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 2010-02-25 7:31 PM in reply to: #2694211 |
Master  1404   Saratoga Springs, Utah |  Subject: RE: A 2010 Winter Olympics watching thread??JoshR - 2010-02-25 6:25 PM Does anyone know if there is a schedule for when the Nordic Combined is going to be on? I'd love to see the US team's finish. All I know is that it is on at 7 PM here in Salt Lake. |
| 2010-02-25 7:36 PM in reply to: #2694129 |
Master 1895  | Subject: RE: A 2010 Winter Olympics watching thread?? blueyedbikergirl - 2010-02-25 7:03 PM It's still very early in the game, but Canada has fought off 3 penalties including a 2-man advantage and is up 2-0 over the US in womens hockey! Woooo Hooooo!!!! Good game...good win by the Canadians. Congrats. |
| 2010-02-25 8:50 PM in reply to: #2692653 |
Master 1585 Folsom (Sacramento), CA | Subject: RE: A 2010 Winter Olympics watching thread?? Global - 2010-02-25 7:19 AM uclamatt2007 - 2010-02-24 10:55 PM Canada was dominant in women's bobsled tonight. It is a little hard to enjoy watching them win though when they had twice as many training runs on the course as anyone else. On a course as difficult as this, that is huge. I know that there is always some home field advantage, but that is a bit much for me. These comments are frustrating to me. The track has been open since December 2007 and has been in the world cup for almost 2 years now. It's not like this track was made 2 months ago and no one has had a chance to go down it. It's no different then anywhere else in the world, most of your practice will be at home and if home is going to be the Olympic course would you not take every opportunity to train there? For the most part the people who win on the world cup are winning here. Yes we do have an edge being at home but so will the Russians in 2014 as will the next host nation. From ESPN: In order to create a great home-field advantage on what is considered the fastest track in the world, the Canadians limited the number of practice runs for foreign competitors to roughly 40, while Canadian sliders took between 150 and 160 practice runs on the track. I know that it is the standard practice, but that doesn't make it right. Especially on a course this difficult. Would it be ok for someone to get 4 times the number of practice runs on a downhill course? The Canada 1 sled set a track record on 3 straight runs. They were definitely the best team that night, but I have to wonder what the result to be if one country didn't get 4x the number of practice runs on arguably the most difficult track in the world |
| 2010-02-25 9:43 PM in reply to: #2668092 |
Pro 4675 Wisconsin near the Twin Cities metro | Subject: RE: A 2010 Winter Olympics watching thread?? gold and silver for the U.S. nordic combined boyzzzz !!!! awesome stuff Edited by Birkierunner 2010-02-25 9:43 PM |
| 2010-02-25 9:52 PM in reply to: #2694419 |
Pro 3906 St Charles, IL | Subject: RE: A 2010 Winter Olympics watching thread?? Birkierunner - 2010-02-25 9:43 PM gold and silver for the U.S. nordic combined boyzzzz !!!! awesome stuff Quite a year for US Nordic team. |
Yeah!!!!!| 2010-02-26 4:07 PM in reply to: #2668092 |
Pro 4578 Vancouver, BC | Subject: RE: A 2010 Winter Olympics watching thread?? Crap. I really don't like the Olympic rules for the speed skating Team Pursuits. |
| 2010-02-26 8:37 PM in reply to: #2668092 |
Expert 994 Clio, MIchigan | Subject: RE: A 2010 Winter Olympics watching thread?? Holy short track speed skating batman. I have never watched. Its crazy. 9 laps for 1000m, thats just over a 100m track. Its unbelieveable that they can go that fast around that tight of a turn. |
| 2010-02-26 10:44 PM in reply to: #2668092 |
Champion 6931 Bellingham, Washington | Subject: RE: A 2010 Winter Olympics watching thread?? It's Official, Canada Vs the USA for Gold in Guy Hockey. Ok I'm stunned, just channel surfed through tv channels and than went online (espn) and found out the status of the Short Track Speed Skating with Apollo Ono....STUPID NBC. TAPE DELAY sucks. Edited by BellinghamSpence 2010-02-26 10:53 PM |
| 2010-02-27 8:41 AM in reply to: #2696580 |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: A 2010 Winter Olympics watching thread?? BellinghamSpence - 2010-02-26 10:44 PM It's Official, Canada Vs the USA for Gold in Guy Hockey. .... Can't wait, especially since the Canadian women beat the USA women's hockey team. |
| 2010-02-27 7:51 PM in reply to: #2668092 |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: A 2010 Winter Olympics watching thread?? Not much happening, peeps? |
| 2010-02-27 7:54 PM in reply to: #2668092 |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: A 2010 Winter Olympics watching thread?? The Canadian woman figure skater is on right now (the who's Mother passed away a few days ago - very, very sad), and I REALLY LIKE the song she's performing to. Anybody know what the song is or who the singer was? |
| 2010-02-27 7:56 PM in reply to: #2697444 |
Extreme Veteran 1996 Halifax, Nova Scotia | Subject: RE: A 2010 Winter Olympics watching thread?? 1stTimeTri - 2010-02-27 9:54 PM The Canadian woman figure skater is on right now (the who's Mother passed away a few days ago - very, very sad), and I REALLY LIKE the song she's performing to. Anybody know what the song is or who the singer was? Celine Dion's 'Vole' or 'Fly' in English |
| 2010-02-27 9:14 PM in reply to: #2697446 |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: A 2010 Winter Olympics watching thread?? blairrob - 2010-02-27 7:56 PM 1stTimeTri - 2010-02-27 9:54 PM The Canadian woman figure skater is on right now (the who's Mother passed away a few days ago - very, very sad), and I REALLY LIKE the song she's performing to. Anybody know what the song is or who the singer was? Celine Dion's 'Vole' or 'Fly' in English Thank you! |
| 2010-02-28 4:44 PM in reply to: #2668092 |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: A 2010 Winter Olympics watching thread?? OVERTIME IN MEN'S HOCKEY!!!! THIS IS GREAT!! |
| 2010-02-28 4:55 PM in reply to: #2668092 |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: A 2010 Winter Olympics watching thread?? Dang. USA Silver in hockey. |
| 2010-02-28 5:21 PM in reply to: #2698417 |
Extreme Veteran 1996 Halifax, Nova Scotia | Subject: RE: A 2010 Winter Olympics watching thread?? 1stTimeTri - 2010-02-28 6:55 PM Dang. USA Silver in hockey. I know the guys are crushed losing like this, but their silver medalists in a field that include the best Russian team ever, Sweden and Finland, last Oly medallists, and pretty darn good Czech and Slovak teams. They should hold their heads very very proudly. oops- wrong thread (sort off) Edited by blairrob 2010-02-28 5:23 PM |
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