The Olympic Thread

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
   

Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
 
 Who do you like in hockey? I see Canadians beating Russians for gold, Swedes over Czechs for bronze.

Gold - Canada
 Silver - USA
 Bronze - Finland in a total shocker over Russia
 
 the Swedish team will be the surprise disappointment this year. [/b]

The US looks like garbage. I think the Czechs are the team that are getting talked up as gold medal contenders but will fall totally flat, not Sweeden. Finland medaling would be a shock. Should be fun to watch.

[sonickteam2]

we were talking about some hockey winners (me and my father) last night, so i pulled up the history....check out 1936 when the ENGLISH took the hockey gold!!!
 
 Year Gold Final Silver Bronze
 1920 Canada  United States Czechoslovakia
 1924 Canada   United States Great Britain
 1928 Canada   Sweden Switzerland
 1932 Canada   United States Germany
 1936 Great Britain   Canada United States
 1948 Canada   Czechoslovakia Switzerland
 1952 Canada   United States Sweden
 1956 Soviet Union   United States Canada
 1960 United States   Canada Soviet Union
 1964 Soviet Union   Sweden Czechoslovakia
 1968 Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia Canada
 1972 Soviet Union   United States Czechoslovakia
 1976 Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia F.R. Germany
 1980 United States   Soviet Union Sweden
 1984 Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia Sweden
 1988 Soviet Union   Finland Sweden
 1992 Unified Team 3-1 Canada Czechoslovakia
 1994 Sweden 2-2 (3-2) Canada Finland
 1998 Czech Republic 1-0 Russia Finland
 2002 Canada 5-2 United States Russia

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  She looks like a little girl.
 
 Katerina Witt was and will alway be the hottest skater. Yum yum.

Nah, she looks like a young woman to me. She's attractive but I'm not into the hottness factor being a straight female. I just wouldn't mind seeing that in the mirror when I had to face up to one.
 
 Katerina was attractive but I've seen plenty of other very attractive skaters. Some not so attractive too. In the end, I go for the skating regardless of looks, nationality or anything else. It's a truly beautiful art form that I really appreciate.
 
 Tara Lapinsky (sp?) was the one skater who really bugged me due to her placement. Don't get me wrong, I think she was extremely good but she completely lacked the grace of skaters just a few years older. Too much of her skating looked like she was running and lacked the feminine angularity and gracefullness that tops off a beautiful performance. I haven't seen her skate for a couple years now so I bet she's developed that with a tiny bit of maturing and even more practice.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
  Should be fun to watch.

a guy on HNIC last week was joking that the Italian hockey team has only one thing going for it:  They have 3 guys on the team named Mario!!!
 
   lol.   first day of action...Italy vs. Canada...should be a nice waker upper!

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Jaguar:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  She looks like a little girl.
 
 Katerina Witt was and will alway be the hottest skater. Yum yum.

Nah, she looks like a young woman to me. She's attractive but I'm not into the hottness factor being a straight female. I just wouldn't mind seeing that in the mirror when I had to face up to one.
  [/b]

shes definitely hot. I mean, if i saw her out somewhere, she may be the "damn shes hot, but probably like 8 years younger than me" kind of girl...but she doesnt look 15 or anything.
 
  whats her name ?  i dont keep up on figure skating, i am excited for the snowboarding, hockey, curling!!!

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
   whats her name ?  

Sasha Cohen. USA, 21 years old. One of the biggest chokes in the world, and I don't mean that in a celeb-porn kind of way.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

But she's 5'2" tall. I've certainly become less picky as I've gotten older (not that I'm really doing any picking, being married), but short women just never did it for me.
 
 
 

Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
   

Originally posted by Jaguar:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  She looks like a little girl.
 
 Katerina Witt was and will alway be the hottest skater. Yum yum.

Nah, she looks like a young woman to me. She's attractive but I'm not into the hottness factor being a straight female. I just wouldn't mind seeing that in the mirror when I had to face up to one.
  [/b]

shes definitely hot. I mean, if i saw her out somewhere, she may be the "damn shes hot, but probably like 8 years younger than me" kind of girl...but she doesnt look 15 or anything.
 
  whats her name ?  i dont keep up on figure skating, i am excited for the snowboarding, hockey, curling!!! [/b]

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  but short women just never did it for me.
 

maybe you didnt pay them enough  

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Gofer:
 but short women just never did it for me.

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[Jaguar]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  But she's 5'2" tall.

Being a shortie is an advantage for some sports. Besides, the closer to the ground, the gentler the fall. Then there are sports that being the Jolly Green Giant is an advantage. That's just the physical mechanics of each sport.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Ah, figure skating.
 
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[Jaguar]

Oh, I've never seen Katarina without skates, let's say. She's in damn good shape, I have to admit.
 
 I really like the photograph on the bottom, from an artistic standpoint. Georgeous resolution and black and white skin tones. Very rich and silvery with lots of warm tones. One of the reasons that human skin and high quality black and white photography go so well together. Hey, I went to Art school! Can't help but look at nude photography this way.

[HoyaSaxa03]

anyone know what the deal is with television and men's hockey (starting this wednesday)?
 
 i want to be able to watch these games live, will that be possible with NBC or its affiliates?
 
 i think Olympic Hockey is one of the best sports tournaments in the world, perhaps third to the World Cup and the NCAA Tournament ... although the World Baseball Classic could slip in there, depending on how gung-ho the Americans are about it

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Olympic Hockey > NCAA Tournament
 
 I refuse to acknowledge World Cup as a sporting event.

[ggw]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
  anyone know what the deal is with television and men's hockey (starting this wednesday)?
 
 i want to be able to watch these games live, will that be possible with NBC or its affiliates?
 

Wednesday Feb. 15
 
 MSNBC starting at 5:00 AM
 2006 Torino Games
 Ice Hockey - Men's: Sweden vs. Kazakhstan (LIVE)
 Ice Hockey - Men's: Canada vs. Italy (LIVE)
 Ice Hockey - Men's: Finland vs. Switzerland (LIVE)
 Ice Hockey - Men's: Germany vs. Czech Republic (LIVE)
 
 USA Network starting at 3:00 PM
 2006 Torino Games
 Ice Hockey - Men's: Team USA makes its tournament debut against Latvia.
 
 http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv/index.html