Winter Olympics 2006 Torino, Italy

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Originally Posted by maebach

It sucks how the AMericans are the best at almost every sport in the olympics. Even in swimming that phelps guy beat the australians.

my favourite sport in the winter olympics, is the speed skating.

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One thing people forget is that the US is a huge country so the pool to pick the best in our given country is bigger.

We didn't have that in the last Olympics and World Championships for basketball.

If Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Shaq, etc. had played it'd have been no contest.:dry:

Kobe is playing in 2008 (among other elite players). Our basketball program will never take that hit again.

are you sure?

:shifty:

Oh yes.

Even though I don't like the Winter Olympics I guess I'll be watching it anyway.

I'll still have 2 weeks left before going back to work.

I wonder if we will even win a bronze?? we suck at it with the seasons the wrong way around with training and stuff

the only gold medal we got was a fluke because the rest fell down and broke down on speed skating was quit funny

Games opening today.

I think I'll watch some hockey atleast.

There was a Total Fuckup in Finland some years back,
finnish skiers won some medals but whoopsidoo on the test the cup
melted of teh pish. Gettin caught Big Time.

Now they got some "scandals" about rigged football games
in our national league and im thinkin, whats next?

Personally, I think there's a lot of money to be saved in allowing teh steroids.
It could be teh funneh watching how absurd it could be.
:D

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Originally Posted by maebach

curling in fun to watch, to bad them norweigns beat us last time :dry:

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That's 'Norwegians', and yes, we'll beat you this time around as well! ;)

:lol:

I too will watch some hockey, I tihnk gretzky is innocent :snooty:

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Originally Posted by Olympicofficialwebsite

German biathlete Michael Greis won the opening gold medal of the Turin Winter Olympics after a near-perfect performance in the men's 20-kilometre individual race on Saturday. The 29-year-old missed just one of his 20 targets on the shooting range to clinch his first Olympic title with a combined time of 54 minutes 23.0 seconds. Norwegian five-time Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjorndalen had to settle for second place, 16 seconds behind Greis, after missing a target in each of his first two shooting sessions.
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http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/Olympi...ome/index.html

I dont know how to put the text around/to the right of the picture. :blushing:

the dutch are pwning in the 5000m mens speed skating. the canadians still have to go :01:

norwegeins are doing welll too.

1. sven kramer (Holland)
2. Carl Verheijen(Holand)
3. Oystein Grodum (Norway)

I do sincerely hope our couch-bound convalescent is coping with his inclination to hate the Winter Games, though I'm sure if he gets too bored, he can watch his tivo-ed soap-operas or something. :)