OUR ROLLING 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS THRED

I'm just starting this for the sake of starting it. I really don't give a shit @ this point. Not even abt hockey.

http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/articles/Ski_Jump_View_From_Top.JPG

Downhill from here, then.

all about irish women's bobsleigh

Still all about the mascots:

http://www.vancouver2010.com/mascot/en/meet.php

"QUAAATCHI"

trying to imagine hitting one of the side barriers on the way down there.

Just ask Vinko Bogataj.

soooooooooooooo psyched

i love global sporting tournaments

Georgian Olympic Luge Athlete Seriously Injured in Training Run

so pumped for DOWNHILL

YAYA SKI JUMP YALL

Wow, any video on the Georgian guy?

this just makes me miss the summer olympics tbh

johnny otm but it's a fun little distraction

& hockey will be dope

wuz gonna add still psyched 4 hockey tho

although i don't know anyone on the US team?

the us/canada world juniors champ game last month was super intense tho

mayb sum speed skatin too

it's always fun when the US can shit on a country in the only sport they care about

(on the radar: US beating canada in olympic hockey, US beating anyone in the world cup)

and by anyone i mean specifically england

I cant imagine this guy survived this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhSpeu2dgKk

holy fuck, why did I watch that

news is breaking that the Georgian luger passed away :(

Do they do skeleton on the same track? That's headfirst. Suicidal.

psyched for this. prefer winter to summer olympics.

I am trying to come up with a potentially fatal Summer Olympic sport, but it's tough.

skeet shooting

Pole vault.

Javelin.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=javelin+accident

According to the AP story:

It was unclear how fast Kumaritashvili was going, although many sliders have exceeded 90mph on this course. The track is considered the world's fastest and several Olympians recently questioned its safety. More than a dozen athletes have crashed during Olympic training.

awesome, I won't be watching one of my favorite sports this year because srsly fuck watching ppl day

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So I just saw the olympic torch flashing past. Everyone was waiting for it about half a mile away, with about 200 protestors and at least as many police and media. It looked like the blocked road was going to make it a no-show so I headed off because I had to go to work. 15 minutes and half a mile away from where it was supposed to be it suddenly showed up, mounted on the ex-mayor's wheelchair and surrounded by about 100 cops/volunteers etc all shouting "GET BACK", "CLEAR OUT OF THE WAY" and firing off sirens etc. So bizarre. My 4 year old daughter was like "When do we shout hooray?".

luge story is so tragic :(

man that crash is horrifying... he might've lost consciousness before he hit the pole because it looked like his body was already a ragdoll by the time it hit the poll

how the hell can humans go that fast just on a fucking tray pretty much...

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i thought it was going to be stephen harper on the snowboard when it got into gm place.

I thought "Summer of 69" was the Canadian national anthem??

every british and australian dude i ever met really digs that song.

probably more fitting than weird silent night/soft jazz version of o canada to open with.

nice sound fx for the raising of the giant arms

people clown china and its smiling dancing national minorities thing in the 2008 opening, but this thing is possibly just as offensive and awkward.

If I don't get to see Loverboy, Chilliwack and Honeymoon Suite during this thing I'll be sorely disappointed.

this is so crappy.

OK, this nation looks like the cast of the "Safety Dance" video.

Please welcome...Barenaked Ladies!

群魔乱舞

Be cool if this was all the prelude to a native people's revolt.

You'll have to wait until Tuesday night's medal ceremonies for Barenaked Ladies: http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-spectator-guide/celebrations-and-ceremonies/ceremonies/

AND ITS NOVA SCOTIA NIGHT TOO

holy shit I was just joking, worst olympics ever

Crosby saying winning the gold is "right there" with the Stanley Cup last year = LIES

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Bedlam in the house here. Wow!

I think the consideration that Bettman was having was that if the Olympic break didn't lead to any extra interest in the NHL, then he wasn't going to stop play again in Sochi. But I would figure at the very least, Ryan Miller has much bigger name recognition than he did two weeks ago, and probably a bunch of other players do too.

Epic ending! Great game on both sides, could've gone either way. Sid the Kid lost control on his late-game breakaway when he could've put the game out of reach, but he rose to the moment when it mattered most. A true heir to the country's birthright. "Nos bras meurtris vous tendent le flambeau, à vous toujours de le porter bien haut", and all that.

My toddler's opinion: "Too loud!" -- crying and unhappy while the rest of the family jumped around. "You shouldn't be so loud!!" Years from now, I'll have to bite my tongue about his reaction when I remind him we saw the golden goal together...

That was WAY too close, but the good guys won, and all is right in the world. You have to give the Yanks credit though. Nobody expected them to do very much coming into this tournament. As much as it pains me to admit it, the US has cemented its position as a hockey superpower.

As much as it pains me to admit it, the US has cemented its position as a hockey superpower.

They were already one. 1996 got things going big time for US hockey.

Ah yes. Team Richter!

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pretty much the greatest hockey game ever.
vancouver is an absolute zoo atm. we had to get down there for 10am this morning just to get into the bar at 12. and even then we almost didn't make it.
i bought a lot of yanks beers as consolation. <3 the rivalry. <3 this city.
pretty wasted tho so i'm going to have a nap for a few hours.

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lol that is ridiculous

outstanding

Will Shatner!

Will he sing?

(I'm going to bed if Bryan Adams shows up again)

Man. I was stuck on a train home from Toronto that left at 3 PM EST and while I was able to stream the women's game on the train courtesy of VIA's lovely free internet, none of us could get it to work this time around. :( The first three periods we survived on twitter updates, streaming AM radio and text messages/phone calls. Which honestly was pretty cool in a weird way - the flurry of people yelling out updates at the end of the third period as we realized that the US had tied the game was something that had to be witnessed.

And then just as overtime was starting, we pulled into the Kingston station and someone apparently got a really strong signal on their wireless card, and got the CTV live streaming to work - half of my train car was crowded around one computer watching the overtime play - and even though there was a three minute time lag, and we got SMS confirmation of victory before we saw it, we stayed perched around the screen counting down to the 12:00 mark so we could see Crosby score.

Not how I would have optimally wanted to watch the gold medal game, but it was pretty magical.

So how long before we get a rendition of the Lumberjack song?

Who needs that when there's giant beavers.

That is going to be written on your gravestone.

Time to arrange for that burial at sea.

A sea of giant beavers, no doubt.

This is starting to turn into a Primus video.

Inflatable ones, don't forget.
(xp)

I think Sidney Crosby's mother was an extra in a Primus video, that's how he was conceived. xp

you guys i'm really sorry about that closing ceremony. i'm canadian and i haven't seen or heard simple plan or k-os in three years, and i've never even heard of that french metal-pop group who're apparently from my very own city. just watched the final half hour and i swear to god, i'm really embarrassed and am truly sorry for anyone who watched. canada is so fucking retarded sometimes, i just don't get it.

it was hilarious and obv meant for canadians.

i'm fucking trashed.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo

slight disconnect between the headline and the url here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/jamespearce/2010/02/worst_ever_these_olympics_may.html

Blame Canada.

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been watching highlights and gotta say that Giuliano Razzoli's slalom run was just like dang

Hokey beer-bet non-story.

Obama's taste in beer >>> Harper's

What are you doing up -- shouldn't the entire country be incapacitated still?

so can I just ask, wtf was up with the girl who sang at the opening ceremonies who looked so poised and put together showing up at the closing ceremonies wearing what my watching community* dubbed "blue pussy pants"

* okay so I was the one who named them that but everyone else ran with it

oh no, they weren't the counterpart to penis pants, were they?

http://www.mahalo.com/2010-olympics-closing-ceremony

see the still for the "Nikki Yanofsky Performs" video; that is the epitome of poor lighting

we were so busy making blue light special jokes that we didn't even get into how badly the song sucked

Meanwhile, the next Winter Olympics host welcomes you:

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President Dmitry Medvedev ordered Russian Olympic officials to quit or be fired on Monday and demanded drastic changes to training procedures after a poor showing at the Winter Games dented national pride.

Once mighty Russia limped in 11th in the medals table with just three golds, its worst ever tally. The result was especially embarrassing because Russia is due to host the next Winter Olympics in 2014 at the Black Sea resort of Sochi.

"Those responsible should take the brave decision and sign a letter (of resignation)," Medvedev said in televised comments. "If they can't we will help them."

...with guns.

yes, well - olympics or not we still have jobs. jobs we will be performing very slowly today.
the advantage of being hammered by 6 is that you still wind up with almost a decent night's sleep.

A final salute:

http://www.balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ohcanada.jpg

true

Me, I gave my "mute" button a real workout after "Long May You Run" (which I used to be indifferent to)

Ned, inspired by the ceremony in that picture

(Loads a little slow)

We thank you, the previous hosts to the world.

Cartoonist is Canadian and she loved the ceremony.

http://www.twitpic.com/17jjsf/full

what an odd thing to graph

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/2660727.bin

also lol @ accompanying headline, 'Hockey fans flush with pride'

Needs to be a beer consumption line as well.