winter olympics 2018 thread

Fantastic stuff the winter Olympics....
40 different ways of sliding.

the toilets are a disgrace

Winter Olympics: Norway's team sent 15,000 eggs by mistake

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42978915

Why Winter Olympic Athletes Are Getting More Condoms Than Ever Before

http://time.com/5137272/condoms-at-olympics/

Ski Cross all day long for me. Fabulous competition, like Wacky Races on snow.

"more than 37 condoms per athlete"

That's an ordinary weekend round here.

Opening ceremony on council telly from 1030am.  SK 9 hours ahead of us.

Spectacular - best I've seen in years

BERMUDA WEARING SHORTS

give them a medal 

Is it me or is it a completely empty stadium ?

Team GB Ladies should be worth keeping an eye on in the curling.  Skip Eve's a tough wee Perthshire lass determined to better her bronze at Sochi.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/athletics/eve-muirhead-winter-olympics-curling-11984426
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This time Norway and Germany are expected to fight it out, with the data company Gracenote forecasting Norway to win an Olympic record of 41 medals with the Germans on 39.



Don’t be surprised if Laura Dahlmeier becomes the Winter Olympics’ answer to Michael Phelps. The 24-year-old from Germany is forecast to win six gold medals: the 7.5km sprint, 10km pursuit, 12.5km mass start, 15km individual, 4x6km, 2x6+2x7.5km relay making her the Games most successful athlete. Dahlmeier loves climbing mountains – including two peaks in Nepal over 6,000m.

graphics bbc quite good

Love speed skating
Backed Dutch guy in 1000, 1500 5/4 11-8
Backed Dutch girl in 3000 15/8
Backed lizzy 3/1 comeaway with a medal

What day and Time the Mens and Womens Downhills please ?

https://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018/results/en/general/competition-sche...

https://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018/results/en/general/competition-schedule.htm
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Snow boarding on the Red Button just now, xmon.

has it finished yet ?

short track speed skating and biathlon are my sports of interest

Laura Dahlmeier  5/6 to place in the sprint at 11 am looks a shoe in.

forecast to win six gold medals

Good as she is , this is not accurate at all.

Well that was an easy £83 quid profit , very poor performances by the other favourites.

I like the traditional events

Biathlon and cross country skiing for me

Skicross is just mental

people have short memories

remember the seoul olympics??

can't be too long before the first judging controversy in favour of South Korean competitor

Will don be tweeting to Kim the current Scores

1-0 Giranteed

British luge

i wasn't worried about the time , praying they got downhill alive

I'm not happy with the discrimination here. Seems to be geared up so people from cold countries seem to be winning all the events.

Just backed musgrave 15k freestyle
Friday 30s ew 1-2
Only £10ew wouldn’t lay anymore new accounts pmsl
Gutted this morn coming 7th after being in top 3
Most of the way cross country
Got his race Friday where he doesn’t have to change the ski

Fourcade vs Jo Boe in the biathlon sprint shortly.

They have dominated the season by a country mile over the rest.
Boe is so fast and shoots incredibly well  but .....Fourcade has been on the podium in every single race in the season.
No wonder it is 22/1 bar the two.

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I'm not happy with the discrimination here. Seems to be geared up so people from cold countries seem to be winning all the events.

Scotland should do well then

high ski jump

Jimmy the seagal

Boe 6/10 , Fourcade 7/10 ......went far too fast trying to beat each other and did just that.
Police office Pieffer steady pace 10/10 .

ski jump yesterday, which loon was playing in the wrong market?

Was it very windy?  Didn't watch but the win has been a factor in a lot of the things I have watched.

re the biathlon that is

Anyone on the Providence Bruins?

Feb 10, 2018 -- 6:31PM, bigH wrote:

people have short memoriesremember the seoul olympics??can't be too long before the first judging controversy in favour of South Korean competitor

Short memories, or they're just not old!

Mind-blowingly, the Seoul Olympics was 30 years ago!!!!!

Amateur boxing is still incredibly corrupt.

worst pro fight decision  ever was hagler- sugar ray leonad

hagler robbed

https://mobile.twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/963150913069289473/video/1

WALOFS this Curling is .Fookin ell WTF is interested in it ?

britishspèed skater elise unlucky again

check out the Canadian who won bronze

Boutin was bumped in 1/4 final, other skater DQ'd so she moved through. Semi final she was bumped so moved through again. AND in Final BUMPED AGAIN...moved up to bronze after that skater was DQ'd

snowboard cross is epic

Masterclass from Kuzmina to win the womens mass start biathlon . Put the hammer down from the start and left them for dead.
Gold and 2 silvers in 2018. Gold at 3 winter Olympic games .

elise more crashes than the stockmarket

The Snowboard Cross is quite an event. Looks very scary.

the whole thing leaves me cold

I'll get my coat

bbc sport call elise fall tragic

ffs

her boyfriend same event just been DQ

Biathlon yet again showing itself as the winter sport as Martin Fourcade sets the French record for winter olympic medals beating Simon Schemp in a photo finish with both athlete given the same time.

Is the biathlon for people who like a bit of both?

The BBC's coverage is abysmal.
It's like attending a coffee morning.

Not watched any coverage on the Beeb ,they are clueless. Eurosport have 5 channels on the go , and you don't even seen the commentators. The Radio Times picture had 3 women and 1 non white bloke on the cover ........not a peep from the diversity /inclusion shouty types.

I don't think these "types" ever do any shouting, six.
The head of BBC sport is a woman who wants women commentators, women pundits, women's sport, loads of 'celebs' and overall has ruined BBC sport, which was already declining before she got hold of it.

Eurosport is very good. The biggest events are always better on there.

Russian fails drug test curling

attention seeker going to be back on the ice
BBC totally hoodwink by her

My thoughts precisely FWLAD!

Agree about coverage from bbc
Euro sports dicks all over it

Woman in sport thing is becoming so boring
Just want to watch the sport
Commentators Across the board sit on fence
Have no back bone .
Just say it how it is ffs

4-in-a-row coming up?

Even her start than was for cameras

The short track lottery imo couldn’t dream about punting it
Love long track made few quid
Last bet running nuis in 1000m men’s

Backed the Germans 4x4 bio my Olympics done

"Tell us what's going through your mind Elsie"

"Not much"


That's the first 1.01 of the day safely landed.

Some incredible excuses being made here for Elsie.

Apparently the judges are now watching her more closely than the others.

eurosport so much better

BBC sycophants

Feck knows what the craic is in that speed skating sh1te, but that there relay seems like it may cause controversy.

Hard to tell the difference at times between fhe Beeb's Olympics coverage and Loose Women.

More Curling on How Much are the Muirhead Mafia Receiving in Grants to Play this Shyte ?

The stadium is Fooking empty

Or Arena what ever the Fook they call it ...

Its the most Boring sport ever ,Pure Dross ..

5.5 Million for the Curling are you having a Fckin Larf ??

5.6 Million  The Muirheads must be Getting the Absolute Lot ,,

Mafia Families are in the wrong Buisness

anna gasser

skiing SUSPENDED for no reason whatsosever

no wonder no one bothers with betfair anymore

I see the Men Buckled under the Extreme Pressure Last night ,Perhap a couple of more Million will sort that out For next time

Not being funny but instead of Swanning around Ice Rinks ,does anyone put a pair of Skis on North of the Border

GB skiers appear to come from places Like Bolton

The Muirhead Mafia  must be sweating on the Girls getting a Medal ?

Biathlon yet again producing a classic.
Darya Domrecheva leads Belarus to shock victory . She is the wife  of Bjorndaelen  the most decorated winter olympian ever.
Their offspring should be starring in the 2038 winter olympics.
Belarus world ranked 10th  they must have been a massive price.
Strong winds caused chaos as odds on fav Germany out with the washing as first 3 team members all on the penalty loop.

Been some Right Turn overs 1.01 was done Womans Super G last Friday

GB runners come from Somalia. cheers.

The Bairn Get your Stones out Mate ,U cant do much Worse

£ 5.6 million  Investment

We have a Snowboarder From Southampton I hope he holds For Bronze

Obviously the Big money north of the border   is swanning about on Ice Rinks Playing with your Stones

Have they heard of a Snowboard in Scotland ?

BILLY MORGAN ,the Oldest guy in an insane competition ,Wonder how much Money he has survived on over the years

MASSIVE WELL DONE  

Instead of Spending £5.6 Million on a Load of OCD shyte perhaps the national lottery can have a look at Matters ...

As for Eddie the Eagle PMSFL this snowboarding caper is insane

You on about the curler? If so, who gives a feck? Taking PEDs for curling. Wish they'd stop showing the garbage.

They only show the sh1te, for half a day, because the Brits are good at it. Introduce crown green bowling in the summer games and they'd show that too.

Half a day at a time, I meant. Slightly exaggerating maybe but it gets on my tits.

Whatever your views on the aesthetics of ski racing or curling - at least there is a clear winner. The ice skating showdown between those two Russians was an utter farce, with all the commentators confidently calling the older girl the winner as she went through her routine only for the judges to take a different view. Any competition that depends on subjective opinion to decide the winner is not "sport". You might as well include children's painting competitions.

The approximate top speeds of Winter Olympic athletes:

Downhill skiing: 90 mph
Bobsled: 90 mph
Luge: 85 mph
Skeleton: 80 mph
Ski jumping: 60 mph
Speedskating: 35 mph
Snowboard cross: 30 mph

boxing - ice skating judges . no diff