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Post by pegasuswarrior on Feb 14, 2010 0:52:58 GMT -5
This is what I used in the Summer ones. | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | | United States | X | X | X | X |
I am as patroitic as the next guy. But if you look at the history of the olympics, the US almost always wins the metal race, with some exceptions. Of course, most of those years it was the Russians. I would just once like to see a country like Bulgaria dominate the olympics. I think NORWAY has the most Winter Olympic medals ever. I think that's pretty much along the lines of what your analogy is looking for. So yes, poetic justice indeed. I love and respect most of the participants from every country around the globe, but doggone it, I want my country to win the Winter Olympics medal count, especially since they haven't done it (at least not since WWII, I think), so I really don't follow your disappointment in U.S. "hogging" any spotlights. (And I thought China beat U.S. in medal count two years ago in the SUMMER games, so there's another reason for why I don't get your line.) |
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Post by Chuckie Finster on Feb 14, 2010 1:32:29 GMT -5
The 82-0 game is on YouTube in its entirety for those interested.
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Post by Cela on Feb 14, 2010 1:41:16 GMT -5
Ok, from the west coast feed. Why are they declaring Apollo Ono's silver as a giant killing triumph? The koreans had his ass beat until an accident at the last possible second.
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Post by livetowin on Feb 14, 2010 2:49:12 GMT -5
Not sure if I should post it, not sure if it was already posted...But there was a lot of rioting in Vancouver today.
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Post by mrwednesdaynight on Feb 14, 2010 3:33:20 GMT -5
I am as patroitic as the next guy. But if you look at the history of the olympics, the US almost always wins the metal race, with some exceptions. Of course, most of those years it was the Russians. I would just once like to see a country like Bulgaria dominate the olympics. I think NORWAY has the most Winter Olympic medals ever. I think that's pretty much along the lines of what your analogy is looking for. So yes, poetic justice indeed. I love and respect most of the participants from every country around the globe, but doggone it, I want my country to win the Winter Olympics medal count, especially since they haven't done it (at least not since WWII, I think), so I really don't follow your disappointment in U.S. "hogging" any spotlights. (And I thought China beat U.S. in medal count two years ago in the SUMMER games, so there's another reason for why I don't get your line.) I'm a typical American. I like to see people win but I don't like to see them win too much. Hence why many people hate the Yankees, Tom Brady, and Jimmy Johnson. China did have more Gold but US had more metals at Beijing, 100 to 110. We had the most gold and metals at Athens, Sydney, Atlanta (where Kurt Angle won with a broken freakin' neck.) In Barcalona the US didn't lead because 18 countries were combined as Independant Olympic particpants following the fall of the Soviet Union. You see what I mean. We win too much. |
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Post by Steveweiser on Feb 14, 2010 9:19:42 GMT -5
Five medals up for grabs today.
Biathlon - Men's 10km Sprint - 11:15am PT/2:15pm ET/7:15pm UK
Speed Skating - Women's 3,000m - 1pm PT/4pm ET/9pm UK
Nordic Combined - Individual Normal Hill - 1:45pm PT/4:45pm ET/9:45pm UK
Luge - Men's Singles - 3pm PT/6pm ET/11pm UK
Freestyle Skiing - Men's Moguls - 5:30pm PT/8:30pm ET/1:30am UK
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Feb 14, 2010 13:04:30 GMT -5
Lets keep conspiracy theories out of this thread.
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Post by Jay Carroll on Feb 14, 2010 13:35:42 GMT -5
Ok, from the west coast feed. Why are they declaring Apollo Ono's silver as a giant killing triumph? The koreans had his ass beat until an accident at the last possible second. Because of the almost impossible to prove, but very prevalent practice in speedskating of countries skating together in individual relays. The worst part is, the Koreans did have him beat until they got a bit greedy at the end. Their wipeout on the final turn gave me a case of the LOLZ, and the two Americans took silver and bronze, which made me happy. |
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Post by Robbymac on Feb 14, 2010 13:44:03 GMT -5
I think NORWAY has the most Winter Olympic medals ever. I think that's pretty much along the lines of what your analogy is looking for. So yes, poetic justice indeed. I love and respect most of the participants from every country around the globe, but doggone it, I want my country to win the Winter Olympics medal count, especially since they haven't done it (at least not since WWII, I think), so I really don't follow your disappointment in U.S. "hogging" any spotlights. (And I thought China beat U.S. in medal count two years ago in the SUMMER games, so there's another reason for why I don't get your line.) I'm a typical American. I like to see people win but I don't like to see them win too much. Hence why many people hate the Yankees, Tom Brady, and Jimmy Johnson. China did have more Gold but US had more metals at Beijing, 100 to 110. We had the most gold and metals at Athens, Sydney, Atlanta (where Kurt Angle won with a broken freakin' neck.) In Barcalona the US didn't lead because 18 countries were combined as Independant Olympic particpants following the fall of the Soviet Union. You see what I mean. We win too much. We can never win too much. I want to see us win the medal count in every Olympics, every year. USA...ALL THE WAY...TOUGH GUY! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!  |
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Post by mrwednesdaynight on Feb 14, 2010 14:12:38 GMT -5
sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/Canada-sets-record-18-0-as-women-s-hockey-face?urn=oly,219527 I don't know who is writing this blog,( personally I mean, of course I can read their name.) but they have to be the biggest sissy in the world. If Slovaka doesn't want to be embarassed 18-0 by the Canadian women, maybe they should work on their goaltending. If other countries want to compete against the US and Canadian women, try putting some effort into your teams. As for a mercy rule, are the Canadian women suppose to just stand there with a wide open shot and no defender in their zip code? Is it her fault the goalie couldn't stop her shot if she does decide not stand there and wait for the other team to show up? Would it be more classy if they just did laps around the ice like NES Ice Hockey? We are getting into this soft, soccer mindset where everything is a tie, no one wins, no one loses, no feelings hurt, everyone gets a gold and a orange slice. Blagh!
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Post by Jazzman on Feb 14, 2010 14:15:50 GMT -5
Skiing with guns is on right now!!
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Post by mrwednesdaynight on Feb 14, 2010 14:18:11 GMT -5
Skiing with guns is on right now!! Its like a James Bond movie! |
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Post by Jazzman on Feb 14, 2010 14:33:28 GMT -5
Honestly, this is very enthralling
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Post by mrwednesdaynight on Feb 14, 2010 14:35:32 GMT -5
I think this a great event. The announcers are doing a good job of telling us what is going on and selling this. If only the announcers on Raw were as effective.
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Post by Steveweiser on Feb 14, 2010 15:24:11 GMT -5
Vincent Jay of France wins the Men's 10km Sprint Biathlon from Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway and Jakov Fak of Croatia.
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Post by Widow's Peak on Feb 14, 2010 15:25:33 GMT -5
Five medals up for grabs today. Biathlon - Men's 10km Sprint - 11:15am PT/2:15pm ET/7:15pm UK Speed Skating - Women's 3,000m - 1pm PT/4pm ET/9pm UK Nordic Combined - Individual Normal Hill - 1:45pm PT/4:45pm ET/9:45pm UK Luge - Men's Singles - 3pm PT/6pm ET/11pm UK Freestyle Skiing - Men's Moguls - 5:30pm PT/8:30pm ET/1:30am UK And figure skating starts tonight!! Yeah... I realize that I'm probably the only one on the board excited about that.  |
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Post by Premier Blah on Feb 14, 2010 17:00:00 GMT -5
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Post by mrwednesdaynight on Feb 14, 2010 17:04:24 GMT -5
This is more like the original Dream Team, who's opponents asked the for autographs after the game. I hope the Chinese women learn something and work on their hockey program as a result. They have 1 billion people. I'm sure they can find one woman who can tend goal. |
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Post by Jazzman on Feb 14, 2010 17:14:33 GMT -5
Five medals up for grabs today. Biathlon - Men's 10km Sprint - 11:15am PT/2:15pm ET/7:15pm UK Speed Skating - Women's 3,000m - 1pm PT/4pm ET/9pm UK Nordic Combined - Individual Normal Hill - 1:45pm PT/4:45pm ET/9:45pm UK Luge - Men's Singles - 3pm PT/6pm ET/11pm UK Freestyle Skiing - Men's Moguls - 5:30pm PT/8:30pm ET/1:30am UK And figure skating starts tonight!! Yeah... I realize that I'm probably the only one on the board excited about that. Not so, I will watching and pulling for the first American gold since the shocker that was Sarah Hughes in 2002. God, remember when America was the center of female figure skating? |
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Post by Steveweiser on Feb 14, 2010 17:20:23 GMT -5
Jason Lamy-Chappuis of France wins the Nordic Combined Individual Normal Hill, with Johnny Spillane of the USA second and Alessandro Pittin of Italy third.
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