Figure Skating Medal Predictions for Sochi 2014

Hello friendship! I will now predict for you who will win medals at the Olympics(in Figure Skating obviously, everyone knows that's all I care about).

Men
G- Patrick Chan
S- Yuzuru Hanyu
B- Javier Fernandez
This is probably Chan's to lose. We all know about Chan-flation, and it's likely that the Olympics will not be any different. I love Hanyu though, he's is super talented and I think he has a really good shot at a medal. The bronze medal is definitely up in the air, there are a bunch of guys who could get it.  I love Javier Fernandez, and he just won Euros even though he hasn't been great this year so far. I think even though Diasuke Takahasi hasn't been great this year, he has as good a shot as anyone. Plushenko is a bit of a wild card here, I haven't seen his programs, but he is as ever, Plushenko, so he's in the mix.  Wouldn't it also be nice for Jeremy Abbott to get top 5 at the end of his career in Sochi?

Ladies
G- Yuna Kim
S- Mao Asada
B- Carolina Kostner/A russian
Yuna Kim is the queen of the sport, no doubt. She was insane at worlds last year. But Asada is good, reliable enough that I'd be surprised if she wasn't on the podium. As for bronze, I think it's going to be close. Kostner could do it, although her track record at the Olympics is kind of...shitty. The Russians had like 6 athletes who could've gone to these Olympics and gotten a medal, and Lipnitskaia has been kind of on fire this season, so she might get it. My sentimental pick would be Ashley Wagner, because she certainly has the ability, and as for all that shit she had to put up with from icehole skating fans when she made the team over Mirai, let me just say if it weren't for Ashley, the US wouldn't be able to send 3 athletes at all. I'm also pretty confident that those iceholes are the fair weather fans who don't even know that figure skating exists in non-Olympic years. 

Pairs
G- Volosozhar/Trankov
S- Savchenko/Szolkowy
B- Pang/Tong
The first 2 I'm pretty confident of. V/T would have to have some major problems for them to lose, but it has happened. The bronze I think will be disputed between the Canadians and the Chinese. Duhamel/Radford have not been great this year even though they won bronze at last year's worlds. Pang/Tong on the other hand have been doing surprisingly well, considering their age and the fact that they did not do so well last year at worlds. However, I'm going to go with age and experience here anyway.

Dance
G-Davis/White
S- Virtue/Moir
B- Bobrova/Soloviev
People might not know this about me, but I am in love with Davis/White. Like in my top 10 best figure skating routines ever(yes, I have made a list) they easily take 4 of them. The rest probably going to MK. And obviously if they take gold, V/M would be second although to be honest, I haven't loved a routine of theirs since the last Olympic season. And as for B/S over Pechalat and Bourzat, I'm betting on the French being too erratic to get on the podium. 

I'm not joking when I say that this is my desktop background right now. I know. You're all stunned.

Team
G- Canada
S- USA
B- Russia
I seriously almost posted this before writing this part-Catastrophe! But anyway, Canada is obviously the best team right now. The only discipline where they are lacking is ladies. USA won World Team Trophy last year, though the only discipline where they are standouts is ice dance. Russia is pretty good at all 4 disciplines, especially with Plushenko. Maybe they'll win on home ice? Who knows! Very exciting/who cares!

Come back next time, when I also don't talk about the Olympics(AHAHAHA good one). I will forealz be grading myself on these predictions though. You don't wanna miss it.

The Olympics Movie Project

Hey friends. No time to waste, the Olympics are coming. So even though I'm struggling with jet lag and some sort of weird starvation thing that makes me eat everything in sight, we are going to focus on the important things in life, namely sports movies. I mean I know I've talked about sports movies before, but let me assure you I won't repeat any of those movies that were already mentioned.

1. THE CUTTING EDGE

You guys. It's so good. Not to be diminished by many disgusting sequels. TOE PIIIICKKK!

2. Miracle

OBVI. I mean, what better way to get pumped up for the Olympics IN RUSSIA than to watch a fictionalized recreation of that time when the US handed the USSR an ass stomping. Also. The dudes are hot. I'm just saying.

3. Without Limits

Little known fact about me, even though I was on the track team(shot and discus) I'm not so into running. Like why do they spend 10 minutes showing the athletes jumping up and down and then they are only running for like 10 seconds. I mean, there's just no build to the tension. NO DRAMA! But this movie was really good, it's basically the only time I got interested in a runner. And a distance runner no less! The dude's name is Steve Prefontaine, and this movie is much better than that movie Prefontaine, which stars Jared Leto. This movie involves what is probably a baloney subplot about how Pre is totally into Monica Potter's character, but whatev I loved it. 

4. Johnny Tsunami
Disney Channel Original movies are the shit. And this one is convenient for both summer and winter Olympics movie projects because the dude goes from being a summer athlete(surfing, I know it's not an Olympic sport but just go with me) to a winter athlete(snowboarding). A feat that has been accomplished by many athletes, including noted virgin, Lolo Jones.

5. A League of Their Own
I mean listen, I know these aren't all movies that involve winter sports, but whatever, this movie is great and the feminist in me loves it. One of my favorite things to say, really apropos of nothing is, "There's no crying! There's no crying in base-BALL!" 

Although I do think the younger sister is an unbearable brat and I hate her. Go team.

I should also note, there are movies that you should AVOID when doing this sort of project. Namely, National Velvet- people say it's good but I only made it 10 minutes before I had to turn it off. Also, and I know people are going to hate me for this, but Chariots of Fire. Seriously, that movie...was SOOO boring. Maybe it's a British thing, I don't know, but it forealz bored the shiz out of me. And I found out that a lot of what happens in that movie is like total fiction, with no basis in reality. So, boo you whore!