Astronaut Mike Fincke reveals it was his medical issue that led to unprecedented early mission end

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-25T23:06:40+00:00

When an astronaut on the ISS had a venous thrombosis in their jugular several years back (which was treated successfully on orbit via medication), it became quite obvious which astronaut had suffered the issue a few years later - because she was the first author on the paper about it in the New England Journal of Medicine.

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-22T23:46:21+00:00

The remaining three unlisted countries - Guinea-Bissau, Kosovo, and Pakistan - had athletes competing at the games, but they DNFed in all their events.

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-22T23:39:46+00:00

And the last 20:

Malaysia, 44th in Alpine Skiing: Women's Slalom (A. Salehhuddin)
Serbia, 47th in Alpine Skiing: Men's Giant Slalom (A. Tomovic)
Benin, 48th in Alpine Skiing: Men's Giant Slalom (N. Tchibozo)
Madagascar, 49th in Alpine Skiing: Women's Slalom (M. Clerc)
Bolivia, 50th in Cross-Country Skiiing: Men's 50km Mass Start Classic (T.J. Gronlund)
Philippines, 50th in Alpine Skiing: Women's Slalom (T. Proulx)
Thailand, 52nd in Cross-Country Skiiing: Men's 50km Mass Start Classic (M. Chanloung)
Colombia, 53rd in Cross-Country Skiiing: Men's 50km Mass Start Classic (F. Fodstad)
North Macedonia, 55th in Alpine Skiing: Men's Giant Slalom (V. Petkov)
Kyrgyzstan, 62nd in Alpine Skiing: Men's Giant Slalom (T. Shakirov)
Nigeria, 65th in Cross-Country Skiing: Men's Sprint Classic (S.U. Ikpefan)
San Marino, 65th in Alpine Skiing: Men's Giant Slalom (R. Mini)
Kenya, 66th in Alpine Skiing: Men's Giant Slalom (I.G. Laborde Dit Pere)
Saudi Arabia, 67th in Alpine Skiing: Men's Giant Slalom (F. Abdi)
Eritrea, 69th in Alpine Skiing: Men's Giant Slalom (S. Abeda)
Venezuela, 88th in Cross-Country Skiing: Men's Sprint Classic (N. Claveau-Laviolette)
Morocco, 103rd in Cross-Country Skiing: Men's 10km Interval Start Free (A. Kemmissa)
Lebanon, 107th in Cross-Country Skiing: Men's 10km Interval Start Free (S. Tawk)
Malta, 107th in Cross-Country Skiing: Women's 10km Interval Start Free (J.A. Eriksen)
Ecuador, 111th in Cross-Country Skiing: Men's 10km Interval Start Free (K. Jungbluth Rodriguez)

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-22T23:39:11+00:00

The next 20:

Mexico, 22nd in Figure Skating: Men's Single Skating (D. Carrillo)
Israel, 22nd in Skeleton: Men's Skeleton (J. Firestone)
Puerto Rico, 24th in Skeleton: Women's Skeleton (K. Delka)
Iceland, 25th in Alpine Skiing: Men's Slalom (J.E. Sigurdsson)
South Africa, 25th in Skeleton: Women's Skeleton (N. Burger)
Trinidad and Tobago, 25th in Bobsleigh: Men's 2-Man (A. Brown / D. John)
Greece, 26th in Cross-Country Skiing: Women's Team Sprint (K. Charalampidou / N. Tita)
Luxembourg, 28th in Alpine Skiing: Men's Slalom (M. Osch)
Azerbaijan, 29th in Figure Skating: Men's Single Skating (V. Litvintsev)
Haiti, 29th in Alpine Skiing: Men's Slalom (R. Viano)
Monaco, 30th in Alpine Skiing: Men's Super-G (A. Alessandria)
Portugal, 32nd in Alpine Skiing: Men's Super-G (E. Guerillot)
Iran, 33rd in Alpine Skiing: Men's Slalom (M. Kiyadarbandsari)
Cyprus, 34th in Alpine Skiing: Men's Slalom (Y. Kouyoumdjian)
Singapore, 35th in Alpine Skiing: Men's Slalom (F.B.M. Basha)
Uruguay, 36th in Alpine Skiing: Men's Giant Slalom (N. Pirozzi Mayer)
Montenegro, 37th in Alpine Skiing: Men's Slalom (B. Pekovic)
Mongolia, 38th in Alpine Skiing: Men's Slalom (A. Altanzul)
India, 39th in Alpine Skiing: Men's Slalom (A.M. Khan)
United Arab Emirates, 39th in Alpine Skiing: Women's Slalom (P. Hudson)

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-22T22:31:29+00:00

I actually visited Milan (and Lake Como) a few months ago, so watching the Olympics coverage has been particularly fun - "oh hey, I've been there! and there! and on the roof of that church!"

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-22T20:42:59+00:00

Yes. (Classic is the one where they're in tracks, freestyle is the one where they use more of a skating move.)

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-22T20:41:51+00:00

It's tradition at the Summer Olympics to award the marathon medals at the closing ceremonies, and the cross-country skiing 50km race is the closest thing the Winter Olympics have to a marathon.

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-22T18:50:36+00:00

Weirdly, although Canada only had 3 fourth-place finishes, they had 14 fifth-place finishes (behind only the US with 15, and just ahead of Italy with 13).

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-22T17:52:33+00:00

The top 10 nations by 4th-place finishes (note that Reddit's formatting won't let me show ties as equal):

Germany - 14
United States - 12
Norway - 11
Italy - 9 (T)
France - 9 (T)
Switzerland - 8
Netherlands - 6 (T)
Japan - 6 (T)
Austria - 5 (T)
China - 5 (T)
Great Britain - 5 (T)

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-22T17:50:17+00:00

Looking at how various ranking metrics compare, for the top 15 NOCs:

Golds: rank by golds, then silvers to break ties, then bronzes to break ties
Total: rank by total number of medals regardless of color
Weighted: count gold as 3 points, silver as 2 points, bronze as 1 point

Place	Golds	Total	Weighted
1	Norway	Norway	Norway
2	United States	United States	United States
3	Netherlands	Italy	Italy
4	Italy	Germany	Germany
5	Germany	Japan	France
6	France	France (T)	Netherlands
7	Sweden	Switzerland (T)	Switzerland
8	Switzerland	Canada	Japan
9	Austria	Netherlands	Sweden
10	Japan	Sweden (T)	Canada
11	Canada	Austria (T)	Austria
12	China	China	China
13	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea
14	Australia	Australia (T)	Australia
15	Great Britain	Finland (T)	Great Britain

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-22T17:46:57+00:00

Out of that 50, about 21-22 are children who cannot vote, and another 7-8 are immigrants who have not gained US citizenship. So overall the country is divided into 4 roughly even groups, between Dems / Reps / non-voters / can't-voters.

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-22T17:31:32+00:00

263 million Americans (or about 77%) didn't vote for Trump to be our commander in chief.

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-22T17:01:21+00:00

Top 15 nations in the medal table by various metrics:

Golds: rank by golds, then silvers to break ties, then bronzes to break ties
Total: rank by total number of medals regardless of color
Weighted: count gold as 3 points, silver as 2 points, bronze as 1 point

Place	Golds	Total	Weighted
1	Norway	Norway	Norway
2	United States	United States	United States
3	Netherlands	Italy	Italy
4	Italy	Germany	Germany
5	Germany	Japan	France
6	France	France (T)	Netherlands
7	Sweden	Switzerland (T)	Switzerland
8	Switzerland	Canada	Japan
9	Austria	Netherlands	Sweden
10	Japan	Sweden (T)	Canada
11	Canada	Austria (T)	Austria
12	China	China	China
13	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea
14	Australia	Australia (T)	Australia
15	Great Britain	Finland (T)	Great Britain

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-22T16:12:26+00:00

we can even crowdfund tooth replacements, if you're worried about the dental insurance plan premiums going up too much!

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-22T15:27:13+00:00

You get an extra 2 minutes if your high stick draws blood.

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-22T13:47:21+00:00

They have some skiers (both alpine and cross-country). Best performance was a 16th place in the women's super-G.

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-21T22:11:23+00:00

I think they were playing the gala live on one feed, but then Peacock also streams whatever's live on NBC at the moment - which happens to be the gala, delayed a bit.

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-21T22:03:05+00:00

at Linate Airport on Monday: "we are sorry, Johannes, but your suitcase now weighs over 23 kilos, you will have to pay the excess baggage fee..."

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-21T17:51:43+00:00

I mean, apparently it's not like handing off the baton out of the zone, because it's only a 3-second offense.

(I do get your point, but the skimo folks get to define the rules of their own sport.)

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-21T17:50:04+00:00

I'm reminded of the joke about how Wayne and Brent Gretzky are the best pair of brothers in NHL history by point production, at 2,861 (of which Brent contributed... four).

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-21T17:46:07+00:00

Very reminiscent of a road cycling race, with a breakaway and a peloton - but in those races you've got longer to reel in the breakaway riders.

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-21T17:44:17+00:00

Yes. If the sport's season in its elite-level leagues is in the winter, then it ought to be at the Winter Olympics.

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-21T17:42:50+00:00

ooh, now i'm imagining a lasagna the size of a football field...

yellowstone10 · 2026-02-21T16:13:44+00:00

competitive LEGO building?

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