What? No thread for this yet? Where is your patriotism?
I love the games. Winter is my favorite. Cant wait for the Mens Hockey to start up. Mens Downhill is also a fav.
Its going to be tough to watch some of the events with the time change, thank God for DVR's.
All politics aside, I hope for the Russians to get things straight and are ready for the events and FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, I hope for no issues with what has been reported in the news the last few weeks with terrorist threats. This is not the time, not that there ever is one.
Quote from: ItsaDuc on February 07, 2014, 07:40:14 PMWhat? No thread for this yet? Where is your patriotism?
Glad there's a thread, dont need the patriotism. I see no reason why Russia wont do a great job [thumbsup]
Quote from: ItsaDuc on February 07, 2014, 07:40:14 PMI love the games. Winter is my favorite. Cant wait for the Mens Hockey to start up. Mens Downhill is also a fav.
+1 But then again, I love it all.
Quote from: ItsaDuc on February 07, 2014, 07:40:14 PM.....FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, I hope for no issues with what has been reported in the news the last few weeks with terrorist threats. This is not the time, not that there ever is one.
Its for the misguided "love of god" that most of that shit occurs.
So I agree, lets leave god and politics out and...
let the games begin [thumbsup]
Some locals I'm rooting for: Alex Diebold - Snowboardcross (I used to work with his Dad, Doug)
Kelley Clark - best female snowboarder, from Dover VT (Mt.Snow)
Lindsey Jacobellis - Snowboardcross - A beautiful goddess & rides Stratton sometimes
Jackie Hernandez - Snowboardcross - Londonderry VT (neighboring town of mine)
Devin Logan - Freestyle skier (Mt.Snow)
Sophie Caldwell - X-Country (Stratton MTN. School, her dad is the school head coach)
Hannah Teeter - snowboarder - Belmont VT (rides Stratton a lot)
Best of luck to all the US athletes and best wishes for an injury/terrorist free Olympic games for all. [thumbsup] [clap] [beer] [popcorn]
watching our canuck hockey ladies dominate switzerland as we speak ;D
Nice to see the refs letting them play rougher than normal.
Gotta wait till thursday to watch our men kick butt. Happy to see Martin St Louis join the team.
There is something about the winter olympics that make it more emotional than the summer , maybe its me.
Go Canada [clap]
Lets all pray nobody gets hurt. The memory of that Georgian luger hitting that metal poll in vancouver and instantly losing his life still makes the hair on arms raise. :'(
Hmmm... still don't know about curling though... ???
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Norwegian Curling Team
Quote from: Ducatamount on February 08, 2014, 08:51:10 AM
Hmmm... still don't know about curling though... ???
The 'hell' you say. ;)
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Controversy in Ice Dance
French magazine L'Equipe alleges the U.S. and Russia have struck a deal to help each other out at Sochi Winter Olympic figure skating events, which would keep Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir from the gold.
The magazine quotes a Russian coach, who spoke to the magazine on the condition of anonymity about the "proposed barter" between the two countries.
According to the magazine, the anonymous official said the U.S. has agreed to help Russia win the pairs figure skating and team events.
In exchange, Russia would purportedly ensure Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the U.S. win gold over Canadian champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.
But Mike Slipchuk, Skate Canada's high performance director, says he's confident the judging will be fair.
"I stay clear of that stuff," he said. "I have full confidence that [when] the skaters go out and do their job, they will do their job on the ice, [and] the judges will judge it as they see it."
This is not the first judging controversy to hit the Olympics.
In 2002, Canadian figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier placed second behind Russian pair Yelene Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, despite a stumble during the Russians` performance.
A French judge later admitted she planned to vote for the Russians regardless of how they performed.
Sale and Pelletier, who initially took home silver, were eventually awarded a second gold medal in the event.
The sport's entire scoring system was overhauled on the heels of the scandal. The old 6.0 scoring system was replaced in 2004 to make the scoring more objective.
Full Story
http://www.lequipe.fr/Tous-sports/Article/Petits-arrangements-entre-amis/10186 (http://www.lequipe.fr/Tous-sports/Article/Petits-arrangements-entre-amis/10186)
Same paper that broke the Armstrong doping story
I'm rooting for Bryan Fletcher in the Nordic Combined.
He's an awesome guy.
Here's his story: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/bryan-fletcher-traveled-long--winding-road-to-go-from-cancer-survivor-to-sochi-olympian-000726402.html (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/bryan-fletcher-traveled-long--winding-road-to-go-from-cancer-survivor-to-sochi-olympian-000726402.html)
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Glitch during last night's Opening Ceremony in Sochi.. Russian TV doctored the live broadcast so viewers had no idea there was a problem.
No doctoring on my TV.... vision we got showed the non-opening 5th ring.
I thought it was odd that such a high number of athletes they highlighted during the walk in, no matter the Country, lives and trains in the USA. I also have a problem with the athletes that have lived in the USA their whole life competing for other Countries. I guess it's easier to make the team when you are competing against a dozen of the best instead of hundreds of the best.
http://youtu.be/waEeJJVZ5P8 (http://youtu.be/waEeJJVZ5P8)
http://dailycurrant.com/2014/02/08/man-responsible-for-olympic-ring-mishap-found-dead-in-sochi/ (http://dailycurrant.com/2014/02/08/man-responsible-for-olympic-ring-mishap-found-dead-in-sochi/)
JM
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;D
Quote from: TiNi on February 08, 2014, 04:01:12 PM
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Glitch during last night's Opening Ceremony in Sochi.. Russian TV doctored the live broadcast so viewers had no idea there was a problem.
Someone just got the express ticket to Siberia. ;D
Quote from: the_Journeyman on February 09, 2014, 07:10:39 AM
http://dailycurrant.com/2014/02/08/man-responsible-for-olympic-ring-mishap-found-dead-in-sochi/ (http://dailycurrant.com/2014/02/08/man-responsible-for-olympic-ring-mishap-found-dead-in-sochi/)
JM
That's crazy.
It is the Daily Currant - Think The Onion and you should get it.
Quote from: the_Journeyman on February 09, 2014, 07:10:39 AM
http://dailycurrant.com/2014/02/08/man-responsible-for-olympic-ring-mishap-found-dead-in-sochi/ (http://dailycurrant.com/2014/02/08/man-responsible-for-olympic-ring-mishap-found-dead-in-sochi/)
JM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Currant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Currant)
Watching the ladies from GBR right now.
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Forget Sochi, I want to see the Shochu Olympics.
I'd imagine it would look something like this...
Nerd (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apb5dwT9ebI#)
(horrible clip quality)
Julia Mancuso
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I'm a little afraid.
..watching mens halfpipe [thumbsup]
But the camera work is effing woeful [bang]
Its not soyuz rocket science... just keep the rider in the frame for make the beast with two backss sake [bang]
Pointy end up...
oh...wait. :P
this might explain why i think the winter Olympics are more emotional than summer.
http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/canadian-coach-justin-wadsworth-helps-out-russian-skier.html (http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/canadian-coach-justin-wadsworth-helps-out-russian-skier.html)
boy, did Shaun White ever screw up today. Would have been nice to see him win three straight golds, but he sadly finished 4th. Rough day for him.
Quote from: hbliam on February 08, 2014, 08:54:14 PM
I thought it was odd that such a high number of athletes they highlighted during the walk in, no matter the Country, lives and trains in the USA. I also have a problem with the athletes that have lived in the USA their whole life competing for other Countries. I guess it's easier to make the team when you are competing against a dozen of the best instead of hundreds of the best.
im more interested in the fact you can compete for one country in one olympics, the another country in another olympics.
Quote from: DanTheMan on February 11, 2014, 09:35:33 PM
im more interested in the fact you can compete for one country in one olympics, the another country in another olympics.
I'm more interested in watching the best athletes in the world in their given discipline competing against each other on the biggest stage. [bow_down] [clap]
Quote from: kopfjäger on February 11, 2014, 09:49:53 PM
I'm more interested in watching the best athletes in the world in their given discipline competing against each other on the biggest stage. [bow_down] [clap]
Pretty sure they already do with a world cup in each discipline, but olympics just get the most TV coverage and prestige.
Quote from: kopfjäger on February 11, 2014, 09:49:53 PM
I'm more interested in watching the best athletes in the world in their given discipline competing against each other on the biggest stage. [bow_down] [clap]
^^ This.
Quote from: DanTheMan on February 11, 2014, 10:47:07 PM
Pretty sure they already do with a world cup in each discipline, but olympics just get the most TV coverage and prestige.
...enough so that one might even consider calling it "the biggest stage"?
Quote from: Rameses on February 12, 2014, 06:41:12 AM
...enough so that one might even consider calling it "the biggest stage"?
Well... it depends who you are asking. Many of the athletes don't consider the Olympics to be the most important competition they enter.
On a different note: Congratulations to the womens downhill gold medal duo. Tied to the hundredth of a second! [clap]
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On a different note: Congratulations to the womens downhill gold medal duo. Tied to the hundredth of a second!
that was simply incredible, very glad to have been able to witness that in my lifetime.
One of the coolest video special effects i've ever seen was the CBC superimposed the 2 runs and replayed it. very cool
What exactly do they do in that case?
Do they have spare medals on hand?
After the games, what do they do with the extra medals that aren't used?
Shani Davis looked like he just didn't give 2 shits. Either he hurt himself and backed off or just said eff it after the first lap of the 1000m. Of course, with the Dutch picking up 12 speedskating medals so far, I would be seriously disenchanted too...
Quote from: Rameses on February 13, 2014, 08:42:05 AM
What exactly do they do in that case?
Do they have spare medals on hand?
After the games, what do they do with the extra medals that aren't used?
In this case two gold medals and one bronze were awarded. No silver.
There have been other medals tied in the Olympics. IIRC there was a tie for silver at Nagano in one of the mens skiing events (forget which one).
Rameses is asking logistically what do they do. Presumably they only bring a gold, silver, and bronze medal for each sport...or do they bring spares to cover ties? And if they do, what happens to the unused ones?
...and google is our friend:
http://tinyurl.com/nr7bjto (http://tinyurl.com/nr7bjto)
Gilda Radner Nevermind (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3FnpaWQJO0#)
The Americans looked impressive today in hockey. Nice start.
Congratulations to the mens slopestyle sking medal winners. A USA sweep! [bow_down]
http://news.yahoo.com/glance-american-men-39-slopestyle-skiing-sweep-163921302.html (http://news.yahoo.com/glance-american-men-39-slopestyle-skiing-sweep-163921302.html)
Also, congratulations to Devin Logan on her silver in the womens slopestyle skiing.
Quote from: Triple J on February 13, 2014, 11:20:05 AM
Rameses is asking logistically what do they do. Presumably they only bring a gold, silver, and bronze medal for each sport...or do they bring spares to cover ties? And if they do, what happens to the unused ones?
...and google is our friend:
http://tinyurl.com/nr7bjto (http://tinyurl.com/nr7bjto)
All my questions have been answered!
(Okay, not all of them. But all of my Olympic medal questions anyway...)
womens curlers
stfu
What a finish to the women's cross country ski team.
Quote from: red baron on February 15, 2014, 04:54:03 PM
What a finish to the women's cross country ski team.
That race finish was un make the beast with two backsing believable!!!!
Making up 25 seconds on the last leg of the relay! WOW.. I remember in the Vancouver Olympics, I think it was a Slovenian gal in the cross country sprints fell down an embankment during warmup, and skied all four of her races and took sliver with a punctured lung and broken ribs. TOUGH!!!!!!!
I skied a couple biathlon matches - I remember telling the referee that if anyone found a lung out on the course, it was probably mine.
If I could have reached through the TV, I would have slapped the make the beast with two backsing shit out of the lady doing Bodie's interview!!!
Watching now..,
[popcorn]
Yep. Punch her through the TV. Jeebus. Took lessons from Ann Curry. [roll]
Quote from: Stella on February 16, 2014, 07:51:54 PM
Yep. Punch her through the TV. Jeebus. Took lessons from Ann Curry. [roll]
I really need a TV!
That was incredibly piss poor - I hope she gets called on the carpet for that one - she needs to make a sincere apology.
Quote from: LMT on February 16, 2014, 07:56:36 PM
I really need a TV!
No, you don't.
Dumb ass interview woman had to probe by asking Bode when he looks into the shining stars at night if he sees his brother.... Or something to that effect - and he had already begun to weep and she freeking kept AT him until he lost it. Stupid woman!
Next interview with Matt Lauer later tonight and you know he's going to bring
that interview up in convo. Uuuugh!
It seems like enough to make one miss Jim McKay.
Quote from: LMT on February 16, 2014, 07:56:36 PM
I really need a TV!
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/the-internet-fumes-after-bode-miller-is-driven-to-tears-by-olympic-interviewer-035643370.html (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/the-internet-fumes-after-bode-miller-is-driven-to-tears-by-olympic-interviewer-035643370.html)
USA vs. Canada Friday to get to gold medal game. Should be a good one.
Ladies bobsled shined today! [clap]
Congrats to the Canadian ladies hockey team. I watched the medal ceremony and it was painful at best seeing the look on the US women's faces accepting the silver.
That was a rough one - they had it in the bag and it got away at the very end.
Quote from: WarrenJ on February 20, 2014, 04:48:10 PM
That was a rough one - they had it in the bag and it got away at the very end.
Sure did. Was like 53 seconds away from the gold. Shame since they outplayed them pretty much the whole game.
Congrats to Canada on the win.
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Bummer for both US hockey teams, Butt way to go Canada! I often say that first is first and second is nowhere, butt I think that a pile of silver is pretty darn cool too!
Did you see the womens slalom finish! Holy Crap! She was completely airborne and still managed to come down and maneuver her skis around the next gate. Gold by half a second! That was pretty cool! I wish Maria from Germany could have made it on the podium though - been rooting for her a bit through the games.
Quote from: WarrenJ on February 21, 2014, 07:16:25 PM
Did you see the womens slalom finish! Holy Crap! She was completely airborne and still managed to come down and maneuver her skis around the next gate. Gold by half a second! That was pretty cool! I wish Maria from Germany could have made it on the podium though - been rooting for her a bit through the games.
That young lady can ski. [clap]
http://youtu.be/jjncr7DeRHU (http://youtu.be/jjncr7DeRHU)
If you're not a skier it doesn't really compute, but this was the run (runs) broken down. [clap]
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/02/21/sports/olympics/womens-slalom-results.html (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/02/21/sports/olympics/womens-slalom-results.html)
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