Beer is the reason: Olympics...watching sports I would never otherwise watch

Beer is the reason: for non-mainstream sports.

Go Canada! Go Heil! Go half Canadian Mogul winner!(You suck!) Nah just kidding. Kramer did a great job coming down that hill, so I can't fault her for winning but damn I wanted Heil to win. Oh wait, she did. She won Silver. A truly positive spin on a good outcome. She's truly Canadian, humble and positive but you know what it's not Canada's medal. It's your medal and we all bask it your accomplishment but it's not enough. Canada's medal will be when one of our athletes win's Gold on home turf. We wanted it to be you Jen but it didn't happen.

Neither did it in Short track speed skating. That's another sport I wouldn't watch regularly. Love boarding down the mountains, I like skating but if I ever say these events on tv would I pause to watch them? Not likely. But here in Olympic mania these events become awesome. Full day of events and I practically sat glued to the tv. Watching a Canadian and a 1/2 climb the women's Mogul podium was great but the greatest thrill? Short track speed skating men's final. Three Koreans, two Americans, a couple others and the Canadian. I don't care what the commentators were saying but it sure looked like the Koreans were racing as a team for the better part of the race, which is strictly forbodden, until the end. It was a commanding 1-2-3 placement until the last turn. One of them tried to cut in the inside and BAM! CONTACT! Two go down and the Americans(followed by the Canadian) suddenly get on the podium with the silver and bronze. Never saw that coming. It just became interesting.

Can't wait for Curling.

So go Olympic sports! Sports that no one cares about for every four years until you show! Raise the awareness of these sports and bask in the glory! For you have 16 days of action until your next 4 your hiatus.

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