2010 Winter Olympics

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Re: 2010 Winter Olympics

Postby Sylv » Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:40 pm

Alpine skiing (the women's DH last night was bonkers, some nasty-looking falls)
Cross-country skiing (men's and women's sprint last night was awesome, 3"30 all-out effort)
I've taken to the boarder cross, some nice skills in there
and I'll watch luge/bob/ski jump if it's on at a convenient time
But i HATE skating! (other than the races)
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Re: 2010 Winter Olympics

Postby Jon H » Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:46 pm

Why isn't cyclo-cross in the winter olympics? It is a winter sport after all.
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Re: 2010 Winter Olympics

Postby Sylv » Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:56 pm

funny you should say that, i was going to mention it after reading this today (in French - suggestion to include cross-country & cyclo-cross)
http://contre-pied.blog.lemonde.fr/2010 ... 0%99hiver/
for cross-coutry the request to IOC has been done last year
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Re: 2010 Winter Olympics

Postby Andrew G » Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:04 pm

This year's World CX Champs would have qualified Sean :D .

I like a lot of the sports: speed skating (short and long track), alpine skiing (yes that was a bit mad last night wasn't it), luge/bob/skeleton can be good for nutter watching, but I'm really enjoying the biathlon and cross country skiing. The sprint was great last night and they don't exactly get much of a breather between rounds do they :shock: . I really fancy having a go at cross country skiing.
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Re: 2010 Winter Olympics

Postby Elliot M » Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:44 pm

Olympic ice hockey is a bit dull without fighting :wink:
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Re: 2010 Winter Olympics

Postby Jon H » Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:16 am

[quote="Sean Hogan"]If you had Cyclo Cross on Ice with studded tyres then it would qualify.


[quote="Andrew G"]This year's World CX Champs would have qualified Sean


Apparently Dugast have developed a CX tyre with retractable metal spikes, and Sven Nys has tested them on an ice rink at over 40 km/hr. But the UCI said they weren't allowed on safety grounds. Much safer to have everyone falling off on the ice than staying upright :roll:
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Re: 2010 Winter Olympics

Postby Andrew G » Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:31 pm

I'd read about that somewhere but didn't realised he'd tested them on an ice rink :shock: .

I'm not sure if you can still catch the race online anywhere, I caught it live on cyclingfans.com, but it was entertaining to watch. Some great bike handling, but Sven's spikes wouldn't have helped him a couple of laps from the end when he fell over running up the stairs carryig his bike. :lol:
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Re: 2010 Winter Olympics

Postby Jon H » Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:42 pm

I wouldn't classify poncing about in sequins as a sport, but they include that :lol:
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Re: 2010 Winter Olympics

Postby Paul H » Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:57 pm

You cant beat a bit of Biathlon.
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Re: 2010 Winter Olympics

Postby Snoop Doug » Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:58 am

[quote="Jon Hemming"]I wouldn't classify poncing about in sequins as a sport, but they include that :lol:


It's the only way to do proper sport :roll:
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Re: 2010 Winter Olympics

Postby Andrew G » Sat Feb 20, 2010 6:04 pm

Well done to Amy, no not that one :wink: , on the skeleton bob, our first gold in years. My word that looks scary as hell.
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Re: 2010 Winter Olympics

Postby Mike I » Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:58 pm

I'm disappointed to see that the mixed luge doesn't feature.
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Re: 2010 Winter Olympics

Postby kieran » Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:13 pm

I quite enjoyed the womens snowboarding the other night, that luge/bob sledge run cost 120 million (dollars or pounds, not sure which) to build!!!
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Re: 2010 Winter Olympics

Postby Mike I » Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:35 pm

The ski cross looks a bit mental :shock: .
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Re: 2010 Winter Olympics

Postby Sylv » Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:08 am

enough of the frigging curling!!! at least there was a decent bit of classic xc last night on tv, good finale to the 4 x relay. looked a bit like a cycle race.
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