Olympics

[Imran Siddiqui]

I heard on the radio, just a bit ago, that the ratings of this Olympics are down a full 6 points compared to 2002 (Salt Lake City)...

Let's see an Olympics in the home country, where all the sports are live, compared to an Olympics hours away, where most of the primetime sports are tape delayed. I wonder why the ratings would be down.

Moron.

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US and Japan's women curling teams are HOT! I'd hit it .

[Winston]

Denmark will win the Women's Curling.

And I will assume the name McPaulPaul I when elected Pope.

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
US and Japan's women curling teams are HOT! I'd hit it .

I only thought one of the Japanese girls on that team was hot. Three on the US team though.

However, this was the first curling match I've ever seen, so I was a bit distracted trying to figure out what was going on. So it's basically oversized shuffleboard?

[Imran Siddiqui]

On ice

And it goes on a bit longer than shuffleboard, with 'innings' and a total time limit. GREAT GAME

[DaShi]

However, it seems that whoever gets the last play has the advantage.

[Imran Siddiqui]

More on curling:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling

However, it seems that whoever gets the last play has the advantage.

Yes, whoever has the 'hammer' does have an advantage in their end. But the losing team of an end gets the hammer in the next one.

[DaShi]

I see. I was flicking between that, CNN, and CN so I wasn't following it too closely.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Krill
Germany cleaned up in the Womens Luge...

Props to Germany, it was really filthy in there....oh. I thought you said "women's loo".

[Illur]

Sweden pwns

And today the fun begins! Hockey!

[Serb]

Originally posted by Arrian
I find it impossible to see tha halfpipe as an Olympic sport.

-Arrian

Thanks to your lobbyists it is. Halfpipe gave you two golden and two silver medals out of your total 7 medals (5G+2S). Without those medals you would be only third in the current standing.

Anyhow, we still have more medals than you do.(4G+3S+2B).


RUSSIA!!!

[Datajack Franit]

TOVARISH!

[Az]

Personally, I think the number of medals is as important as the number of Gold ones.

Norge

[Serb]

Originally posted by Berzerker
sheesh, they still got the silver after that? I mean, it was really amazing to see her get up from that and resume the performance and finish, but c'mon. Anyway, China takes 2-4th and the Russkies won the gold.

Sure, we have not lost a single Olympic gold in Pairs Figure Skating since 1964. We pwn absolutely everyone in this discipline.

Btw, the Russkies had to overcome a tragedy too. In a previous tournament the Russian woman suffered a severe concussion when her partner dropped her from 8-9 ft in the air and she landed on her head. OUCH! You could see he hasn't regained his confidence from that, he was really tentative holding her up with one hand.

Are you sure they were Russians? I don't remember that. We had other tragedy. The partner of Elena Berezhnaya struck her head with his skate during routine training session, but it was long before the Salt Lake City. She fought for her life several months, but later not only came back in sport, but won the Olympic gold.

She is a hero.

And beauty!

[Winston]

Yes, Norge

With a few exceptions, always in the very top of the medal run, despite having a population of ~4.5 mio.

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Denmark defeated 3-8 by United States in the Women's Curling. Muslim world in uproar, demands the result be changed to a tie forthwith, so as not to insult the Holy Prophet.

[Az]

She is a hero.

yes yes she is. :b

And she is also hot.