Posts Tagged ‘Olympics’

Yikes

I saw the replay of the speed skater disqualification from the marathon event.  If you didn’t see it, basically, the skater’s coach told him to change lanes, the skater complied, which led to a rule violation and a disqualification.  Now, that’s bad enough, but when you add the fact that this particular skater was favored [...]

The Skeleton is aptly named

I watched the Skeleton Friday night for the first time and I had one reaction: ARE YOU SERIOUS? While the luge is bad enough, and the tragedy at the beginning of the games should attest to the events inherent danger, the skeleton is worse. Men and women train to go head first down a luge [...]

Olympic update #3

I’m not a big fan of figure skating, but this is worth mentioning. Evan Lyseck became the first American male to win the gold since Brian Boitano in 1988.  That’s over 20 years since the US took the gold in Mens figure skating.  Congratulation need to got out to Evan, especially since Yevgeny Plushenko came [...]

Olympics update #2

After another day of competition, USA remains in the medal lead with one more gold and one more bronze medal added to the total. Wescott took the gold in the mens snowboarding event while Bode miller captured the bronze in the mens downhill. Tonight are the womens snowboarding, biatholon and 500m speed skating while the [...]

USA, USA!

Despite the tragedy of the luger from Georgia, the Olympics have continued with great events and competition. And as of right now, the US leads the medal total with 6 while Germany is next with 4. We have 1 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze. Hopefully, there’s more to come.

All eyes rest on Vancouver

The Winter Olympics begin tonight in Vancouver. The nice thing is that we won’t have to avoid the news to see who won before watching the games on TV. What do you plan to watch? I’ve always been partial to hockey, skiing, and the bobsled. I always enjoy watching events in those general categories. I [...]

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