Been watching the Olympics

[redfiona99]

I'm a bit :( that Bjorndalen didn't win in the Biathlon.

I'm also :( that an Austrian didn't win the Downhill, but Walchhoffer took it very well, and was generally a good egg. And that's like 2 silvers we've got so far. Admittedly I'm worried that we're not going to get any golds but still so far so good. Plus, at least it wasn't a Swiss that won it.

I can't really find it in me to be annoyed about Lars Bystoel winning the small hill ski jumping, because he's a pretty cool dude, plus I'm quite fond of the Norwegians.

The crowd at the ice skating are already getting a bit 'grr argh' with the judges, which is not a good sign.

That and it's only 1 day till the men's start and I'm so very worried about Plushenko.

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[fileg.livejournal.com]

they invoked the new rule of four to make one of the skating judges step out -- probably still cringing over Salt Lake.

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

What's the rule of four?

[fileg.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure exactly how it's worded, but basically if a judge votes questionably 4 times (whether suspected for personal bias or just bad judging) they are removed.

I've been watching the pre-skating show on the USA network (with Sale and Peltier) and they were discussing it yesterday.

right now, they are talking about the new point system

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

Cool. Yeah, there has been much discussion of the new system on BBC, and I have to say it does seem much better.