I love watching most sports and have enjoyed the Winter Olympics. I wonder if I am the only one disturbed however by how important chance seems to be in many winter events. I am particularly thinking about short track skating and snowboard cross. The Olympics should be about being the best,not the luckiest.
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I was watching women's slalom last night and thought that was a classic case of luck factoring into a timed race. If you saw any of it, the fog was pretty heavy, and heavier for the early skiiers than for the skiiers who ran later. Now how much that affected the early runs, I don't know, but surely something like that could make a difference. I would think wind conditions would be another "luck" factor that could affect someone's time in an outdoor sport.
p.s. I saw in an interview that Shani Davis started out racing short track but switched to long track because of his body type and height. So I expect there's something to the idea of shorter skaters having an advantage in short track.
I was watching women's slalom last night and thought that was a classic case of luck factoring into a timed race. If you saw any of it, the fog was pretty heavy, and heavier for the early skiiers than for the skiiers who ran later. Now how much that affected the early runs, I don't know, but surely something like that could make a difference. I would think wind conditions would be another "luck" factor that could affect someone's time in an outdoor sport.
p.s. I saw in an interview that Shani Davis started out racing short track but switched to long track because of his body type and height. So I expect there's something to the idea of shorter skaters having an advantage in short track.
