Olympic Story Lines

USA Hockey wins gold mens and womens – FBI directors party with Hockey teams now

Way too much curling on TV – great scandals

Cheating Curlers

Both the men’s and women’s Canadian curling teams have been accused of double-touching the stone, a form of cheating in curling. In the men’s match on Feb. 13, Team Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson got into a verbal disagreement with Canadian third Marc Kennedy; Eriksson said they had video proof of Canada wrongly delivering the rock. Despite Eriksson’s accusations, the Canadian team was not penalized and won the match 8–6. The women’s match on Feb. 14 was a different story, with Rachel Homan being called for a rules violation for touching the stone in Canada’s 8–7 loss to Switzerland. 

Ran out of condoms

 It’s reported that the initial supply of condoms was less than 10,000, which pales in comparison to the 300,000 provided at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. Condoms were restocked, and the Milan Cortina organizing committee said they will be “continuously replenished until the end of the Games to ensure continued availability.” 

Penisgate

Male ski jumpers are being accused of receiving penis-enlarging injections of hyaluronic acid. The injections are reportedly given before competitors being fit for their suits, with the intent to increase the suit’s surface area. During competition, the larger suits would act similarly to a sail, as The Athletic pointed out, helping to boost the distance of skiers’ jumps. Plastic surgeon Alessandro Littara told USA Today that he treated a ski jumper last month, but he would not specify whether the athlete is an Olympian. No specific ski jumper has been directly accused, and all three Americans competing denied receiving injections.  

Way too many commercials

Never knew what was live or not. We are officially in a simulation

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