"Official" 2010 Winter Olympics thread

[CheapJon]

no interrest in this? it's one of the sport higlights of this year damn it!

late nights and early mornings for me since it's in vancouver but it's worth it, biathlon is is on now

lastly, guess youve all heard of the tragic death of Nodar Kumaritashvili, may his soul rest in peace and thoughts goes out to his family

[CheapJon]

gotta say, biathlon.. were they drunk when they came up with that sport let's go skiing and shoot at targets

[jarmo]

gotta say, biathlon.. were they drunk when they came up with that sport let's go skiing and shoot at targets

Those skills came in handy during the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union....

I don't expect a Swede to understand though. 




/jarmo

[w.axl.rose]

whats that game called when they slide some black object and you have people running with a broom?

[CheapJon]

meaning curling?

gotta say, biathlon.. were they drunk when they came up with that sport let's go skiing and shoot at targets

Those skills came in handy during the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union....

I don't expect a Swede to understand though. 




/jarmo

still making it an olympic sport

i wouldn't understand, just like if i'd try to tell you how it feels when your country win an olympic gold medal in hockey

[cotis]

whats that game called when they slide some black object and you have people running with a broom?

CURLING!

[Loaded NightraiN]

So does anyone else have issue with ruling that guys death ONLY on human error??

I mean ok he messed up, didnt recover in time.... But to smack a pole and die, and there is no problems with the track?!?!

Sure its a dangerous sport, but they need to protect these guys more than a steel pole

[Genesis]

So does anyone else have issue with ruling that guys death ONLY on human error??

I mean ok he messed up, didnt recover in time.... But to smack a pole and die, and there is no problems with the track?!?!

Sure its a dangerous sport, but they need to protect these guys more than a steel pole

Yeah, I agree. What a bunch of losers. "Oh, let's go ahead as if nothing happened. He didn't 'compensate' enough"

[tim_m]

How about talking about something a little more positive! Apolo Ohno. One more medal and he's the most decorated winter olympian in US history!

[CheapJon]

one thing i like about the olympics is that all sports gets a lot more interresting, i don't think i'd ever sit and watch short track speed skating if it was the world cup but now with the olympics, it's pretty awesome

[D]

cant wait for the Hockey. Nothing is better than Olympic Hockey

[Malcolm]

cant wait for the Hockey. Nothing is better than Olympic Hockey

Agreed...Thank god Getzlaf will be playing...he looked amazing last night with 2 goals and 2 assists..Go Canada

[Malcolm]

Luongo gets call for Canada against Norway

In a bit of a surprise decision, Roberto Luongo will get the start in net for Canada's first game of the Olympic hockey tournament Tuesday against Norway.

Martin Brodeur will be in net for Thursday's game against Switzerland.

aTeam Canad head coach Mike Babcock confirmed the goaltender rotation following a spirited first practice as Canada Hockey Place.

"Marty has played a ton of hockey and this buys him some time," said Mike Babcock, who also admitted that he gave Luongo the opening start partially because Canada Place is the netminder's home rink with the Vancouver Canucks.

Canada also unveiled their tentative lines for the tournament with Sidney Crosby centering a top line featuring Rick Nash on one wing and Crosby's World Junior linemate Patrice Bergeron on the other.

While still far from 100% due to an ankle injury, Ryan Getzlaf was lined up with Ducks' teammate Corey Perry and Eric Staal on the second line. As predicted the Sharks' fearsome combo of Dany Heatley, Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau skated together on the third line while Mike Richards and Brendan Morrow rotated centering a fourth line with Jarome Iginla and Jonathan Toews on the wings.

Of course the Canadians were not the only team to hit the ice Monday as most of the top squads got practice time in before the tournament opens on Tuesday.

In a practice that was described as ?extremely up tempo' the Russian's also set up their temporary lines that appeared a little top-heavy.

The Russian's have an abundance of scoring options on the top two lines with Alexander Ovechkin and Alexander Semin flanking Pavel Datsyuk on the number one combo while Evgeni Malkin was centering Ilya Kovalchuk and Maxim Afinogenov on the second unit.

40-year old veteran Sergei Fedorov was skating on a line with Viktor Kozlov and Alexander Radulov while captain Aleksey Morozov centered a fourth line with Danis Zaripov and Sergei Zinoviev on the wings

On defence, Andrei Markov and youngster Ilya Nikulin were featured on the top pairing with Fedor Tyutin and Sergei Gonchar paired up on the second unit. Dmitri Kalinin and Anton Volchenkov will likely be deployed as Russia's shut-down tandem while Denis Grebeshkov and Konstantin Korneev will be the extra pairing.

Team USA also took the ice with a top line of Patrick Kane between Zach Parise and Paul Stastny. Joe Pavelski centered the second line with Phil Kessel on one side and Ryan Malone on the other. Ryan Kesler was flanked by Dustin Brown and captain Jamie Langenbrunner on the third line while Ryan Callahan and Bobby Ryan rotated in on a line with Chris Drury and David Backes. The defensive pairings were not immediately available.

I've gotta say the US team looks very very dangerous top to bottom

[CheapJon]

Sweden got our first medal (gold) of the olympics yesterday

and our second today, also gold 

[Drew]

Congratulations to Lindsey Vonn on winning the gold medal today in the downhill competition! 

[Nytunz]

Norway got 2 gold medals, and one silver today... =)
Got one gold medal yesterday too. =)

 

[CheapJon]

I'm very happy for Anja P?rson's sake, she would've won silver wednesday but lost balance and flew 60m meters(!), decided to ski again yesterday although she was bruised and got the bronze


Canada - Switzerland was a great game last night too (swizz goalie, holy fuck, never seen him play before), didn't see russia - slovakia though but read bout it, sweden vs belarus tonight, i fucking hope my friends want to see it but i think not

[Jester]

Great work by Torah Bright, Gold for Australia,  Showing the world how it's done...   

 

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,26744440-5002332,00.html

[Annie]

Seeing Shaun White win the Olympic gold medal for snowboarding was so amazing! He makes me want to learn to snowboard. His clothes and height and playing air guitar remind me alot of Buckethead. Truth is, Shaun looks like a cross between Axl Rose and Buckethead with his flaming red hair, bandana, sparkling green eyes and undeniable charisma.

[Rockin' Rose]

Teemu Sel?nne broke the Olympic record for career hockey points!


http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/vancouver/hockey/2010-02-20-selanne-scoring-record_N.htm