Let's talk Olympics !

[terje439]

Atleast 5 gold medals, should have a possibility for about twice that, but
alot of sickness and injuries lately means we set the target low this time.
And go to the web and look for the pants
(Would have given a link, but both pc's dead, and still trying to learn
to use this iphone-thingy).

Terje

[terje439]

Oh my!
Ole Einar Bjørndalen seems to win the mens biathlon today as well.
That ties him with Bjørn Dæhlie as the winter olympian with the most
medals in the winter olympics ever!



Terje

[Orm]

What's your favorite event?

For me it is ice hockey although I doubt that Sweden will make it to the final.

I plan to watch some curling as well.

[Curtis Lemay]

ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay

For years I always thought that Figure Skating was called that due to the shape of the female skaters. I was sure Dorothy Hamill was going to win because she obviously had the best one (and she won!). Only much later did I learn that it referred to the figures they drew on the ice with their skates. Go figure! It's still a nice bit of soft porn for broadcast TV though - and they don't even draw those figures anymore.

Mmmm. Let the soft porn begin. Kaetlyn Osmond:

[Josh]

ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay

ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay

For years I always thought that Figure Skating was called that due to the shape of the female skaters. I was sure Dorothy Hamill was going to win because she obviously had the best one (and she won!). Only much later did I learn that it referred to the figures they drew on the ice with their skates. Go figure! It's still a nice bit of soft porn for broadcast TV though - and they don't even draw those figures anymore.

Mmmm. Let the soft porn begin. Kaetlyn Osmond:

For me there has been only one; Katarina de Witt. [&o] I remember me and a buddy of mine were glued to the screen whenever she performed.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay

ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay

For years I always thought that Figure Skating was called that due to the shape of the female skaters. I was sure Dorothy Hamill was going to win because she obviously had the best one (and she won!). Only much later did I learn that it referred to the figures they drew on the ice with their skates. Go figure! It's still a nice bit of soft porn for broadcast TV though - and they don't even draw those figures anymore.

Mmmm. Let the soft porn begin. Kaetlyn Osmond:

warspite1

Ladies figure skating mmm.......[:)]

[warspite1]

Yippee!!! What were we discussing the other day Orm?

Britain wins its first EVER medal on snow!!! Well done Jenny Jones on winning a bronze in the slopestyle snowboarding.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

What were we discussing the other day Orm?

We were discussing the weather and that it didn't snow so much in UK. How is it with the memory warspite1? I am getting concerned that you can forget that so soon. [;)]

The weather here has been grey here for over a month now. No sun at all. [:(]

[Neilster]

I actually prefer the Winter to the Summer games. Everybody is seduced by marquee events like the 100m but in reality the Summer games has loads of tedious sports like pistol shooting, synchronised swimming, dressage etc. The Winter Olympics has lots of cool gravity powered events, many of them with the potential for spectacular crashes [:'(]

Australia picked up 2 gold and a silver last time. Not sure about this time. We might need everybody to fall over in the speed-skating again, which gave Steven Bradbury the gold medal [:D]

It happened in his semi too, which he was only in because some Canadian dude got disqualified in the quarter final. It's entered the Australian vernacular. Any time somebody wins from nowhere its "doing a Bradbury". He loves the expression and says he hopes it's still being used when he's dead.

As for Sochi...bad luck. If your system is corrupt and there's almost no rule of law, that's what you get. The joint's unfinished, only a few hundred metres from the stadium it looks like Stalingrad circa February 1943, the accommodation for the journalists is either appalling or non-existent and Putin's mates have made off with 30 billion dollars. It's symptomatic of this "new Russia". A flashy façade concealing a shambles.

I thought the opening ceremony was generally very good but there were some glaring omissions from Russian history. Mind you they weren't terribly flattering so that's hardly surprising. I did think they could have had the traditional symbol of Russia though...a cantankerous steamroller, breaking down halfway across the stage [:'(]

Cheers, Neilster

[rodney727]

+10 that was amazing!

ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay

ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay

For years I always thought that Figure Skating was called that due to the shape of the female skaters. I was sure Dorothy Hamill was going to win because she obviously had the best one (and she won!). Only much later did I learn that it referred to the figures they drew on the ice with their skates. Go figure! It's still a nice bit of soft porn for broadcast TV though - and they don't even draw those figures anymore.

Mmmm. Let the soft porn begin. Kaetlyn Osmond:

[Max 86]

http://www.weather.com/sports-rec/olymp ... s-20140204

Check out these B&W photos from winter Olympics past. Figure Skating has definitely taken a turn for the better!

[terje439]

The power of the pants held, and Norway beat the USA in their first curling game.


Terje

[warspite1]

I think we could do with some pants - because we are pants [:(]

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Britain wins its first EVER medal on snow!!! Well done Jenny Jones on winning a bronze in the slopestyle snowboarding.

Congratulations! [&o]

Well done. [:)]

Now I expect UK to challenge Norwegian supremacy in cross-country skiing in the near future. [:)]

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Britain wins its first EVER medal on snow!!! Well done Jenny Jones on winning a bronze in the slopestyle snowboarding.

Congratulations! [&o]

Well done. [:)]

Now I expect UK to challenge Norwegian supremacy in cross-country skiing in the near future. [:)]

Should nor be too hard since "our" representative in the IOC have threathened to take away Marit
Bjørgen's medal since she and the other girls wore a black ribbon in honour of the death of one of
girls' brother...
In other words, now the IOC is not popular in Norway.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: terje439

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Britain wins its first EVER medal on snow!!! Well done Jenny Jones on winning a bronze in the slopestyle snowboarding.

Congratulations! [&o]

Well done. [:)]

Now I expect UK to challenge Norwegian supremacy in cross-country skiing in the near future. [:)]

Should nor be too hard since "our" representative in the IOC have threathened to take away Marit
Bjørgen's medal since she and the other girls wore a black ribbon in honour of the death of one of
girls' brother...
In other words, now the IOC is not popular in Norway.

Apparently it is some concern about some "unofficial" commercial as well. I would be very surprised if this affects any medals.

Edit: And annoyed. [:(] Better with warnings.

[terje439]

The comercial issue is shut down, as it became clear that she had
nothing to do with it, and the comercial has been killed. The whole
thing started with the black ribbon.
Nah, the nation is not impressed now, and (gladly enough) the support
to try to get the Olympics to Oslo has taken a dive.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: terje439

The comercial issue is shut down, as it became clear that she had
nothing to do with it, and the comercial has been killed. The whole
thing started with the black ribbon.
Nah, the nation is not impressed now, and (gladly enough) the support
to try to get the Olympics to Oslo has taken a dive.

warspite1

Not commenting on this case as I know nothing about it - but I can understand the IOC not wanting any unofficial symbols, displays, badges and whatnot. Remember 1968 [:(]

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: terje439

The comercial issue is shut down, as it became clear that she had
nothing to do with it, and the comercial has been killed. The whole
thing started with the black ribbon.
Nah, the nation is not impressed now, and (gladly enough) the support
to try to get the Olympics to Oslo has taken a dive.

warspite1

Not commenting on this case as I know nothing about it - but I can understand the IOC not wanting any unofficial symbols, displays, badges and whatnot. Remember 1968 [:(]

I do not remember 1968 so I need to be enlightened. Or maybe I should look it up?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: terje439

The comercial issue is shut down, as it became clear that she had
nothing to do with it, and the comercial has been killed. The whole
thing started with the black ribbon.
Nah, the nation is not impressed now, and (gladly enough) the support
to try to get the Olympics to Oslo has taken a dive.

warspite1

Not commenting on this case as I know nothing about it - but I can understand the IOC not wanting any unofficial symbols, displays, badges and whatnot. Remember 1968 [:(]

I do not remember 1968 so I need to be enlightened. Or maybe I should look it up?

warspite1

No I shouldn't have mentioned it - it may be taken the wrong way. Suffice to say, the Olympic medal ceremony would be spoilt if it was a free for all to do whatever they wanted regardless of the cause.