Sochi Olympic thread

neilthefunkeone · 06-02-2014 9:52am

Sweet.. BBC also have it on their red button!

neilthefunkeone · 06-02-2014 9:57am

Seamus up!

hawkwind23 · 06-02-2014 9:58am

unlucky , but looked smooth

neilthefunkeone · 06-02-2014 10:00am

ahhhh.. was close with the tripple

robinph · 06-02-2014 10:04am

neilthefunkeone wrote: »

Seamus up!

The "other guy" from Ski Sunday clearly doesn't like people switching countries.

hawkwind23 · 06-02-2014 10:07am

robinph wrote: »

The "other guy" from Ski Sunday clearly doesn't like people switching countries.

made a fair point ,
if he was good enough for the USA team would he be on the Irish team?
i doubt it , therefore hes right!

robinph · 06-02-2014 10:45am

Yeah, kind of in agreement.

Although I don't have too much problem with the person ranked no 4 in another country making use of the grandparent rule to represent a different one. Only if that grandparent country doesn't have any genuine locals who have made the qualifying standard themselves. So not an issue with Ireland and the one entrant in snowboarding as nobody is being denied a place and it may have the effect of getting more Irish people taking part, bit of a stretch for snowboarding admittedly due to lack of local facilities, but anyway.

I do have a problem with if someone from another country uses the grandparent rule to bump a genuine "local" out of their Olympic place, and I think that was an issue with one of the sprint events for the UK team in London 2012 where an American went and took a place of a GB athlete.

robinph · 06-02-2014 1:00pm

First run down and clearly not keen on falling over seeing as everyone gets through to the next round. Strange to see that happen, but as the guys said on the commentary, remember that for pub quiz questions.

robinph · 06-02-2014 1:43pm

Moguls qualifying coming up at 1:55pm.

quarryman · 06-02-2014 4:12pm

Where can I watch coverage on TV? BBC not showing outside the red button? Do I even have that on UPC?

metaoblivia · 06-02-2014 6:19pm

The figure skating team event has started today as well, with the men's and pairs short programs. Going into this team competition format, the expectation was that the podium would wind up being some combination of Russia/Canada/USA, and after the first round for men's SP, Russia and Canada are leading the way, but the USA's guy, Abbott, really screwed up and has them in 7th now. Top 5 teams after the SP round make the LP round, so there could be a bit of an upset if the USA can't manage to make it.

Mint Sauce · 06-02-2014 8:30pm

Heads up. If you have a none freesat or none sky sat box, ie, a cheapie from lidl/Aldi, or one which does not have an autotune, retune them now.

I had 3 red button channels tuned and saved on mine from Wimbledon last year, since then, only one of them had a picture/signal (currently showing figure skating). Retuned it this evening, and after a search through the channels, found Red Button 2 showing a replay of this mornings snowboarding. Renamed the channel and moved it to one after redbutton 1, not sure if the Beeb has a Red Button 3 this year, haven't found it yet as many channels may not have a title on the manual/generic sat boxes.

robinph · 07-02-2014 11:49am

Just spotted on some report something about new events in this years Winter Olympics, the slopestyle we already knew about, and the team ice skating is pretty obvious what it is.

The one that caught my eye is "Luge team relay" though. Seems that they will send one person down, they then hit a touch sensor, then the next person goes down, etc. With a team made up of one man, one woman and a double. That could be an interesting event to watch.

Mint Sauce · 07-02-2014 2:47pm

Womans Slopestyle Qualifying on Red Button 2, assuming its a re run.

The Russian Doll Looks great in the middle of the course, hopefully a few more boarders will incorporate it into their runs.

Mountjoy Mugger · 08-02-2014 9:40am

Getting no red button live feeds on Sky. However, tuning in on Freesat I get the feeds. Must be blocked here.

spank_inferno · 08-02-2014 10:48am

Loving this street style snowboarding.

Never seen anything like it before, very cool.

nocoverart · 08-02-2014 12:50pm

BBC Red Button doesn't seem to be working for me, also can't find any BBC online streams even with a VPN.

feargale · 08-02-2014 6:23pm

nocoverart wrote: »

BBC Red Button doesn't seem to be working for me, also can't find any BBC online streams even with a VPN.

On BBC2 now

feargale · 08-02-2014 6:57pm

nocoverart wrote: »

BBC Red Button doesn't seem to be working for me, also can't find any BBC online streams even with a VPN.

On BBC2 now

Fattes · 09-02-2014 8:14am

It's show time!!!!!

robinph · 09-02-2014 8:23am

Is this downhill or ski jumping? These sports are so hard to tell the difference between.

robinph · 09-02-2014 8:36am

1 Austrian down, 3 to go.

Will they even get a medal?

Fattes · 09-02-2014 8:44am

It's madness!! 2min + of you body being pummeled down a mountain at more than 100kph once Bode is gone I am going powder skiing

robinph · 09-02-2014 11:26am

Britains second first ever medal on snow. w00t!!

cloudatlas · 09-02-2014 12:49pm

What is the name of the outdoor event where they attach a skiier to a snowmobile and then the snowmobile takes off and then detaches from the skiier letting him power down the remaining part of the course?

Fattes · 09-02-2014 1:37pm

robinph wrote: »

Britains second first ever medal on snow. w00t!!

It's their second Alan Baxters medal should never have been taken from him

Arctic man is the snowmobile/ ski event not an Olympic event sadly

Fattes · 09-02-2014 1:37pm

Thrilled for Jenny she is a super girl!

robinph · 09-02-2014 2:22pm

Fattes wrote: »

It's their second Alan Baxters medal should never have been taken from him

Arctic man is the snowmobile/ ski event not an Olympic event sadly

Agreed, Alain Baxters medal still counts in my book.

Graham Bell did an Arctic man type event on Ski Sunday a couple of years ago I think.

Dr Nic · 09-02-2014 9:15pm

Any place online where we can watch highlights of the snowboarding. No skiing please. It pants ;-)

quarryman · 10-02-2014 9:35am

Jaysus, if I have to watch BBC harp on about Jones' bronze medal again...

gallag · 10-02-2014 10:31am

quarryman wrote: »

Jaysus, if I have to watch BBC harp on about Jones' bronze medal again...

You don't have to, you can just catch it on rte. If you find the British broadcasting service being a bit British centric that is. You may just hope that American fellow does not medal for Ireland or rte might make a big deal of that also!!!

Fattes · 10-02-2014 10:55am

quarryman wrote: »

Jaysus, if I have to watch BBC harp on about Jones' bronze medal again...

Good for them Jenny is a super person who has worked dam hard for a long time to get that medal! She is probably the oldest in the competition and definitely 8 years older than the average age!!

She works endlessly to promote her sport and she deserves all the praise she gets

hawkwind23 · 10-02-2014 11:04am

added to that , its a country with no snow!
so it really is quite an achievement and everyone is happy for her , big shout to Aimee Fuller too , she will be back next time and some excellent commentary from her!

robinph · 10-02-2014 11:29am

hawkwind23 wrote: »

added to that , its a country with no snow!
so it really is quite an achievement and everyone is happy for her , big shout to Aimee Fuller too , she will be back next time and some excellent commentary from her!

Yep, I was very impressed with her on the commentary, and just half an hour after she'd got knocked out herself. It usually takes a while before they manage to get sports people able to talk sensibly in the commentary box, like several attempts, and when they have F1 drivers or runners who are injured step into the commentary for a day it is usually awful.

There was mention yesterday of the Bristol mayor wanting to turn Park Street in Bristol into a slope for when Jenny Jones returns, that street being a pretty steep road in the centre of town. He's full of daft ideas that guy, not least of which is him wearing bright red trousers all the time.

Fattes · 10-02-2014 11:46am

This is the moment the commentary team realised she won a medal!! Aimee always looks shocked but the others!

Rippeditup · 10-02-2014 12:28pm

Fattes wrote: »

This is the moment the commentary team realised she won a medal!! Aimee always looks shocked but the others!

It was great watching.. Both the mens and womens events where a great addition to the Olympics.

The commentary was a bit cringe but added massively to the viewing.

Yesterday was a morning/day on the couch, great viewing.

forzacalcio · 10-02-2014 1:27pm

Trying to keep track of the Irish Olympians, when is our next one up?

Fattes · 10-02-2014 2:01pm

forzacalcio wrote: »

Trying to keep track of the Irish Olympians, when is our next one up?

Here you go this is Team Irelands schedule

Seamus O’Connor
Halfpipe qualification: 10am - Tuesday 11 February

Jan Rossiter
Cross Country Skiing 15km Race: 10am - Friday 14 February

Sean Greenwood
Skeleton qualification: 12.30pm - Friday 14 February

Florence Bell
Giant Slalom: 7am - Tuesday 18 February
Slalom: 12.45pm - Friday 21 February

Conor Lyne
Giant Slalom: 7am - Wednesday 19 February
Slalom: 12.45pm - Saturday 22 February

forzacalcio · 10-02-2014 2:24pm

Fattes wrote: »

Here you go this is Team Irelands schedule

Seamus O’Connor
Halfpipe qualification: 10am - Tuesday 11 February

Jan Rossiter
Cross Country Skiing 15km Race: 10am - Friday 14 February

Sean Greenwood
Skeleton qualification: 12.30pm - Friday 14 February

Florence Bell
Giant Slalom: 7am - Tuesday 18 February
Slalom: 12.45pm - Friday 21 February

Conor Lyne
Giant Slalom: 7am - Wednesday 19 February
Slalom: 12.45pm - Saturday 22 February

Cheers for that, got them off Wikipedia eventually but didnt have the times, much appreciated

Fattes · 10-02-2014 2:44pm

I will get their Bib numbers up for the alpine racers once the draw has ben made.

robinph · 10-02-2014 3:30pm

Dr Nic wrote: »

Any place online where we can watch highlights of the snowboarding. No skiing please. It pants ;-)

Have you been watching the moguls?

robinph · 10-02-2014 6:15pm

Fattes wrote: »

This is the moment the commentary team realised she won a medal!! Aimee always looks shocked but the others!

Seems that some people didn't like the commentary and have been complaining:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26116848

I thought it was great, although the bit about feeling his pulse in his lower intestine was a bit odd.

tunguska · 10-02-2014 6:32pm

robinph wrote: »

Seems that some people didn't like the commentary and have been complaining:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26116848

I thought it was great, although the bit about feeling his pulse in his lower intestine was a bit odd.

I thought it was great aswell. Lots of people complaining about Aimee Fuller but I thought her unvarnished rawness was brilliant.

Fattes · 10-02-2014 7:29pm

She is a young girl commentating on her team mate, friend and idol! It was brilliant TV!

quarryman · 10-02-2014 9:23pm

robinph wrote: »

Seems that some people didn't like the commentary and have been complaining:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26116848

I thought it was great, although the bit about feeling his pulse in his lower intestine was a bit odd.

I thought the exact same thing when the last competitor fell. The cheering was very un-sporting. I know it's her friend but she if can't be professional on the mic then the BBC shouldn't have had her there.

prunudo · 10-02-2014 9:33pm

Only watched it this evening, delighted she got the medal, very deserving. As for the complaining about the guys getting excited, that's what commentators do, it adds to the excitement, don't think they were cheering a faller, more cheering the fact their friend had just won a medal.
I'm sure our commentators cheered when Katie Taylor won her medal.

Fattes · 10-02-2014 9:40pm

quarryman wrote: »

I thought the exact same thing when the last competitor fell. The cheering was very un-sporting. I know it's her friend but she if can't be professional on the mic then the BBC shouldn't have had her there.

She was not cheering the fall, she was cheering the fact that there was no way her friend and mentor was not walking away with a medal! It was a big deal and by the sports very nature one person not having a good run means someone else will benefit.

Thats the nature of slopestyle sometimes you only win when someone else does not perform other times you out perform everyone!

quarryman · 10-02-2014 10:05pm

Fattes wrote: »

She was not cheering the fall, she was cheering the fact that there was no way her friend and mentor was not walking away with a medal! It was a big deal and by the sports very nature one person not having a good run means someone else will benefit.

Thats the nature of slopestyle sometimes you only win when someone else does not perform other times you out perform everyone!

I know why she was cheering - she knew Jones' score would not be beaten and guarantee a medal. But she WAS cheering the fall. Literally screaming down the mic. It was unprofessional and in bad taste.

Commentators often know the athletes well, but the good ones contain their emotions and BBC are normally a model of this. I think they realise they made a mistake with Fuller so luckily we won't have to hear her commentating again.

Delighted for Jones, she seems a genuinely likeable character. But the commentating was a mess. Seagulls, intestines, pure drivel.

Fattes · 10-02-2014 10:11pm

quarryman wrote: »

I know why she was cheering - she knew Jones' score would not be beaten and guarantee a medal. But she WAS cheering the fall. Literally screaming down the mic. It was unprofessional and in bad taste.

Commentators often know the athletes well, but the good ones contain their emotions and BBC are normally a model of this. I think they realise they made a mistake with Fuller so luckily we won't have to hear her commentating again.

Delighted for Jones, she seems a genuinely likeable character. But the commentating was a mess. Seagulls, intestines, pure drivel.

The man that makes the decision re BBC sports broadcasts and was responsible for the London Olympics and this well he Loved her and has said on FB today he would use here again! Inbetween posting a photo of a half toilet!

She is not a broadcaster she is an athlete and added an edge of emotion to the event. The complaints to the BEEB are probably all form the type of people that ski Wengen since the 50's and still pack a dinner jacket for their ski trip!

quarryman · 10-02-2014 10:25pm

Fattes wrote: »

The complaints to the BEEB are probably all form the type of people that ski Wengen since the 50's and still pack a dinner jacket for their ski trip!

Where do I keep my pipe if I can't bring my dinner jacket?

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