Oz wins first ever Winter Olympics gold medal!
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Actually I'm far more impressed by the American. Rather than being mad about being knocked down by someone else while leading the race with 20 meters to go he says he's happy with his performance and the silver. As for the Aussie....as a former elite athlete myself, I would never be happy about winning a race by default, let along winning the Olympics by being the slowest person in the semis AND finals. I'm horrified that he isn't the least bit upset by this! I don't want to make anyone down-under upset, but this gold has a HUGE * next to it since it wasn't actually earned.
I think that is just a little harsh. He knows he didn't deserve it. Tim Smith I know what you're thinking punk, you're thinking did he spell check this document? Well, to tell you the truth I kinda forgot myself in all this excitement. But being this here's CodeProject, the most powerful forums in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question, Do I feel lucky? Well do ya punk?
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Actually I'm far more impressed by the American. Rather than being mad about being knocked down by someone else while leading the race with 20 meters to go he says he's happy with his performance and the silver. As for the Aussie....as a former elite athlete myself, I would never be happy about winning a race by default, let along winning the Olympics by being the slowest person in the semis AND finals. I'm horrified that he isn't the least bit upset by this! I don't want to make anyone down-under upset, but this gold has a HUGE * next to it since it wasn't actually earned.
I really can't see what all the fuss is about, The Aussie was the first one to pass the finnish line, which is the objective of the event. As long as he didn't use foul or devious means in my eyes he is just as deserving as any other winner. Some events such as this have a coincidences colliding factor inherinently involved in them. Speed skaters have always had to slow down around the corners and this is part of the nature of the sport. Quite often the actul fastest skater does not win, but the most able skater wins. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
If you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, baffle 'em with your bullsh*t P J Arends 0 = ( ( x^2 - (x-1)^2 ) + (x-1)^2) * ( (x-1)^2 + ( x^2 - (x-1)^2 ) ) - x^4 x != 0 0 = sqrt( x^2 - (x-1)^2 ) - 5
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I really can't see what all the fuss is about, The Aussie was the first one to pass the finnish line, which is the objective of the event. As long as he didn't use foul or devious means in my eyes he is just as deserving as any other winner. Some events such as this have a coincidences colliding factor inherinently involved in them. Speed skaters have always had to slow down around the corners and this is part of the nature of the sport. Quite often the actul fastest skater does not win, but the most able skater wins. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
If you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, baffle 'em with your bullsh*t P J Arends 0 = ( ( x^2 - (x-1)^2 ) + (x-1)^2) * ( (x-1)^2 + ( x^2 - (x-1)^2 ) ) - x^4 x != 0 0 = sqrt( x^2 - (x-1)^2 ) - 5
Ohno (the leader at the time of the fall) practically said the same thing. That is just the nature of that race. Ok, anybody else find the name of the leader funny... "Oh-no! Ohno!" I guess that is better than naming your kid "Ohsh*t" But looking at his picture he looks like he might be of Asian decent, thus a name that might sound strange to people of European decent. Tim Smith I know what you're thinking punk, you're thinking did he spell check this document? Well, to tell you the truth I kinda forgot myself in all this excitement. But being this here's CodeProject, the most powerful forums in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question, Do I feel lucky? Well do ya punk?
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Ohno (the leader at the time of the fall) practically said the same thing. That is just the nature of that race. Ok, anybody else find the name of the leader funny... "Oh-no! Ohno!" I guess that is better than naming your kid "Ohsh*t" But looking at his picture he looks like he might be of Asian decent, thus a name that might sound strange to people of European decent. Tim Smith I know what you're thinking punk, you're thinking did he spell check this document? Well, to tell you the truth I kinda forgot myself in all this excitement. But being this here's CodeProject, the most powerful forums in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question, Do I feel lucky? Well do ya punk?
According to Sports Illustrated, he is half-Japanese... Jon Sagara What about :bob:? Sonork ID: 100.9999 jonsagara
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According to Sports Illustrated, he is half-Japanese... Jon Sagara What about :bob:? Sonork ID: 100.9999 jonsagara
Jon Sagara wrote: According to Sports Illustrated, he is half-Japanese... There seem to be a lot of this ethnic group about lately. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
If you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, baffle 'em with your bullsh*t P J Arends 0 = ( ( x^2 - (x-1)^2 ) + (x-1)^2) * ( (x-1)^2 + ( x^2 - (x-1)^2 ) ) - x^4 x != 0 0 = sqrt( x^2 - (x-1)^2 ) - 5
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Actually I'm far more impressed by the American. Rather than being mad about being knocked down by someone else while leading the race with 20 meters to go he says he's happy with his performance and the silver. As for the Aussie....as a former elite athlete myself, I would never be happy about winning a race by default, let along winning the Olympics by being the slowest person in the semis AND finals. I'm horrified that he isn't the least bit upset by this! I don't want to make anyone down-under upset, but this gold has a HUGE * next to it since it wasn't actually earned.
Why shouldn't he be happy for winning it?? Sure he wasn't the fastest skater, but he was wise enough to keep out of the way of the falling people and take the medal. It's not all about speed, there's tactics too! It doesn't make it any less of an achievement to win when everyone else falls over. He actually said that his tactic was to sit back a bit and watch out for falling people, sounds like a good tactic to me!! Think if it were a motor race, if someone charges out and does the fastest lap, but then spits his car of fthe track backwards into a wall, should the person who drove wisely and avoided any accidents and subsequently won be ashamed that he won?? He didn't win by default, he won by skating fast, and also being smart enough to avoid any incidents.... Senior Test Engineer GLI Australia www.gli.com.au
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Why shouldn't he be happy for winning it?? Sure he wasn't the fastest skater, but he was wise enough to keep out of the way of the falling people and take the medal. It's not all about speed, there's tactics too! It doesn't make it any less of an achievement to win when everyone else falls over. He actually said that his tactic was to sit back a bit and watch out for falling people, sounds like a good tactic to me!! Think if it were a motor race, if someone charges out and does the fastest lap, but then spits his car of fthe track backwards into a wall, should the person who drove wisely and avoided any accidents and subsequently won be ashamed that he won?? He didn't win by default, he won by skating fast, and also being smart enough to avoid any incidents.... Senior Test Engineer GLI Australia www.gli.com.au
Well....perhaps you didn't watch the race?? The Aussie was over a 1/4 lap behind EVERYONE! Its not like he was at the tail end of the other 4 skaters. He couldn't keep up with anyone right from the start. I doubt his "tactic" was to be 1/4 lap behind everyone. The next thing you're going to tell me is that car racing is an actual sport!!
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I really can't see what all the fuss is about, The Aussie was the first one to pass the finnish line, which is the objective of the event. As long as he didn't use foul or devious means in my eyes he is just as deserving as any other winner. Some events such as this have a coincidences colliding factor inherinently involved in them. Speed skaters have always had to slow down around the corners and this is part of the nature of the sport. Quite often the actul fastest skater does not win, but the most able skater wins. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
If you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, baffle 'em with your bullsh*t P J Arends 0 = ( ( x^2 - (x-1)^2 ) + (x-1)^2) * ( (x-1)^2 + ( x^2 - (x-1)^2 ) ) - x^4 x != 0 0 = sqrt( x^2 - (x-1)^2 ) - 5
Its quite unusual for the slowest person to win the race....it kind of defeats the point of racing! I don't mind that the Aussie "won". I simply think his attitude was arrogant for a person who was in fact the slowest person in the race whereas the person who was fastest and was taken out of the race by someone else was amazingly nobel despite being a 19 year old kid.
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Well....perhaps you didn't watch the race?? The Aussie was over a 1/4 lap behind EVERYONE! Its not like he was at the tail end of the other 4 skaters. He couldn't keep up with anyone right from the start. I doubt his "tactic" was to be 1/4 lap behind everyone. The next thing you're going to tell me is that car racing is an actual sport!!
So you're saying that whoever sets the fastest lap should get the gold, no matter whether they finish in first place or not?? It's a 1000m race, the first person across the line wins, simeple as that. It doesn't matter whether they are the fastest skater or not. There's an element of luck in every sport there is, just so happened that this guy benefited from it this time. He's been on the receiving end of accidents before so it's not like he hasn't had luck go against him. Senior Test Engineer GLI Australia www.gli.com.au
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So you're saying that whoever sets the fastest lap should get the gold, no matter whether they finish in first place or not?? It's a 1000m race, the first person across the line wins, simeple as that. It doesn't matter whether they are the fastest skater or not. There's an element of luck in every sport there is, just so happened that this guy benefited from it this time. He's been on the receiving end of accidents before so it's not like he hasn't had luck go against him. Senior Test Engineer GLI Australia www.gli.com.au
That is not what I said. Under the rules, it was well within the judge's power to rerun the race as frequently happens -- and had happened in one of the heats of the mens relays (that the Aussies were in I believe) this Olympics. I would say this was a case where such a re-run would have been warrented since everyone BUT the Aussie was impacted by the fall. If people simply sit at the back waiting for others to fall, maybe Eddie the Eagle should come out of retirement since he would have a chance of winning if people could hit jumpers while sliding down the hill! All this said, was very happey to watch Austrailia actually WIN gold medal yesterday. I noticed unlike this other gold, there were people standing at then end of her competition which makes it seem more like a sport rather than a game of chance.