[Mr. K]

“We art more woke than thou”

How noble of the to protect the poor black girl. See how woke we are?

There is no difference between Marijuana and a heart medication, apparently.

[dfwgator]

As one who always watched the Olympics in the past, glad to say I haven’t watched a second of these Olympics.

[ghost of nixon]

It’s strange and disorienting to listen to Johnny Weir speak so passionately against the use of drugs.

[FlyingEagle]

She was low bidder for the French judge’s votes

[llevrok]

Johnny Weir is an odd duck for sure. But I do like his honest commentary the few times I’ve watched ice skating. He calls it like it is with out flowery jingoistic pandering.

[Eagles6]

"Every athlete at this level knows and understands that if you test positive for a banned substance you will not compete.”

Really, Tara?

Ask Shaun White about that.

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that most elite athletes use some PED, but it is so easy to avoid detection.

[blueunicorn6]

How many goals did she score?

[Qiviut]

For me, those 2 are unwatchable. I watched ZERO Olympics this year & whenever they have been commentating prior to this Olmpics, they’ve been the reason for changing channels immediately.

[libertylover]

Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir couldn’t hide their relief after suspected doping cheat, Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee

What did they have to say about the doping of men pretending to be women so they can compete in the women's events?

[Paul R.]

Something most Americans don’t understand is the mindset of Russian authority figures.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/beijing/2022/02/17/russian-kamila-valieva-finishes-fourth-misses-out-figure-skating-medal/6814295001/

Note the response of the Russian Olympic Committee president (both unhinged and irrelevant), and even worse, Valieva’s coach after the girl returned to the “kiss and cry room” to await her scores. (Anger, criticism.) I may have to watch tonight - if only to see if Tara Lipinski winds up on that coach in later commentary... Popcorn on the menu tonight. :-)

Then aside from those types there is the Russian silver medalist, Alexandra Trusova:

https://sports.yahoo.com/hate-russian-womens-ice-skater-182910675.html

Drive to win is one thing. I leave that thought at that.

One wonders how much of this malignancy is present in Russia’s upper leadership. Quite a bit, I suspect.

[Political Junkie Too]

I wonder...

What are the odds that, maybe, Valieva was ordered to take a dive by ROC leaders in order to avoid an ensuing medal controversy?

I think that they are thinking that they are very close to being booted from the Olympics altogether with this doping scandal on the ROC team (which was already a compromise for the allegedly innocent athletes).

By having Valieva not win a medal, they are giving the Olympic officials a chance to sweep this under the rug.

-PJ