Ya they were saying on the news that they thought it was gonna be Wayne Gretzky but there not 100% sure.
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Vancouver 2010
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Ya they were saying on the news that they thought it was gonna be Wayne Gretzky but there not 100% sure.
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arcticsun
vid of the accident here; http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d02_1266004280 (graphic dont click if you dont want to watch)
The speed on that track is iinsane!
And then there is the 30 or so athletes who got denied entry to the games due to doping suspicions. Just adds to the whole experience imo, its a sport in itself to avoid the doping hunters hahaha.
I love the olympic games, ill be watching non stop
Its winners and loosers, and sportsmanship and unsportsmanship, and showmanship, teamwork, death, injury, blood sweat and tears. All for nothing but a show and a feather in a hat. I love it!!
Ski Jump medium hill tomorrow, hope the Norwegian team has gotten their shit together by now, its been very so-so until now this season.
Any ski jump fans out there? I know the sport is not as big out there in the big world as it is here in little Norway, where skijumping is considered almost as a national sport.
Hope you dont mind me updating you a little on the sport, maybe you can enjoy it a little more tomorrow if you intend to watch.
The Austrians has been dominating so far this season, holding the 2nd through 6th position in the world cup standings. The swiss wonderboy, Amman leading the season so far. Normally strong contenders, the Norwegians and the flying Finns has been a disappointment thus far in the season, but both teams are allways strong contenders when its championship times.
A guy like Janne Ahonen from Finland, who is the only man to ever win the german/ austrian "Four Hills" newyears skijump cup (kind of like the tour de france of the sport) 5 times from 2002/3 through 2008 he won it all, he could very well take it all home. Retired after dominating for 5 years in 2008, and made a comeback in 2009. Widely recognized as one of the greatest contenders if not the greatest of all times.
He started the season kind of rough, but has been showing an increasing form curve. The man who never smiles, he has nerves of steel and his trademark is he never fails under pressure. Finnish iceman. Once he was asked "why dont you ever smile, even when you win?" He coldly answered, "we are here to jump, not to smile"
He is so famous in Norway for example that one of the most popular folkrock artists of the country made a song called "Janne Ahonens Smile" which was a hit ofc.
He wants that medal pretty bad I think.
Ahonen on youtube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPFOqctuzK0
The song, Janne Ahonens Smile; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdnEUg023HI
Then there is the little polish fox Malysz, he is an expert on small and medium hills. He is an incredible jumper with an impressive career.
Malysz on youtube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXGmFn1bR4E
Simon Amman, Switzerland. Current world cup leader. He made his name with a bang by winning 2 gold medals in the Salt Lake City olympics . He has been a strong contender ever since, and is on a path to a career to put him among the big ones in the sport. Swiss precision and accuracy, he is known for a perfect V airposture but a unstylish landing, which is frowned upon in Norway. The landing needs to be equally stabile as the airtime.
Amman on youtube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ULc6CoJDCU
Austrian ski jump team, they have been absolutely dominating the sport this year, Schlierenzauer, Morgernstern, Kofler,Loitzl and Koch are all strong medal contenders. My bet is on Schlirenzauer for a medal contender. The Austrians face strong pressure from home, where they expect at least one medal in each of the hills, at least! By far the strongest team at the moment, and they have had more then one man on the podium several times this season.
Austrian ski jump team on youtube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_407BpGKAB4
The Norwegian Ski Jump team. With a several hundred year old history in skiing, the winter country is known as the birth place and the holy grail of the sport. The capitol of the country sports a ski jump hill as its most prominent and easily seen building, with plans to build a new and even more impressive one. The sport is considered a challenge of fear, and Norwegian ski jumpers would travel the united states in the 18th and 19th century where they would perform great shows and display their courage by jumping off insane wooden ski jump hills on stadiums and in big cities. The Norwegians even brought ski jumping to San Francisco and jumped stadiums like Chicagos Soldier Field long before ww2.
Nothing short of a total domination of the sport is considered a success as far as the Norwegian people are concerned, something that the team has failed to do for quite some years now, which makes the pressure on the team even more excruciating. The contenders of the team are known to surprise when its least expected, and to fail when its most demanded. After years of dark times in Norwegian ski jumping there is a feeling of demanding they win, at the same time as expecting them to fail.
Jakobsen, Hilde, Romøren could all be medal contenders on a good day. Romøren is the hotshot of the bunch who takes most of the attention with his hot viking temper he is the opposite of the fin Ahonen. After failing to take home the victory in last weeks team competition as an anchor on the team, he broke his hand by punching into a wall, one week before the Olympics. Also the holder of the current longest ski jump in the world, 238 meters.
Romøren, Norway- Worlds longest Ski Jump on youtube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWwnKUR8wjE
I hope you enjoyed this little presentation of the sport, the winter Olympics is kind of like a Christmas that comes only once every 4 years to some of us Norwegians. Ill maybe update on some more of my favorite sports and contenders if you like as the games progress.
Have fun and good luck with your favorite contenders
The speed on that track is iinsane!
And then there is the 30 or so athletes who got denied entry to the games due to doping suspicions. Just adds to the whole experience imo, its a sport in itself to avoid the doping hunters hahaha.
I love the olympic games, ill be watching non stop
Its winners and loosers, and sportsmanship and unsportsmanship, and showmanship, teamwork, death, injury, blood sweat and tears. All for nothing but a show and a feather in a hat. I love it!! Ski Jump medium hill tomorrow, hope the Norwegian team has gotten their shit together by now, its been very so-so until now this season.
Any ski jump fans out there? I know the sport is not as big out there in the big world as it is here in little Norway, where skijumping is considered almost as a national sport.
Hope you dont mind me updating you a little on the sport, maybe you can enjoy it a little more tomorrow if you intend to watch.
The Austrians has been dominating so far this season, holding the 2nd through 6th position in the world cup standings. The swiss wonderboy, Amman leading the season so far. Normally strong contenders, the Norwegians and the flying Finns has been a disappointment thus far in the season, but both teams are allways strong contenders when its championship times.
A guy like Janne Ahonen from Finland, who is the only man to ever win the german/ austrian "Four Hills" newyears skijump cup (kind of like the tour de france of the sport) 5 times from 2002/3 through 2008 he won it all, he could very well take it all home. Retired after dominating for 5 years in 2008, and made a comeback in 2009. Widely recognized as one of the greatest contenders if not the greatest of all times.
He started the season kind of rough, but has been showing an increasing form curve. The man who never smiles, he has nerves of steel and his trademark is he never fails under pressure. Finnish iceman. Once he was asked "why dont you ever smile, even when you win?" He coldly answered, "we are here to jump, not to smile"
He is so famous in Norway for example that one of the most popular folkrock artists of the country made a song called "Janne Ahonens Smile" which was a hit ofc.
He wants that medal pretty bad I think.
Ahonen on youtube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPFOqctuzK0
The song, Janne Ahonens Smile; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdnEUg023HI
Then there is the little polish fox Malysz, he is an expert on small and medium hills. He is an incredible jumper with an impressive career.
Malysz on youtube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXGmFn1bR4E
Simon Amman, Switzerland. Current world cup leader. He made his name with a bang by winning 2 gold medals in the Salt Lake City olympics . He has been a strong contender ever since, and is on a path to a career to put him among the big ones in the sport. Swiss precision and accuracy, he is known for a perfect V airposture but a unstylish landing, which is frowned upon in Norway. The landing needs to be equally stabile as the airtime.
Amman on youtube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ULc6CoJDCU
Austrian ski jump team, they have been absolutely dominating the sport this year, Schlierenzauer, Morgernstern, Kofler,Loitzl and Koch are all strong medal contenders. My bet is on Schlirenzauer for a medal contender. The Austrians face strong pressure from home, where they expect at least one medal in each of the hills, at least! By far the strongest team at the moment, and they have had more then one man on the podium several times this season.
Austrian ski jump team on youtube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_407BpGKAB4
The Norwegian Ski Jump team. With a several hundred year old history in skiing, the winter country is known as the birth place and the holy grail of the sport. The capitol of the country sports a ski jump hill as its most prominent and easily seen building, with plans to build a new and even more impressive one. The sport is considered a challenge of fear, and Norwegian ski jumpers would travel the united states in the 18th and 19th century where they would perform great shows and display their courage by jumping off insane wooden ski jump hills on stadiums and in big cities. The Norwegians even brought ski jumping to San Francisco and jumped stadiums like Chicagos Soldier Field long before ww2.
Nothing short of a total domination of the sport is considered a success as far as the Norwegian people are concerned, something that the team has failed to do for quite some years now, which makes the pressure on the team even more excruciating. The contenders of the team are known to surprise when its least expected, and to fail when its most demanded. After years of dark times in Norwegian ski jumping there is a feeling of demanding they win, at the same time as expecting them to fail.
Jakobsen, Hilde, Romøren could all be medal contenders on a good day. Romøren is the hotshot of the bunch who takes most of the attention with his hot viking temper he is the opposite of the fin Ahonen. After failing to take home the victory in last weeks team competition as an anchor on the team, he broke his hand by punching into a wall, one week before the Olympics. Also the holder of the current longest ski jump in the world, 238 meters.
Romøren, Norway- Worlds longest Ski Jump on youtube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWwnKUR8wjE
ski jump world cup standings said:
I hope you enjoyed this little presentation of the sport, the winter Olympics is kind of like a Christmas that comes only once every 4 years to some of us Norwegians. Ill maybe update on some more of my favorite sports and contenders if you like as the games progress.
Have fun and good luck with your favorite contenders
30 mins!
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danny karey
^^ Ottawa senators....Oh C'mon, seriously?
I thought you were cool..........guess not..LOL!!
Danny
I thought you were cool..........guess not..LOL!!
Danny
Hephaestus
Member
Ouch... What a accident... Looks like he got tossed head first into that pole...
Sorry but no - olympics is not for amatures; if you're not at a world cup level; you don't belong... Top in your country or not. Isn't there qualifying requirements like in other sports?
They need to build the facilities to be beyond current norms, part of the olympics for one... Secondly - if its obsololete in a few years... What's the point? Look at the calgary olympic venues for ski jumping and luge/bobsled... When was the last time they were used for anything but junior training/competitions?
Sorry but no - olympics is not for amatures; if you're not at a world cup level; you don't belong... Top in your country or not. Isn't there qualifying requirements like in other sports?
They need to build the facilities to be beyond current norms, part of the olympics for one... Secondly - if its obsololete in a few years... What's the point? Look at the calgary olympic venues for ski jumping and luge/bobsled... When was the last time they were used for anything but junior training/competitions?
Sens are #1 in the Northeast
Ceremony has started!!!!
Ceremony has started!!!!
just zapped throughout all the channels I got and not one is showing the Olympics... I bet all the channels were too poor to pay for the rights
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arcticsun
Try this link mate, it may not work abroad but its worth a shot, they show it on public television here. And public broadcasting is live online aswell.
http://www.nrkol.no/video/assetid=e9df45be-6a29-4d93-b449-9f9ea6ea3101.html
http://www.nrkol.no/video/assetid=e9df45be-6a29-4d93-b449-9f9ea6ea3101.html
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cyberwax
That wont work outside of norway sadly (prøvde via en utelands proxy), im not sure there are many norwegian proxies tho.
However you could watch it here : http://www.atdhe.net/8374/watch-xxi-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony
Oh yeah and btw norway will kick everyones ass yet again.
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arcticsun
TeamZissou
Member
The ceremonies so far are pretty good but I dont think anybody can match up with china.
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Leonidas
Not sure what opening ceremony your watching? The one on my tv blows goats. Best part is trying to see what country has the hottest girls on its team.
They did a really nice job, I enjoyed it alot more then China's to be honest but then again im from BC. Fiddling and Tab dancing had me laughing my ass of ahaha, and we had Donald Sutherland as a commentator so how can you compete with that. Was nice to see they gave the natives a part in it all.
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Leonidas
Hard to beat the swedish girls......
drunkenstoner
Member
R.I.P Nodar Kumaritashvili very very sad. Bad start to the olympics. Its insane how fast those lugers go , they have the video at thync.com where he flys off the track.
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arcticsun
45 mins to the ski jump competition.
Is anyone going to watch?
Ive got my bet on Amman, Schirenzauer(<--spelling?), Jacobsen and Malysz for top 4 contenders.
Ladies downhill is discontinued until monday due to the warm weather.
Is anyone going to watch?
Ive got my bet on Amman, Schirenzauer(<--spelling?
), Jacobsen and Malysz for top 4 contenders. Ladies downhill is discontinued until monday due to the warm weather.
I'm watching
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arcticsun
Czech team is looking strong, we might see one of them very high up on the scoreboard.
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arcticsun
Looks like a grim competition for us Norwegians, Romøren disappoints in first round, and so did Jacobsen who were feeling so confident yesterday that he didnt even do all his practice and trial jumps.
