Author Topic: Winter Olympics 2006 (Read 37227 times)

JFC · « **Reply #40 on:** February 16, 2006, 11:52:08 PM »

So I read in the newspaper today that the bronze medal that Canada recently got in women's short track speed skating MAY get upgraded to a silver! Apparently the skater who took the silver MAY have had her skate up in the air (i.e. off the ice) when they crossed the line, and according to the rules, this would apparently disqualify her from winning the medal, as a skater's blades MUST be in contact with the ice as much as possible.

yurinachan · « **Reply #41 on:** February 17, 2006, 08:04:04 AM »

I am amazed at the atheletes who do skeleton. Going head-first down on an icey track is just crazy.

ohbahsan · « **Reply #42 on:** February 17, 2006, 07:37:26 PM »

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/olympics/2006/02/17/bc.oly.sno.women.ssnowb.ap/index.html

HAHAHAHAHA :ROFL

ctz · « **Reply #43 on:** February 17, 2006, 08:33:09 PM »

I watched that too. Why the hell she had to do it on the second last jump... if she would have waited to the last jump she would have still won the race.

yurinachan · « **Reply #44 on:** February 18, 2006, 12:44:48 AM »

Canada won 1 more gold and a silver in the men's skeleton.

So far Norway has 11 medals, Germany, Russia, and Canada 11 medals, and US 10 medals

ampedechoz · « **Reply #45 on:** February 18, 2006, 01:00:21 AM »

Quote from: ohbahsan

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/olympics/2006/02/17/bc.oly.sno.women.ssnowb.ap/index.html

HAHAHAHAHA :ROFL

roffle, omg..that was totally unneccessary..looks like she will regret doing that for the rest of her life. tsk tsk

ahcheungape · « **Reply #46 on:** February 18, 2006, 03:13:59 AM »

we are actually ahead of the Americans! hahaha

Sponge Bob · « **Reply #47 on:** February 18, 2006, 03:27:43 AM »

Too bad the tommys have the most golds

yurinachan · « **Reply #48 on:** February 19, 2006, 12:09:46 AM »

Those South Koreans are pretty good on the short-track speed tracking. Especially the women, sweeping all three medals.

JFC · « **Reply #49 on:** February 19, 2006, 01:39:32 AM »

Quote from: yurinachan

Those South Koreans are pretty good on the short-track speed tracking. Especially the women, sweeping all three medals.

Traditionally, I think that the powerhouses in short track have always been S.Korea and Chinese Taipei. To a lesser extent Canada has been up there too, especially in the team relays. Lately though we haven't had as many strong individual skaters as we used to have. American short track program has been improving too. Getting that Hailie Kim girl who left the S.Korean program definitely helps them too.

And as much as it pains me to say it, props to the Swiss men's hockey team for beating our Canadian boys. The Swiss played an awesome defensive game. None of our guys could get any real decent scoring chances. And the ones that they COULD get, got stonewalled by the Swiss goalie (not Aebischer, their other goalie). Kudos to you Swiss boys!

Of course you DO realize, THIS means war.

Tom Green · « **Reply #50 on:** February 20, 2006, 04:20:34 AM »

I heard that there was funding problems for the Japanese winter Olympic
Figure Skating team. Here is a video of one of the girl's Practicing.

http://www.filecabi.net/video/japaneseolympicsteam.html

yurinachan · « **Reply #51 on:** February 20, 2006, 06:21:27 AM »

I'm happy that Canada is tied again in 3rd place with 13 medals. Hope that they win some more to move ahead of the US.

daigong · « **Reply #52 on:** February 22, 2006, 02:27:59 AM »

Quote from: Tom Green

I heard that there was funding problems for the Japanese winter Olympic
Figure Skating team. Here is a video of one of the girl's Practicing.

http://www.filecabi.net/video/japaneseolympicsteam.html

Tom Green! that's awesome! none of that sequined shit. so aerodynamic! :lmao: :lmao:

...I bet if that ice dance team (Canada? where the guy let his partner faceplant into the ice, she still got up and did the pose at the end but OUCH!!) had that funding - they wouldn't have sucked so bad!

Ping · « **Reply #53 on:** February 22, 2006, 01:58:34 PM »

Sasha Cohen ftw!!
I'm annoyed with how much media Emily Hughes is getting. They keep talking about how she skated a personal best and everything. She ended up in like 7th or 8th place! Kimmie Meissner skated a personal best too, I don't hear half as much about her. Just cause Emily's sister won the gold, wow. Seriously, wtf.

yurinachan · « **Reply #54 on:** February 22, 2006, 05:16:53 PM »

It appears that these winter games have very low viewership in Canada. Just 4 more days to go and I think Canada won't reach its goal of having 25 medals.

Asmodai · « **Reply #55 on:** February 22, 2006, 05:19:28 PM »

Yeah, I haven't really been paying a lot of attention this time around. Sucky team, bad timezone and too much else going on.

ctz · « **Reply #56 on:** February 22, 2006, 06:14:19 PM »

Quote from: ctz

I guess I watch some hockey and ski jumping.

Surprisingly curling has become my favorite in the olympics

I haven't watched ski jumping at all.

yurinachan · « **Reply #57 on:** February 22, 2006, 07:35:20 PM »

Canada finished 1-2 in the 1,500 metre long-track speed skating event.

So thats 17 medals now. Canada is more of a winters olypmics type of country than the summer one.

chocolate · « **Reply #58 on:** February 22, 2006, 09:58:47 PM »

Uusipaavalniemi -a mythic god figure of curling

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Markku_Uusipaavalniemi

Stirfry · « **Reply #59 on:** February 22, 2006, 10:06:58 PM »