Winter Olympics Pyeongchang 2018 - Discussion Thread

[Calderyon]

http://editorial.designtaxi.com/news-winterolymplogo2006/1.jpg

https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/schedule

Starts 9th February 2018. Are you going to watch now that Russia as a nation has been banned from the competition? (individual Russian athletes can still apply to enter under the olympic flag)

[Eddie.]

almost forgot it was that soon! I am gonna watch it, unless they rig it in favour of the competing Russian athletes...

[Calderyon]

^ Why would they rig it for them?

[Eddie.]

Maybe because Russia is a big powerhouse in Winter Sports, so them not in it may decrease the main audience, idk tbh...

[Nicky91]

rooting for Mexico, Japan and Morocco here


Japan can win medals i think, with ski jumping maybe :D

[LeatherTrumpet]

I wish the bobsleigh did a loop the loop and a jump?

thats the problem with Winter Olympics for me, no imagination

[Eddie.]

I wish the bobsleigh did a loop the loop and a jump?

thats the problem with Winter Olympics for me, no imagination

:joker::joker::joker:

[Calderyon]

Maybe because Russia is a big powerhouse in Winter Sports, so them not in it may decrease the main audience, idk tbh...

If that´s the case they wouldn´t have banned them from the Olympics though.
(If they wanted to rig it for them)

Otherwise i do see what you´re saying.

[Calderyon]

rooting for Mexico, Japan and Morocco here


Japan can win medals i think, with ski jumping maybe :D

I think you´ll find that Mexico and Morocco are gonna struggle massively in Winter Olympics. With Moroccans having 3 athletes and Mexico having 2 athletes on the games.

[Shaun]

is that the actual logo in the OP? How drab :(

[Nicky91]

I think you´ll find that Mexico and Morocco are gonna struggle massively in Winter Olympics. With Moroccans having 3 athletes and Mexico having 2 athletes on the games.

no expectations for them, so they can just do their best if it isn't good enough, bad luck

but it is a wonderful experience for them i think :hee:

[Calderyon]

Choosing to root Mexico, Morocco and Japan is pretty random though.

No love for your homeland of Netherlands then?

[Nicky91]

Choosing to root Mexico, Morocco and Japan is pretty random though.

No love for your homeland of Netherlands then?

my homeland well, i already know some are going to win medals very boring ;)


ski jumping is a sport i am starting to really love, some are really good and figure skating also a nice sport, i can see USA getting a few medals there

[Nicky91]

so rooting for Noriaki Kasai, oldest japanese olympian at ski jumping :D 45 yrs old :clap1: i have so much respect for him :worship:

[Nicky91]

Sven Kramer icon will be winning few gold medals for us i am 100% sure about that :smug:

[Denver]

Come Thru Jamaican and Nigerian bobsled team

[Calderyon]

Mixed curling: Finland 0-3 after 3 draws (matches). With 4 matches left and the next one is against Canada, i think its game over. I bet they´re gonna lose every single match on this.

[Nicky91]

Norway 1-2-3 confirmed :cheer: :cheer:

[Calderyon]

I do dislike Norway.

[Calderyon]

Also Finland´s games have been a disappointment so far.

[Nicky91]

Also Finland´s games have been a disappointment so far.

why, that bronze medal was unexpected at skiathlon ladies :hee:


and i still hope for 500m men speed skating Poutala to take that one, at least a medal


Janne Ahonen isn't medal worthy anymore sadly at ski jumping :(

[RileyH]

I do dislike Norway.

well that's not very nice

[Calderyon]

why, that bronze medal was unexpected at skiathlon ladies :hee:


and i still hope for 500m men speed skating Poutala to take that one, at least a medal


Janne Ahonen isn't medal worthy anymore sadly at ski jumping :(

Not that much of a surprise, maybe a little one at best. Pärmäkoski is a good skier. It was nice though. Sadly Sweden won that.

I hope Poutala and/or Koskela can do it. But i have my doubts, since they have a history of choking up in the most important games.

Also Finnish Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined has been in a serious down for quite a long while, so that´s not surprising. I don´t think we´ll ever be on that top level again tbh.

And Ahonen is 40 years old, so i wouldn´t expect him to do good. Just sad that the young ones are also crap at this.

[Calderyon]

Our mixed curling team was an embarrasment, a 1-6 record (wins-losses) and last place in the tournament.

[MTVN]

The moguls skiing is so impressive, must wreak havoc on your knees

Have skiied mogul runs a few times and takes me bloody ages to get down

[MTVN]

Loch :ninja2:

[Eddie.]

What did you all think of the opening ceremony?

[Nicky91]

Lotte Van Beek gonna win gold today at 1500m speed skating :smug:

[LeatherTrumpet]

the Luge was brilliant yesterday. Great to see the German blow it in the final slide

:laugh2:

[Nicky91]

the Luge was brilliant yesterday. Great to see the German blow it in the final slide

:laugh2:

UK haven't won any medals yet LOL :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:

[LeatherTrumpet]

UK haven't won any medals yet LOL :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:

Nicky are you insulting 99.7% of the forum?

[Nicky91]

Nicky are you insulting 99.7% of the forum?

i'm not insulting them, just disappointed


i usually root for TeamGB more than my own country

[Calderyon]

Finland got their second medal, bronze from slope style.

[Nicky91]

Finland got their second medal, bronze from slope style.

yeah unexpected again :D :clap1:

[Calderyon]

yeah unexpected again :D :clap1:

Not that unexpected as she got a medal from Sochi too.

Btw congrats on Netherlands great success on speed skating yet again.

[Livia]

I do love watching speed skating, there's something mesmerising about it. I'd love to have a go...

The luge bothers me. I saw a bit of the men's runs... they push off, lay down and the camera is positioned in such away that they're suddenly coming at you scrotum first. It's not a good look.

[LeatherTrumpet]

That snowboard ladies event yesterday was a total mess

someone could have been killed

[Nicky91]

come on Christie grab that gold medal pls

[smudgie]

Sat on the edge of my chair here.
Come on Elise :cheer:

[Jack_]

Not again D:

[LeatherTrumpet]

oh well

[Jack_]

Imagine if it happens all three times again :worry:

[Nicky91]

poor Elise, and on the dutch forum they are mocking her so much :oh:


''like TeamGB are arrogant and don't deserve to win anything''

[Jack_]

Damn her bf is cute

[Nicky91]

crap Netherlands, i hate my country :yuk:

[Calderyon]

^ That´s not nice.

[Nicky91]

^ That´s not nice.

i know, i felt gutted they had to say nasty crap about a great sportsperson like Elise Christie, she works so hard towards these games and then she was pushed and lost balance


but yeah my country has done well so far in terms of medals, unexpected as well for Yara who wasn't a fave for us at all, that was Suzanne Schulting who flopped in the heats ;)

[Calderyon]

^ Yeah. Netherlands are lucky (well not really as they have worked hard at that) that they have an Olympic winter sports event where very few can touch them and they can dominate.

[Nicky91]

^ Yeah. Netherlands are lucky (well not really as they have worked hard at that) that they have an Olympic winter sports event where very few can touch them and they can dominate.

yes tomorrow 1000m speed skating, and another few dutch have chances at medals

but competition from Austria in Vanessa Herzog, Japan with Kodaira, Norway with Hege Bokko

[Calderyon]

In other news Finland had slight failures on Single Sprints. 5th place was the best place we could do.

Also Finns lost 4-1 to Canada in the Womens Hockey.

[Nicky91]

In other news Finland had slight failures on Single Sprints. 5th place was the best place we could do.

Also Finns lost 4-1 to Canada in the Womens Hockey.

not good, Hockey well losing to Canada was predictable i guess, since they are ice hockey gods

[Calderyon]

not good, Hockey well losing to Canada was predictable i guess, since they are ice hockey gods

On the women´s side that´s true, there are only 2 candidates for either a World Championship or Olympic Gold, Canada and USA. Finns and the others battle for bronze. On the Mens side, well if they had all of their best NHL players, yes. Otherwise, not necessarily.

[MTVN]

Elise Christie absolute disgrace bottling it again

[James]

I hope she wins a medal in one of her remaining events.

[Jack_]

GB Men's curling campaign beginning soon. First round robin match against Switzerland

[Calderyon]

Put bets on Sweden & Norway to win mens competition and Sweden & GB to win womens.

[Jack_]

Radzi is lowkey cute isn't he

[Jessica.]

I'm catching up on the figure skating atm. I wish I was skinny enough to be lifted above someone's head on one arm

[Barry.]

I'm catching up on the figure skating atm. I wish I was skinny enough to be lifted above someone's head on one arm

Tell me about it.

[Nicky91]

another gold medal for us dutchies :love:

[Jack_]

It's so random that Steve Cram does curling commentary :joker:

[Barry.]

Been watchin all night and no uk medals yet.

[smudgie]

Radzi is lowkey cute isn't he

He is absolutely gorgeous.:love:

[James]

It's so random that Steve Cram does curling commentary :joker:

He's a bit awkward at it sometimes.

[Calderyon]

Two surprises on mens hockey:

First Slovenia beat the USA 3-2 after OT and then Slovakia upset the biggest favorite to win this, OAR 3-2 in regular time.

Anyone can win this.

[James]

Good win for GB in Women's curling group match.

[Nicky91]

Sven Kramer flopping :facepalm: :joker:

[Nicky91]

Two surprises on mens hockey:

First Slovenia beat the USA 3-2 after OT and then Slovakia upset the biggest favorite to win this, OAR 3-2 in regular time.

Anyone can win this.

USA with their NHL players blah blah blah :rolleyes:

they played absolutely pathetic

[Jack_]

Third and final runs of the men's skeleton on at 12:30 and 2:15 tonight

GB's Dom Parsons in 4th currently

He's a bit awkward at it sometimes.

It was funny when he kept saying 'the Russians' (meaning OAR) in one game and had to apologise and correct himself :joker: overall I don't think he does a bad job though

[MTVN]

Off work tomorrow so I am going for a late night with the skeleton and some good skiing in the next few hours :hee:

[MTVN]

G'wan Dom, great finish

[Jack_]

Good stuff

[MTVN]

How's this done then, is it best run or average?

[James]

How's this done then, is it best run or average?

Total time.

Going to be a while before the leaders go again.

[Jack_]

Fastest combined time when all four runs are aggregated I believe

Don't quote me on that though

[MTVN]

Thanks, makes sense. Is gonna be so tight for that medal for Parsons then

[Jack_]

The business end then :pipe: let's do this Dom!

[Jack_]

God that's awful

[MTVN]

Fuuuuuccckkkkk

[Jack_]

NOOOOOOO that's excruciating

[Denver]

That Russian is probs in drugs

[Denver]

Yesss

[MTVN]

Wow

[Jack_]

The ****ing scenes

[Jack_]

What a great tension building sport this is

[MTVN]

Bloody love the drama of this

[MTVN]

Feels mean to celebrate the mistake of another athlete but ah well, we need a bloody medal

[Denver]

Our 1st medal in this event for 70 years

[Denver]

How Lizzy retains her gold

[Nicky91]

poor Shiffrin, but she already has won so much despite still being so young

[Calderyon]

After yesterday, Finland now has 3 bronze medals.

[Headie]

https://media.giphy.com/media/l4pSZ7834JVLsOHy8/giphy.gif

[Cherie]

Great 1500 heat for Elise, nervous for her semi final :worry:

[Nicky91]

Great 1500 heat for Elise, nervous for her semi final :worry:

pressure will get to her i think as usual to every fave here at pyeongchang :fist:

[Nicky91]

LOL Christie fell again :joker: :joker: :joker: :joker:

[Cherie]

Just knew that would happen, I hope she can compete in the 1,000 :worry:

[Jack_]

It's going to happen three times again isn't it :worry:

She's gonna be like Jimmy White, six world finals and not a single win

[Denver]

I dont think she is strong enough to get past it

[Jack_]

Come on ladies :clap2:

[Cherie]

She will be competing on Tuesday, she needs to get out in front and stay there :worry:

[Denver]

Yes at Gold and Bronze for Britain

[Jack_]

YAAAAAASSSSSS dbdgdh

[Denver]

Lizzie a 2 time Olympic Champion :flutter:

[Cherie]

Lizzie and Laura :love:

[Nicky91]

I dont think she is strong enough to get past it

me neither, and she fell really hard i hope she didn't injure herself

[MTVN]

Bet Elise Christie will be delighted she gets to continue her pity party :rolleyes: poor little Elise always taking out other athletes

[Jack_]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/43100655

:joker: :D

[Nicky91]

Bet Elise Christie will be delighted she gets to continue her pity party :rolleyes: poor little Elise always taking out other athletes

karma is a bitch :laugh:


i hope she would learn her lesson now and just have more respect for other athletes

[Calderyon]

Poutala 4th losing by just a mere 0,03 seconds to the bronze medal winner. So close, but nothing out of the ordinary for Finland.

That´s gotta hurt though. There was so much hype around of us getting a medal from this. And this is the result.

And yet another Norwegian gold medal.

[Jack_]

It's going to happen three times again isn't it :worry:

She's gonna be like Jimmy White, six world finals and not a single win

Yep

And she said she'll be back for Beijing :umm2: **** going through another four years for that again, I'd be retiring

[Denver]

As i said she doesnt have the strength to get past it

[LeatherTrumpet]

get her in cbb

[Jack_]

Great match for GB women over Canada in the curling, our victory has just secured a place in the playoffs and knocked them out in the process :pipe:

[James]

I've been watching all night. :S Curling, Snowboard Big Air, Ski Cross, then more curling.

[parmnion]

Fell asleep..chuffed they won..go girls.

[Jack_]

GB men in a tiebreaker match to make it to the playoffs

5-4 to us with two ends to play

[Jack_]

What a ****ing waste :umm2:

[Jack_]

Still fuming, all that thrown away for nothing

You don't need to know a lot about curling to realise it was just a dumb shot

Bin em off and start afresh for 2022

[Denver]

Still fuming, all that thrown away for nothing

You don't need to know a lot about curling to realise it was just a dumb shot

Bin em off and start afresh for 2022

The skipper is the younger brother of the womens team skipper talk about keeping it in a family

[Denver]

****ing screaming at Elise Cristie's toyboy boyfreind winning gold as she failed again

[Denver]

GB just need to give up curling totally useless

[Denver]

Or at least take the Scottish woman out

[Jack_]

And now Sweden steal 3 to lead by 5 in the semi final when we had the ****ing hammer :rolleyes:

send them all to the scrap heap

[MTVN]

Muirhead </3

[Denver]

We got bronze in Mens Big Air

[Denver]

This is team GB's biggest medal tally in history

[Jack_]

Damn I didn't bother checking what was on tonight cause I didn't think there'd be much

Good stuff tho

[Denver]

Bobsliegh could give us another potential medal

[Shaun]

Have hardly watched anything but gave that Big Jump a watch on a whim, so glad I did. Completely unexpected :love: really sweet hearing the commentator in tears, too.

[Denver]

We just missed out on Apline Team Event Semi by a small tie break margin

[Jack_]

Appalling :idc:

[Calderyon]

Finland finally got their first gold medal in the games, on 50 km Classic. :clap1:

[James]

Just looked at the medal table - Britain has the same medals as Finland: 1 Gold and 4 bronze.

Germany leading ahead of Norway.

[Jack_]

Loving the Korean Stereo Kicks

[Jack_]

omg Martin Garrix?!

IT'S GOING OFF :cheer2:

[Nicky91]

Martin Garrix :yuk:

[Jack_]

who needs the Spice Girls when you can have this? :clap1: