2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Thread

[dbackjon]

Opening Ceremonies tonight!


USA!

USA!!

[dbackjon]

Medal Predictions:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/o ... ?eref=sihp

[dbackjon]

SKI JUMPING starts today

[CatMom]

kudos to our Canadian brothers. The Opening Ceremony has been pretty damn awesome. (ok, except that Olympic Hymn)

[BlueHen86]

I didn't see much of the ceremony, but I thought it was cool when NBC showed how Canada helped smuggle some American embassy workers out of Iran in 1979 and also Canada's response on 9/11 when they allowed planes to land there because the US had grounded all planes.

[T-Dog]

Yeah, that was weak. London will have an easy time topping that. Some cool moments, but most of it looked like a stoner's cliffnotes version of Canadian history.

[Col Hogan]

Eight years ago, I worked at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics...great time, really cool people to hang with...

I'll have to find my pin collection some day and dust it off...

How time flys...

[Mountaineer]

Not a bad opener I thought. A little Canadiana and I always enjoy watching the parade of nations.

[Grizo406]

Not a bad opener I thought. A little Canadiana and I always enjoy watching the parade of nations.

Agree, but what disappointed me was that I didn't see Georges St-Pierre in attendance!

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Saw him at a bar last week and left him on the ground in the parking lot.............if you know what I mean and I know you do.


Fairly certain thats why he didnt show up.

[BDKJMU]

Opening ceremonies are so gay.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

True, but that is why they are such a hit on here........

[93henfan]

Whoever invented short-track speed skating deserves a beer.

The regular track event is sooooo fucking boring.

[CatMom]

Whoever invented short-track speed skating deserves a beer.

The regular track event is sooooo fucking boring.

the 5000 is, the others aren't as bad.

[Grizalltheway]

Whoever invented short-track speed skating deserves a beer.

The regular track event is sooooo fucking boring.

True dat. I imagine it's one of those things you can only really get into if you've done it before; being able to appreciate the strategy and all that.

[93henfan]

Women's biathlon has the potential to be a phenomenal sport. You already have chicks and guns. If they could just weed out the bulldykes, make the event topless, and have one final segment where the women stop at a keg, fill several steins with beer, and then finish by dropping off the steins at a table of male judges, it would really be the ultimate sport in the world.

[ASUMountaineer]

Not a bad opener I thought. A little Canadiana and I always enjoy watching the parade of nations.

Yeah, it went well with my Labatt Blue.

[Ivytalk]

Where the hell is the G.D. snow???

We all know that Vancouver is rainy, but this is nucking futz!

[dbackjon]

USA picks up 4 medals, including one gold to lead the medal standings after one day.
South Korea is the only other country with multiple medals, a gold and a silver

[dbackjon]

US gets a silver and a bronze in 1500 m Short Track as Apollo Ono becomes the most decorated US athlete, ever.


Hannah Kearney wins the Gold in Ladies Freestyle Moguls.

[BlueHen86]

SKI JUMPING starts today

Is that the event where the skiers try to jump the farthest, but a judge picks the winner? I never understood the point in have a judge. Seems pretty simple, jump further than everyone else = win.

[Fresno St. Alum]

what is fucking lame is that the olympics are in my timezone and the shit is still on tape delay, so the fucking east can see it live, while I wait 3 hours. ESPN ruins the fucking results. Can't watch college bball unless I wanna find out who won 3 hours ahead of time. Ummm Monday Night football aint on tape delay neither should the olympics.

[Shellin]

what is **** lame is that the olympics are in my timezone and the **** is still on tape delay, so the **** east can see it live, while I wait 3 hours. ESPN ruins the **** results. Can't watch college bball unless I wanna find out who won 3 hours ahead of time. Ummm Monday Night football aint on tape delay neither should the olympics.

Yeah, I completely agree, bogus.

[93henfan]

what is fucking lame is that the olympics are in my timezone and the shit is still on tape delay, so the fucking east can see it live, while I wait 3 hours. ESPN ruins the fucking results. Can't watch college bball unless I wanna find out who won 3 hours ahead of time. Ummm Monday Night football aint on tape delay neither should the olympics.

ECB: It's what's for dinner.

On a serious note, that truly is BS.

[tribe_pride]

US gets a silver and a bronze in 1500 m Short Track as Apollo Ono becomes the most decorated US athlete, ever.


Hannah Kearney wins the Gold in Ladies Freestyle Moguls.

Thank you South Korea.