Winter Olympics Really Are On Topic - so post up!

by **Diego Sahagún** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:32 am

klwagar wrote:I actually didn't read the whole thread because it is so f&$%ing long but I love the olympics, I'm glad it is here in Beautiful BC and so what if there are figure skaters, there are curlers for crying out loud. What the heck is that???
But I digress. If you could ski or luge or skate or whatever they are doing then hey, you would probably be an incredible mountaineer too. (except curling). All countries are doing awesome, these people have devoted their lives to their sports, kind of like us eh?

klawagar is there as much OG's opposition as media is saying :?:

The other day I read that it is near 70%

by **Arthur Digbee** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:58 am

Ouch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwdH-McTKsE

All I'm sayin'.

by **Diego Sahagún** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:06 pm

Diego Sahagún wrote:
klwagar wrote:I actually didn't read the whole thread because it is so f&$%ing long but I love the olympics, I'm glad it is here in Beautiful BC and so what if there are figure skaters, there are curlers for crying out loud. What the heck is that???
But I digress. If you could ski or luge or skate or whatever they are doing then hey, you would probably be an incredible mountaineer too. (except curling). All countries are doing awesome, these people have devoted their lives to their sports, kind of like us eh?

klawagar is there as much OG's opposition as media is saying The other day I read that it is near 70%

BTW, the American Lisacek won the figure skating short program to the Russian Plushenko, 2nd

by **lcarreau** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:13 am

What? This thread died ???

Time to breathe some life back into it! Here's the immortal rock band Guess Who? ...

Yeah, it's the Guess Who doing American Woman.

by **Diego Sahagún** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:46 am

Good victory for the Norwegian Svindal in the SG today :!:

by **Snowslogger** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:09 am

I was really impressed with Anya Pearson (sp?) getting gold in the combined the day after that fall in the downhill. Heard the Russia - Slovakia hockey was really good. Hope to see a little XC skiing one of these days. Too bad winter skipped the NW (I guess that would be the SW in Canada) this year. Fun stuff though.

by **dskoon** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:02 am

U.S. ski team rockin' baby, rockin' away with the best high-performance skiing and the resulting medals! Most ski medals ever for a U.S. ski team. Yeah, yeah!
Who wouldathunkit? Still more races to go. Ski~on!

by **RayMondo** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:30 am

Amy Williams won Britain's first solo Winter Olympics gold medal for 30 years with victory in the women's skeleton. Not bad for a gal who trained on a cement track. And beat the German by a massive 0.56 secs, despite their super metallurgy in their sled runners.

She's got a great sprint start.
<a href=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/skeleton/8520464.stm>Queen of Speed</a>

by **Diego Sahagún** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:46 am

Snowslogger wrote:I was really impressed with Anya Pearson (sp?) getting gold in the combined the day after that fall in the downhill.

It was impressive indeed :shock:

by **Dow Williams** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:03 pm

a mic caught Miller saying he could barely stay on his feet for the final straight away his legs were so done...the man is some kind of out of shape it looks like to me, but straps on those huge skis and nailed the Super G just the same.....(silver)....Weibrecht, a kid half his size, won bronze for the US...never finished above 10th prior....grew up in upstate NY....must be catching the Euros asleep.

by **dskoon** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 3:29 pm

Lots o' talent on the ski team, male and female.
Most medals ever in a game(so far!), by the U.S. ski team.
Ski~on!

http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-feature ... &GT1=39003

by **hansw** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:39 pm

Simon Aman wins two gold medals?

I saw a TV-documentary where they tested the balance when standing on one foot. A normal person made a graph showing equal movements sideways as back and forth. Aman’s graph had no movement sideways and he was almost still back and forth. Amazing!

by **lcarreau** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:01 pm

Yeah !!!

by **hansw** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:25 pm

hansw wrote:Simon Aman wins two gold medals?

Answer: Yes!

by **hansw** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:59 pm

Cross country is a pretty nice event from a Swedish point of view.

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