2022 Olympic Winter Games Beijing

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texx1 said:
Besides, there is precedent for awarding gold medals to athletes losing first place due to judging mistakes. Canadian figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier got their gold medals after the figure skating judging scandal in Salt Lake Olympics.

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Worth to note that this precedent was a monumental fiasco that kinda put the whole sports into disrepute, so much so they had to change the judging system in this sports. There was alot bad publicity and mudslinging I'm not sure if Chinese authorities want to go through that.

I recall when the second set of gold medal were awarded to the canadian pair in a follow up medal ceremony, the Chinese silver medalist pair didn't even bother to attend again lol.
 
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siegecrossbow said:
Mystery of South Korean team’s antagonism towards Beijing Olympics solved!

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Victim in question was Gold Medalist hwang dae hoon. But wait, there is more.
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South Korean short track skating team has way too many scandals. Its pretty much the norm for them.

The abused female skater turned out to be a bully who wanted to fix races and prevent her teammate from winning.

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There were rumours in weibo last year of Shim maybe changing her nationality to represent china. But I guess there was not enough time, instead she tried to fight her suspension but lost and could not participate in Beijing games.
 
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As someone from Canada and a fellow hockey player, most Canadian comments (removing the politics) are pleasantly surprised at the result. Realistically, Canadian spectators were expecting something closer to 0-15 or 0-20, so 0-8 is actually above expectations.

However its important to know that this was not the A team, or even B or C team the US fielded. Basically Canada and US are in this Olympics with their hands behind their backs because the NHL is not sending players, as Omicron has already battered the NHL season. Had an NHL level team been sent, there was no way China would have held America to single digits.

Russia actually has a good chance this time, mostly because as a result of the NHL decision, 2 top peers are knocked out as well as some Scandinavian powerhouses since the majority of thier top players are also in the NHL.

China's future in men's hockey however is actually quite promising (vs soccer), if the government decides to invest wisely. This is because China also has a Beijing team in Russia's Kontinental Hockey League, which is widely considered the second strongest hockey league in the world after the NHL. KHL has decent levels of funding and viewership, and includes other hockey powers like Latvia and Finland. If China can get a reasonable number of other teams (ie.4-5) established in the KHL, there would result a reasonable feeder system to get home-grown talent up to global levels.

The issue right now is that the majority of China's players are passport Canadians, which if you consider the low portion of Chinese Canadians in Canada who play hockey, means they are drawing half the team from a population of probably under 200,000 people. Funnelling domestic talent through Russia's KHL is an absolutely doable and safe olympic strategy. While overall teams in NHL are still much stronger than KHL, at the individual level there are NHL players who sometimes join the KHL and some top KHL players also end up in the NHL.
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Interesting info. Where do you see Chinese ice hockey development in the future? Ice hockey I presume won't be as popular as football or basketball in China. In the near future, they have to rely on naturalised players with have more experience playing in the higher level competitions. I guess all things considered ice hockey isn't a big priority for China right now..
 
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getready said:
Interesting info. Where do you see Chinese ice hockey development in the future? Ice hockey I presume won't be as popular as football or basketball in China. In the near future, they have to rely on naturalised players with have more experience playing in the higher level competitions. I guess all things considered ice hockey isn't a big priority for China right now..
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No need to focus on sports like ice hockey. It is popular in a number of countries that can easily be counted by my fingers.
 
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getready said:
South Korean short track skating team has way too many scandals. Its pretty much the norm for them.

The abused female skater turned out to be a bully who wanted to fix races and prevent her teammate from winning.

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There were rumours in weibo last year of Shim maybe changing her nationality to represent china. But I guess there was not enough time, instead she tried to fight her suspension but lost and could not participate in Beijing games.
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For some reasons Korea has way too many skaters. You would imagine most of the younger Koreans are already in k-pop or professional video gaming. But they could still find some good skaters.
 
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getready said:
South Korean short track skating team has way too many scandals. Its pretty much the norm for them.

The abused female skater turned out to be a bully who wanted to fix races and prevent her teammate from winning.

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There were rumours in weibo last year of Shim maybe changing her nationality to represent china. But I guess there was not enough time, instead she tried to fight her suspension but lost and could not participate in Beijing games.
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I can't help but feel that it is a mistake for China to accept bad eggs like these people. It isn't like China doesn't have talented skaters.
 
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