The one and only winter olympics thread

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

Well, Im surprised that no one has started this thread up.  Might be that no one cares, and really I dont care that much, except for hockey and snowboarding.  

 

Hey, ok I didnt see the earlier thread about the Olympics, BUT, having a one and only thread will keep all the discussion in one thread, you know, and thats probably a good thing or something like that..Plus, I couldnt rename the thread..

 

GO USA!

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

We start off with an interview between Brian Williams & Jacques Rogge.  Rogge says that there will be no new events in the Summer Games, and that there are no problems between him and Dick Pound.

[Guest CanadianChris]

Man, I love the CBC Olympic theme.  I'm glad they don't change it.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Yes.  That theme is great.

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

NBC sucks.  They say "We're taking a bunch of commercials now so that during the parade we can go up to 40 minutes commercial free.." and what do they do, commercials about every 15 minutes.  Yep..

 

Gotta love the guy from Bermuda who is wearing shorts in 10 F cold weather..

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Nice uniforms for the Canadians.

 

NBC sucks.  They say "We're taking a bunch of commercials now so that during the parade we can go up to 40 minutes commercial free.." and what do they do, commercials about every 15 minutes.  Yep..

 

CBC didn't have any commercials until after the Parade of Nations.

[Guest CanadianChris]

Dick Button does NOT look 73.

 

I'll bet they've gotten Mike Eruzione (or possible the entire Miracle on Ice) to light the torch.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

1980 Team USA Hockey lights the torch.

[Guest CanadianChris]

Just one thing left to say...LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

 

(I hope.  That snowstorm looked pretty brutal.)

 

(And can you believe Slovakia lost to Latvia in hockey qualifying?)

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Yes, because their NHL players aren't there yet.

 

Nice ceremony.

[Guest RetroRob215]

Does anyone know what the fuck that "child of light" crap was?  I just saw a bunch of grown men in retarded customs chasing some boy holding a lantern.  Was there a point to it?  Is it a new tradition?

 

I'm confused...

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

It's art.  You either understand or you don't.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

First event is Women's 15 K Cross Country.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Final Results of the Women's 15 K Cross Country

 

GOLD - Stefania Belmondo (Italy)

SILVER - Larissa Lazutina (Russia)

BRONZE - Katarina Neumannova (Czech Republic)

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Women's Moguls Final Results

 

GOLD - Kari Traa (Norway)

SILVER - Shannon Bahrke (USA)

BRONZE - Tae Satoya (Japan)

[Guest Robert S]

Men's 30 km Cross Country Results:

 

Gold - Johann Mühlegg (Spain)

Silver - Christian Hoffmann (Austria)

Bronze - Michail Botwinow (Austria)

 

BTW: I'm from Austria too.

[Guest MARTYEWR]

Just one thing left to say...LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

 

(I hope.  That snowstorm looked pretty brutal.)

 

(And can you believe Slovakia lost to Latvia in hockey qualifying?)

Where the hell is Latvia?

 

That was pretty cool seeing the 1980 USA team there. Too bad I was only 2 when their little miracle happened.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Men's 30 km Cross Country Results:

 

Gold - Johann Mühlegg (Spain)

Silver - Christian Hoffmann (Austria)

Bronze - Michail Botwinow (Austria)

 

Wow.  What happened to the Norwegians?

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Men's 5000 M Long Track

 

GOLD - Jochem Uytdehagge (Netherlands)

SILVER - Derek Parra (USA)

BRONZE - Jens Boden (Germany)

 

Huge upset.  Bob De Jong (Netherlands) was horrible.  Uytdehagge set the new World Record in his win.

[Guest Robert S]

Wow.  What happened to the Norwegians?

Kirsten Skjeldal was 4th, Ole Einar Björndalen 6th. Mühlegg made a solo run for about 20 km, behind him there was a group of about 6 athelets. The Austrian athlets sprinted away from the other athlets at the finish.

[Guest Robert S]

Nordic combined results

 

GOLD - Samppa Lajunen (FIN)

SILVER - Jaako Tallus (FIN)

BRONZE - Felix Gottwald (AUT)

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Men's Nordic Combined

 

GOLD - Samppa Lajunen (Finland)

SILVER - Jaakko Tallus (Finland)

BRONZE - Felix Gottwald (Austria)

 

Austria takes the lead in the Overall Medal Standings.

[Guest CanadianChris]

Men's downhill results:

 

Gold:  Fritz Strobl (AUT)

Silver: Lasse Kjus (NOR)

Bronze: Stephan Eberharter (AUT)

[Guest Robert S]

Men'd downhill results:

 

GOLD - Fritz Strobl (AUT)

SILVER - Lasse Kjus (NOR)

BRONZE - Stephan Eberharter (AUT)

 

Two more for the good guys.

 

K90 Ski Jumping:

 

GOLD - Simon Ammann (SUI)

SILVER - Sven Hannawald (GER)

BRONZE - Adam Malysz (POL)

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Men's Downhill

 

GOLD - Fritz Strobl (Austria)

SILVER - Lasse Kjus (Norway)

BRONZE - Stephan Eberharter (Austria)

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Women's Halfpipe

 

GOLD -  Kelly Clark (USA)

SILVER -  Doriane Vidal (France)

BRONZE - Fabienne Reuteler (Switzerland)

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Women's 3000 M Long Track

 

GOLD - Claudia Pechtstein (Germany)

SILVER - Renate Groenewold (Netherlands)

BRONZE - Cindy Klassen (Canada)

[Guest CanadianChris]

Cindy Klassen wins bronze in the Women's 3000m speed skating event...Canada's first medal!  Woo-hoo!

[Guest Kingpk]

I personally can't wait for the Skeleton event.  Nothing like lying on your stomach on a sled and rocketing through a course going 75 MPH, let me tell you.

 

I understand it was banned 50 years ago, anyone know why?

[Guest Robert S]

I think Skeleton just wasn't popular enough.