’ve watched more of this Winter Olympics than previous ones. I only stay up until midnight to watch figure skating, though! I’ve enjoyed the various skiing events, the snowboarding events, the bob"sleigh" events, the cross-country, and the speedskating. I especially enjoy the short-track speedskating (go Apolo!) and the ski cross and snowboard cross races.</p>
<p>As I readily tell people, one of my favorite reasons for watching the Olympics is because it’s such a great way to see people reach a dream. Yes, there are the rich, well-known athletes (White, Vonn), but the more touching stories for me are the ones from athletes that aren’t well-known. I love to see surprise medal winners, but I also love to see the Olympians who are simply thrilled to be at the Olympics. Today’s paper had the story of a US bobsledder who lost his home and one of his cars to train for the Olympics. His family couldn’t even afford to see him compete, but then P&G flew them in. He didn’t (won’t?) get a gold, but he’s realized his dream, too. </p>
<p>And Canadian Joannie, skiing just days after her mom’s unexpected death. As I read in an article, while she was skating, she wasn’t skating for Canada. She was skating for all of us. Her touching story transcended the usual meaning of the Games, and brought out the best in all of us.</p>
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<p>ELY, I totally agree! That was a fantastic game and I can’t tell you what it was like here in Vancouver. Its bigger than the superbowl…the whole place shuts down. People that don’t even watch hockey were watching this game. </p>
<p>We would LOVE to see the final game be Canada vs. US. I am not sure who we would root for (we are both Canadian and American) but I can tell you, if Canada lost, they would never get over it. It’s hard to explain the identity people here hold to hockey. Google Coke 2010 hockey commercial and it will give you a bit of an idea.</p>
<p>Starbright, How I would love to be in Vancouver now! Even in CT I come across a lot of non-hockey people who have really enjoyed watching the Olympic hockey (also such postings here). I’d like to think there is a brand new crop of hockey fans out there.</p>
<p>Both of my Ss play on the HS team and we rushed home from their game last night to catch the last period of the Canada/Russia game. My H thinks the US will have a hard time beating Canada again because you can see what a roll they are on now. (Going to Google coke ad now . . .)</p>
<p>Every four years, I watch short track speed skating. I love it and it’s fun, but I don’t feel I know enough about the rules to tell whether a disqualification is correct. What is the particular rule that the Korean skater was alleged to have violated, and why do those of you who think she didn’t violate it think so?</p>
<p>For those without MSNBC, the US women are down to the Canadian women in the gold medal hockey game, 2-0 at the end of the first period.</p>
<p>Schmaltz, I very sincerely don’t understand the question you asked me. It was way too complicated for my feeble little ladybrain, undoubtedly dulled even further by nearly 10 years’ worth of estrogen. Could you please rephrase it in language that even I can understand?</p>
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<p>I personally do not know the rules. To me, whatever happened, seemed so subtle and certainly not intentional. Doesn’t mean it is not against the rules, but it didn’t look any different to my untrained eyes than many other things I observed which were not called. Prior to this race, it seemed that a lot of contact was allowed. And in the case of the skater who purposefully pushed Ohno and nearly toppled him (and did unbalance him, costing him time), NOTHING was called. In comparison with the relay, that seemed far more “unfair.” </p>
<p>The Chinese maintain that the call was appropriate, and of course the Koreans are very angry, implying that this judge has a history of bias against them. I certainly cannot state with any authority who is right.</p>
<p>I feel for all of them when a medal is won amidst much controversy.</p>
<p>Gold and silver in Nordic combined!!! Yeah! Move over, Austria, here comes Team USA!</p>
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<p>3rd period…2-0! What is torture? I’m in my office missing it…even though the game is being played a 10 minute walk away on campus from me… AND I could have had tickets!</p>
<p>And its over…Canada 2, USA 0…hard fought game, congrats to the Canadian women. Their goalie was a wall today.</p>