Posted February 7, 201411 yr Anyone else settling down to a nice afternoon of watching the opening ceremony? Not sure how much sport I'll watch over the next couple of weeks but I'll probably turn a bit on. Gotta love a bit of the Olympics, no matter where it's being held.
February 7, 201411 yr I didn't even realise the opening ceremony was on. I rather liked the broken 5th ring (which made me laugh as even an inanimate object was being EXCLUDED, oops).
February 7, 201411 yr I do always enjoy the nations with like ONE athlete making their way into the stadium, the guy from the Cayman Islands was basically laughing.
February 7, 201411 yr Author I always love seeing the obscure nations. I hope the likes of Jamaica and Tonga do their nations proud. And Paraguay as well too. Russia entering to a remix of Not Gonna Get Us. :kink:
February 7, 201411 yr Jamaica getting the biggest cheer is the highlight so far. GWON Jamaican bobsled team!
February 8, 201411 yr i'm still not sure what channel has it i understand though that BBC 2 are doing a nightly programme, today in the games or something probably wil just watch that
February 8, 201411 yr Author There's live coverage on the BBC website for most things and BBC2/Red button are covering most of the important events if you don't have that. Been having various bits of it on in the background today, decent stuff so far although nothing that's made my jaw drop yet, the American snowboarder who won something this morning was quite impressive though.
February 8, 201411 yr There's live coverage on the BBC website for most things and BBC2/Red button are covering most of the important events if you don't have that. Been having various bits of it on in the background today, decent stuff so far although nothing that's made my jaw drop yet, the American snowboarder who won something this morning was quite impressive though. I saw some of the snowboarding. I hardly understood a word the commentators were saying (it was full of seemingly random numbers :lol: ) but it looked quite impressive.
February 8, 201411 yr http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6kAySviSoIdZERSCrOgrGA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD0yODg7cT03NTt3PTUxMg--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_GB/Sports/Eurosport/1180382-24696233-640-360.jpg FLOORED. Bjoerndalen is now the oldest ever gold medal winner (he's fucking FORTY) and the joint most successful Winter Olympian ever in terms of medal haul. Despite missing a target (in case you don't know Biathlon, that means skiing ~20 second penalty loop), he still managed to out-ski his competitors 10-20 years his junior, who aren't too shabby themselves! I am astounded. Edited February 8, 201411 yr by Harve
February 8, 201411 yr I've always wondered, who was it that decided that skiing and shooting were an ideal match, and therefore worthy of being classed as a biathlon? It seems like such a weird combination.
February 8, 201411 yr There aren't all that many things that can be done on/from skis though, really.
February 9, 201411 yr Britain has won their first medal at this year's Games courtesy of Jenny Jones who has won bronze in the woman's slopestyle snowboarding. It is Britain's first ever medal won in snow. That doesn't count Alain Baxter who lost his bronze medal under controversial circumstances.
February 9, 201411 yr I don't understand what this 'first medal won in snow' business is? We have won medals at the Winter Olympics before?
February 9, 201411 yr we only ever win in the icy sports though i assume? ie. curling, skeleton. Edited February 9, 201411 yr by 152chris
February 9, 201411 yr I don't understand what this 'first medal won in snow' business is? We have won medals at the Winter Olympics before? Yes, but only in ice sports: Figure Skating (Torvill & Dean, Robin Cousins, etc.), Curling and Skeleton. In 2002, GB had won bronze medal in alpine skiing (slalom) but Alain Baxter would be disqualified for doping.
February 9, 201411 yr I don't understand what this 'first medal won in snow' business is? We have won medals at the Winter Olympics before? I know we've won medals at the Winter Olympices before. But all of them have been on ice not snow.
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