The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics

anyone watching the preceeding today/night ? wonder if the outsdie "M:" factions are going to try and create havoc. well anyway hopefully it will be a wonderful games again with much action and close results.....

E ~

 

I'll miss the opening ceremont as be at work.
Will be on annual leave for the second week so will be glued to TV.
I prefer the Winter Games to the Summe rones, always have.
I echo the Good to see you posting again ,Erich

 

The opening ceremony is great for witnessing the different cultural offerings. Unfortunately, after hours of my wife tuning in I can't take anymore until the Parade of Nations.

I'm with you Owen, the winter olympics are much more entertaining. The different sports are fascinating to watch. And yes, I do wake up early in the morning to watch curling.

 

Well done to Sage Kotsenburg, first ever Olympic Slopestyle Gold & first of Sochi games to USA.
Really enjoyed that , hoped for a UK bronze at one point.

 

Watched it this morning too Owen. Really enjoyed it.
Looking forward to the speed skating

Lesley

 

I'm with Biak. That's the only reason for watching the Winter Olympics. (Disclaimer: I do not wish any harm to any of the participants, but I wouldn't mind seeing them simulating a gymnastic floor routine down the ski hill. :eatpopcorn1: )

 

I like the ski cross event. No score, no timing, just first past the post. Chinese downhill!

 

Great day for UK.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26056289

USA got the Gold but for Team GB to get a Bronze on the snow was unheard of until today.
Gold medals in other events (on ice) over the years but not on snow.

 

I'm still laughing at the commentary :lol:

 

This made me laugh.
Anne Gasser before her first run.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26106599

 

'I can feel my pulse in my small intestine'

'That's not your pulse'

 

Well he brought home the bronze, so give him a break. He had a lot of stiff competition out there so here's to him. Bring on the curlers!

 

Did you see Sarka Pancochova's cracked helmet after her fall?
That could have been nasty.
(Made me think of Schumacher & his accident.)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26056289



http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/snowboarder-cracks-helmet-in-nasty-slopestyle-spill-020914

 

Watched the loop of her fall. Ouch! I don't think it an overstatement to say that helmet saved her life.

 

Seems Sochi is too warm for the games to me.
Few problems today on the slopestyle & halfpipe because of melting snow/ice.

 

so what about this joker: Bobby Illich:

How stupid r u Bobby Illich? Or is it a joke ?
Read this article :
　
International Business Time
By Bobby Ilich on February 11 2014 8:10 AM
　
　
How has one country dominated what amounts to as a niche sport? The answer is quite clear if you consider the culture of the nation of 16 million.
In the Netherlands, skating long distances on ice is a common practice for many, making it only natural they would have interest in distance speed skating in the Olympics. In winter months, skating is a sensible form of transportation, as commuters skate along frozen canals to visit family or friends who live many villages away. Much of the country sits below sea level, so it’s frequently not a particularly arduous journey to travel by skates.
The Dutch begin wearing skates as toddlers, so for some, skating is as common as walking. Some travel for hours and hours on their skates and see nothing strange about it.
Hajima’s father, Hotze, said he once skated 230 kilometers (142 miles) at the age of 29. He didn’t seem to be boasting about it, just making the case that there was an occasion when it was necessary.

Yeah, and all Dutch people walk on wooden shoes….
The most of time temperature is not cold enough to skate at all. The ice needs to be at least 15 cm thick to have a great mass of people to skate on it like in the "Elfstedentocht", the only long-distance skating contest in Holland
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfstedentocht

And what does the fact that most of our country is below sea-level to do with this ??
You think we open the dykes to let the water in like a Tsunami or what ?
According to Bobby i go on skates to work on my skates for 25 miles (at temperatures about 10 Celcius).
Get a life and another job, Bobby. You are a lousy reporter.