Winter Olympic Games Torino 2006

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 8 Feb 2006, 08:27

On friday it starts, zomg

Ky.Jelly · Post by **Ky.Jelly** » 8 Feb 2006, 12:58

ye awesome biathlon ttm
we dont get it on tv here, which will suck, hmm actually maybe on pay tv, ill check that
we got athletes over there, doing luge and shit
gg ole einar

petsen · Post by **petsen** » 8 Feb 2006, 14:46

im gonna watch

sach nice tv

Kopaka · Post by **Kopaka** » 8 Feb 2006, 15:25

Skiing are so nice to watch. Have planned to be doing not much else in that period. On the channels we have there are never any skiing showed except this.

John · Post by **John** » 8 Feb 2006, 20:17

is it Kopaka nat have Eurosport? :X
anyway Ill watch a bit, open ceremonies on olympics also so big and impressing I get goosebumps..
btw anyone heard of that guy from Ghana competing in slalom? =P

Freezen · Post by **Freezen** » 9 Feb 2006, 02:46

i'm definitely gonna watch as much as possible.. and that's quite much cause in finland its 10-12 hours a day on tv... so lots and lots of beer and popcorn and chips and beer...

Kopaka · Post by **Kopaka** » 10 Feb 2006, 14:36

Opening cermony tonight \o/

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 11 Feb 2006, 15:47

The opening was max

Sach najs mega ski jumper

jw · Post by jw » 11 Feb 2006, 18:43

netherlands got silver, not gold....

Post by **SveinR** » 11 Feb 2006, 21:37

Hmm, well. 2 silver and 2 bronze for Norway after the first day. I guess we should be happy about that, but we had gold oppurtunities in at least three events. Ah well, max that Olympics has finally started \o/

The_BoneLESS · Post by **The_BoneLESS** » 12 Feb 2006, 03:17

One gold for Canada !

Post by **SveinR** » 12 Feb 2006, 03:49

The_BoneLESS wrote:One gold for Canada !

Well I guess Jennifer Heil deserved it, as she's been best for two years

Plus, Kari Traa lacked a silver in her collection =)

Jalli · Post by **Jalli** » 12 Feb 2006, 04:36

I guess she deserved a win maybe yeah, but the judges were quite "nice" to her

The_BoneLESS · Post by **The_BoneLESS** » 12 Feb 2006, 20:09

yeah...

and our girls hockey team is sick for now

16-0 against Italy and
12-0 against Russia

Wish them luck for the next battles

Ky.Jelly · Post by **Ky.Jelly** » 12 Feb 2006, 21:35

.. we should be able to delete posts

Post by **SveinR** » 12 Feb 2006, 23:12

Today was strange for Norway..

Starting with BjÃ¸rgen sick and has to abort the skiathlon, then Aamodt 0.06 away from a medal in Downhill as well as damaging his knee, and then, Frode Estil falls and breaks one of his skis in the start. Seemed like a really lousy day.. And somehow Estil manages to get Silver and we get Gold and Bronze in ski jumping! Go BystÃ¸l =)

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » 13 Feb 2006, 08:02

Unbelieveable unlucky wind conditions for the few last jumpers. I think Ahonen would have a had great chance of winning but what can you do about it dame. Yet he jumped longest of those last guys, I think that already tells something.

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 13 Feb 2006, 12:39

I saw some slesk action by this girl snowboarder from japan. She started, made some really cool salto, but landed too sloppy. The next moment she was laying on her back. Pity.

ElToto · Post by **ElToto** » 13 Feb 2006, 13:12

Yeah ! one gold for a french skieur !
I won't be amazed that it's the only one we'll have
(well, "we", not, but the french team)

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 14 Feb 2006, 14:53

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD x2

Post by **SveinR** » 15 Feb 2006, 04:33

zworqy wrote:GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD x2

Yeh, max grats to Sweden for your first Gold medals in Winter Olympics since the Gold on ice hockey at Lillehammer '94, and your first Gold medals at a cross country event since Calgary '88.

Since 1/4 of the games at Torino 2006 have finished, it could be interesting to look at the top5 of the medal count so far:

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Pos		Country		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	
1	 United States			5	2		0		  7	
2	 Russian Federation	 4	3	   2	     9	
3	 Germany				   4	1		2	     7	
4	 Sweden					 2	0		0	     2	
5	 Norway					 1	5		5	     11

I think, based on this, that the USA will come out on top at the end of the olympics, with around 10-12 Gold medals. Norway will still have the most medals in total, perhaps. And I hope Norway will soon start to get some luck and some more Gold medals, though we by no means have done a poor job so far, just lower than our very high expectations. Also we have been extremely unlucky with regards to illness:
Marit BjÃ¸rgen got ill two weeks before the olympics, and even got another illness at the start of the olympics when the previous illness had pretty much passed, so that was a big blow for Norway, as she would have been a clear gold candidate in each cross country event. Hopefully she can still manage to come back in good shape.
Kjetil Andre Aamodt hurt his knee after 15 secs of the Downhill, most probably lost a medal there and also lost oppurtinity to fight for medal chances in the Combination and, perhaps, in the Super-G event.
When BjÃ¸rgen got better, another very good medal and Gold hope, Hilde GP, got ill. These two in good shape would pretty certainly have won the sprint relay.
And our entire Nordic Combined team, except one, got ill so they cannot start in the relay, where they would have been Gold favourites.
Also we've had quite a few almost-victories. Well I still think our luck will change.. hopefully pretty soon

Kopaka · Post by **Kopaka** » 15 Feb 2006, 10:48

yay Denmarks only team won yesterday \o/ (we only have paticipaters in womens curling). Maybe they still have medal change

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 15 Feb 2006, 16:39

zworqy wrote:GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD x2

BROOONZE

Anja PÃ¤rson rules

Jeppe · Post by **Jeppe** » 15 Feb 2006, 17:30

fakk i knew i would find a norwegian whiner hier >:] svein shat ap...norway shud get bane froem winter lolympicz

Post by **SveinR** » 16 Feb 2006, 00:26

Jeppe wrote:fakk i knew i would find a norwegian whiner hier >:] svein shat ap...

Nat whining =)

11 medals is very good, especially with those problems we've had, and also we've gotten some very nice unexpected results as Bronze in women's Half-pipe so nat whining at all. The "bad luck" with regards to illness(14-15 people gotten sick in total) is very frustrating though, but much of it is probably a result of bad management.

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 16 Feb 2006, 15:05

zworqy wrote:
zworqy wrote:GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD x2
BROOONZE

SILVEEEEEEEEER

Jeppe · Post by **Jeppe** » 16 Feb 2006, 16:09

omagaad lock this fakk...yuo bongos onley scream medalz we know tehm idiathz...(zworqy yuo shat ap anywayz) sum talkz about teh hokki :I i think iz ganna be tight liek ass trought totempolez.my prediction iz liek.

1.CAN
2.CZE
3.SWE

finland seem to hev teh max team spirits ap also ;o might reach finals bat i do safe ap wiht teh jagr & co.

Homer · Post by **Homer** » 16 Feb 2006, 17:11

Grats to 2nd silver Zidek @ snowboard

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 17 Feb 2006, 20:20

Medal! Swedish Ice Hockey Women goes to the final!

The_BoneLESS · Post by **The_BoneLESS** » 18 Feb 2006, 00:20

Switzerland is doing good... Gold in skeleton and i think they beat Czech in women ice hockey

milagros · Post by **milagros** » 18 Feb 2006, 00:44

ez svk wins in ice hockey:)

Post by **SveinR** » 18 Feb 2006, 01:22

Thoughts for tomorrow:

First off is women's relay 4*5km. I do believe Norway to be the favorites here, but the Russians always do very well in relays. The Canadians might be an outsider here perhaps, also hopefully Sweden and Finland will do well.

Then there's the men's Super G. My tip for the win would be Hermann Maier. Kjetil Andre Aamodt, who won in Salt Lake, probably has got a setback from his injury, but I hope he'll be in top shape and do well and maybe get a medal.

Women's 10km biathlon pursuit then. This is an extremely open competition I feel, with many possible winners. Olofsson, Zubrilova, Bailly and Wilhelm might be the strongest ones. Also I have a hope for Liv Grete Poiree of course

Men's pursuit then, here I think, and hope, either Halvard Hanevold or Frode Andresen will take home the Gold. But Sven Fischer seemed very strong indeed on the sprint.

Men's ski jump big hill then.. Actually, I hope Janne Ahonen wins this. He really deserves an Olympic Gold medal, having been among the absolute best for 12 years, and by far the best and most stable jumper the past years. Norways jumpers will also do well I think.

Men's 1000m speed skating. I really hope Jeremy Wotherspoon can win this one, noone there deserves the Gold more than him. I'm afraid he won't get it though, and that it will go to Joey Cheek or Shani Davis from USA. Norway's Even Wetten might get inside the top5.

John · Post by **John** » 18 Feb 2006, 01:49

sveinr sick u know all those names and who deserves which medal and whats going on about those sports :O
I just go with "heja sverige" =)

Harald Hasch · Post by **Harald Hasch** » 18 Feb 2006, 14:52

@ boneless, we won against Czech in MEN ice hockey

...did sumbody see the boardercross women final, hilarious

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 18 Feb 2006, 15:11

Harald Hasch wrote:@ boneless, we won against Czech in MEN ice hockey
...did sumbody see the boardercross women final, hilarious

Yes, I watched it. I laughed hard when I saw it.

Harald Hasch · Post by **Harald Hasch** » 18 Feb 2006, 17:42

11 mins to go and swiss ice hockey team will win against canada

edit: yeha 2:0

The_BoneLESS · Post by **The_BoneLESS** » 18 Feb 2006, 21:38

Harald Hasch wrote:11 mins to go and swiss ice hockey team will win against canada

edit: yeha 2:0

That hurt...

no, seriously... Switzaland is doing quite good in hockey

milagros · Post by **milagros** » 18 Feb 2006, 23:51

ez svk rules in ice hockey

Post by **SveinR** » 19 Feb 2006, 00:41

YEAH, this was a good day =) Gold, Silver and Bronze. And Aamodt... it's just amazing. Lost for words really. Wins Gold in the Super-G with a damaged knee. 8 olympic medals. 20 championship medals. 4 olympic gold medals.. with 14 years from the first to the last.. amazing..

Let's see then, half of the Torino 2006 events have finished, what's the top5 situation now:

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Pos		Country		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	
1	 United States			7	4		2		  13	
2	 Germany				   6	6		3	     15	
3	 Russian Federation	 6	2	   5	     13		
4	 Austria					4   5	   1	     10	
5	 South Korea			  3	3	   1	     7
8	 Norway					 2	7		7	     16

Still Norway has most Silver, most Bronze and most medals altogether \o. The top3 seem pretty clear now, rest is more open.

Juble · Post by **Juble** » 19 Feb 2006, 01:43

we hev 1 gold, to bad the dude is a spam man. *sigh*

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 19 Feb 2006, 11:24

Juble wrote:we hev 1 gold, to bad the dude is a spam man. *sigh*

Yes, but he's originally an american. That clarifies a lot.

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 19 Feb 2006, 13:30

Another bronze for sweden

Jeppe · Post by **Jeppe** » 19 Feb 2006, 18:11

[sensored]

Lepton · Post by **Lepton** » 20 Feb 2006, 09:40

Yeah, Germany rules.

7x Gold, 7x Silver, 4x Bronze, most medals altogether and leading position in the ranking. And Norway is doing bad.

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 20 Feb 2006, 17:31

Yes, I hope for Germany to stay in the lead and to beat USA. Stupid americans.

Post by **SveinR** » 20 Feb 2006, 20:30

Norway's first medal in the ski jumping team competition since Calgary 88 \o

Though that was expected.. too bad Tommy Ingebrigtsen underperformed, or we could have been contestants for the Gold, at least the Silver. But Austria was a well deserved winner.

But darn.. our men's curling team is out

Post by **SveinR** » 20 Feb 2006, 20:31

Lepton wrote: And Norway is doing bad.

9 more medals and we equal our record from Lillehammer of 26 medals altogether..

Jake · Post by **Jake** » 21 Feb 2006, 17:47

sweden should do tactical lose againts slovakia so ez match against swisses

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 21 Feb 2006, 18:44

Germany still in the lead \o/.

And Fabris had a good run on the 1500m, sick that he beat Davis and Hedrick with that.

Post by **SveinR** » 22 Feb 2006, 00:06

Rex wrote:sweden should do tactical lose againts slovakia so ez match against swisses

They did. But easy match against the Swiss? They can't be that bad when they beat Czech Republic and Canada...

..and OMG what a leg Ole Einar BjÃ¸rndalen did in the biathlon relay today. It should not be possible to be 1 minute faster than the rest of the field over 7,5km. Too bad the rest of the team failed. And too bad about Sweden not getting that Bronze..

Winter Olympic Games Torino 2006

Winter Olympic Games Torino 2006

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