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Is it just me or are the winter olympics kinda boring this year?
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| 72hrpartyanimal |
... unless you're Canadian or Swamper :)
just sayin |
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| DaveT |
It's just an olympics where there's no new great story to tell about any american athletes. The stars who are there have already had their stories told and there's really nothing new to tell. Maybe Bode Miller if he wins anything considering his rep in the past and how he became a father, changed his habits, etcet cetc.
When there isn't a story to tell, the fallback is usually just highlighting some star womens figure skater. But the US really doesn't have one to highlight this year...don't think we are expected to get any type of medal in that event.
A good personal story drives our interest into the games and makes us think they are better. Psychology. But that's lacking this year. |
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| darin epsilon |
No Michelle Kwan, Kristi Yamaguchi, or Nancy Kerrigan this year so there aren't really any household names to watch for.
Supposedly Vancouver has been unseasonably warm this year, so they're in a panic to get an army of snow machines working on maintaining enough snow for the games. |
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| Brian Scott |
What's terrible is that even though these games are being held in our own time zone, we can't watch them live on TV. How stupid is that? Even during the weekend, everything is time-delayed by 3 hours.
Billy, the Winter Olympics are boring so far because most of the good sports haven't started their competitions yet. No mens' ice hockey, no hot Canadian womens Curling team, and no figure skating (your personal favorite). Personally, I'm waiting for Skeleton. There's nothing like flying down a tube 4" from the ice at 90 mph while facing forward. |
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| LAdazeNYnights |
| quote: | Originally posted by Brian Scott
because most of the good sports haven't started their competitions yet. No mens' ice hockey, no hot Canadian womens Curling team, and no figure skating (your personal favorite). Personally, I'm waiting for Skeleton. There's nothing like flying down a tube 4" from the ice at 90 mph while facing forward. |
you forgot the alpine skiing events! (mens, of course...though i enjoy the womens as well). I think some of them got postponed because of the snow. I can't wait though. Used to be a racer myself - - was never very good but I love the sport. Anyway, I'm Austrian, so whenever I would visit family as a kid everybody was huge on following the scene. Expecting big thangs out of Benny Raich, Walchoffer, and the rest of the guys this year.
it's too bad about the problems with snow this year. whistler, on average, gets tons more snow than any other North American ski area. (correct me if i'm wrong...just remember hearing that skiing there...and seeing it first hand) |
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| bas |
Women's Ice Hockey:
USA 12
China 1
USA! |
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| LAdazeNYnights |
| lol that's great |
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| 72hrpartyanimal |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
Women's Ice Hockey:
USA 12
China 1
USA! |
USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, |
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| Nerologic |
Its dry, and with the death during trials kind of sets a dark tone.
Even the NBA stuff over the weekend was soft, the dunk contest wasn't that dope and the all star game was meh. |
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| R!CH |
| since when are the winter olympics not boring? |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by R!CH
since when are the winter olympics not boring? |
I'm quite enjoying it. The moguls were great action and the finish in the mens biathlon had loads of tension.
Love the fact a lot of medals are being one on the very last run (moguls (both male and female), Ski jump, Mens downhill.....). |
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| GPC |
| I've liked them so far. Can't wait for the snowboarding events. Got all choked up during the medals ceremony for the women's moguls. |
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