Posted February 12, 201015 yr Opening ceremony tonight 12 midnight from Vancouver. Let's hope Britain grabs a few medals
February 12, 201015 yr IIRC GB got 1 medal last time :P. Surely there are at least 3 on the cards this time :kink:?
February 13, 201015 yr I'm so annoyed this is 3AM in Norway -_- Well.. at least Norway have the chance to get some gold medals :kink:
February 13, 201015 yr Starts in 40 minutes! Not that Britain's likely to do all that well but I still love it!
February 13, 201015 yr :o It's all going pretty badly for the hosts so far, the glitch with the cauldron, the tragic death, the questionable safety of the luge track and the 'warm' temperatures. Looks like it's gonna be a tough one for the officials.
February 13, 201015 yr Yeah, it wasn't the best set of circumstances. They're still determined to win gold in their own country though, how do people reckon it'll go?
February 13, 201015 yr Canada has hosted the Olympics (1976 and 1988) twice prior and failed to win a gold medal, but that looks inevitable this time around considering there performance in Torino (3rd in overall medals) These series of unfortunate events are terrible, the death of the luge athele, lighting of the cauldron (although it seems rather minor now), and the warmest winter on record for Vancouver, but I'm sure after a few days we'll be caught up in the sporting events
February 13, 201015 yr That's true, I think they should come through. And they really are determined to do it after being the only ones not to twice! But they clearly haven't benefited from the home advantage so far.
February 15, 201015 yr After 34 years, the drought is finally over for Canada! Alexandre Bilodeau won gold in the Men's Moguls Sunday evening, giving Canada its first gold medal on home soil after failing to do so in its previous two hosted-olympics. Bilodeau ironically beat Dale Begg-Smith, Vancouver-born, but now competes for Australia. :)
February 15, 201015 yr After 34 years, the drought is finally over for Canada! Alexandre Bilodeau won gold in the Men's Moguls Sunday evening, giving Canada its first gold medal on home soil after failing to do so in its previous two hosted-olympics. Bilodeau ironically beat Dale Begg-Smith, Vancouver-born, but now competes for Australia. :) Congratulations to him!! I can't stand that Begg-Smith guy. Overall I think Vancouver is doing well. Every Olympics has its problems.
February 15, 201015 yr The Men's Downhill was very exciting tonight with just 0.09 seconds separating the Top 3.
February 16, 201015 yr Silver for Norway in Alpine Skiing and skating and bronze in woman's cross country 10km! :D Norway have 98 golden medals, I hope we can get our 100th golden medal this year
February 16, 201015 yr Anyone else going to give the Brits a miss tonight by watching this far more exciting event in the calendar? Norma
February 16, 201015 yr The Portuguese skiier was last. :kink: But so far, I've been enjoying the Olympics. Nice to see some athletes I like winning gold like Didier Defago, Charlotte Kalla, Seth Wescott, Simon Amann and the Chinese figure skaters Shen/Zhao.
February 16, 201015 yr The Portuguese skiier was last. :kink: But so far, I've been enjoying the Olympics. Nice to see some athletes I like winning gold like Didier Defago, Charlotte Kalla, Seth Wescott, Simon Amann and the Chinese figure skaters Shen/Zhao. The snowboarding last night was brilliant ... probably even more exciting than the ski-ing. Slalom today! Norma
February 16, 201015 yr My God! Did anyone catch that Chinese couple figure skating to Man of La Mancha tonight in the Olympics! Bloody and Sand ... I haven't seen anything like it! Pure Brilliance! Norma
February 17, 201015 yr I can breathe a sigh of relief after Canada defeated Norway 8-0 in men's hockey....I was so worried Canada would have another disastrous start and quick exit like the 2006 Olympics, where they finished 7th place! How embarrasing! :drama:
February 17, 201015 yr I can breathe a sigh of relief after Canada defeated Norway 8-0 in men's hockey....I was so worried Canada would have another disastrous start and quick exit like the 2006 Olympics, where they finished 7th place! How embarrasing! :drama: Blah :manson: Well, we played good at the beinning :kink: oh and Canada won over Norway in Curling as well :(
February 17, 201015 yr Blah :manson: Well, we played good at the beinning :kink: oh and Canada won over Norway in Curling as well :( Norway played a great game and had a very competitive 1st period against Canada, their goalie really made some incredible saves throughout!
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