The 2010 Winter Olympics - GB Medals, G:1 S:0 B:0

[ILoveTRW]

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The Torch has just made it to Canada ready for the games that start on February the 12th

Chat about all things related here :spin:

[ILoveTRW]

10 days to go

[King Gizzard]

Jamaica we have a bobsleigh team

[Loukas]

Jamaica we have a bobsleigh team

Such an amazing film! <3

[Captain.Remy]

Russia is going to take it all, watch out for them. So says my dad. :hugesmile: I officially can't wait for this.

Winter Games > Summer Games.

[King Gizzard]

I wish there was more coverage on BBC

as far as i was aware last time most of the coverage was on eurosport wasnt it?

[BigSister]

theres some on bbc2 i think not much though

[ILoveTRW]

with it being in canada and on the west coast most of the stuff will be happening while we are a sleep, but i think there will be a round up show on every night, but im not sure

[ILoveTRW]

Russia is going to take it all, watch out for them. So says my dad. :hugesmile: I officially can't wait for this.

Winter Games > Summer Games.

i do prefer winter sports but i will hopefully be in london (at uni) when the summer games come over here

[Captain.Remy]

i do prefer winter sports but i will hopefully be in london (at uni) when the summer games come over here

I'll definitely go to the London ones in 2012 (if I don't already live there) as it's in Europe for once !

But I love winter games so badly, thanks God I'm on holidays when they're on. I will get glued to my computer and TV all day long.

[King Gizzard]

Anti Doping Agency say already 30 people have been caught and prevented from competing lol

[Captain.Remy]

Tonight is the night !!! It starts at 2:45 French time so I don't think I will go out tonight. I will sleep a bit before watching it. Should be good ! :hugesmile:

[ILoveTRW]

BBC2, 1:45 in the UK

[King Gizzard]

There going to be a big ceremony?

[Captain.Remy]

There going to be a big ceremony?

As usual. :thumbs: It will last about 3 hours.

[James]

This is very sad news, and casts a shadow over the start of the games...


Olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili dies after crash


The death of a luge competitor who left the track at high speed has cast a shadow over the Winter Olympics in Canada ahead of the opening ceremony.

Georgian Nodar Kumaritashvili's sled flipped and he smashed into a steel pole at the Whistler Sliding Centre, killing the 21-year-old.

It happened hours before the ceremony to open the Vancouver Games.

Georgia confirmed they will compete in the Games as a tribute to him and will march as scheduled at the ceremony.


News article - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/luge/8513595.stm

[Iceman]

Jesus, what a sad way to start the games....:(

[Iceman]

Jamaica we have a bobsleigh team

Ireland, Yes i did say Ireland have a bobsleigh team :shocked:

[ILoveTRW]

skiing is so dangerous especially at high speeds

[Iceman]

skiing is so dangerous especially at high speeds

Yeah was watching one of the last few events before these olympics and some major injuries happening just before there sports biggest event, gotta feel bad/sad for them.....


James, maybe this could do with a sticky for the next while aswell???:conf::spin:

[Iceman]

Thank you James! :)

[ILoveTRW]

about to start, whos watching?

[Iceman]

I'm watching for a bit! :)

Talking about the death :(:(:(

[ILoveTRW]

ohhh he wasnt a skier :shocked: the news lied to me :bawling:

[Iceman]

Only 21 its so sad.....poor guy trying to perfect his technique :(:(

[Iceman]

http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/sport/world-cup-2010/luge-death-at-winter-olympics/20100213-nxxx.html?selectedImage=1

Pictures of the incident

[ILoveTRW]

thats just sick

[Iceman]

thats just sick

It looks like he just wrapped around the barrier......hopefully he died quickly so he wasnt in too much pain....

[Iceman]

apparently they're reaching speeds of 185kph.....one of the fastest tracks they've had......

[ILoveTRW]

anyway life goes on, start with the ceremony already

[Iceman]

anyway life goes on, start with the ceremony already

You have a very get to the point attitude dont you?:joker::joker:

I agree though, there's the rest of the games to mourn the loss, let the people who turned out and tuned in enjoy the ceremnoy

[Claymores]

It is awful they showing a death in slo-mo on Sky. Hopefully by tomorrow they have a wee think and cut the pictures before you actually see it.

[Iceman]

It is awful they showing a death in slo-mo on Sky. Hopefully by tomorrow they have a wee think and cut the pictures before you actually see it.

I havent actually seen that i was just looking for ifo on what happened, on the net and found them, very insensitive...

[King Gizzard]

Just saw it on liveleak

I dont get emotional to often, not crying but emotional, but i did when i saw that

no movement, straight away it seems :(


let the games be a tribute to him

[ILoveTRW]

I suppose this is the kind of tragedy were going to have expect for 2012 although then it will be 50 people burning to death on the tube :(

shame really :(

[Iceman]

Just saw it on liveleak

I dont get emotional to often, not crying but emotional, but i did when i saw that

no movement, straight away it seems :(


let the games be a tribute to him

Like Ayrton Senna's Death almost as soon as you watch that crash you see his head move and then he stops, you know you just watched someone die in front of you......

[King Gizzard]

the fck is that lol

[Iceman]

Did anyone else think the mics weren't working for the start fo that or a problem with them, very echoey....

also what a set on her:shocked: lungs you filthy mided people ;)

[Iceman]

Them statue things look like giant Jedwards :(

[King Gizzard]

yeah get the bobsleigh and ice hockey started please

[ILoveTRW]

why do native north americans aways look Chinese?

[King Gizzard]

My middle name is Native canadian no joke

[ILoveTRW]

i wonder if Canadian understand what the **** is going on lol

i certainly dont

[King Gizzard]

Okay funny men dancing around massive dildos

[Iceman]

yeah get the bobsleigh and ice hockey started please

Is there any events for today/night?

[King Gizzard]

don't think so

[King Gizzard]

Keep thinking Andorra is in Africa,

was like WTF lol

[Shaun]

Sister Macarena. *giggles*

I'm imagining a nun dancing to Los Del Rio.

[King Gizzard]

I swear they just ssaid 'Maria Bellend'

[ILoveTRW]

Australias got a hottie

[King Gizzard]

So jealous think my cousin lives near enough to vancouver and is going to some events

[King Gizzard]

love it how they all have there own cameras

you'd think only one needs to film it

[King Gizzard]

bermuda lol!!!!

[Iceman]

Ireland sent 6 people LMFAO

[King Gizzard]

Cayman islands had 4 :laugh:

[ILoveTRW]

ewww china

[King Gizzard]

Georgia going to come out?

[ILoveTRW]

Georgia going to come out?

probably, they will do it for the cheers

cynical i know

[ILoveTRW]

North Korea lol

surprised they were allowed out of the country

[Shaun]

I love the tiny teams.

[King Gizzard]

since when did they change their name

[King Gizzard]

I am waiting for Jamaica to come out any minute but I know it ll never happen </3

[Shaun]

North Korea? They go by the Democratic Republic of Korea I think.

[Iceman]

Right I gotta go now guys, niece is knocking down before she has training at 9 :(

Cheer for ireland when we come out were only ickle!!!

[Shaun]

Ethiopia!? Winter?!

[King Gizzard]

The random people dancing off beat with the music on the sides...

[Iceman]

Ethiopia!? Winter?!

LOL i know all 3 of them, they couldnt hack the running in normal olympics!!

[King Gizzard]

Didn't know there was a cross country event

[Iceman]

Gonna wait and watch Ireland come out

[King Gizzard]

must admit i dont know any of the great british athletes

dont know any athletes all together actually

[Iceman]

get rid of this former republic bollocks.....just call themselves Macedonia

[ILoveTRW]

i feel sorry for those native Canadians on the stage that having been dancing for the past hour

slave labor is still alive and well in Canada

[Claymores]

For some reason everybody that I worked with that was Canadian came from Yellowknife - happened in 3 workplaces yet Yellowknife is a small place in wilderness I only like Canada for this eclectic reason - cmon Yellowfnife Gold Winners

[ILoveTRW]

ohhh piss off

[Shaun]

aw :(

[King Gizzard]

Georgia

[King Gizzard]

:(

[ILoveTRW]

i wonder if the UK will be booed

[Iceman]

felt very sad there..........:(

[ILoveTRW]

Remember uk is any second now

[King Gizzard]

germany with there stupid little flags

we know who you are you bellends

[Iceman]

i wonder if the UK will be booed

why would they?

[Claymores]

get rid of this former republic bollocks.....just call themselves Macedonia

Scotland - the former area of England?

[ILoveTRW]

why would they?

dont Canadians hate the uk?

[King Gizzard]

the dancing really doesnt go with the music

[King Gizzard]

GHANA!!!!!!!!!

omg my beloved Ghana

[Iceman]

dont Canadians hate the uk?

I dunno thought it was just a cnadian hate towards america and vice versa

[King Gizzard]

oh god weve got them dumb flags too

[Iceman]

GHANA!!!!!!!!!

omg my beloved Ghana

remember there our world cup team mate!:dance:

[King Gizzard]

I swear that was just twilight there in our pack LOL!!!

[Claymores]

why would they?

Canadians hate the English - comes from Highland Clearances when youz evicted a lot across the bid pond - they would cheer Scottish - many places in west Canada have Gaelic names

[ILoveTRW]

I dunno thought it was just a cnadian hate towards america and vice versa

well we did colonise them so i thought they might have the same sort of attitude and Ireland, Scotland and Wales

[Iceman]

Ireland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Iceman]

nearly ireland! lol

[Iceman]

woop!

[King Gizzard]

good god what the hell are they wearing

[King Gizzard]

whos that girl holding your flag? i would

[ILoveTRW]

India

the fck


lol

india has mountains lol

ever heard of the Himalayas lol

[Iceman]

right ill leave claymores to explain some colonisation and history to you lot, i couldnt be arsed listening! Night all enjoy! :)

[Claymores]

Ireland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oops you're not english

[Iceman]

whos that girl holding your flag? i would

I dunno but my trusty google will help me find her! ;)

[Iceman]

oops you're not english

I thought you were just having a go for the hell of it....i didnt wanna interfere:bawling:

[Iceman]

Jamaica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope he gets a gold medal

[King Gizzard]

Jamaica!!

[ILoveTRW]

borat

[Iceman]

right im actually off now night all!

[King Gizzard]

there is another 2 hours of opening ceremony

i wont last

[ILoveTRW]

im going to bed at 3

[King Gizzard]

midayish there is a opening ceremony round up anyway

[Claymores]

I thought you were just having a go for the hell of it....i didnt wanna interfere:bawling:

Scumacher is a difficult ID to guess you Irish pal! Call yourself Eddie Irvine!

[Claymores]

Why didn't Canada have Celine Dion singing with Terence & Philip???????

[Iceman]

Scumacher is a difficult ID to guess you Irish pal! Call yourself Eddie Irvine!

Maybe Adam Carroll = A1GP Champion!!


anyway watched a bit more last night, really good after all that pointless dancing on the spot finished....

[Captain.Remy]

I loved that opening ceremony. Well, I always do but this one was so winterish and warm and cool. :hugesmile:

[Claymores]

I loved that opening ceremony. Well, I always do but this one was so winterish and warm and cool. :hugesmile:

It's a great stadium - CFL (Canadian American Football League) from there is great - and it was quite spectacular tho some of the dancing by the 'extras' was a bit suspect!

[Claymores]

Maybe Adam Carroll = A1GP Champion!!


anyway watched a bit more last night, really good after all that pointless dancing on the spot finished....

oops - not an A1 Fan so excuse my ignorance - I'll just call you Carol from now on :joker:

[King Gizzard]

Luge track wall has been modified, raised by half a metre

[Iceman]

That's good, shame they didn't do it before hand

[King Gizzard]

Think its all downhill skiing tonight, and the ice-racing whatsitcalled

[Iceman]

Think its all downhill skiing tonight, and the ice-racing whatsitcalled

Eurosport have something on now....not watching though, watching West Brom match on Setanta...then Rugby at half past

[bronaaaa]

I love downhill skiing..I hope Benjamin Raich's in it :lovedup:

[BigSister]

Theres a few people from north west in GB team and a few from Blackburn as well they were in local paper. Krystian is from where we live whos married/engaged (Cant remember which 1 lol) to Shelley Rudman I remember him from last time so was kinda surprised. Hope we get a few medals oh and its sad about the luge guy as well

[ILoveTRW]

Theres a few people from north west in GB team and a few from Blackburn as well they were in local paper. Krystian is from where we live whos married/engaged (Cant remember which 1 lol) to Shelley Rudman I remember him from last time so was kinda surprised. Hope we get a few medals oh and its sad about the luge guy as well

theres one from rossendale as well

[BigSister]

Theres about 5 i was quite surprised although winter sports arent the biggest in England

[ILoveTRW]

this programme is pointless, nothing has even started yet

[ILoveTRW]

spoke to soon ski jumping is on

[BigSister]

I like curling the best oh and skiling and ice skating. And that one where they slide on what looks like a teatray

[ILoveTRW]

Skiing>Speed Skating>Bobsleigh>Hockey>Curling>Ice Skating

[King Gizzard]

Bobsleigh, Icehockey, Snowboarding half pipe thingymajigg


all the ski racing and generally skiing is boring to me

[ILoveTRW]

first gold goes to switerland

[BigSister]

oh i like the bobsleigh as well

[King Gizzard]

the schedule

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-schedule-results/

[King Gizzard]

actually dont think thats our time zone

[setanta]

That Ski Jump comp was great.

[BigSister]

aww no medals for us yet but its just the first day

[Captain.Remy]

1st Medal Bronze for France in Biathlon. :D

[Shaun]

omg, the americans are ice-skating to a piece of music from Love Actually. I LOVE this score.

[King Gizzard]

Canada win gold in the mens Moguls

it was epic first time id heard of it/watched it

[Crimson Dynamo]

The BBC have buried this winter Olympics late in the tv schedule so I guess they do not think it will be popular.

[kjtnation]

The GB are rubbish anyway.

[King Gizzard]

Its late because thats when it takes place over there...remember theyre 5 hours behind us or whatever it is in Vancouver

[King Gizzard]

http://winterolympics.external.bbc.co.uk/event-results-schedules/index.html


A great full schedule table in our time..

Bobsleigh aint for a few days yet

[BigSister]

i think curlings this week as well

[ILoveTRW]

love the moguls

[King Gizzard]

haha ive watched the moguls 4 times via the red button

[Captain.Remy]

France leading the leaderboard with 2 gold medals and one bronze medal. :thumbs:

[setanta]

Alpine skiing on today. Wonderful.

[ILoveTRW]

Alpine skiing on today. Wonderful.

is that the slalom

[setanta]

Nah, downhill today. Slalom is in a few days I think.

[King Gizzard]

snowboarding on bbc3!!! much better than skiing for me

[setanta]

Did you see the girl showboating at the end of her race in 2006 and falling on her arse? She lost the gold because of it.

[Iceman]

Did you see the girl showboating at the end of her race in 2006 and falling on her arse? She lost the gold because of it.

Yeah right at the end!!! what an idiot!!

anyway coverage on BBC2 starts now i think!

[setanta]

Yeah right at the end!!! what an idiot!!

anyway coverage on BBC2 starts now i think!

What an eejit. I'd say she's had many a sleepless night over that one. Wonder when the girls snowboarding starts. Be very interested to see how she performs.

[King Gizzard]

Mens Curling has just started. On the red button

GBR vs Sweden

We're the favourites along with the Canadians

[King Gizzard]

Boarders cross was brilliant

much better than skiing and more exciting

Westcott is leaps and bounds ahead of the rest I bet he knew he was going to win even when he was in 4th place

[setanta]

yeah, he's class but I also think Fagan was great, just got impeded in the semi by a faller. He would have pushed him for gold.

[King Gizzard]

Start of the mens ice hockey last night

USA 3 - 1 Switzerland

Canada 8 - Norway 0

[setanta]

Anybody watch the snowboarding halfpipe last night? Absolutely incredible stuff.

[setanta]

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Bad quality but the only one I could find. This man is amazing.

[King Gizzard]

yeah hes amazing

loved the japanese dreadlocks guy too was gutted when he just missed out on nailing it


some dodgey judging in the final i think as well, the swiss guy was heavily undermarked in the first round of the final

[setanta]

yeah hes amazing

loved the japanese dreadlocks guy too was gutted when he just missed out on nailing it


some dodgey judging in the final i think as well, the swiss guy was heavily undermarked in the first round of the final

Yeah, the dreadlocks guy has great potential and it was a real shame to see him fall at the end cuz he defo would have gotten in the medals. Love his style. Still has a long way to go to top this fella though.

Yeah, thought there were a few dodgy scoring decisions myself too actually.

[Lewis.]

It's hilarious that we can own most people at the olympics.. but suck at the winter olympics.

[King Gizzard]

Skeleton starts today or tommorow, its the luge but you ride on your front, and I think GBR is the most successful country ever in that event if I heard correctly on the coverage last night

[setanta]

Yeah, there's an Irish lad going in that one. I'll be watching through my fingers!

[BigSister]

Yeah we won a medal in that last time around and shes in this this year Shelley Rudman and her fiancee i think it is is going in the male event and hes a local lad so fingers crossed for both of them

[Jayson]

Snowboarding was excellent last night.

[King Gizzard]

Snowboarding looks so easy but I've heard its so so hard

[King Gizzard]

Some Japanese guy in the skiing with my middle name as his surname, Kasai

[BigSister]

Someone needs to update the title ^_^

[King Gizzard]

lol indeed

havnt watched it over the past few days :\

been catching up on the website though

[James]

Hah, the Ski cross is great. :D

[Raph]

Simon Amman (from Switzerland) was FAB the other day, blew me away! (:

[ILoveTRW]

all coming to an end tonight *weeps*

[Iceman]

I reckon this could be unstickied now.......aswell as boxing maybe....

[James]

Strange, I was just doing that and then I saw your post lol.

[Iceman]

Strange, I was just doing that and then I saw your post lol.

I iz in ur head stealin ur thouthz