[Sooky]

Starts soon!


2 medals and we have beat last time!

This post has been edited by Michael: 31 January 2010 - 22:58

[lichtie23]

Looking forward to it.

Apparently we have a decent chance of scooping 2-3 golds.

Mostly looking forward to the Ice Hockey, Bobsleigh and Skiing!

[Sooky]

lichtie23, on 02 February 2010 - 01:48, said:

Apparently we have a decent chance of scooping 2-3 golds.

You know what sports they are?

Also Scotland men are curling world champions so we could do well there if most are in team GB.

[lichtie23]

From what iv read we have chances in the female skeleton, curling and snowboarding.

[pantene proV]

The woman's snowboard cross final from Turin 2006 is still fresh in my memory for the amazing FAIL of Lindsey Jacobellis.

The whole race lasts a couple of minutes and Ed Leigh's commentary is legendary at the end

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=gPCOin3l8OY"]http://www.youtube. c...h?v=gPCOin3l8OY[/url]

edit - Dammit! Embedding disabled. Oh well, get yourself to YouTube to watch it - its well worth it!

This post has been edited by pantene proV: 02 February 2010 - 17:45

[ST JOHNSTONE FC!]

im sick of the cold go away winter olympics

[Sooky]

pantene proV, on 02 February 2010 - 17:41, said:

The woman's snowboard cross final from Turin 2006 is still fresh in my memory for the amazing FAIL of Lindsey Jacobellis.

The whole race lasts a couple of minutes and Ed Leigh's commentary is legendary at the end

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=gPCOin3l8OY"]http://www.youtube. c...h?v=gPCOin3l8OY[/url]

edit - Dammit! Embedding disabled. Oh well, get yourself to YouTube to watch it - its well worth it!

I saw this! It was brilliant then and it still is now.

[Mr. Brightside]

I'm really looking forward to the Ice Hockey!!

[lichtie23]

Mr. Brightside, on 02 February 2010 - 20:37, said:

I'm really looking forward to the Ice Hockey!!

What sort of squads have the Yanks and Canadians got?

Will it be made up of Minor Leaguers due to the fact there half way threw the NHL Season?

This post has been edited by lichtie23: 02 February 2010 - 20:55

[Mr. Brightside]

lichtie23, on 02 February 2010 - 20:55, said:

What sort of squads have the Yanks and Canadians got?

Will it be made up of Minor Leaguers due to the fact there half way threw the NHL Season?

Canada's preliminary roster;

Goaltenders

* Martin Brodeur, 37 (New Jersey Devils)
* Roberto Luongo, 30 (Vancouver Canucks)
* Marc-Andre Fleury, 25 (Pittsburgh Penguins)

Defense

* Scott Niedermayer, 36 (Anaheim Ducks)
* Chris Pronger, 35 (Philadelphia Flyers)
* Shea Weber, 24 (Nashville Predators)
* Drew Doughty, 20 (Los Angeles Kings)
* Duncan Keith 26 (Chicago Blackhawks)
* Dan Boyle, 33 (San Jose Sharks)
* Brent Seabrook, 24 (Chicago Blackhawks)

Forwards

* Sidney Crosby, 21 (Pittsburgh Penguins)
* Rick Nash, 25 (Columbus Blue Jackets)
* Jarome Iginla, 32 (Calgary Flames)
* Mike Richards, 25 (Philadelphia Flyers)

American preliminary roster

Forwards (13)
David Backes
Dustin Brown
Ryan Callahan
Chris Drury
Patrick Kane
Ryan Kesler
Phil Kessel
Jamie Langenbrunner
Ryan Malone
Zach Parise
Joe Pavelski
Bobby Ryan
Paul Stastny

Defensemen (7)
Erik Johnson
Jack Johnson
Mike Komisarek
Paul Martin
Brooks Orpik
Brian Rafalski
Ryan Suter

Goaltenders (3)
Ryan Miller
Jonathan Quick
Tim Thomas

So they're not too bad really.

[lichtie23]

There fucking outstanding Rosters.

Are the Ruskies sending a decent team?

[Sooky]

Some intresting facts:

* Germany has came top of the medal table the past 3 games.

*The 15 sports are-
-Alpine skiing
-Biathlon
-Bobsleigh
-Cross Country
-Curling
-Figure Skating
-Freestyle Skiing
-Ice Hockey
-Luge
-Nordic Combined
-Short Track
-Skeleton
-Ski Jumping
-Snowboard
-Speed Skating

* All 10 of the GB mens and womans curling team are from Scotland with 3 coming from Lockerbie.

*Great Britain has not got anyone represented in:
-Speed Skating
-Ice Hockey
-Ski Jumping
-Nordic Combined

* There will be 52 British athletes in Vancouver.

* All 4 of Britians legendary Winter Olympic athletes are figure skaters:
-Jeannette Altwegg
-John Curry
-Jayne Torvill
-Christopher Dean

Might do more later if I can be bothered thinking of any more .

[RayBees]

I can't wait for the luge. Fantastically dangerous!

[lichtie23]

Think il skip the Biathlon.

Fantastically boring!

[Sooky]

Mr. Brightside, on 02 February 2010 - 20:37, said:

I'm really looking forward to the Ice Hockey!!

I don't really know much about Ice Hockey.

Don't the Finnish usaully have a decent team?

[Mr. Brightside]

lichtie23, on 02 February 2010 - 21:06, said:

There fucking outstanding Rosters.

Are the Ruskies sending a decent team?

Indeed they are if this is who they're going to take...

Forwards

First Line

C Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins

LW Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals

RW Ilya Kovalchuk, Atlanta Thrashers



Second Line

C Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings

LW Alexander Semin, Washington Capitals

RW Alexander Radulov, Salavat Yulaev Ufa


Third Line

C Sergei Fedorov, Washington Capitals

LW Alexei Kovalev, Montreal Canadiens

RW Aleksay Morosov, Ak Bars Kazan


Fourth Line

C Alexei Yashin, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

LW Sergey Mozyakin, Atlant Moscow

RW Nikolai Zherdev, New York Rangers


Defensemen

First Pairing

LD Sergei Gonchar, Pittsburgh Penguins

RD Andrei Markov, Montreal Canadiens



Second Pairing

LD Sergei Zubov, Dallas Stars

RD Fedor Tyutin, Columbus Blue Jackets



Third Pairing

LD Anton Volchenkov, Ottawa Senators

RD Vitaly Atyushov, Metallurg Magnitogorsk


Goaltenders

Starter

G Evgeni Nabokov, San Jose Sharks



Backup

G Ilya Bryzgalov, Phoenix Coyotes

[Mr. Brightside]

Michael, on 02 February 2010 - 21:31, said:

I don't really know much about Ice Hockey.

Don't the Finnish usaully have a decent team?

Yeah they do.

[lichtie23]

Is that Russian squad been confirmed?

If so I would love to see a Canada - Russia battle.

[Mr. Brightside]

lichtie23, on 03 February 2010 - 00:26, said:

Is that Russian squad been confirmed?

If so I would love to see a Canada - Russia battle.

I'm not sure, I don't think so.

[KilliePie]

I do enjoy watching the Ice Hockey but dont follow it at all so I have no idea who is playing when watching. Also like the skating in a big circle while dressed in a condom event, especially if one person falls and takes others out.

Most of my knowledge of the Winter Olympics comes from Cool Runnings so I always enjoy of Bobsleigh Man!!!

[Breaking Decency]

Looking forward to the Ski Jumping, Luge, Skeleton, and of course the Ice Hockey. The atmosphere here in the pubs should be great for the Hockey. Outside of Shooting and Football (well, not anymore!) it's the only thing the Czechs are good at.

I might be forced to watch some of the Figure Skating as well. Yes...

Edit: Ghana have an entrant in the Alpine Skiing, so I'll be watching that too

This post has been edited by Breaking Decency: 03 February 2010 - 05:55

[lichtie23]

The Ghanaian boy's nickname is the "Snow Lepoard"

great nickname!!!!!!!

[Breaking Decency]

Some others to watch along side the Ghanaian Snow Leopard:

Jamaica- Freestyle Skiing (Their Bobsleigh team finished 3 places outside qualification)
Morocco- Alpine Skiing
Mexico- Alpine Skiing (Their Ice Hockey team lost in qualification to spain on goals scored)
Portugal- Cross Country Skiing
Lebanon- Cross Country Skiing
Cayman Islands- Alpine Skiing
Senegal- Alpine Skiing

There are a few others with fairly awful previous perfomances that have entered more than one event.

This post has been edited by Breaking Decency: 03 February 2010 - 06:30

[Zanetti]

The winter olympics are better than the summer games, mainly due to the fact that it includes hockey.

I have a feeling Russia might win it, the idea of Evgeni Malkin and Alex Ovechkin together on the same line is frightening. It's always a great competition though.

[Sooky]

http://news.bbc.co.u...010/8494794. stm

Sods law that Vancouver are having their warmest winter on record.