Why isn't ice hockey popular or relevant in the Olympics? Figure skating mogs it hard as well as several other sports
>Canadians desperately need people to care but nobody does.
>>153604529It's popular in Canada and the US because those are the two countries that win the gold medal most of the time
>>153604571It's #7 in America and #4 for men. That's not popular
>>153604529>in am*ricaThey think their zhid-controlled franchise hockey league with a salary cap, draft, trading and other recruiting restrictions is the pinnacle of that sport. Tragic
>>153604620The NHL is literally the only thing that matters in hockey
>>153604591complete nonsense, did this survey just poll indian restaurants in america or something? >>153604637nope
>>153604681Samir seething
>>153604529>top two is two meme sportswhy are americans like that?
>>153604529nice cropping faggot>2021https://sport.yougov.com/the-most-followed-winter-olympic-sports-by-men-and-women/fake news, delete this
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>>153604529>ski jumping second, and substantially higher than freeski I feel like people mixed up ski jumping and big air. Literally nobody watches ski jumping here, and Americans barely even compete in it.
>in AmericaWho cares? It doesn't reflect what is actually relevant in the Olympics, ice hockey sold the most tickets after biathlon.The gigantic gender gap in figure skating is far more interesting anyway. Toxic masculinity seems to permeate every single aspect of American society.
Hockey is not really comfy to watch
>>153604529Those top 5 are 5 of the most boring on offer
>>153604529crazy to me that biathlon, the best winter sport by far, is apparently so unpopular with Americans
Never cared for figure skating. The women look fake, the music is garbled. The jury can decide who wins. So many red flags
>>153604529turns out women prefer watching people dancing on ice rather than watching people fighting on iceor maybe the players should have fucked each other like in that series on netflix or whatever channel it is
>>153604529This confirms that Americans have pleb taste and shouldn't ever be taken seriously
Ski jumping? Really?
planet is full of faggots
>>153604529Snowboard confirmed as free gf material.
ski jumping? this cannot possibly be accurate
the only relevant winter Olympic sport is alpine skiing, anything else is just there because they need to fill a two weeks schedule.
>>153604529this is almost definitely sampling error. I could see if it was a global poll, but it suggests these are american respondents
>>153604529>speed skating thirdnever knew it was that popular
>>153604529Further proof mutts have no taste
>>153604529>a LOT faster than soccer>same score
There are really only three or four relevant countries in hockey at any given time. Almost every game in the prelims and half of the elimination round are foregone conclusions where some shit team gets the crap beaten out of it by a good team.Also pros weren't allowed at 2022 and 2018 and so it was literal whos playing instead which sort of damaged its prestige.
>>153604529>dont care about hockey>still wins
>>153604529The real issue is that it's borderline impossible to follow the hockey tournaments at the olympics because of time zone differences. Like the finals today started at 8AM ET and 5AM PTAnd because it's a tournament, no one really ends up watching the preliminary games, just the finalsThe other events end up happening later in the day and don't take hours just for one event so they're both easier to watch live, and work better for prime time TV viewing
>>153604620You faggots are incredibly cringe. Do you ever stop to read what you write? You sound like a little bitch.
>>153604529Hockey fatigue... World cup every year, a gazillion smaller cups every year. Same with football.. Fifa is worried for the lack of hype
>>153604529They are bad at propaganda and their players too because they don't "look athletic" and that's the most important thing in América, looks
That game slapped and everyone I know who is even mildly into sports was watching it, even tho none of us ever watches NHL
>>153604620just demolished all the best players in the world.how many hockey medals does Australia have, again?
>>153608518Yeah the most based sport
>>153604529>ski-jumping>popularpretty sure the americans surveyed don't even know what each sport is formally called.
I don't know anything about ice hockey, but team sports with a global professional league and large following shouldn't really be Olympic material. To me soccer or basketball don't belong in the Summer Olympics, for example, which should be mostly about track & field, swimming and niche team sports.
>>153604529>YougovThese pollsters said that Trump was going to lose Iowa to Kamala in 2024 kek
Hockey is too much. Normies would rather watch a more casual winter sport. It's like how girls prefer fit-but-too-fit bodytypes instead of super jacked bodybuilders.
>>153607135>turns out women prefer watching people dancing on ice rather than watching people fighting on iceMake love, not war!
>>153604529i often don't watch it for the same reason I don't watch olympic divegrass, it's garbage youth players usuallythis year was an exception. Also there's just no way to make a satisfying format for hockey in 2 weeks, why do you think the NHL does best of 7's
>>153604844They 100% did and all those top ones have these athlete celeb women like Liu and Gu and Leerdam and so on.
>>153604529>>153604829>>153604839>the best sport (biathlon) is one of the least popularnormies are a mistake
>>153604829I wonder why the sport that didn't have the best players in the world wasn't popular. Really a head scratcher.
This survey is pretty suspect. If ski jumping was actually popular in America NBC would air it in primetime and the sport would probably have some relevant Americans, which it never does. Meanwhile, I know plenty of team sports normies who watch nothing but the hockey in the winter games and don't give a shit about anything else.
>>153604529Glad to see the only 3 I was interested in watching all made top 3As for hockey, it was great when the NHL players played but now it's like soccer at the Olympics or the u21 FIFA World Cup
>>153633878What are you saying retard the game today was mostly all NHL players
>>153604529Makes it pretty obvious that the average American doesn't realize Big Air/Slopestyle/Halfpipe isn't "Ski Jumping" but instead "Freestyle Skiing." They also clearly don't realize what "Short Track" means, just grouping it together with "Speed Skating" in their response.The rest I can buy. I know this is 2021 but all the NBC-pushed "main characters" apply to sports in the top half of the list for 2026, too:>FS: Too many to list, the US FS are shilled HARD, this being #1 is no surprise>"Ski Jumping" (really Freestyle Skiing): Gu, holy shit it was non-stop with this woman>"Speed Skating" (including Short Track): Stoddard, Stolz, Leedram>Bobsleigh: Taylor>Alpine Skiing: Schiffrin, Vonn>Snowboard: Kim>Ice Hockey: It's Ice HockeyThere are almost no personalities of note or coverage for luge, curling, cross country (except, by the end, Klaebo, to a very limited extent), skeleton, biatholon, or nordic combined. True ski jumping also.
>>153604529Ski jumping? It's boring as shit, why would anyone watch that? I don't even think Americans are good at it.
>>153604529Anerican interest in hockey is very regional. Outside of the upper Midwest and the Northeast its the 4th sport.
>>153633854>This survey is pretty suspect. If ski jumping was actually popular in America NBC would air it in primetime and the sport would probably have some relevant Americans, which it never does.I think they might be including the Ski Aerial jumps, which is the one where you hit a jump then do tricks. That event is super entertaining.
>>153634061Americans are too dumb. See what these anons said >>153634054>>153633019>>153604844
>>153634054>Speed Skatingbecause see sex from dutch women?
>>153604529Why don't americans care about hockey?
>>153633878hockey was NHL players this time
It's probably boring to watch until the semis if you know your team is going to the semis 100%
>>153637174>CTEball
>>153633261That's just in America, in this Olympics biathlon had the most consistent attendance rate and sold over 200 000 tickets for their events. There were 18 000 people in the stands watching the last mass-start, a norwegian reporter did a segment from location on it.I don't think biathlon is that popular outside of Europe, but looking at only Europe I think it's in top 5 winter sports by audience popularity. It beats the other ski-sports at least, though maybe not alpine cause I don't know those numbers
>>153604529SKI JUMPING?I'm pretty sure we're pretty good at that and I still have ZERO interest in it, but Americans do? WTF. It's so boring, pretty much every jump looks identical. Also biathlon that far down when it's easily the best sport with so much drama and tension?
>>153604829>>153604839>fake news>proceeds to post the same stats as op
>>153604529Hockey is the only winter sport Americans almost kinda sorta care about, even if only for the hope of seeing Canada miserable. That alone makes it the most relevant winter sport.
average germoid thread
>bobsleigh #4>luge and skeleton #8 and #13Nuke amerikkka, posthaste.
>>153604529Why are women such unserious individuals?
>>153604529I just watch mens Hockey, all Biathalon, and anything involving a snowboard
>>153604529Figure is the only thing that matters at the winter olympics. All the actual athleticism is at the summer games, winter is just playtime.
>>153604620Because it is. The NHL objectively has the best players in the world. Sorry it tries to be an actual competition and not just a circlejerk of the richest oil-funded teams like soccer.
>>153639939I've seen articles saying it's top 1 in Europe.
figure skating has qt's in revealing outfits, showing panties and dancing in a pretty way, doing genuinely impressive things. of course it's going to be popular.
>>153641702It is.
>>153643064In Europe you’ll be called a massive fag for watching ice dancing to your friends or family, you’ll know this if you didn’t live your entire life online through american social media
>>153643122>watching 1000/1000 girls being cute and talented is gay, say normiesI couldn't care less. There's also tv's which allow you to watch in private.
>>1536045291. Ice hockey and curling are a long tournament over two weeks and have group stages with no elimination until later. This lowers the stakes. Figure skating is two skates, each of equal importance for your chances at a gold medal.2. I (and americans) can watch hockey at any moment on television. I am a hockey fan who lives in North America. Hockey at the olympics is low down on my list of sports to watch. I can never watch biathlon or slopestyle or cross country, or Figure skating, or short track speed skating on regular cable television. So when I have the opportunity to be gluttonous with my sporting viewing, I will.
>>153604529Momza doesn't want to watch combat skating.
>>15362169110 (1-4-5) medals from 25 tournaments. The women have 3 (3-0-0) from 10
>>153637174The 2010 gold medal game between Canada and the USA got 30 million viewers in the USA. The ratings haven't come out for this but I'm sure it's higher than 2 million
>>153621691None in ice hockey but 3 normal hockey world cups
>>153604529>"Ski jumping"do they mean freestyle or something?there no chance that actual ski jumping is popular with anyone (lifelong skier here)and hockey so low?below bobsleigh??i don't believe it for a minute unless American men have become very different
>>153604529Didn't know ski jumping was popular in america
