Having her first victory and tying victory both be in Åre is pretty cool

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You’re the one who started with popularity. No one in basketball and hockey cares much about basketball and hockey olympics. They could stop being Olympic sports and no one would give a shit. Unlike 400m which actually matters to the athletes.

Incompetent man loses job

You were talking about which sport are fluff and which are "where it's at". Ratings are a pretty good indication of which sports more people care about

The Olympics doesn't care about the "athletic" sports as you think they do. Don't they regularly think about getting rid of wrestling, which is probably the most quintessential Olympic sport?

She’s a beast!

Amazing! What are the odds that she breaks Ingemars record in Sweden? Big respect to Shiffrin.

And we all know the Olympics is about curling anyways.

I don't know how watching people sweep ice can be so damn captivating but I know I'll watch it anytime I see it on.

Ratings don’t reflect how high level the sport in Olympics is.

You are right about the pedestal. It’s absolutely amazing how many people ignore his list of scandals because he used to be good at golf.

It did, 47%

Ban Americans from the Olympics too

Take away Michael Phelps's medals so we don't have to hear about that shit anymore either

The ratings for each competition don't agree with you lmao

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Any Russian athlete who was “pro west” certainly won’t be if they are banned from competing

Legit insane.

Always picked Kemp in NBA Jam when I was a kid—glad it was just self defense

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You’re just picking sports that is big in North America. And somewhat in Europe. Athletics sports is where it’s at in Olympics. Basketball and hockey is fluff.

Greatest female skier of all time!

True. Any retaliation like this always hurts more common people. Putin doesn't give a shit.

Such a strange sentiment to have as an athlete, like bruh you want to be banned from competing in something you put your life into just because of your governments actions foh, what about every country Canada blindly follows america into invading. Anti Russian propaganda is successful

She is from an other star! 86 more wins to come!

It's certainly bigger than basketball... Which is another that the players care less for the Olympics than their own league.

All of North America and most of Europe play hockey. That's already like 80% of the top medalling countries at the Olympics

If it's a major US sport (half of which are featured in the Olympics), the Olympics aren't the highest stage.

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