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The Winter Olympic Thread

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Haha ;)

The snowboarding's really good. Got a brit through.

not anymore :rolleyes: bless.

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not anymore :rolleyes: bless.

Yeah, turned that off. Watching the Luge now

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Yeah, turned that off. Watching the Luge now

should have stuck with it - jacobellis just blew it again, hilarious - epic fail :crylaugh:

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should have stuck with it - jacobellis just blew it again, hilarious - epic fail :crylaugh:

She bailed? :o Was it a bad one? :P

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Luger just took a right hammering on a corner, But somehow managed to stay on her sledge.

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She bailed? :o Was it a bad one? :P

yeah, she made a right mess of an early jump in the semi and went out of bounds...

i laughed too soon, as the norwegian fell in the final and came 4th :rolleyes: gutted...

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yeah, she made a right mess of an early jump in the semi and went out of bounds...

i laughed too soon, as the norwegian fell in the final and came 4th :rolleyes: gutted...

Doing a few repairs to the luge track. I thought when the woman nearly came off, She was gunna smash over the side! Was hilarious.

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Meh.

Not overly fussed about tonight's hockey score. The US deservedly beat us with little effort. The 3-1 is a fair result, the Yanks were simply quicker at any given point in the game, more present and much more skilled on an individual basis (hardly a surprise with 23 vs. 2 NHL pros in line).

Although, there's one point of criticism:They still have to settle as a collective - there's too many single-action plays coming from the boys in red, white & blue.

We might as well already give up now - but not after giving Norway a beating. Canada's way out of reach for Switzerland in this tournament.

I will thus settle for 3rd place in this group A.

I'm not overly fussed about tonight's hockey score, either ;)

My biggest gripe isn't about individual play, but rather about physical play. From the beginning, it was clear that this game was going to be a hard-hitting affair, with lots of contact along the boards and little in the way of odd-man rushes. For the most part, the USA did a great job, but I was very much disappointed with the way Patrick Kane and Phil Kessel played. They were never in the game and were not assertive on the puck (or off of it). They're two of our three biggest offensive threats, and we're really going to need some more from them when we play the other Big Six teams.

Right now, watching USA and Japan locked in a big women's curling battle that really shouldn't be :( Also, very disappointed in our television coverage for not moving the camera a few sheets over to give me updates on how Ludmila Privivkova and Russia are doing.

Canada vs Norway in hockey follows, and although everyone expects a romp, I'll still tune in because the atmosphere at the start of the game will be incredible.

Russia vs Latvia is a really late one (or early, depending on where you are); I think the first puck drops at 9 pm Pacific/12 midnight Eastern/5 am GMT. However, if you want to see one of the most dynamic team sport players in the world, you ought to watch Alexander Oveckhin play. He's big, fast, has great hands, plays with reckless abandon, and always makes something happen when he's on the ice. Ovechkin's on the same level as Kobe and Rooney, and if you haven't seen him play yet, you really owe it to yourself to watch Russia at least once during this tournament.

yes. and deservedly so, for no one should ever be allowed to win anything dressed in such horrific 'trousers'

What?! Those garments are glorious!

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I'm not overly fussed about tonight's hockey score, either ;)

Canada vs Norway in hockey follows, and although everyone expects a romp, I'll still tune in because the atmosphere at the start of the game will be incredible.

What?! Those garments are glorious!

pretty obvious that canada were in a different class, but norway have easily the coolest shirts in the competition :D

trousers made out of the croatian flag? no, inexcusable...

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Women speed skaters are hot!

They're everywhere in all events, except the German athletes.

That Canadian figure skater last night was stunning and she fell too, If she needs a physio.... :wub:

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The Snowboarding Halfpipe is excellent! Good to watch. Waiting for double luge. Skeleton starts tomorrow. (19th)

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bit disappointed with the medal haul on the cross country sprint - norway had 5 of the 12 finalist and managed a gold and a bronze, decent i suppose but felt they could have had a field day.

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I'm trying to watch this and get into it...but tbh every event i've tried to watch so far is bloody boring and awful.

thank God for that I thought it was just me . There's only so much watching people sliding around on snow and ice that I can sustain- especially when UK is so shit at it despite all the practice this winter

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In the short track speed skating heats there's a German called Peter Herman lol

The girl that won bronze in the cross country was brilliant she 3 ribs in warm up struggled thru the quarters and semis just getting thru both and she won bronze and was in so much visible pain sums up ehat the olympics is about for me

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In the short track speed skating heats there's a German called Peter Herman lol

The girl that won bronze in the cross country was brilliant she 3 ribs in warm up struggled thru the quarters and semis just getting thru both and she won bronze and was in so much visible pain sums up ehat the olympics is about for me

what? getting beat by the norwegians :D

- seriously tho, she did look like she was going to die, it's an insanely physical sport, and you only had to see the two russian's in the men's race to see how competitive it is.... good stuff.

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The hockey match between the Czechs and the Slovaks was absolutely scintillating! What a great advert for the sport. It's unfortunate that only two of them and Russia will go through as they looked excellent tonight. Especially veteran Jagr was a joy to behold.

Also, did anyone see the first Swedish goal against Germany? I'm no expert on ice hockey rules, but how was that not a penalty on the goalie?

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