We went to short track today and the US did not do well. But the Dutch won again. Weirdly they're not dominant in regular speed skating anymore; much better at this.
Still, this is one of the best sports out there. It's so volatile the random with the crashes and dqs and speed. A Latvian who was advanced to the final after having a Canadian dude take him out in the semis, rode out a lot of danger to win bronze. It was fun.
Only bad part is that we were sitting next to the apparent family of the one of the Chinese Short trackers and he fell in the semi finals. One relative lady let out a yelp so deep it hurt us on a human level. All the world championships, all the events, and all the work. Gone in a snap of a finger. See you in 4 years. Every sport here is brutal. On more than just the person competing.
In Milan the echoes of Lucas Pinehiero's giant slolam win in Borneo reverberated. The first ever medal for the entire continent and the Brazilians celebrated like it. Flags everywhere, their house had hours long line to enter. It's the weekend, I guess, so it feels like there's 4x as many people here in general. But the spirit is high and energy amazing.
Final day tomorrow for us. Finishing with pairs figure skating.
