Sochi Olympics!!

[Gillipig]

[Gillipig]

[AslanTheKing]

oh man
7 years of preparation and building and wasting how many Mrds of Euro?
what for?
for bad publicity
where are the standards?

[JBlombier]

Hup Holland Hup!

[betiko]

Hup Holland Hup!

you guys are kicking ass with skates.

we are getting our medals from biathlon so far...

watched a bit of the men ski freestlye, holly shit seriously with those legs.... how can they have so much energy this is nuts!

[DoomYoshi]

I had Japan at 220 000:1 to win both the most gold medals and the most medals.

Not looking good.

[betiko]

I had Japan at 220 000:1 to win both the most gold medals and the most medals.

Not looking good.

The japs aren t that bad in winter olympics mate. They usually finish top 10.

[DoomYoshi]

I think you have Japan confused with another country with a red and white flag.

[betiko]

I think you have Japan confused with another country with a red and white flag.

That one finishes top 5.

But maybe it s nagano, and i forgot how the japs ended in vancouver.
Take the koreans for example, they get tons of skating medals, like the dutch, it s the only think they now to do with ice/snow but they are damn good at it.

[AndyDufresne]

http://www.gamesonly.com/fun-games/puti ... -game.html

Putin in a pink tutu ice dancing.


--Andy

[notyou2]

GO CANADA GO!!!!!!

[Ray Rider]

Gotta brag while Canada's in the lead, right?

[Phatscotty]

My first, slightly sexist, observation so far is that Mens are startlingly better at flipping and spinning than Woman are. I didn't think the difference would be so extreme but triple back flips and BS 1440's vs cab 360's... It really struck me as odd.

It's not sexist. With exceptions, men are better than women at some things, women are better than men at some things, and that is perfectly okay.

[Lootifer]

The sexist bit is that is was my first observation - prob slightly bad sign that the first thing I think is "lol girls suck". But thats ok, first step to rehab is admitting you have a problem

[betiko]

Kiwis have awesome mountains yet they suck at winter olympics. What s up with that?

[Lootifer]

We dont have proper winters compared to European countries; e.g. stuff like freestyle skiing simply doesnt exist because snow doesnt make it to flat land. That and we have a proportionately low population; we can only be good at so many things before we exceed our talent pool: Winter olympic sports come after a long list of sports NZ cares way more about like Rugby (and Rugby League), Rowing, Cricket, Swimming, Sailing, Triathlon, Horse riding, Netball, Basketball, Hockey (not the icy variety), Kayaking, Car racing and a whole bunch of other stuff.

Also our mountains suck compared to US/Canada/European countries. The only reason we have an ok reputation is because there's very few Southern hemiphere countries that have ANY mountains at all.

[DoomYoshi]

Go to Revelstoke now - its almost 100% Aussies, Kiwis and a few germans.

[DoomYoshi]

I think you have Japan confused with another country with a red and white flag.

That one finishes top 5.

No, Austria only finished 2nd in Innsbruck and Cortina d'Ampezzo, 3rd in Turin and Chamonix and 4th in Albertville and Lake Placid; 5th in Grenoble and Oslo.

The Chamonix barely counts, they did that with 3 medals.

So out of 21 games, Austria has been top 5 8 times, top 10 20 times and not placed in the top 10 only once.

I wouldn't say "that one finishes top 5"


Then I thought... maybe he is talking about Switzerland... but they are also normally top 10 but not normally top 5:
Switzerland has 5 top 5, 15 top 10, 6 not placed

Switzerland kind of sucks at Olympics. When they hosted, they got 1 bronze.

Japan is a dark horse. In Sapporo, they ended up 11th.

[betiko]

I think you have Japan confused with another country with a red and white flag.

That one finishes top 5.

No, Austria only finished 2nd in Innsbruck and Cortina d'Ampezzo, 3rd in Turin and Chamonix and 4th in Albertville and Lake Placid; 5th in Grenoble and Oslo.

The Chamonix barely counts, they did that with 3 medals.

So out of 21 games, Austria has been top 5 8 times, top 10 20 times and not placed in the top 10 only once.

I wouldn't say "that one finishes top 5"


Then I thought... maybe he is talking about Switzerland... but they are also normally top 10 but not normally top 5:
Switzerland has 5 top 5, 15 top 10, 6 not placed

Switzerland kind of sucks at Olympics. When they hosted, they got 1 bronze.

Japan is a dark horse. In Sapporo, they ended up 11th.

nope norway!!!! crap that needs a bit of blue... ok you got me. well I was talking about peru actually. great machu pichu skiers.

at loot: you are right. I guess skiing in the southern hemisphere isn't that popular, so when people want to go skiing in the "summer" they usually go to new zealand. This sounds pretty amazing for people who don't know what the ski resorts look like, maybe it's overrated. There isn't any big ski resortsin the Andes or anywhere in South America?

[betiko]

Ohhh my godd Shaun White 4th!!!!

And double japs silver & bronze!!

Too bad for Shaun, this guy is sooo above the rest. I m really amazed... 3 mistakes!! And he managed to keep an amplitude and not to fall... This guy s ballance is nuts!

[DoomYoshi]

So Slovenia is cheating in both Cross-Country and Biathlon. Check under their helmets, they might be men.

[betiko]

No one watched the half pipe then??
I heard it s the one that gets the best audience, and Shaun White is the best paid wintersports athlete.

Anyways, why are Norwegians always so good and Swedes always so bad? I know they have almost no mountains, but any cross country, biathlon ect doesn t need mountains.

[oVo]

Ohhh my godd Shaun White 4th!!!!

And double japs silver & bronze!!

Too bad for Shaun, this guy is sooo above the rest. I m really amazed... 3 mistakes!! And he managed to keep an amplitude and not to fall... This guy s ballance is nuts!

The Halfpipe itself was kind of a mess, even though crews there worked their butts off attempting to make it better, but the temperature isn't cooperating. I realize all competitors have to deal with the same rough surface and slop in the flats and Shaun just came up short. His 95.5 semi qualifier was the high mark of the event, but he couldn't match it in the finals.

Shaun White is still great in the Halfpipe and so is Russian born Swiss team Iouri Podladtchikov who won the Gold. A three peat isn't easy at the Winter Olympics.

[betiko]

Maybe others can do the same tricks, but his style and fluidity are like no other. Also he goes higher than anyone.

[Draq]

No one watched the half pipe then??
I heard it s the one that gets the best audience, and Shaun White is the best paid wintersports athlete.

Anyways, why are Norwegians always so good and Swedes always so bad? I know they have almost no mountains, but any cross country, biathlon ect doesn t need mountains.

I can answer that. Cause we only care about real sports like hockey. Cross-country, biathlon, snowboard, curling etc. is marginal sports that people only care about every fourth year. Norways hockeyteam sucks so they have to make up for it in the marginal sports.