2006 Winter Olympic Thread

[ben grimm]

..........and the British Ladies Curling team progress nicely, knocked the Italians out this morning now bring on the Norwegians this afternoon.
 ;D

[Easy Morning Rebel]

..........and the British Ladies Curling team progress nicely, knocked the Italians out this morning now bring on the Norwegians this afternoon.
;D

The Swedish ladies Curling team is also progressing nicely. They're the only team that have won six of seven matches. Looks good! Though it's going not so good for the men's team.

[dragonboy]

Go Japan!!!
Sushi & rice wine for everyone  ;D

[ben grimm]

Though it's going not so good for the men's team.

Didn't go well for our men's team either.  :(

Where did that lady get her golden doughnut?
I want one!

[Easy Morning Rebel]

Didn't go well for our men's team either.  :(

It went better for the swedish women's team, though. Gold! ;D

Go Japan!!!
Sushi & rice wine for everyone  ;D

It was definitely the right winner. Her program was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
Congratulations Japan!

[Mr. T.]

Curling now on BBC 2 : USA - GBR. It's 7 - 6 in End 10

They're all chatting away on the ice now...

This isn't an actual sport right? Or is it? ???

[Easy Morning Rebel]

Curling now on BBC 2 : USA - GBR. It's 7 - 6 in End 10

They're all chatting away on the ice now...

This isn't an actual sport right? Or is it? ???

Of course Curling is a sport! I think it's a brilliant TV sport. ;D

[saki]

Go Japan!!!
Sushi & rice wine for everyone  ;D

okay, I can understand how that Japanese girl won the gold medal, she didn't fall one time.

 But, how the hell does Sasha Cohen win silver when she fell twice and Slutskaya wins bronze when she fell once?  Another judging scandal in figure skating???

don't get me wrong I love my country but damn, that's pretty bad right?

[Mr. T.]

okay, I can understand how that Japanese girl won the gold medal, she didn't fall one time.

But, how the hell does Sasha Cohen win silver when she fell twice and Slutskaya wins bronze when she fell once?  Another judging scandal in figure skating???

don't get me wrong I love my country but damn, that's pretty bad right?

If I'm correct, you only get "a fall" when more than 60% of your body rests on something else than your feet. So I guess that Cohen's second foul wasn't seen as a fall by the judges.

[Chills]

Hey Mr T, we're all watching cycling anyway  :)
Where the hell is Wesemann. Did he even start?

Boonen still has a good chance.


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[Mr. T.]

Let's start a new cycling thread. Because there's much more to cycling than Lance & the Tour De France.

[Chills]

Haha nobody will care except you and me.
Go Nico!

[Mr. T.]

Let's make them care & spread the Gospel :D

[ali]

the best thing about the winter olympics - on the weekends, when there's never much on tv, you can always watch some sort of bizarre winter sport that you only see every 4 years....

saw a bit of the men's & women's freestyle aerials, mens skeleton (how bizarre is this sport...), speed skating & some of the (don't know what the actual name is) fast down-hill slalom-type racing. very good!

not sure of the medal tally so far, but australia has at least one gold & one bronze... go oz!!  ;D

[Jaimoe]

not sure of the medal tally so far, but australia has at least one gold & one bronze... go oz!!  ;D

Aussie gold was won by a Canadian multi-millionaire. He's a duel citizen, but only claimed Australian citizenship so he could get adequate coaching and financial support. He thought the French Canadians got all the coaching in Canada... but financial support? The fucker is a multi-millionaire!

[ali]

australia has a looong history of claiming "winners" from other countries as our own - russell crowe (nz), crowded house (nz), the list goes on... so hey, if he wants to win us a gold medal, go right ahead! he is officially one of US! the only other chance we had for a medal was the women's aerial skiing with alisa camplin, who won our other medal (a bronze)

at least we should have a better chance at the commonwealth games coming up...

[Easy Morning Rebel]

It's gold fever in sweden at the moment! prolly coz this olympics was the best sweden have had, ever. lol.

[jrat]

sweden sucks..................actually im just a jealous basterd. im leaving canada for sweden, pretending im swedish and partying with all the delicious blondes.........women of course. hope Alfie plays just as well for my home team as he did for SWE. GO SENS GO!!!!!!!!







damn delicious swedes

[Easy Morning Rebel]

but it does sucks, really.

[saki]

but it does sucks, really.

no, it doesn't...come on.  

I was there in '02 and it is beautiful.  Well, I was only in Stockholm so I can't account for everything else.   But, I really liked it.  And people are really nice.  Last time I was in Helsinki I met this Swedish guy who played the mandolin.  I happened to have my guitar and we jammed together...he was very good.  Anyway, I like Sweden.  The people are cool, nice, and beautiful city you have there in Stockholm.