The look on Gretzky's face was priceless, and Nash looked like he was about to dissolve in laughter at the wholething.
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I dunno, I wasn't really put off by Gretzky's reaction. It seemed more like a combo of WTF? & OMG! & You gotta be shittin' me, followed by "WTH am I supposed to do" ... which is pretty close to what I would have been thinking I imagine. |
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The coolest part is like in most Olympics they seemed to keep the cauldron details secret, so people randomly ran after Gretzky holding the torch and got to see the outdoor lighting ceremony by chance. Lots of looks of "Holy shit, I was just getting a beer and I got to see this!"
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Based on the numbers that were at the torch I wouldn't say it was completely secret. |
Thought the beginning of it was really good. They slowed it down too much at the end and that one guy's speech was far too long.
Sucks that they had the mechanical glitch. Nodar Kumaritashvili's ghost will haunt these games. |
So where exactly is the outdoor torch?
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I got the opposite impression, it didn't look like many people at all, based on how many people at all to me based on what was going on. Looked like the number of people that would be hanging in the city for the event but obviously couldn't get in, and following the crowds running after the truck exiting the big event. |
You guys don't think the giant metal torch thing sitting in a park on the night of the opening ceremony rang a bell to some?
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Not thinking that it was widely known, just that it seemed that some had found out. The look of it makes it a little easier to hide a you may not immediately think olympic torch if you see it. |
Okay, I am really sick of seeing that luge accident. How many times do we have to see this guy get killed?
Sorry, it was the lead in for the news about the olympics on the news after the ceremony. |
I wish I had two more hands, so I could give the 'Canadian Olympic Poetry Slam' four thumbs down.
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Awful stuff. I can't understand how the media is allowed to show a death like that on syndicated tv
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Actually - it was covered up - no one knew what is was until minutes before he got there (of course, some people took a guess that the object covered up on the night of the opening ceremony had something to do with it..). |
Man....this luge death has really cast a pall over these games so far. Who knows if the mood will lighten? What was the mood like during Munich games after the execution of the Israeli team? Anyone who was around that can answer my question would find me indebted.
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Agreed. They also showed a close up of the guy getting mouth to mouth and blood everywhere. Just total hack joyrnalism IMO and a total lack or respect for that poor kid |
Dola. Can someone sum up for me what happened with the tourch. I was on a plane and didn't see any of the ceremonies.
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Can anyone find the video of the torch lighting, I'm looking on the NBC Olympics site and they don't seem to actually have it...
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I was only 5 years old at the time, so although I remember watching the events unfold, the recollections are pretty scattered. Nearly 40 years later I'd be hard pressed to swear what I "remember" and what is a collage of memory & years of seeing the footage. A Time article a few years ago has a pretty good description of it I think[i] Following indignant words from the paladins of the Olympic movement, after a little mournful Beethoven, the Games of Munich went on. It's an article of faith that The Games Must Go On. For the 30 years since, the Olympics — indeed, all sports events of any great scale — have carried on, even if permanently altered by the awareness that terrorists could again strike. ... Willi Daume, president of the Munich organizing committee, at first wanted the remainder of the Games called off, but Brundage and others prevailed. "I too questioned the decision to continue," says former mayor Vogel, "but over time I came to believe that we couldn't let the Olympics come to a halt from the hand of terrorism." So, after a memorial service on Sept. 6, the Carefree Games resumed. Many of the 80,000 people who filled the Olympic Stadium for West Germany's soccer match with Hungary carried noisemakers and waved flags, while authorities did nothing to intervene in the name of decorum. Yet when several spectators unfurled a banner reading 17 dead, already forgotten? security officers seized the sign and expelled the offenders from the grounds. |
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The Huffington Post says that Catriona LeMay Doan is the one that was left standing. Who is wrong here?
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Here's a short piece from SI about Gretzky's dash through the streets
Luke Winn at the Winter Olympics – SI.com » Posts The Great Gretzky Chase « |
WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) -International luge officials are moving the start of the men's Olympic luge competition farther down the track. It was a decision made with the "emotional component" of athletes in mind following the death of a Georgian competitor.
Men's training on Saturday morning, as well as all four runs of the men's competition that begins later, will take place from the women's start ramp. The move means speeds will be a bit lower at the Whistler Sliding Track. It likely also means the course will be a bit easier to navigate. |
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That was actually one of my favorite parts. |
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Admittedly, I have 'Poetry Slam' issues. |
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The luge track adjustment seems prudent.
Earlier someone asked me about age of curling for the iPhone/iPod touch. It is very cool . You can setup tournaments. I really have no idea of the 'simulation' value, meaning a comparison of the relative strength of teams. The play is more strategic than the more arcady style games. I have to add that sweeping is less a part of this game, or it is modeled to a level that I do not currently comprehend. Bottom line. It is the one of three curling games that I'm playing. |
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Not sure which commentator it is (prob vasgersian) but can somebody please explain there is no country called "Slovania". You would have thought he could at least get the competing nations right - there is only about 10 of them
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US short-track Skater disqualified for bumping a skater and knocking them over. That's why Short-Track would be great TV if they loosened those rules.. "Son, rubbin is racin"...
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Questionable at best in my opinion since the guy behind the US guy bumped him first and US guy was hoping for balance more than anything. Lord knows I don't know the rules though. |
Impressive first race by Apollo.
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That was just impressive. No other race or racer looked anything like that so far in the prelims.
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Also used the "Daytona-without-safety-equipment" analogy while watching it. My wife said it was more roller derby'esque to her but we stuck with NASCAR. |
Ooh. The Moguls. My favorite skiing event :D
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Dang- she is fast (Heil)
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anyone see the picture of that USA moguls skiier? I thought it was a joke pic!
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She shouldn't have been third. I think the first Canadian had a better run both in speed and tricks (I love that there are both components to the mogul)
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BTW,filed under "What goes around, comes around"...
Slovakia, which destroyed Bulgaria in Olympic Women's Hockey qualifying, 82-0, is getting killified by Canada, 7-0 after one period. |
It's 12-0 now. Oof
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man.. what's with all the Ohno yawning?
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Maybe he's trying to get that horrible facial hair off his chin
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I thought they were going to dump him there. whew.
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I like how the announcers say "Hold on, this is graphic AS they are showing it, not say 15 seconds ahead of time which might give you a chance to chaneg th channel or avert your gaze.
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Yep. Glad to see him get into the finals after working his way back. |
Jeez, that other American (Celski? Chelski?) almost gave away his place in the finals easing up then. Great semifinal for him other than that.
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No, I thought he was talking about Celski's (sp?) nasty cut on his leg that required 60 stitches. |
I was, and I'm glad to see the kid do well here!
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I couldn't help but wonder if he thought the top 3 went on....he really did almost blow that. |
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What seems to be causing the kerfuffle is that we have terminated access that traditionally we have allowed, mostly due to pressure to succeed on home turf. So people are getting their noses out of joint because we used to let them train in our facilities, but now we are not. But that's a different thing than us gaining some kind of advantage that no other host has previously had. |
Wow. Jean made the finals.
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Wow! What a race. Lots of bumping, Korea had all 3 medals but they knock each other out and the two Americans take 2nd and 3rd. If only Jean could have gotten one.
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Further to the "denying access" thing, this article is more clear in showing that Italy and yes, the USA, played similar games during the previous two winter olympics: News from the 2010 Winter Olympics - All Sports - CTV Olympics
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I wouldnt want to have to explain that move when I go back to Korea. Lucky break for the Americans. I still think Ohno got shoved where they could have DQ'd someone.
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Um, no she doesn't have an ACL tear, announcers, or she would not be on skiis
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No kidding. Good for the US medal count though :) I don't know the rules since I only see this sport once every four years, but I get the feeling it's okay to nudge if you're the only slightly in front maybe? It looked like the dude to touched Ohno was even with him or just slightly ahead during the middle of his pass. |
She easily takes the lead after that run. Great air, really tight legs, and fastest time. Has to be #1 after this (the 18yo Canadian)
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Oh man, brutal. A go big or go home routine and she just caught that edge :(
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Super fast but I still liked the Canadians run better (tho her air scores were lower than I thought they should have been).
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Man, oil and coal are hitting hard with the ads so far. I guess they're gearing up for the potential cap and trade fight.
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oooh - if she hadn't wiped, mcphee might have had a medal there
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Two straight going so dang fast but just couldn't control it.
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That might be your new leader. So close
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by .26? that seems like a lot given that the air packages were worth the same and she was .01 slower...not sure her form was appreciably better (but then again i'm no judge)
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Dang, sorry Canada. I think that was it.
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That should be enough for Gold I think , wow, fast run.
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27.86? wow...if she doesn't get the gold for that run that's ridiculous...her form and air were just as good as Heil
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I would have split between the 2nd and 3rd place runs. I'm not sure who was better. But pigtails there easily had the best run both times out.
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Nice win. Ahh... missed the Olympics.
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Knocks out the Japanese skier, which, watching the way the Japanese Judge kept lowballing every non japanese skier seems a bit poetic, to give the US Gold and Bronze. Nice.
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Secretly, I had hoped we got 2 and 3 but Heil had gotten 1. I just want the Canadians to break their jynx. I was kindof hoping Heil or Jean would take the gold in one of the two events tonight
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One more day the announcers will to go on about "oh no Canada's never won gold on their own soil" is the only downside to that sweet winning run at the end. It's getting as annoying as announcing mentioning Britain's lack of tennis Grand Slam wins when Andy Murray plays.
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Most of my time watching sports is spent on soccer games that take two hours each, basketball games that take two and a half hours, and baseball/football games that take three hours, and all of these have long seasons of many games to determine a champion. It's quite a change to watch a sport where the whole thing is decided in three rounds that take under two minutes (or even half a minute like the moguls), not to mention the added intensity since competitors only get a chance to win the big prize every four years instead of every year. It makes watching this stuff intense even though I'm not familiar with the vast majority of the athletes or all of the rules/subtleties/scoring methods.
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+1 The competition in the Olympics is so tight it makes it an incredible event. The fact that I know nothing about the athletes or in some cases the sports isnt a big thing to me as I just love the nature of the competition. And for as much as NBC gets bashed about the coverage they do manage to make it interesting by giving us storylines to cheer for athough very USA biased. Is the coverage the same throughout the world I was wondering? I cant imagine the Chinese getting too big of a thrill watching all of the USA coverage. |
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82-0 in hockey. Bulgaria gives up 139 shots on goal in 82-0 women's hockey loss - Olympics - ESPN The goalie did make 57 saves, however :) |
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Except women's hockey, apparently. Scores like in today's Canada match would suggest that the competition level isn't high enough worldwide to warrant this being an Olympic sport. Plus, it makes no sense to have a womens sport where the women's bodies are completely covered (since all women's sports are spectator sports). Women's hockey needs to take a page from the beach volleyball folks. |
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In before "maybe the WNBA should consider this to boost attendance/ratings." |
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one of the rare times when the phrase 'epic fail' is appropriate. |
Is it just me, or do the medals looks kind of ugly? Looks like a collectable plate that you would order from Franklin Mint with a ribbon on it.
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That will be a fun team flight back to Korea... inches away from taking all 3 of them out. That would have been truly epic.
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I really love the Winter Olympics - despite the yearly network attempts to ruin things with their endless repetition of pre-canned "themes" this is one sporting event where there are just so many legitimate stories and so many unpredictable twists and turns it's just great to watch. Love the speed skating - short track stuff is always great, and watching Sven Kramer coolly and calmly eviscerate the competition in long-track 5000 yesterday (with a new Olympic record) was nice.
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Women's hockey is incredible... when it is Canada vs USA. The rest of the world is still way behind, but the hope is that with exposure at the Olympics and other events they will eventually close that gap. A graph I saw yesterday showed the number of registered female hockey players per country. It went like this (my numbers are by memory but should be close): Canada: 77000 USA: 59000 Sweden: 3000 Finland: 3000 China: 283 Russia: 257 Obviously its going to be hard for Russia to compete when they are clearly not encouraging women to play. There is no excuse for that in a country so passionate about hockey. Anyways, I encourage you to watch if (when) Canada and the US meet up (likely the final). It will be every bit as interesting as most of the mens hockey matches. Those women can play! |
The ski jump portion of the Nordic combined to start out today's coverage on NBC
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