Olympic Winter Games!

[Leilani78]

I'm a sports fan, so I am super excited that it's the Olympics. I'll watch almost everything shown (except ice dancing... I think it's boring). A few of my favorites: freestyle moguls, curling, ice skating, short track speed skating and hockey. I'm a huge SJ Sharks fan, so it's cool to see 8 Sharks in the Olympics. Even cooler that one of Canada's lines consists of Marleau (my fave), Thronton, and Heatley, but I'm USA all the way (go little joe!). I'm excited about Canada vs. Russia (go Nabby!). Oh I hope Ovechkin nails Crosby tonight. That would be awesome!

 

[staceb1990]

The thing about ice dancing is that, if you're a figure skater (which I was for about ten years) you have to respect that what they do with their feet, and their intricate lifts are incredible, it just isn't quite as showy/glamorous as the regular pairs skating. But I understand that if you've never really been around skating it might seem kind of boring.

 

[Leilani78]

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Originally Posted by staceb1990 The thing about ice dancing is that, if you're a figure skater (which I was for about ten years) you have to respect that what they do with their feet, and their intricate lifts are incredible, it just isn't quite as showy/glamorous as the regular pairs skating. But I understand that if you've never really been around skating it might seem kind of boring.

I never thought about their footwork. I think I'll look at that next time ice dancing is on.

 

[Mabelle]

Oh man Joannie Rochette was so amazing last night (her personal best). I'm so freaking proud of her. To go through loosing her mother so suddenly in at such an important time, and to continue... she's so brave and has such integrity. Win or lose Canada loves and supports you Joannie!!! I'll be watching you tomorrow night!!
Seriously, when i was watching her, my eyes were watering. She's a real hero and a class act.

Now, as for the rest of the Canadian atheles we had a FANTASTIC DAY!! Bronze in speed skating . Silver in women's speed skating relay. Silver AND Gold in women's bobsled. And Canada's Men played an AMAZING game against Russia !! We are SO back!! Very proud of all the athletes representing Canada!

 

[MzzRach]

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Originally Posted by Mabelle Oh man Joannie Rochette was so amazing last night (her personal best). I'm so freaking proud of her. To go through loosing her mother so suddenly in at such an important time, and to continue... she's so brave and has such integrity. Win or lose Canada loves and supports you Joannie!!! I'll be watching you tomorrow night!! Seriously, when i was watching her, my eyes were watering. She's a real hero and a class act.

That was amazing. I lost my mother in July 2008, and I can't imagine competing in the Olympics 2 days after the passing of a close family member. And skating cleanly and beautifully. Just unbelieveable. Go Joannie!!

Who watched the ice dancing free skate? Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir - they were breathtaking. And winning gold for Canada in Canada! Awesome. Meryl Davis and Charlie White were brilliant as well.

Man, I love me some Olympic Winter Games.

 

[Face2Mac]

I love the Winter games, especially figure skating and speed skating. Go Shani Davis and J.R. I haven't watched anything else for the past 2 weeks. No survivor, Amazing Race or American Idol.

I have to use international feeds to watch all the other figure skaters that NBC USA doesn't deem worthy (uh, those are the stars of the future in 1-2 years.)

I am so happy Evan won. A quad and a hip roll does not make a gold medal program Plushenko.
Johnny Weir, so totally underscored. But he will be on tv because he has it like that. I hear Evan is thinking of doing Dancing with the Stars! Yes.

Virtue and Moir are beautiful/technical and Davis and White are brilliant.

Joannie, so rooting for her for to win bronze.

Rooting for USA hockey to win Gold.

 

[gigiopolis]

Yes, Virtue and Moir were AMAZING, I could watch their free skate over and over again. One of the highlights of the games for me.

I've been totally into the Winter Olympics this year - Vancouver is absolutely buzzing! I've never seen it so alive! People in the streets of downtown til the wee hours of the morning, randomly bursting into O Canada, so exciting. Not to mention all the fun stuff to do around Vancouver during these two weeks. It's been a really amazing experience.

I have a reading break from college right now and I really shoudl be studying for the 5 midterms I have after the games...but I can't get anything done! My thinking is: I can always do badly on a midterm and try harder later, but I can never re-live the Olympics in Vancouver!

GO CANADA!!!

 

[MzzRach]

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Originally Posted by Face2Mac I am so happy Evan won. A quad and a hip roll does not make a gold medal program Plushenko.

Evan trained hard, was prepared and had the whole package. He EARNED that gold (against a very strong field)! I agree that Johnny was underscored. He skated 2 really clean programs and was really strong.

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Originally Posted by gigiopolis Yes, Virtue and Moir were AMAZING, I could watch their free skate over and over again. One of the highlights of the games for me. I've been totally into the Winter Olympics this year - Vancouver is absolutely buzzing! I've never seen it so alive! People in the streets of downtown til the wee hours of the morning, randomly bursting into O Canada, so exciting. Not to mention all the fun stuff to do around Vancouver during these two weeks. It's been a really amazing experience. GO CANADA!!!

I have the ice dancing free skate on my DVR and don't see myself deleting it ANY time soon. Just amazing.

I've been thinking of you, Gigi, being in Vancouver! How awesome it must be there right now. Woot!

I've literally been getting sleep deprivation because I just want to watch nearly all the events.

But sadly I must go to work sometimes.

Oh, and am I the only one who thinks that the US Alpine skiing/snowboarding uniforms look like jammies?

 

[staceb1990]

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Originally Posted by MzzRach Oh, and am I the only one who thinks that the US Alpine skiing/snowboarding uniforms look like jammies?

That's so funny, my dad said the only reason he could figure out which ones were American's is because they looked like they were wearing my mother's pajamas

 

[MzzRach]

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Originally Posted by staceb1990 That's so funny, my dad said the only reason he could figure out which ones were American's is because they looked like they were wearing my mother's pajamas

I know, right????

 

[gigiopolis]

Haha my mother said the same thing about the uniforms looking like PJ's!

Yes, being in Vancouver is SO awesome right now! Tons of free things, highlights being free ice skating in the heart of downtown, free urban ziplining over Robson Square (4-8 hour wait though!!), live Stephen Colbert taping next to Science World...all around amazing!

^ Picture with the Olympic cauldron before the alterations of the barriers. Now the fence is much closer to the cauldron and has a plexi-glass lower half, as well as a viewing platform to see the cauldron from above.

^ Olympic torch relay at my university - got to take a picture with a torch! Also won free Paralympic tickets that day!

^ GIANT Canadian flag covering up construction on the corner of Howe and Georgia.

^ Ziplining across Robson Square!! You can see that giant Canadian flag from here!

Fun stuff.

 

[MzzRach]

Gigi those photos are wonderful - thank you for sharing!

Zipline???? That is so awesome! I wanna have a go.

It's great to have a Vancouver resident perspective.

 

[Mabelle]

YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am SO Proud Of Joannie Rochette right now!!! Such a brave girl! She skated so well, im so happy for her. With everything she's been through, she deserves more than a gold medal. Such a tremendous spirit.

Edited to add: Women's hockey gold medal win was also very nice. But I've been waiting all week for Joanie to skate. This was the most important event for me.

 

[howleekorian]

Totally silly, but I think it is adorable that Evan is dating the US gold medalist in gymnastics, Nastia. Too cute! Maybe it was a set-up to increase ratings?

 

[Civies]

Watching Joannie Rochette made me tear up, it was so beautiful to watch but hard at the same time, I can't imagine what the poor girl is going through.
I also teared up watching Charles Hamelin after the men's 500m speed skating when he was hugging his girlfriend Marianne St-Gelais. You could see how happy she was for him and how happy he was for finally getting gold.

I don't want the olympics to be over, I love flipping through 3 channels of pure sports and excitement!

 

[jenee.sum]

OK....so if Canada doesn't win against USA tomorrow in hockey, I will go ape shit. 13 Gold so far, let's add another one!!! Hockey's OUR sport!!!! GOOOOOOOOOO CANADA!!!!

oh man they better win....i'm scurrrred.

 

[Mabelle]

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Originally Posted by Civies I also teared up watching Charles Hamelin after the men's 500m speed skating when he was hugging his girlfriend Marianne St-Gelais. You could see how happy she was for him and how happy he was for finally getting gold. I don't want the olympics to be over, I love flipping through 3 channels of pure sports and excitement!

That was SO cute. It was nice that he won a medal (let alone gold!) but his girlfriends reaction was awesome. The fact that she was loosing her mind during the relay, and then that she just jumped over the boundary to see him and huge him, and that he came right to her. It was adorable.

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Originally Posted by jenee.sum OK....so if Canada doesn't win against USA tomorrow in hockey, I will go ape shit. 13 Gold so far, let's add another one!!! Hockey's OUR sport!!!! GOOOOOOOOOO CANADA!!!! oh man they better win....i'm scurrrred.

Seriously, i have to work tomorrow, then go to school to paint, so i wont get to watch. On one hand, im happy cause i cant take the stress. Canada needs to be on their game tomorrow. Come on boys, you can do this!!! Let's have a repeat of Salt Lake City!!

 

[gigiopolis]

I have a midterm on Monday, but I SURE AS HELL am not missing the hockey game tomorrow. Granted, I'll be watching it at home but I'm definitely not missing it! CANADA!!

13 gold...fingers crossed to make it 14! But I'm already quite happy that we beat the number of overall medals we won in Turin. Let's top the medal charts for number of gold medals!!!!

If we win, the game, it'll be chaotic downtown. If we lose, it'll be chaotic downtown. Better to stay at home, haha.

Then lots of studying

I'm afraid I'll have to watch the Closing Ceremonies sometime next week, I'm sooo busy.

Anyone catch the curling game today? Ulsrud of Norway was quite the looker.

I've never been into curling but got into during these Winter Olympics - it's definitely a nerve-wracking sport coupled with tons of strategy. Congrats to the Canadian men!!

Speaking of curling, I met a member of the Danish women's curling team the other night! Denise Dupont

She's super nice in person, and so gorgeous!

 

[Civies]

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Originally Posted by Mabelle That was SO cute. It was nice that he won a medal (let alone gold!) but his girlfriends reaction was awesome. The fact that she was loosing her mind during the relay, and then that she just jumped over the boundary to see him and huge him, and that he came right to her. It was adorable.

Yessssssss! On CTV they showed her entire reaction during the race, it was THE cutest thing ever I teared up because it was so sweet!


ITA. If Canada doesn't win gold in mens hockey tomorrow I'm going ape shit.

 

[jenee.sum]

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Originally Posted by Mabelle Seriously, i have to work tomorrow, then go to school to paint, so i wont get to watch. On one hand, im happy cause i cant take the stress. Canada needs to be on their game tomorrow. Come on boys, you can do this!!! Let's have a repeat of Salt Lake City!!

I can feel the stress already. That's what I hate about sports. Your heart's all twisted up and crap cuz you're 100000x more nervous than the players (or well...at least it feels 100000x more haha). My fingers and toes will be crossed for SURE!

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Originally Posted by gigiopolis I have a midterm on Monday, but I SURE AS HELL am not missing the hockey game tomorrow. Granted, I'll be watching it at home but I'm definitely not missing it! CANADA!! 13 gold...fingers crossed to make it 14! But I'm already quite happy that we beat the number of overall medals we won in Turin. Let's top the medal charts for number of gold medals!!!! If we win, the game, it'll be chaotic downtown. If we lose, it'll be chaotic downtown. Better to stay at home, haha. Then lots of studying I'm afraid I'll have to watch the Closing Ceremonies sometime next week, I'm sooo busy. Anyone catch the curling game today? Ulsrud of Norway was quite the looker. I've never been into curling but got into during these Winter Olympics - it's definitely a nerve-wracking sport coupled with tons of strategy. Congrats to the Canadian men!! Speaking of curling, I met a member of the Danish women's curling team the other night! Denise Dupont She's super nice in person, and so gorgeous!

Oh woman you better do well on ur midterm then!! The things we do for the olympics eh?

I did watch the men's curling, but I just kept laughing at Norway's checkered pajamas! LOL C'mon, you gotta admit it was pretty terrible lol. My mom and I have been watching curling a lot....which is weird cuz i've never watched curling. But it's pretty interesting once you get into it. I was so happy when Canada won today!

I say it's the number of Golds that count to be the winner of the olympics. haha but that's b/c Canada's got the most right now and I'm Canadian. But let's pretend I didn't just admit that.

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Originally Posted by Civies ITA. If Canada doesn't win gold in mens hockey tomorrow I'm going ape shit.

get ready for mayhem if they lose. you'll probably hear me go ape shit since you're in TO too. lol

GO CANADA!!!!!!!!