Watched the Opening yesterday. Nice, beautiful, but not the London Opening in 2012!
Great day for us today and Team NL: Ladies 3000m speedskating: gold, silver, bronze. Men 1500m shorttrack: silver. For a brief moment, we were on top of the leaderboard (now overtaken by Germany, I think).
Menno
My Wife i looked out the window and watched the grass grow i have zero interest
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I’ll never understand why NL are so good at speed skating but all the medals in the 3k isn’t a surprise.
I’m watching it and will no doubt see my brother on TV again as he coaches the Canadian bobsleigh team.
That's because it is not London and not 2012 ...he he.
The synchronised drones were quite something though.
Synchronised drones something else......& hoping Elise Christie gets a result this time...
Nope, my tv has a built in Claire Balding built in Off switch.
Most people seemed to like the drones.
Watching as much as I can.
Day one and already an all Dutch podium, 4 medals in total 😎.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Shaun Whites pipe run was epic.
Yep I'll be keeping everything crossed for Dave the Rocket Ryding on Thursday 22nd in the Men's slalom, I'd so love to see Dave win a medal, on his best form he's one of the only athletes capable of mixing it with Hirscher. Kristofferson is good too, but I like to watch him get beaten and throw his toys out the pram!
Come on team GB!
Let's hope the wind has eased down by then, it's madness there today!
Or maybe it's an advantage when you are British :)
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Watching the Curling while eating my poached eggs this morning! GB did well.
Not really, it's because we don't really have mountains and when it's cold and snowy its pretty horrible.
Plus we have Rugby, Football, cricket, darts and snooker to get excited about.
As for 2012 - excellent games. Much better than Rio.
Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Err yes really, it is because it is not London and not 2012 as the OP said.Not really, it's because we don't really have mountains and when it's cold and snowy its pretty horrible.
Plus we have Rugby, Football, cricket, darts and snooker to get excited about.
As for 2012 - excellent games. Much better than Rio.
I’ve been watching it on and off for the last few days. In true a Olympic style, in these few days I have become an expert in Slope style, Curling, Skiathlon etc and feel qualified enough to shout at the telly and critique the athlete’s performance.
Are they doing the biathlon this year?
LOL LOL
There's a distinct lack of mountains in the Netherlands, they seem to do ok at the Winter games.
I'm watching it when I can, currently a few hours a day on average. Men's luge was fantastic, and hats off (or maybe not 'cos it's bloody cold out there...) to Andrew Musgrave in the skiathlon.
Everyone skates to work on the frozen canals.
Yeah right! I haven't seen proper ice on the canals in 10 yrs, I think. Ice skate rings are the secret of the success. And the Dutch Speedskating Association has a good program for young talents etc.
And with the 5000m Speedskating men, things are looking even better: another gold medal. During the time that Sven Kramer on the track, there was hardly any traffic on the streets according to Dutch traffic control. My oldest started the 2018 sailing season today with a training on the water, but first, they had to watch Kramer winning gold on TV.
Menno
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For those missing the reference, here it is: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.33d4dd493416
Absolutely love the Winter Olympics, Sven was a beast in the skating today - just on another planet. And the final jump from the 17 yr old Red was incredible.
True, but not such a shortage of long strips of water prone to freezing or long track ice rinks specifically required for speed skating.
To.me its about as interesting as i am sure it is to the majority of people in Asia, the Middle East, South America, Africa, Australia and South America. A rather exclusive Middle class sport for middle class people, much like every other winter Olympic sport.
Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Yeah, enjoying it a great deal too, not enough hours in the day to keep up with it all, but love it.
Nothing but admiration for all competitors. Sad for Jamie Nicholls not qualifying for the Slope Style final. Cannot wait to see Dave Ryding perform as well.
I’m just sad it’s only every four years.
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Mite watch the girls ice skating
I’m watching it a bit - I generally have zero interest in watching sport but tend to watch the Olympics - before I get bored they switch to a different event!
I have come to the conclusion it’s only open to the posh end of the market for UK Olympians (how many kids have parents who can afford enough ski holidays to spot their child’s potential early enough?) - and indeed I may have been a fantastic world class ski-jumper or brilliant on the Luge but how do you find out growing up in North London?! - having watched the moguls I wonder how the competitors will manage the stairs in the 40’s with all that knee action! - but generally it’s a fun thing to watch
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It's not all skiing and not all posh/expensive.
Generally you are either interested in doing (winter) sports or not.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
There's been F all skiing so far (unless you count the Moguls)... too windy! I can see this being an (the first?) Olympics where a number of prestige titles go undecided at this rate!
The person that complains it's 'posh' because only the rich can afford skiing holidays needs to look at the demographics of summer Olympians too... A huge bias to those from public/private schools, even amongst sports like athletics.
Many of the top skiiers (not British ones, although Dave Rydding's not exactly Bullingdon Club, is he?) just happen to have been born in the mountains - Their winter sports lessons are skiing, so it's hardly elitist if you're lucky enough to have been born in the mountains.
M
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They're not panicking yet :)
But if the wind continues the ski jumping will be difficult as well, or extra exciting.....
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Yes!!
And another gold and bronze
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Superb display on the ice from the Dutch team.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Thanks, back to work now..............;)
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Two silver and one gold added to the total
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Two silver and one gold added to the total
Makes up for missing out on the World Cup I suppose.
Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Re Elise Christie:
“It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand" Brian Stimpson, Clockwise
Started well but it's been all downhill ....
Great performance from Russian curling team
Fas est ab hoste doceri
Loving the half pipe snowboarding - Chloe Kim taking the gold at the age of 17 was amazing.
Shaun White with an amazing run in the Superpipe.
Yep, lived up to the billing.
Shock result in the Women's GS too - Same woman could take home a snowboarding medal! (see it's been mentioned now I read back)
Had to feel for the Austrian in the Skeleton though...
M
Same woman could potentially be in Tokyo in 2 years time, windsurfing for Czech Republic.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Anyone see the combined skiing? Marcel Hirscher is such a legend, makes everyone else look like amateurs.
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Shame the medal isn't counting for us, after all he's half Dutch ;)
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Explains how he's so fast on the flats, then
He is an amazing skiier, but as with Shiffrin in the Women's (and Vonn in the past), too much dominance isn't good for any sport.
Anyway, GB are winning the Slalom Gold, so Hirscher will need that Combined one
I can dream!
M
And................another gold!
Madness.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Is the Nutty Dance an event now?
M
The regularity with which the Dutch team gets medals in speed skating... a proper clockwork orange
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
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