SOCHI 2014: A Gold Medal Tie

History was made at the SOCHI 2014 Olympics. The Olympic alpine skiing event ended in a gold medal tie. That being Tina Maze of Slovenia, and Dominique Gisin of Switzerland.



They both went down the course in one minute, forty one point five seven seconds (1:41.57).



Although, for them they have a technology now to break down the times to one-one thousandth of a second to find the true winner, so it seems unfair that they wouldn't do that.

The reason why the Olympics chose to award the sport's first ever tie for gold, instead of breaking the times down even further, is because why the technology exists to break the times down to one-one thousandth of a second, that equates to about one inch, at downhill speeds, which is within the margin of error.

So, if the finish line isn't perfectly straight, it'd be hard to decide the true winner.

Olympic historian, Bill Mallon explains:



Nonetheless, earlier last week, the 1/1000ths were used to decide the Men's 500m speed skating race. How do you explain that? You think it's fair for the 1000th of a second to be used in some sports, but not others? Lemme know in the comments down below. Don't forget to tap that share button.

Blatter Balls Up Ronaldo

On Friday, October 25, 2013, current President of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), Joseph "Sepp" Blatter, was at the world's most prestigious debating society, The Oxford Union Society, to give his opinions on Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.



When asked about his official position on the issue of who's better between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, Blatter began by saying that both are exceptional players, and that they're totally different. He also added that football is all about the difference of stars; that Messi's not "exuberant" (as Ronaldo obviously). Blatter went on to overemphasize that Messi is a "good boy", adding accolade after accolade til he ran out of compliments. As the show streamed live on YouTube, it was a frenzy of sorts in the comments section down below. For a moment, it sure looked like Blatter was actually reading through the comments.



Nonetheless, speaking of Ronaldo as the other one, Blatter labeled him "something else", saying that the Real Madrid star is like a "commander" on the field of play (owing obviously to the way Cristiano carries himself high).



Then, in annoyingly and sloppily comical fashion, the old fart proceeded to demonstrate Ronaldo's mannerisms; and he really played it like a mockery.



Showing no remorse at all, he sarcastically said that it's good to have such "commanders" on the field of play.



Blatter sent sparks flying when he said that one (Ronaldo) had more expenses for the hairdresser than the other (Messi).



Blatter obviously doesn't know that Ronnie actually spends more time fishing and barbecuing, than getting his hair done.



At some point, much to the amusement of the audience, Bladder (intentional verbal mishap) claimed he "likes" both Ronaldo and Messi, before bluntly blurting out that he prefers Messi.



That was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Consequently, Ronaldo took to Twitter and poured out his disappointment. He also shared the vexatious video (apparently after watching it on YouTube).



Gradually, the football community (on Twitter) went haywire.







Ultimately, Blatter was forced to tweet apologies to Ronaldo.



If you watch the video with acute attention, you'd notice that even before comparing Ronaldo and Messi, Blatter made mention of Ibrahimović, and almost immediately, waved it aside and swept it under the rug. Unsurprisingly, soccerheads have since started reading meaning to the seemingly harmless mention.



You can watch the video here.

By the time I hit the dislike button, the video had gotten 914,412 views, with 6,530 dislikes, and 1,446 likes.



As of typing this, the video has reached 1,617,983 views, with 10,698 dislikes, and 2,236 likes.



Barcelona fans, worldwide, are arguably responsible for the very few likes.