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Sochi Olympic thread

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    #362
    Aidric
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    I think Russia can be proud of its hosting of the Olympics in spite of many in the west hoping to find fault. Beautiful rendition of it's fabulous anthem to round things off.


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    #363
    hawkwind23
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    and great to see a bit of humour at the 5th ring not opening :)
    brilliant


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    #364
    Lapin
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    Very impressive closing ceremony.

    Can't see our fleg anywhere.


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    #365
    Lapin
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    How come the Russian team jackets have RUSSIA written on them?


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    #366
    spank_inferno
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    Excellent if long closing ceremony.


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    #367
    Fattes
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    Seamus O Connor carried the Irish flag he was on the left as you looked at the pics.

    Russia delivered an amazing canvas for an Olympics and the Athletes delivered so many amazing moments and athletic performances.

    Now it's safe for me to race again as all the non Olympic team athletes are back on the WC tour and not at local races ha ha


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    #368
    long range shooter
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    Absoluvely wrote: »
    Norway is one of the most wealthy, mountainous, snowy and talented countries in the world. They had the biggest Winter Olympics budget and were favourites to win the medals table from day 1. They're Winter Olympics giants, and it's a disaster for them not to top the table. So much for li'l ol'Norway!

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    Norway also tops with most medals won in the Winter Olympics.

    http://www.olympic.it/english/medal/id_winter.htm


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    #369
    omega man
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    Absoluvely wrote: »
    Norway is one of the most wealthy, mountainous, snowy and talented countries in the world. They had the biggest Winter Olympics budget and were favourites to win the medals table from day 1. They're Winter Olympics giants, and it's a disaster for them not to top the table. So much for li'l ol'Norway!

    It all went wrong in the cross-country skiing where Norway were favourites in pretty much every event. Most of the blame has gone to the head of the ski wax team. Norway has a huge R&D budget for determining the perfect wax to put on the skis for cross-country skiing in different types of snow, but it seems they didn't have the right wax for the melty snow in the unusually warm weather. The head guy blamed the other countries teaming up to develop their own ski waxes and not giving the Norwegian team access to them, but the other teams denied that.

    Completely disagree. Throwing money at something doesn't guarantee success. I suspect other nations such as the US, Russia, Canada and Germany etc have similar budgets. They still have to identify, develop and nurture the talent.

    In fairness the female cross country, the biathlon and the Nordic combined teams were very successful so I'm not sure about the waxing theory. Yes the men's cross country team were really poor but there's more to that then wax that's for sure.

    Population wise Norway has and continues to punch way above itself and finishing second in the medal table behind the host nation is a massive achievement surely? Even the swedes would reluctantly agree!!


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    #370
    quarryman
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    quarryman wrote: »
    Give it a rest with the British sentimentalities guys.

    She "walked the line" in at least 2 of them. I watched her interviews and it was clear she knew she cheated. She bent the rules and got caught. She knew it, she knew we knew it.

    Ignore this. Stupid drunk 4am rant.


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    #371
    tunguska
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    hawkwind23 wrote: »
    views and highlights on the last day?

    for me that was the best ever Winter Olympics staged , Russia did a mammoth job and barring the negative press at the start from the American Journos it has been portrayed as a success. Fitting they topped the medal table :)

    barring the excessive curling i really enjoyed the BBC coverage and was refreshing to have humour and fun in sport via Claire Balding and Aimee Fuller alongside Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood , some great stuff.

    Highlights for me:

    Ukraines team gold in the biathlon and subsequent nod to their fellow country folk.

    Lizzy Yarnold getting gold

    Jenny Jones and all the snowboard and ski team including Northern Ireland's Amiee Fuller and the excitable commentary

    the Japanese guy who skated to Gary Moore

    Ted Ligity saying it how it is

    and of course SKI CROSS!

    probably forgot half of it , been glued solid for 2 weeks!!

    and the quote of the olympics goes to Ed Leigh for explaining to me what riding switch means :)

    Riding switch is like writing left-handed while wearing a chip hat and being attacked by seagulls

    Agreed. I've been watching the winter olympics since 1984 and Sochi was the best I can remember. Think the Japenese lad who at 41 silvered medalled in the ski jump deserves a mention. Said he's going again in 4yrs time, fair play to him. Great olympics, absolutely gutted its over, only thing that softens the blow is the fact that its a world cup year aswell. Cant wait for Korea in 4yrs.......


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    #372
    long range shooter
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    tunguska wrote: »
    Agreed. I've been watching the winter olympics since 1984 and Sochi was the best I can remember. Think the Japenese lad who at 41 silvered medalled in the ski jump deserves a mention. Said he's going again in 4yrs time, fair play to him. Great olympics, absolutely gutted its over, only thing that softens the blow is the fact that its a world cup year aswell. Cant wait for Korea in 4yrs.......

    Also Ole Einar Bjorndalen, the 40-year-old Norwegian, became the oldest individual gold medalist and the most successful Winter Olympian in history by winning gold in the 10-kilometer and mixed-relay biathlon. American Bode Miller, 36, ended his Olympic career by becoming the oldest medalist in Alpine skiing by sharing bronze in the men’s super-giant slalom, while Austria’s Mario Matt won the men’s slalom to become the oldest Olympic Alpine gold medalist.
    Great achievements.


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    #373
    tunguska
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    long range shooter wrote: »
    Also Ole Einar Bjorndalen, the 40-year-old Norwegian, became the oldest individual gold medalist and the most successful Winter Olympian in history by winning gold in the 10-kilometer and mixed-relay biathlon. American Bode Miller, 36, ended his Olympic career by becoming the oldest medalist in Alpine skiing by sharing bronze in the men’s super-giant slalom, while Austria’s Mario Matt won the men’s slalom to become the oldest Olympic Alpine gold medalist.
    Great achievements.

    I could be wrong about this but I dont think Bode Miller has made any announcements in relation to retirement.
    Yeah defo Bjorndalen deserves a mention, hope he'll go again in Korea.


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    #374
    long range shooter
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    tunguska wrote: »
    I could be wrong about this but I dont think Bode Miller has made any announcements in relation to retirement.
    Yeah defo Bjorndalen deserves a mention, hope he'll go again in Korea.

    Well it's not the first time Bode Miller says he will retire,but you never know.:D
    Regarding Bjorndalen I think it could be his last though.He came in strong but struggled towards the end of the Olympics.


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    #375
    Zaph
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    tunguska wrote: »
    Think the Japenese lad who at 41 silvered medalled in the ski jump deserves a mention. Said he's going again in 4yrs time, fair play to him.

    Noriaki Kasai's medal was probably the highlight of the games for me. I've watched him jumping for 20 years and it's amazing to see him still competing at that level. It was a shame he missed out on gold by such a small margin.


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    #376
    Fattes
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    tunguska wrote: »
    I could be wrong about this but I dont think Bode Miller has made any announcements in relation to retirement.
    Yeah defo Bjorndalen deserves a mention, hope he'll go again in Korea.

    He will probably hold on until next year as the world Champs are in beaver creek and finish on home snow


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    #377
    cloudatlas
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    The Australians have had some of the most amazing winter Olympic stories

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYUjmEH9NNk


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4JnUKoXvsg


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