Winter Olympics on TV

tunguska · 27-02-2010 11:00am

4 man bob sleigh really is the business, so exciting. Those dudes are absolute monsters, built like tanks the lot of them. Cant wait for the last two runs.
So its Canada vs USA in the hockey final. Who do you think will come out on top this time? Should be a classic.
Cant believe its almost over though:(

metaoblivia · 27-02-2010 1:47pm

Canada will win, no doubt! As much as I'd love an American win, Canada will not allow the Americans to beat them twice on home soil. Hopefully, it will be a good game.

cnocbui · 27-02-2010 1:57pm

I have been watching some of the action on the BBC HD satellite channel on a 50" plasma. The picture quality, when it isn't snowing, is fabulous and makes it such a joy to watch.

Thank you BBC.

Fattes · 27-02-2010 6:43pm

Shane O Connor is going in the mens Slalom tonight

Bib Athlete
1 SUI ZURBRIGGEN Silvan
2 CRO KOSTELIC Ivica
3 AUT RAICH Benjamin
4 FRA LIZEROUX Julien
5 AUT PRANGER Manfred
6 AUT HIRSCHER Marcel
7 AUT HERBST Reinfried
8 ITA MOELGG Manfred
9 SLO VALENCIC Mitja
10 SWE HARGIN Mattias
11 FRA MISSILLIER Steve
12 SWE MYHRER Andre
13 ITA RAZZOLI Giuliano
14 CAN JANYK Michael
15 GER NEUREUTHER Felix
16 USA LIGETY Ted
17 USA MILLER Bode
18 NOR MYHRE Lars Elton
19 CAN COUSINEAU Julien
20 SWE BAECK Axel
21 MDA IMBODEN Urs
22 USA COCHRAN Jimmy
23 SUI GINI Marc
24 ITA THALER Patrick
25 SLO VAJDIC Bernard
26 ITA DEVILLE Cristian
27 JPN SASAKI Akira
28 CAN SPENCE Brad
29 CZE TREJBAL Filip
30 SWE BYGGMARK Jens
31 NOR JANSRUD Kjetil
32 SUI BERTHOD Marc
33 BUL ALBRECHT Kilian
34 CZE KRYZL Krystof
35 CAN WHITE Trevor
36 SLO SKUBE Matic
37 CZE BANK Ondrej
38 FRA MERMILLOD BLONDIN Thomas
39 JPN MINAGAWA Kentaro
40 NOR KARLSEN Truls Ove
41 FRA TISSOT Maxime
42 NOR HAUGEN Leif
43 CRO ZRNCIC-DIM Natko
44 CRO SAMSAL Dalibor
45 SLO DRAGSIC Mitja
46 USA KASPER Nolan
47 SUI VILETTA Sandro
48 CZE VRABLIK Martin
49 ISL BJOERGVINSSON Bjoergvin
50 RUS HOROSHILOV Alexandr
51 KOR JUNG Dong-Hyun
52 FIN ROMAR Andreas
53 GBR RYDING David
54 RUS MAITAKOV Sergei
55 KOR KIM Woo-Sung
56 BUL GEORGIEV Stefan
57 BEL MOLLIN Bart
58 MDA ROUX Christophe
59 ISL SIGURGEIRSSON Stefan Jon
60 RUS ZUEV Stepan
61 CRO MARINELLI Danko
62 GRE DIMITRIADIS Vassilis
63 BEL VAN DEN BOGAERT Jeroen
64 GEO ABRAMASHVILI Iason
65 ARG SIMARI BIRKNER Cristian Javier
66 SVK BABUSIAK Jaroslav
67 IRI SAVEH SHEMSHAKI Porya
68 AND VIDOSA Roger
69 IRI SAVEH SHEMSHAKI Hossein
70 ROU NAN Ioan-Gabriel
71 GBR NOBLE Andrew
72 GRE TSIMIKALIS Stephanos
73 MKD RISTEVSKI Antonio
74 ISR RENZHIN Mykhaylo
75 BIH RUDIC Marko
76 LAT ZVEJNIEKS Kristaps
77 ARG TORRES Agustin
78 BRA LONGHI Jhonatan
79 MNE KOSIC Bojan
80 HUN BENE Marton
81 EST OPRJA Deyvid
82 LIB ACHI Ghassan
83 UKR FESHCHUK Rostyslav
84 TUR TURKSEVER Erdinc
85 LTU RUMIANCEV Vitalij
86 GEO GELASHVILI Jaba
87 ARM NERSISYAN Arsen
88 KAZ ZAKURDAEV Igor
89 IRL O CONNOR Shane
90 UZB SHAMAEV Oleg
91 CYP PAPAMICHALOPOULOS Christopher
92 TJK DRYGIN Andrey
93 DEN KILSGAARD Markus
94 AZE NOTZ Cedric
95 ALBTOLA Erjon
96 SEN SECK Leyti
97 PER OETTL REYES Manfred
98 MAR AZZIMANI Samir
99 MEX VON HOHENLOHE Hubertus
100 KGZ TRELEVSKI Dmitry
101 CHN LI Lei
102 GHA NKRUMAH-ACHEAMPONG Kwame

opinion guy · 27-02-2010 8:49pm

Your man from Ghana's a legend!
"Do you mind being compared to Eddie The Eagle ?"
"Yes I mind it a lot!!"

sarsfield06 · 27-02-2010 10:40pm

I saw the snow leopard's run, I reckon Eddie the Eagle with his big boards would have been faster!

SlickRic · 27-02-2010 11:09pm

that was one of the most farcical things i've ever seen.

that poor Russian, though he's taking it brilliantly.

robinph · 28-02-2010 12:05am

He did take it very well, although the replay of him falling over the gate was very funny.

Fattes · 28-02-2010 12:13am

Well done to Shane O Connor 46th out of 108 Starters in the Olympic Slalom.

A great result for a home grown Skier

Correction 45th one was Disqualified

PeakOutput · 28-02-2010 12:19am

did anyone see the race for i think it was 5th/6th one racer pulled out as it was pointless and they made the other guy start if he wanted an official place instead of a dns classiffication

he just went threw the gate held onto the wall and took off his board funny stuff

felt bad for the russian pretty unfair but seriously good run from anderson to take it even with the no sound start

robinph · 28-02-2010 12:26am

In the womens snowboard cross, I think it was, there was someone that was injured and just left the gate for the small final and then walked off before the first jump. It was just because of the places counting for world cup points that made it worth ensuring the lower places, not sure if they counted for the PGS so that could be why they didn't even bother turning up at the gate to start.

opinion guy · 28-02-2010 1:09am

Good God what is with the bbc show presenter not wearing any make up and a woolly fleece?

Edit: oh i just heard her cough as they cut out - I reckon she has a cold or something. Fair enough

Aidric · 28-02-2010 7:54pm

This mens 50k cross country is a beast of a discipline. Hopefully Lukas Bauer can take it.

stackerman · 28-02-2010 9:13pm

If you love sport dont miss this !!
Canada v US in ice hockey final
Going to be fantastic and brutal, real sport played by hard men.
Dont miss it, you've been warned

On BBC 2

kmart6 · 28-02-2010 9:19pm

How come three of the four officials are Canadian?!

robinph · 28-02-2010 9:24pm

Aidric wrote: »

This mens 50k cross country is a beast of a discipline. Hopefully Lukas Bauer can take it.

I'm guessing he's Jacks long lost brother?

kmart6 · 28-02-2010 9:31pm

Nah....cousin!

kmart6 · 28-02-2010 9:36pm

God that puck just stopped dead on the line!:eek:

Skid · 28-02-2010 11:31pm

The Ice Hockey final was a bit disappointing until now, glad the USA scored to send it into overtime - might get more interesting.

robinph · 28-02-2010 11:42pm

Although I know less than nothing about Ice Hockey, something feels wrong about watching a 1500m runner, a downhill skier and a rower chat about it.

Skid · 28-02-2010 11:52pm

robinph wrote: »

Although I know less than nothing about Ice Hockey, something feels wrong about watching a 1500m runner, a downhill skier and a rower chat about it.

Very true, you would think The BBC could have found someone who has played a bit of Ice Hockey to drop in.

Almost as odd as having Paula Radcliffe share her thoughts on Curling with us a few nights ago.

445279.ie · 28-02-2010 11:59pm

Well done Canada. It's their national sport and I'd say if they were only to get one gold in the whole Olympics, this would be the one they'd have wanted.

kmart6 · 01-03-2010 12:05am

What a finish to the games!!!!

I don't think the final could have been scripted any better than the game going to overtime in the last 30 seconds, and then the poster boy of Canadian Ice Hockey steps up for the first time in three games....wow!

Great games, really got into it, shame its only kind of every 4 years its possible to follow all different disciplines in one place!

Congrats to all involved, and thanks for the memories!

Caprica · 01-03-2010 12:30am

Exciting end to the Ice Hockey. Well done Canada, I thought the States were going to take it after equalising in the dying seconds of the 3rd quarter. Liked the Eurosport commentators, really knew there stuff, even gave a shout out to a few Irish viewers who emailed them.

It looks like Canadas own the podium came true though, 14 golds and 26 in total. The States won the most with 37 (9-15-13) followed by Germany with 30 (10-13-7) and the Canadians 3rd with 14-7-5.

On the whole really enjoyed the Games, highlights for me were the Cross Country, Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Luge and Alpine events. Who was the athlete of the games?

Bjoergen with her 3 golds in Cross Country? Neuner in the Biathlon, Amman with his two golds in the Ski Jumping. Tonnes of great performances. Maybe Madic in the cross country, medaling with broken ribs or the Canadian skater medaling 3 days after her mothers death?

robinph · 01-03-2010 12:49am

^ Madjic from the cross country gets my vote.

Although special mention for the Canadian skater, and the Georgians for just turning up at the opening.

Skid · 01-03-2010 2:18am

Shaun White was probably the Star of the Games for me.

He took his Sport to new levels, truely an epic performance.

rainbow kirby · 01-03-2010 2:23am

Meng Wang needs to get a mention there... won everything except the 1,500m in short-track speed skating. Also Peter Northug in cross-country skiing, and that's partly due to the fact that he's absolutely nuts.

robinph · 01-03-2010 6:30am

A degree of nuttiness is needed for pretty much all sports in the winter games. You don't need to have the same number of loose screws to do most sports in the summer games.

opinion guy · 01-03-2010 12:20pm

PErhaps Bode Miller deserves mention ?

robinph wrote: »

A degree of nuttiness is needed for pretty much all sports in the winter games. You don't need to have the same number of loose screws to do most sports in the summer games.

Lol. Let me at it !! Love to do it.

PeakOutput · 01-03-2010 1:15pm

does anyone know how/when they will decide if ski cross will be kept?

and does anyone think if it is that it is something countries like us could get decent at? as far as the ski events go i think its structure could definitely allow a country like ours to compete

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