Winter Olymics 2006

[Ekasra]

Only about 2 months to go folks..
Discuss the olymics here!

Sorry, but the search fuction isn't working, if this is a repost, be sure to delete

[Henrik]

All I can sat is that the hockey tournament is going to be greeeeat :cheesy:. Maybe the last chanse for the swedish golden generation to win something really big..

[Le Fidèle]

AMERICA WILL DOMINATE!!!!

OH YEAH!!!!


TEAM AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


we can swim, skate, sled, and do all that good stuff. . . . haha.. . . .


i just want our hockey team to do good. . .

:cheesy:

beat those russians, do you belive in miracles?!?!?!!?

[Henrik]

^LOL, you don't swim in the winter olympics :lol:
http://www.i19.mil.se/images/local/bwt_0512_falk.jpg

[Le Fidèle]

^ :twisted: i know

but that doesnt mean we wont :P

[Henrik]

Team USA in the olympic games:
Goalies:
Rick DiPietro, New York Islanders,
Robert Esche, Philadelphia,
John Grahame, Tampa Bay.

Defense:
Chris Chelios, Detroit,
Derian Hatcher, Philadelphia,
Jordan Leopold, Calgary,
John-Michael Liles, Colorado,
Aaron Miller, Los Angeles,
Brian Rafalski, New Jersey,
Mathieu Schneider, Detroit.

Forwards:
Jason Blake, New York Islanders
Erik Cole, Carolina
Craig Conroy, Los Angeles
Chris Drury, Buffalo
Brian Gionta, New Jersey
Scott Gomez, New Jersey
Bill Guerin, Dallas
Mike Knuble, Philadelphia
Mike Modano, Dallas
Mark Parrish, New York Islanders
Brian Rolston, Minnesota
Keith Tkachuk, S:t Louis
Doug Weight, S:t Louis

It's a pretty old team, no one is born in the 80's, and it's not a team that scares the shit out of me, I see the Canadians and Czechs as bigger threats. Finland and Russia are outsiders, Finland doesn't have the greatest players, but they play pretty good as a team, whilst the Russians have great players but they use to have problems playing like a team.
I think the final is going to be Sweden-Canada and Sweden will win in overtime or penaltyshots, just like 1994 :cheesy:
The Swedish team will be presentated on thursday..

[Ekasra]

Goalies:
Martin Brodeur L 6'2 210 5/6/72 Montreal, QC New Jersey
Roberto Luongo L 6'3 205 4/4/79 Montreal, QC Florida
Marty Turco L 6'0 171 8/13/75 Sault Ste. Marie, ON Dallas

Defence:
Rob Blake R 6'4 225 12/10/69 Simcoe, ON Colorado
Adam Foote R 6'2 215 7/10/71 Whitby, ON Columbus
Ed Jovanovski L 6'2 210 6/26/76 Windsor, ON Vancouver
Scott Niedermayer L 6'1 200 8/31/73 Cranbrook, BC Anaheim
Chris Pronger L 6'6 218 10/10/74 Dryden, ON Edmonton
Wade Redden L 6'2 205 6/12/77 Lloydminster, SK Ottawa
Robyn Regehr L 6'2 226 4/19/80 Rosthern, SK Calgary

Fowards:
Todd Bertuzzi R 6'3 245 2/2/75 Sudbury, ON Vancouver
Shane Doan R 6'2 216 10/10/76 Halkirk, AB Phoenix
Kris Draper L 5'11 190 5/24/71 Toronto, ON Detroit
Simon Gagne L 6'0 190 2/29/80 Ste-Foy, QC Philadelphia
Dany Heatley L 6'3 215 1/21/81 Calgary, AB Ottawa
Jarome Iginla R 6'1 208 7/1/77 St. Albert, AB Calgary
Vincent Lecavalier L 6'4 207 4/21/80 Ile Bizard, QC Tampa Bay
Rick Nash L 6'3 188 6/16/84 Brampton, ON Columbus
Brad Richards L 6'1 198 5/2/80 Murray Harbour, PEI Tampa Bay
Joe Sakic L 5'11 195 7/7/69 Burnaby, BC Colorado
Ryan Smyth L 6'1 190 2/21/76 Banff, AB Edmonton
Martin St-Louis L 5'9 185 6/18/75 Laval, QC Tampa Bay
Joe Thornton L 6'4 220 7/2/79 St. Thomas, ON San Jose

Reserves:
Bryan McCabe L 6'2 220 6/8/75 St. Catharines, ON Toronto
Jason Spezza R 6'3 211 6/13/83 Toronto, ON Ottawa
Eric Staal L 6'4 205 6/29/84 Thunder Bay, ON Carolina

Americans are screwed again lol

[Henrik]

Sweden:
Goalies:
Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers
Mikael Tellqvist, Toronto Maple Leafs
Stefan Liv, HV71

Defence:
Christian Bäckman, St Louis Blues
Kim Johnson, Philadelphia Flyers
Kenny Jönsson, Rögle
Niklas Kronwall, Detroit Red Wings
Nicklas Lidström, Detroit Red Wings
Mattias Norström, Los Angeles Kings
Mattias Öhlund, Vancouver Canucks

Forwards:
Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa
Per-Johan Axelsson, Boston Bruins
Peter Forsberg, Philadelphia Flyers
Mika Hannula, HV71
Jörgen Jönsson, Färjestad
Fredrik Modin, Tampa Bay Lightnings
Markus Näslund, Vancouver Canucks
Samuel Påhlsson, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Mikael Samuelsson, Detroit Red Wings
Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Canucks
Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks
Mats Sundin, Toronto Maple Leafs
Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit Red Wings

It's a fucking scandal that Holmström isn't in the team, he is extremely important in powerplay. I would replace Mika Hannula with Holmström and maybe P-J Axelsson with Jonathan Hedström from Anaheim, he's a real pain in the ass kind of player, and those are worth their weight in gold in tight games.
And I was surprised that Crosby didn´t make it to the Canadian team, but he will get hes chanses in the future..

[Ekasra]

Sweden:
Goalies:
Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers
Mikael Tellqvist, Toronto Maple Leafs
Stefan Liv, HV71

Defence:
Christian Bäckman, St Louis Blues
Kim Johnson, Philadelphia Flyers
Kenny Jönsson, Rögle
Niklas Kronwall, Detroit Red Wings
Nicklas Lidström, Detroit Red Wings
Mattias Norström, Los Angeles Kings
Mattias Öhlund, Vancouver Canucks

Forwards:
Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa
Per-Johan Axelsson, Boston Bruins
Peter Forsberg, Philadelphia Flyers
Mika Hannula, HV71
Jörgen Jönsson, Färjestad
Fredrik Modin, Tampa Bay Lightnings
Markus Näslund, Vancouver Canucks
Samuel Påhlsson, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Mikael Samuelsson, Detroit Red Wings
Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Canucks
Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks
Mats Sundin, Toronto Maple Leafs
Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit Red Wings

It's a fucking scandal that Holmström isn't in the team, he is extremely important in powerplay. I would replace Mika Hannula with Holmström and maybe P-J Axelsson with Jonathan Hedström from Anaheim, he's a real pain in the ass kind of player, and those are worth their weight in gold in tight games.
And I was surprised that Crosby didn´t make it to the Canadian team, but he will get hes chanses in the future..

Crosby is overrated, Spezza being a backup is the joke here.

[Le Fidèle]

isnt this thread a year early? :?

[Ekasra]

isnt this thread a year early? :?

More like 2 months early, these olympics start in Febuary

[Ekasra]

/bump. the opening ceremonies were last night, ofcource Canada's uniforms looked better than everyone elses

[RMJ]

This year I'm supporting Kenya!

Just for the heck of it!

Phillip Kimely Boit, fly like a wind!
http://eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/ng/sp/afpji/200602081920/jo2006-direct-gal-3-en1b.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/450px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png

[Henrik]

On Wednesday the "real" olympics start 8) Näslund won't come, he is "injured", but he was replaced by Holmström :cheesy: I love when he stands infront of the net in powerplay! He gets like 100 crosscheckings every PP but he just stands infront of the net anyway!! He's a real man, he's not like Markus Näslund, hehe.. 8)
Now I just hope that Peter Forsberg will come.. He has a day to day groin injury.
He does what he wants to do on the ice :thumbup: He's the worlds greatest! 1994 olympic final against Canada 8) :
http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/asf/forsberg.hockey.gif

[Bizz]

On Wednesday the "real" olympics start 8) Näslund won't come, he is "injured", but he was replaced by Holmström :cheesy: I love when he stands infront of the net in powerplay! He gets like 100 crosscheckings every PP but he just stands infront of the net anyway!! He's a real man, he's not like Markus Näslund, hehe.. 8)
Now I just hope that Peter Forsberg will come.. He has a day to day groin injury.
He does what he wants to do on the ice :thumbup: He's the worlds greatest! 1994 olympic final against Canada 8) :
http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/asf/forsberg.hockey.gif

luck...

Any ways you saw
italy was Owned by Canada

14-0

ahahhaah

[AimLXJ]

XD
http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/mask.png

[Ekasra]

On Wednesday the "real" olympics start 8) Näslund won't come, he is "injured", but he was replaced by Holmström :cheesy: I love when he stands infront of the net in powerplay! He gets like 100 crosscheckings every PP but he just stands infront of the net anyway!! He's a real man, he's not like Markus Näslund, hehe.. 8)
Now I just hope that Peter Forsberg will come.. He has a day to day groin injury.
He does what he wants to do on the ice :thumbup: He's the worlds greatest! 1994 olympic final against Canada 8) :
http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/asf/forsberg.hockey.gif

luck...

Any ways you saw
italy was Owned by Canada

14-0

ahahhaah

16-0 LOL! You're forgetting that they scored 2 in the last 3 minutes

[krazykanadian]

The Italians were lucky it was only 16-0. It could have been worse!

I can't wait for men's ice hockey to start. That's the only event that counts to me. Jennifer Heil's gold medal yesterday was awesome though. I was really happy for her, especially after what happened in Salt Lake City.

[Nestonia]

our skier Kristina Šmigun got gold medal some minutes ago

http://www.emobiil.ee/files/183/img/shmigun.jpg

[loff]

Has there been any gymnsatics yet, BlackShadow?:(

[RMJ]

Has there been any gymnsatics yet, BlackShadow?:(
In winter olympics ? :lol:

[Adi King]

our skier Kristina Šmigun got gold medal some minutes ago

http://www.emobiil.ee/files/183/img/shmigun.jpg

yee Kristina

[Adi King]

our skier Kristina Šmigun got gold medal some minutes ago

http://www.emobiil.ee/files/183/img/shmigun.jpg

Yee Kristina Šmigun rules. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Le Fidèle]

my Prediction. . .

AMERICA WILL WIN THE MOST MEDALS!!!!!!

YEAH BABY!!!!!!


(proud american) 8)




http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/Lefidele/americanflag.jpg

[Bizz]

yeah because they Cheating

[AimLXJ]

Don't be racist ^.^, you can stop from here now Bizz :mrgreen:

[Le Fidèle]

NO, cause we're the best! 8)

we are a mix of races. . . we are the elite!

and if you havent noticed. . . it seems that "every one is cheating"

[Nestonia]

NO, cause we're the best! 8)

we are a mix of races. . . we are the elite!

and if you havent noticed. . . it seems that "every one is cheating"

because you have many sportlers, because you have change to choose best of them... but what we have... 1 500 000 people lives in Estonia, and how many of them are sportlers, how many of them are GOOD sportlers? and we are still taking medals, 3 medals for 1 500 000 people, it´s enough, nobody cares about record "who will take most medals?"

[Le Fidèle]

other countries care about the record!


i'll just say this


"the olympics bring countries together!!!!"






". . . . so they can beat eachother and see who has the best athletes :twisted: "



population has nothing to do with it. . . its about who wants to be the best. . . if that person decides they want to exel in a sport then they chose to do it. .. once again, nothing to do with population. if it did, china would win all the time.


Also, its no sportlers, its Athletes. "we have better athletes"

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i just reread your post nestonia. . .

of course you're country is winning medals. . .

if you forgot. . . look where you live. . . THE SNOW. . FREEZING COLD!!!! so it would make sence if you guys did good in events that have to do with the snow.. . .

[Nestonia]

i just reread your post nestonia. . .

of course you're country is winning medals. . .

if you forgot. . . look where you live. . . THE SNOW. . FREEZING COLD!!!! so it would make sence if you guys did good in events that have to do with the snow.. . .

i´m not talking about winter sports only

[Le Fidèle]

i know. . but i'm just saying. . .

this kinda reminds me of the movie COOL RUNNINGS!!!!

the jamaican bobsled team LMAOLMAOLMOALMOALMOAOMALOAMLAOMAOMAL


one of the best movies ever!

[YCZ]

i know. . but i'm just saying. . .

this kinda reminds me of the movie COOL RUNNINGS!!!!

the jamaican bobsled team LMAOLMAOLMOALMOALMOAOMALOAMLAOMAOMAL


one of the best movies ever!
I don't understand that sport. Seems like everyone is doing nothing laying there...... How the hell they make a difference?

[Nestonia]

i know. . but i'm just saying. . .

this kinda reminds me of the movie COOL RUNNINGS!!!!

the jamaican bobsled team LMAOLMAOLMOALMOALMOAOMALOAMLAOMAOMAL


one of the best movies ever!

jamaican skier

http://www.olsonboys.org/galleries/olympics/x-country-sprint/images/african-skier.jpg

it´s not sand, throw banana on the road, maybe then he´s going faster fasta fasta

does we have such guy this year too, pretty funny to watch :D

[loff]

Good point RMJ, but it could be ^____^

[Le Fidèle]

BOB sledding is fucking crazy!!!!


they go so fast!!! i'd hate to crash!!!!

[Petsku1]

Fix the freaking thread title Ekasra! (Olymics --> Olympics) I can't understand how hard the spelling is for most of the people in North America. :roll:

Anyway first medals for Finland:
in halfpipe snowboarding (bronze Markku Koski)
http://www.yle.fi/urheilu/torino/id30272_1.jpg
and in ski jumping K-100 (silver Matti Hautamäki)
http://www.yle.fi/urheilu/torino/looppi/id30284_1.jpg


Bobsledding is crazy indeed! the max speed is over 120km/h in 4-person bobsled!
http://www.torino2006.org/bin/OlympicGames/photogallery/C_3_photogallery_59_photos_foto_0_imagebig.jpg

[loff]

Downhill skiing is about as fast ;o

[Henrik]

The one and only... Peter Forsberg will come to Torino tomorrow 8) . He won't play the first two games against Kazakstan and Russia, but he will be fit for fight on Saturday against Latvia!!
And the game against USA on Sunday is gonna be very fun to watch.. MOHAHAHA :tongue: It's always fun to kick som american ass!!

[Ekasra]

Fix the freaking thread title Ekasra! (Olymics --> Olympics) I can't understand how hard the spelling is for most of the people in North America. :roll:

Anyway first medals for Finland:
in halfpipe snowboarding (bronze Markku Koski)
http://www.yle.fi/urheilu/torino/id30272_1.jpg
and in ski jumping K-100 (silver Matti Hautamäki)
http://www.yle.fi/urheilu/torino/looppi/id30284_1.jpg


Bobsledding is crazy indeed! the max speed is over 120km/h in 4-person bobsled!
http://www.torino2006.org/bin/OlympicGames/photogallery/C_3_photogallery_59_photos_foto_0_imagebig.jpg
:shock: ....
Well anyway, i predict that Norway will win the most medals hands down

[loff]

Quite right Ekasra :] Last time I checked we had the most and since we're so incredibly awesome, all of us ('cept this twat in my class), it's not gonna change anytime soon. :lol:

[Le Fidèle]

Hats off to the Fins for defeating the americans in . . curling ( i think thats what its called) :cheesy:

YEAH BABY!!! SEAN WHITE won a gold medal. . . he's the first guy i'v seen go to the xGames to the Olympics. . . damn he's good!

[Henrik]

Jihaa!! 2 Swedish gold medals today in the ladie's team sprint and the men's team sprint :cheesy: I think it was the first swedish cross country gold medals since 1988!
Thobias Fredriksson and Björn Lind..
http://www.expressen.se/content/1/c6/52/61/00/ba77f0a6.jpg
..and Lina Andersson and Anna Dahlberg:
http://www.expressen.se/content/1/c6/52/60/69/36be78ed.jpg

[Le Fidèle]

OHHH!!!!

US womens hocky play Finish womens hocky team!!!!

I HOPE WE WIN!!!!!


we KILLLED swiss team. . . . its gunna be the same :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[RMJ]

US womens hocky play Finish womens hocky team!!!!

There's two ns in Finnish.

Carry on...

[Le Fidèle]

no i spelt it right. .

i just wrote the sentece wrong :oops:

"US womens hocky will play and FINISH as the Olypmic gold medalists" :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[RMJ]

no i spelt it right. .

i just wrote the sentece wrong :oops:

"US womens hocky will play and FINISH as the Olypmic gold medalists" :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
Oh ok... Then you propably didn't write Finnswrong earlier either when you said:
Hats off to the Fins for defeating the americans in . . curling

I guess it was supposed to be:
Hats off to the finally defetead americans in... curling

Or maybe some other excuse ? 8)

[Ekasra]

no i spelt it right. .

i just wrote the sentece wrong :oops:

"US womens hocky will play and FINISH as the Olypmic gold medalists" :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

lol in teh face, Canada has yet to even get scored on :shock:

[Le Fidèle]

LOL

ouch. . .

:cheesy:

[Henrik]

lol in teh face, Canada has yet to even get scored on :shock:
Eehh.. NO, Sweden scored a goal against canada. But who cares about the ladie's hockey tournament :?: The real one started today, and Sweden crushed Kazakhstan 7-2 in a lousy game, the score was 7-1 after two periods, after that, Sweden stoped playing.
And congratulations to Anja Pärsson who took a bronze medal today :!: . Now she only have 4 chanses left on the gold medal..

[Ekasra]

Current Medal Standings - Febuary 15. 12:00 Noon EST
Norway 1 5 5 11
Russia 4 3 2 9
United States 5 2 0 7
Germany 4 1 2 7
China 0 2 3 5
Austria 1 2 1 4
Sweden 2 0 1 3
Netherlands 1 2 0 3
Canada 1 1 1 3

[RMJ]

Current Medal Standings - Febuary 15. 12:00 Noon EST
Norway 1 5 5 11
Russia 4 3 2 9
United States 5 2 0 7
Germany 4 1 2 7
China 0 2 3 5
Austria 1 2 1 4
Sweden 2 0 1 3
Netherlands 1 2 0 3
Canada 1 1 1 3

The right way to list them...


1 United States 5 2 0 7
2 Russian Federation 4 3 2 9
3 Germany 4 2 2 8
4 Austria 2 2 1 5
5 Sweden 2 0 1 3
6 Norway 1 5 5 11
7 Netherlands 1 2 0 3
8 Canada 1 1 1 3
8 South Korea 1 1 1 3
10 Italy 1 0 2 3

[Ekasra]

Current Medal Standings - Febuary 15. 12:00 Noon EST
Norway 1 5 5 11
Russia 4 3 2 9
United States 5 2 0 7
Germany 4 1 2 7
China 0 2 3 5
Austria 1 2 1 4
Sweden 2 0 1 3
Netherlands 1 2 0 3
Canada 1 1 1 3

The right way to list them...


1 United States 5 2 0 7
2 Russian Federation 4 3 2 9
3 Germany 4 2 2 8
4 Austria 2 2 1 5
5 Sweden 2 0 1 3
6 Norway 1 5 5 11
7 Netherlands 1 2 0 3
8 Canada 1 1 1 3
8 South Korea 1 1 1 3
10 Italy 1 0 2 3

Its more common for people and websites to list them by total metals

[RMJ]

Its more common for people and websites to list them by total metals
I was talking about the right way, not the way used by some people... (beside, if you look at the official site you see that even there they are sorted by gold medals...)

The most used listing depends who you want to see on top positions. If it's good for your country then of course you list them by total amount, or if it's better to list them by gold medal amount then you do that....

But the right way is to lest them by amount of gold medals. That is because the gold medal is worth more than the other medals combined. The gold medalist is the winner, the others are losers. Respects to runner ups, they can have another try in next olympics. But until then, they are just losers.

[Henrik]

Wioo!! Sweden is ahead of both Norway and Canada! And now it's a interesting hockey game, Russia-Slovakia. It's gonna be a lot of speed in that game with players like Gaborik, Ovechkin and Kovaltjuk :shock:

[RMJ]

Wioo!! Sweden is ahead of both Norway and Canada! And now it's a interesting hockey game, Russia-Slovakia. It's gonna be a lot of speed in that game with players like Gaborik, Ovechkin and Kovaltjuk :shock:
Yeh... Wonder what's wrong with Norway... Usually they rocks. :)

[Petsku1]

Gaborik decided the game against Russia by scoring 2 great goals. He's totally awesome speedy winger.

On the other hand USA had lots of probs against Latvia so they ended up in 3-3 draw. Well done Latvia!

And finally i'd say we had a pretty good game against Switzerland... 5-0 was convincing enough. Jokinen and Selänne both scored twice.

[loff]

I don't think there's any good way of listing medals. 1 gold is worth more than 100 silver+100 bronze medals. I'd rather get 100 silver+100 bronze than a gold. Sure, I won't be the best, but I'm 2nd and 3rd in basically everything. It should be more like 1 gold = 2 silver = 4 bronze or something..

On a sidenote, I still consider Norway above Sweden, as always :] :wink:

[Henrik]

0-5.. Do i have to say more? :cry: Russia won.. but it wasn't that bad after all, Russia scored on their chanses but Sweden didn't.
This result was good in one way, now the swedish team knows what they have to work on. The special teams is one of those things.. Our PP sucked and so did our BP. And I must say that the russian goalie was incredible..

[Lía]

THE UK HAS WON IT'S FIRST MEDAL OF THE GAMES!

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41342000/jpg/_41342156_rudmannew203.jpg

GB's Rudman takes skeleton silver

British skeleton star Rudman set the fastest time in practice
Slider Shelley Rudman raced to a silver medal - Britain's first at the 2006 Winter Olympics - in the women's Olympic skeleton on Thursday.
Rudman was lying in fourth place after the first run, but a sensational second slide put her on the podium in Cesana.

She recorded an overall time of two minutes, 1.06 seconds - 1.23 seconds behind Swiss champion Maya Pedersen.

"I just can't believe it. It feels really surreal," the 24-year-old from Wiltshire told BBC Sport.

"I'm really gobsmacked. I really wanted to get a bronze, so I'm certainly not complaining about a silver medal."

Rudman said her super second run came after advice from her coach Simon Timson and her boyfriend and fellow skeleton slider Kristan Bromley.

"I was just perfect on the second run," she went on.

"I normally go better on the second run, so I wasn't worried by being in fourth place after the first."

"I hope this result has put skeleton on the map and it will make a lot more people aware of skeleton and able to fund it," she said.

Rudman will be presented with her silver medal in Turin on Friday, at the same time as Bromley goes in the men's event.

"My heart is going to be split in two up there on the medals podium and also keeping an eye on the results, but I will try to watch the men's race," she said.

Coach Timson told the BBC she had put in a nerveless performance.

"She was as cool as a cucumber," he said.

"We knew that fourth was a good spot for her and if she got corner 17 right, then she'd do well.

"Everyone has worked their socks off and it's just such a fantastic result."

British Olympic chief Simon Clegg said Rudman's silver was a huge boost to the team.

"It's a great result for her, especially considering she's only been sliding for a couple of years," he said. "She went quickest in the final training run so we knew she would be competing in the medal zone.

"Before the Games we said one medal would be a success. We've got that in the first week and we're now expecting more great results in the second week."

Rudman's achievement was the all the more remarkable considering there is no proper skeleton track in Britain - just a push-start track at Bath University.


Alex Coomber's bronze provided the inspiration for Rudman

Despite her rapid rise in the sport, Rudman has also had to fund herself in her pursuit of a medal.

She has enjoyed the enthusiastic support of the people of her home town of Pewsey, who raised £4,000 for her with a canoe marathon.

Rudman's medal followed fellow Wiltshire woman Alex Coomber's bronze in the same competition in Salt Lake City four years ago.

But, while Coomber had been widely expected to strike gold, Rudman was considered an outside chance at best, having never previously reached the podium in her World Cup career.

Rudman, who is in her first full season in the sport, had never even laid on a skeleton sled until being inspired by Coomber's performance.

She went into the competition insisting she would consider a top 10 position a success and that anything beyond eighth would be beyond her wildest dreams.

[Bizz]

lol estonia Own

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/3151/sanstitre1eb.jpg

[Lía]

lol estonia Own

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/3151/sanstitre1eb.jpgis that an old list, the UK do have a medal now!!

[YCZ]

First gold medal ever for China!

[Nestonia]

Kristina Šmigun won yesterday her 2nd gold medal :twisted:

and some minutes ago won gold medal our skier Andrus Veerpalu

http://www.nordic-aventure.com/act4nov3.jpg http://www.destfor.de/defor_root/defor_deutsch/aktuelles_und_presse/2005_01/2005_01_veerpalu/veerpalu1.jpg

3 gold medals at the moment, we rule :twisted:

[bathman]

Canada isnt bad either... But lots of disappointment ... Alexandre Bilodeau, Emmanuel Sandhu, Beckie Scott, etc... Anyway, 1 gold medal, 3 silver medal and 5 bronze... Not bad ... But only the 11th place... not enough champion in Canada :(

[loff]

lölöp, SUI boarder-cross gold medal ^______^ that final was most amusing :]

[Henrik]

Haha!! the Swedish hockeygirls is in the final, they bet USA on penaltyshots today. First time ever USA lost to another team than Canada.
AND Peter Forsberg tested on ice today.. He'll play tomorow and the rest of the games :thumbup: He will be extremely important in PP.

[rka]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9534792?meta_salt=1726265

updated medal count norway is owning those medals bu US has most GOLD medals

[Le Fidèle]

hehe. . . yay, most gold. . .

so how much do you think one of those gold medals cost. . . say if it were . . as snow boarding gold medal?


also. . .
i've been watching the wrong events. . . womens snow boarding racing. . is where its at. they crash every 5 seconds!

[username]

and hockey gold medals go to slovakia

[MetalicGuy]

"US womens hocky will play and FINISH as the Olypmic gold medalists" :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:


What did you say? ;)

[Mr Bond]

Just a silver medal for UK But there is still time :) Welocome back Lia!

[Bizz]

Canada 2 4 5 11
United States 6 3 1 10


yeah!!!

and We wait two another Gold medal
for the hockey

[Ekasra]

and hockey gold medals go to slovakia

:shock: lol

[Bizz]

and hockey gold medals go to slovakia

:shock: lol

IMAO ahahahhahahahahahha


really ?!

[Henrik]

Canada-Switzerland 0-2...oooops.

And Sweden won over Latvia with 6-1. Peter Forsberg had 2 assists, on the first and the fourth goal. He played in the 4th line today with Samuel Påhlsson and P-J Axelsson. Tomorrow he will probably play with Henrik Zetterberg and Thomas Holmström in the 2nd line. The goalscorers was Påhlsson, Lidström, Axelsson, Alfredsson, Zetterberg and Alfredsson again.

[Petsku1]

Canada-Switzerland 0-2...oooops.

Yep lol... there you have it you arrogant bastards! :mrgreen:

And Sweden won over Latvia with 6-1. Peter Forsberg had 2 assists, on the first and the fourth goal. He played in the 4th line today with Samuel Påhlsson and P-J Axelsson. Tomorrow he will probably play with Henrik Zetterberg and Thomas Holmström in the 2nd line. The goalscorers was Påhlsson, Lidström, Axelsson, Alfredsson, Zetterberg and Alfredsson again.

Aren't you forgetting you just lost 5-0 to Russia? :p a win over Latvia was to be expected.

Anyway im sure now that i mentioned how bad games everyone else have had, Czechs will beat us.

[Henrik]

0-5.. Do i have to say more? :cry: Russia won.. but it wasn't that bad after all, Russia scored on their chanses but Sweden didn't.
This result was good in one way, now the swedish team knows what they have to work on. The special teams is one of those things.. Our PP sucked and so did our BP. And I must say that the russian goalie was incredible..

No, I have not forgotten that we lost 0-5, I wrote that earlier in the thread as you can see..
And the Czechs have been very arrogant so far in this tournament, only 4-1 against Grmany and 2-3 against Switzerland. But I think that they won't be so arrogant tonight against the Finns.
But Jaromir Jagr is a fucking diva! If I was a hockeyplayer, I wouldn't want him in my team. If his team doesn't play well, he just glides around on the ice and complains on the ref.. And I don't think Jagr has backchecked once in his whole life!

[Petsku1]

No, I have not forgotten that we lost 0-5, I wrote that earlier in the thread as you can see..
And the Czechs have been very arrogant so far in this tournament, only 4-1 against Grmany and 2-3 against Switzerland. But I think that they won't be so arrogant tonight against the Finns.
But Jaromir Jagr is a fucking diva! If I was a hockeyplayer, I wouldn't want him in my team. If his team doesn't play well, he just glides around on the ice and complains on the ref.. And I don't think Jagr has backchecked once in his whole life!

He might be a diva in the national team but with that kind of stats in NHL he can be. He's still my fave player of all time.

[Henrik]

Congratulations to Finland! But Jarkko Ruutu is a fucking retarded dickhead! http://www.nhl.com/news/2006/02/259552.html
That hit wasn't nice :x

[Petsku1]

I know i was cursing that bad tackle too. I've never liked how J. Ruutu plays. I hope Jagr is ok, no concussion or anything. It's little bit his own fault too cos he was wearing freaking 60's helmet.

[dana0_7]

Can anyone tell me when will be the girls night at skating?
I love skating. i'm so happy for Evgheni Plusenko.
I hope Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov will win!

[MetalicGuy]

Congratulations to Finland! But Jarkko Ruutu is a fucking retarded dickhead! http://www.nhl.com/news/2006/02/259552.html
That hit wasn't nice :x

Well the thing is... it was more like an "accident" if Jagr would have stand up more.. if you know what i mean.. that hit wouldn't be so bad...

But yeah... it was clearly charging :P

[Henrik]

Sweden-USA 2-1. Mohahaha, it's always nice to beat the yanks :D . Alfredsson and Samuelsson scored the Swedish goals. It was a good intense game for the Swedish team, but the tempo wasn't that high.. Forsberg didn't play, he sat on the bench for the first time in 14 years :D He rested today because they didn't want to risk anything after his injury.. But he'll play against the slovaks on Tuesday.

Canada-Finland coming up in a couple of minutes, the most interesting game so far in the olympics. Finland has played very well so far, but can they beat the canadians?? I think they can..

[bathman]

0-2 Canada-Finland after the first period :) It's sad to said but Canada wont be in the final :( ... They'll maybe fight for the bronze medal but the gold and silver are for: Slovakia-Finland !!! But let's pray, a miracle is always possible :twisted:

[Ekasra]

0-2 Canada-Finland after the first period :) It's sad to said but Canada wont be in the final :( ... They'll maybe fight for the bronze medal but the gold and silver are for: Slovakia-Finland !!! But let's pray, a miracle is always possible :twisted:

you serriously need to learn about olympic hockey, the three first games are only to determine who they play in the quarter finals

[maxt23]

Canada has the best team in the olympics. All the players out there are franchise players ... but they don't play as a team ... and that's going to kill them.

Pat Quinn shouldn't be the coach of that team. He has so much trouble with the new rules of the NHL ...

[Petsku1]

DOWN goes Canada! go Finland! I hope we'll keep the form to the very end.

[Henrik]

Jonathan Hedström(Ducks) and Niklas Kronwall(Red Wings) has been called in as reserves to the Swedish hockey team..
And soon the ladies hockey final will start, Sweden is gonna lose big time, but who cares.. They can't beat Canada.

[bathman]

0-2 Canada-Finland after the first period :) It's sad to said but Canada wont be in the final :( ... They'll maybe fight for the bronze medal but the gold and silver are for: Slovakia-Finland !!! But let's pray, a miracle is always possible :twisted:

you serriously need to learn about olympic hockey, the three first games are only to determine who they play in the quarter finals


Hmmm... :roll: You serious??? Oh i thought that the first team of each group was the champion... And the gold medal would go for the team with the best ratio Goal For/Goal Against... Sorry man... :(

You joking me i guess... I know that right now they arent playing for a medal... Its just because Finland and Slovakia are the best teams in the Olympic... They play as a team!!! Canada got awesome players but they play for themselves... And as max said, that's gonna kill them...

[Mr Bond]

Yay! second silver for Great Britain 2 medals now :D

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/4303007.stm

[fallenONE]

Germany is owning

That is a surprise...albeit a pleasant one

[dana0_7]

Wow!!! I'm so happy for the Russian team at skating! They won!!! They are my favourite!!!
I'm happy too cause the Canadian who fallen it's ok.

http://www.ice-dance.com/navka/photos/04TrophyEB/FD16-34A.jpg

[loff]

Possible to find out what music the ice skating teams use somehow?

[Tyza]

Germany is owning

That is a surprise...albeit a pleasant one

Yes!!!!! Gold for our Bob-girls. :D

[vonstar]

Did any of you guys watch belbin and agosto perform? That tanith is wow :brow:

[Le Fidèle]

so when are the final days of the olympics?

[Bizz]

and What happen with hockey ?!

[Ekasra]

and What happen with hockey ?!

Russia Vs Canada at 2:30EST

[Henrik]

Russia-Canada 1-0 at the moment..
And 2 gold and 1 bronze medal to Sweden today. One gold and one bronze in the crosscountry sprint and a gold to Anja Pärsson in the slalom.
And Sweden won over Switzerland 6-2 in the quarterfinal :D Nice day today..

[MetalicGuy]

MOHAHAHA!! CANADA IS OUT!! I REPEAT.. OUT!!

HAHA... :P

"WE ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN PLAY HOCKEY" COUNTRY IS OUT :D

Way to go Russia!!!

Now i hope for a final between Sweden and Finland ;)

[Petsku1]

^Yeah after you "almost tried to win" yday against Slovakia :roll:

Anyway USA and Canada are out and now the semifinals are
Finland - Russia
Sweden - (Czech Rep. most likely)

[RMJ]

Now i hope for a final between Sweden and Finland ;)
Den glider in !

[Bizz]

MOHAHAHA!! CANADA IS OUT!! I REPEAT.. OUT!!

HAHA... :P

"WE ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN PLAY HOCKEY" COUNTRY IS OUT :D

Way to go Russia!!!

Now i hope for a final between Sweden and Finland ;)

I know :cry:

stupid dick head too much pay player of team canada

[Ekasra]

I just wanna know something.....Canada has the best hockey team in the world, but has the worse coach. Why the hell did we get knocked out first round?

[Bizz]

I just wanna know something.....Canada has the best hockey team in the world, but has the worse coach. Why the hell did we get knocked out first round?

yes you right

[bathman]

I just wanna know something.....Canada has the best hockey team in the world, but has the worse coach. Why the hell did we get knocked out first round?

He isnt the worst coach... But it is the worst Canadian coach, thats for sure...

[Ekasra]

They have one of the best assistant coaches ( Jaques Martin), but Pat Quinn is living in the past lol

[fallenONE]

Disappointed Canucks.......... :roll:


When things don't go your way, it kinda sucks

[Orion]

I just wanna know something.....Canada has the best hockey team in the world, but has the worse coach. Why the hell did we get knocked out first round?

He isnt the worst coach... But it is the worst Canadian coach, thats for sure...

Where was Spezza (hurt?) and Crosby . . . and what the hell was Bertuzzi doing there when he has personal problems roaming in his mind right now . . . plus, we had guys with broken jaws playing (no big deal though). Wayne Gretzky is to Blame for a lot of the roster mistakes . . . In other words, that wasn't Canada playin, that was canada playing.

[MetalicGuy]

^Yeah after you "almost tried to win" yday against Slovakia :roll:

Yeah and i'm ashamed of that... =/ some call it tactics... but i say it was just plain cowardice... but anyway.. they managed to fool the IIHF... so.. why not? :roll:

I just wanna know something.....Canada has the best hockey team in the world, but has the worse coach. Why the hell did we get knocked out first round?

I guess it has something to do with.... too old players and bigger rinks :roll:

It's all about finding a balance between young and hungry players and old veterans...

[Henrik]

Sweden is now playing in the curling final.. I think it's an interesting sport but it can be boring to watch sometimes. But check out this vid with the Swedish Curling team!! http://www.curlingtjejerna.se/wp-content/themes/default/videos/ACUVUE_Hearts_on_Fire.wmv
The other guys is the Swedish group Hammerfall..

[MetalicGuy]

But check out this vid with the Swedish Curling team!! http://www.curlingtjejerna.se/wp-content/themes/default/videos/ACUVUE_Hearts_on_Fire.wmv
The other guys is the Swedish group Hammerfall..

Haha.. that is sooo lol :lol:

[Henrik]

Yeeey.. They won the gold :D Sweden has now 5 gold medals!!
Hockeynews: Detroit's Niklas Kronwall replaces Vancouver's Mattias Öhlund.. Kronwall has very good offensive skills and has a extremely good balance, he can really tackle even though he lacks some weight and size.
Go Sweden and Finland!! What a dream with Sweden vs Finland in the final.. But it's still a long way to go before that becomes a reality... unfortunately.

[Petsku1]

Due to Finland's success in curling, the sport has now become rather popular. 1,4 million people were watching the semifinal here which is huge. Only hockey has been more popular sports in the Olympics.

[bathman]

I just wanna know something.....Canada has the best hockey team in the world, but has the worse coach. Why the hell did we get knocked out first round?

He isnt the worst coach... But it is the worst Canadian coach, thats for sure...

Where was Spezza (hurt?) and Crosby . . . and what the hell was Bertuzzi doing there when he has personal problems roaming in his mind right now . . . plus, we had guys with broken jaws playing (no big deal though). Wayne Gretzky is to Blame for a lot of the roster mistakes . . . In other words, that wasn't Canada playin, that was canada playing.

It's not only Gretzky's fault but he is part of the lost in quarter finals... Why did he chose Kris Draper and Shane Doan instead of : Jason Spezza, Eric Staal, Alex Tanguay, Marc Savard, Sidney Crosby, etc, etc,etc... And Spezza and Staal where on the practice team so if someone get hurt, it would be 1 of them that would take his place... But Anyway... Canada lost, let's see in Vancouver in 4 years if Gretzky learned about this Olympic or if he'll do the same mistakes...

[Petsku1]

I just wanna know something.....Canada has the best hockey team in the world, but has the worse coach. Why the hell did we get knocked out first round?

He isnt the worst coach... But it is the worst Canadian coach, thats for sure...

Where was Spezza (hurt?) and Crosby . . . and what the hell was Bertuzzi doing there when he has personal problems roaming in his mind right now . . . plus, we had guys with broken jaws playing (no big deal though). Wayne Gretzky is to Blame for a lot of the roster mistakes . . . In other words, that wasn't Canada playin, that was canada playing.

It's not only Gretzky's fault but he is part of the lost in quarter finals... Why did he chose Kris Draper and Shane Doan instead of : Jason Spezza, Eric Staal, Alex Tanguay, Marc Savard, Sidney Crosby, etc, etc,etc... And Spezza and Staal where on the practice team so if someone get hurt, it would be 1 of them that would take his place... But Anyway... Canada lost, let's see in Vancouver in 4 years if Gretzky learned about this Olympic or if he'll do the same mistakes...

Lol yeah it's not only his fault... 0 goals scored in the last 3 games, it has to be something more than just the coaches fault. :P

[Henrik]

7-3 8). Damn what a game, I'm so fucking proud over the Swedish team :cheesy: Finally an Olympic final again after 12 loooong years..
:tongue: Czech Republic!!
:tongue: Canada!!
:tongue: USA!!
We are in the final, but you're not!
Mohahah, we are in the Final!!
Go Finland, I hope that they can beat the ruskies. Now I can relax and watch that game with a smile on my face, damn thats nice!

[MetalicGuy]

7-3 8). Damn what a game, I'm so fucking proud over the Swedish team :cheesy: Finally an Olympic final again after 12 loooong years..
:tongue: Czech Republic!!
:tongue: Canada!!
:tongue: USA!!
We are in the final, but you're not!
Mohahah, we are in the Final!!
Go Finland, I hope that they can beat the ruskies. Now I can relax and watch that game with a smile on my face, damn thats nice!

Indeed 8)

[Excellence knows no age]

Due to Finland's success in curling, the sport has now become rather popular. 1,4 million people were watching the semifinal here which is huge. Only hockey has been more popular sports in the Olympics.

Men's curling final has been played this evening: I think that those 1,4 million Finnish people did not have a great time: Canada has won with 10-4! In the sixth end they scored 6-0 (and they could have made it 7-0 easily with their last stone, but their skip played the last stone just too fast)! That is huge! If you imagine that a team has only 8 stones in an end! :P

... by the way, curling is very very small in The Netherlands, unfortunately ...

[RMJ]

Finland - Russia
4 - 0

:)

Final will be Finland vs Sweden.

[MetalicGuy]

Wohoo.. the greatest final one could ever think of! The nordic battle!!

[Petsku1]

C'Mon Finland! lets repeat the 95' final! 8)

[RMJ]

C'Mon Finland! lets repeat the 95' final! 8)
As said earlier...

Den glider in !


(lyrics of Den Glider In (http://www.lyricsondemand.com/j/jackyllyrics/dengliderinlyrics.html))

( And for non-Finns and non-Swedes... Den Glider In is Swedish song made for 1995 Wolrd Champion hockey tournament... When Finland beat them and everyone kept singing their song... )

[Henrik]

C'Mon Sweden, lets repeat the 92' and 98' final :D This is gonna be a classic game. Mats Sundins last chance to win an olympic gold medal. He won't miss that opportunity... I'm almost feeling sick already :? OMG, I'm always feeling physically ill when an important game is coming up :ill:

[MetalicGuy]

Hey don't take the lead with 5-1 this time.. you remember what happened in Helsinki right? 8)

[Henrik]

2 little gifts to RMJ and all the other Finns:
Den glider in: http://www.rapidfile.fr/download.php?id=nMcGmOAVzCshNI0iqAzV
Classical goal :D : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I2QY9EHB

[RMJ]

Aww... It's long time I actually heard that. :)

[rka]

i understand nutting

------------------

the Brazilian national anthom was said to be the most beautiful anthom and the longest also, being the longest its a fact. lol :roll:

[MetalicGuy]

Haha crap!! I'm both excited and nervous already.. even though the game isn't until Sunday...

Damn 8)

[jsk]

Hi, long time no see.
I just stop by and say: "vi ska ta gul igen"

[krazykanadian]

I'm glad that Sweden and Finland are in the final. I can only imagine how big the rivalry is between these two countries and how much the game on Sunday will mean. It'll be nice to see one of these two teams win it. I predict Finland will win though.

I'm of course sad that Canada got eliminated, but at least the Russians and the Czechs also lost. I think we've been acting really cocky the last few years, but those two countries also think they are the best in the world.

[Ekasra]

When is the closing ceremonies?

[krazykanadian]

It's on Sunday. I'll have also take this opportunity to remind all of you that the next olympics will be in Vancouver in 2010.

[Ekasra]

It's on Sunday. I'll have also take this opportunity to remind all of you that the next olympics will be in Vancouver in 2010.

Yep
Its undecicded, but i may be going! :D

[Excellence knows no age]

As a contestant? That is so cool! Which sport?

[Henrik]

Gold today again!! This is totally insane :D
Only 23 hours and 45 minutes to go now :ill:
Another gift from me :cheesy: This one is better than Den glider in..
http://www.rapidfile.fr/download.php?id=cXhlhpFWkm7qUZ0ynfLk

http://img.aftonbladet.se/sport/0602/25/fin.jpg :wink:

[loff]

norway blows :? this must be the worst olympics in my life.

[RMJ]

Gold today again!! This is totally insane :D
Only 23 hours and 45 minutes to go now :ill:
Another gift from me :cheesy: This one is better than Den glider in..
http://www.rapidfile.fr/download.php?id=cXhlhpFWkm7qUZ0ynfLk

http://img.aftonbladet.se/sport/0602/25/fin.jpg :wink:

Please... We let you take those golds. It woulda been just mean if we had taken them all. :cheesy:

But the last gold ain't for sell. It's 4-1 for Finland, tomorrow. :) Hattrick for Peltonen as in good old times. :wink:

[Henrik]

Hyvä Routsi :D Finland hasn't lost yet in the olymics, but eventually the first loss will come 8) And that's gonna happend tomorrow 8) Forsberg will score another classical goal as he use to do in important games and Kronwall is gonna tackle Ruutu out of the game, but in a fair way.. He can do that without getting a match penalty, the not so skilled players can't do that :whistling:

[Ekasra]

Hyvä Routsi :D Finland hasn't lost yet in the olymics, but eventually the first loss will come 8) And that's gonna happend tomorrow 8) Forsberg will score another classical goal as he use to do in important games and Kronwall is gonna tackle Ruutu out of the game, but in a fair way.. He can do that without getting a match penalty :whistling:

Agreed, Sweden will win this one for sure

[Steve]

Hyvä Routsi :D Finland hasn't lost yet in the olymics, but eventually the first loss will come 8) And that's gonna happend tomorrow 8) Forsberg will score another classical goal as he use to do in important games and Kronwall is gonna tackle Ruutu out of the game, but in a fair way.. He can do that without getting a match penalty :whistling:

Agreed, Sweden will win this one for sure

Backing Sweden here too, watched the two semis and Sweden looked the better of the two!!

[RMJ]

Backing Sweden here too, watched the two semis and Sweden looked the better of the two!!
That's excatly their failure. They are too much into their look when they should concentrate on their playing. :wink:

[bathman]

In my opinion, Sweden got no chance :) It will end 3-0 or 3-1 for Finland... But let's see :) Game is started, let's watch it, and i'll come back to check who was/were right :D But good luck to both teams !!!!

PS: 24 medals for Canada, they expected 25... That's really nice :)

[MetalicGuy]

I'm not going to speculate the results at all.. it will be a very tough game... and it could go either direction... but i know one thing for certain... you can't lose to Finland.. that doesn't exist in my world.. i always have hard time coming over the times when we lost against the finns.. but if we lose tomorrow then you won't see me here the next couple of months...

I guess that just shows how bad the rivalry is between our countries 8)

[Henrik]

If Sweden wins tomorrow, it'll be the greatest moment in my life, but if we lose.. It would be the worst moment in my life. And thats not an understatement :shock: I don't think north americans, russians or anyone else in the world can understand how much prestige it is in this game. Sweden vs Finland.. It doesn't get bigger than that.

http://www.nhl.com/news/2006/02/261048.html
The superbowl is a fart in outer space compared to this game..

http://expressen.se/content/1/c6/53/44/92/34bc51ad.gif

[RMJ]

Umm... Conan O'Brian put it right last year in his show...

http://img1.exs.cx/img1/6185/conan.gif

I think it would be better you guys just give up... You'll be so ashamed after the lose. Give up and keep your face. :)

Ok, maybe we will let you win... this time... :wink:

[Ekasra]

Umm... Conan O'Brian put it right last year in his show...

http://img1.exs.cx/img1/6185/conan.gif

I think it would be better you guys just give up... You'll be so ashamed after the lose. Give up and keep your face. :)

Ok, maybe we will let you win... this time... :wink:

i would so want to see your face if finland loses

[RMJ]

Well, to speak truth, I don't much of care who wins or loses. It's just fan to smack talk. :) I saw Russian match as I was too lazy to turn TV off. :)

Only sport in these olympics I was interested in was curling. And that went great. :) Even tho Canada beat us in finals. But lets face it, Canada is superior in it...

[bathman]

Well, to speak truth, I don't much of care who wins or loses. It's just fan to smack talk. :) I saw Russian match as I was too lazy to turn TV off. :)

Only sport in these olympics I was interested in was curling. And that went great. :) Even tho Canada beat us in finals. But lets face it, Canada is superior in it...

Yea!!! Curling rocks 8)

[Bizz]

Well, to speak truth, I don't much of care who wins or loses. It's just fan to smack talk. :) I saw Russian match as I was too lazy to turn TV off. :)

Only sport in these olympics I was interested in was curling. And that went great. :) Even tho Canada beat us in finals. But lets face it, Canada is superior in it...

Yea!!! Curling rocks 8)

IMAO !!!!!!

[Petsku1]

I'm not going to speculate the results at all.. it will be a very tough game... and it could go either direction... but i know one thing for certain... you can't lose to Finland.. that doesn't exist in my world.. i always have hard time coming over the times when we lost against the finns.. but if we lose tomorrow then you won't see me here the next couple of months...


lol yeah especially after all your bragging! :P

The match will be ANOTHER HOLY WAR! heh

[RMJ]

Finland 1 - 0 Sweden

:shock:

...that's the scores after first 20 mins.


edit:
1-1 :(

edit2:

1-2 :(

edi3:

2-2 :)

...that's after 40 mins.

edit4:

2-3 :(


edit5:

Oh well... GG Sweden. :)

[MetalicGuy]

I'm not going to speculate the results at all.. it will be a very tough game... and it could go either direction... but i know one thing for certain... you can't lose to Finland.. that doesn't exist in my world.. i always have hard time coming over the times when we lost against the finns.. but if we lose tomorrow then you won't see me here the next couple of months...


lol yeah especially after all your bragging! :P

The match will be ANOTHER HOLY WAR! heh


CAN I BRAG NOW?!?!!?

WOHOOOOOOOOOOO GOLD!!!!!!!!

[Ekasra]

I'm not going to speculate the results at all.. it will be a very tough game... and it could go either direction... but i know one thing for certain... you can't lose to Finland.. that doesn't exist in my world.. i always have hard time coming over the times when we lost against the finns.. but if we lose tomorrow then you won't see me here the next couple of months...


lol yeah especially after all your bragging! :P

The match will be ANOTHER HOLY WAR! heh


CAN I BRAG NOW?!?!!?

WOHOOOOOOOOOOO GOLD!!!!!!!!

Quoted for Pwnage :P

[Le Fidèle]

so if i checked right. . .

1)germany

2)america

3)austria


in total medal counts. . . ?

[MetalicGuy]

so if i checked right. . .

1)germany

2)america

3)austria


in total medal counts. . . ?

Correct.. here's the top 10:

1 Germany
2 USA
3 Austria
4 Russia
5 Canada
6 Sweden
7 South Korea
8 Swiss
9 Italy
10 France

[Petsku1]

http://ukko.fi/ruotsi/ Sweden today :mrgreen:

[Henrik]

Mohahahahahaa 8)
http://img.aftonbladet.se/sport/0602/24/guldbalk.jpg
http://img.aftonbladet.se/sport/0602/26/hero.jpg

I can't fucking believe it!!

http://expressen.se/content/1/c6/53/52/08/5864f088.jpg

[dana0_7]

Is there anyone who knows who sings "Incantation"? Is the song from friday when Tatiana Navka danced with Roman.

[Steve]

What did I tell you! It look as if Sweden had quite a few more goal scoring oppoutunities that they should have put away, but then im no hockey expert! Still good game to watch! :)

What did S. Korea win?? Didnt see them on the tv at all over the games!! And I would think russia would be a little dissappointed with there 4th place. And everyone bets NZ anyway :P

[Ekasra]

Closing Ceremonies going on right now. Flag was transfered to Vancouver and Avril Lavigne just finished performing. Vancouver 2010 Slogan: Come Play With Us!

[Henrik]

Vancouver 2010 Slogan: Come Play With Us!
Haha that sounds kinky :lol:
And Steve, I think S Korea won all their golds in short track..

[YCZ]

Suppose there are gonna be lots of new job opportunities here in Vancouver.
Our tourism class is freaking popluar right now.

[loff]

I missed the aerial part of this years olympics, sadly, as it's definately the most entertaining sport there is during winter-time. Help me find vids of this awesome sport. Thank you.

[Ekasra]

I missed the aerial part of this years olympics, sadly, as it's definately the most entertaining sport there is during winter-time. Help me find vids of this awesome sport. Thank you.

I know that the Canadian Broadcasting Company releases a DvD the following month that includes all of the events canadians did really well in. I also know that google video is selling coverage so check there.

[fallenONE]

Lets hope your hockey team doesnt bust in vancouver... :?

[Le Fidèle]

i think i'll be long gone from this forum by the time the next winter olympics come around!

cant wait for the summer ones though :twisted:

[RMJ]

What did S. Korea win?? Didnt see them on the tv at all over the games!!
They had good team in speed skating. Pretty much dominated it... And due to bad luck they even lost some medal(s) by DSQ in it (nothing dramatic, just lil' error on track that caused to disqualifying). Happened to watch that match...

From Wiki:

Ten of the eleven medals are from short track speed skating. Speedskaters Jin Sun-Yu and Ahn Hyun Soo were the second and third people to win three gold medals in Turin.

Gold

* Short track speed skating
o Men's 1000m: Ahn Hyun-Soo in a time of 1:26.739
o Men's 1500m: Ahn Hyun-Soo in a time of 2:25.341
o Men's 5000m Relay: (Lee Ho-Suk, Ahn Hyun-Soo, Seo Ho-Jin, Song Suk-Woo) in a time of 6:43.376 (Olympic Record)
o Ladies' 1000m: Jin Sun-Yu in a time of 1:32.859
o Ladies' 1500m: Jin Sun-Yu in a time of 2:23.494
o Ladies' 3000m Relay: Byun Chun-Sa, Jeon Da-Hye, Kang Yun-Mi, Jin Sun-Yu and Choi Eun-Kyung in a time of 4:17.04

Silver

* Short track speed skating
o Men's 1000m: Lee Ho-Suk in a time of 1:26.764
o Men's 1500m: Lee Ho-Suk in a time of 2:25.6
o Ladies' 1500m: Choi Eun-Kyung in a time of 2:24.069

Bronze

* Short track speed skating
o Men's 500m: Ahn Hyun-Soo in a time of 42.089
* Speed Skating
o Men's 500m: Lee Kang-Seok in a time of 35.34 (1st heat) & 35.09 (2nd heat)

[Steve]

Thanks, didnt really see much speed skating. Still Commenwealth games next month in Melbourne!! Heaps of sport live on TV I love it! :D

[MetalicGuy]

Just stumbled across this... Sweden is in the lead.. but not for long i guess.. anyway it's kind of cool that such small countries as Finland and Sweden are doing so well!

"New World Rankings

For the first time since this system was introduced after the 2003 World Championship, the IIHF's World Rankings have a new name at the top of the standings. By advancing to the gold-medal game, Sweden has overtaken Canada as the number-one men's hockey nation. The World Rankings take into account countries' performance over a continuous four-year cycle. The current year (in this case, the Olympics) counts for 100% of total points available, the previous year 75%, two years ago 50%, and three years ago 25%. The maximum points available is 1,200 which is awarded to the champion. Here are the top ten nations on the men's side after the Olympics. These will no doubt change in May following the 2006 World Championship in Riga, Latvia.

1 Sweden--4,030
2 Canada--3,940
3 Czech Republic--3,930
4 Slovakia--3,805
5 Finland--3,765
6 Russia--3,725
7 USA--3,575
8 Switzerland--3,525
9 Latvia--3,335
10 Germany--3,270"

[Henrik]

Just stumbled across this... Sweden is in the lead..
1 Sweden--4,030
2 Canada--3,940
3 Czech Republic--3,930
4 Slovakia--3,805
5 Finland--3,765
6 Russia--3,725
7 USA--3,575
8 Switzerland--3,525
9 Latvia--3,335
10 Germany--3,270"

Yeep.. Sweden, the greatest hockey nation in the world 8)
Ah now I'm gonna watch the gold party from Stockholm :D It's broadcasted live on two national TV-channels..

[Le Fidèle]

sad to see the olypics come to a close :cry:


o well. now i can look forward to the basketball playoffs :cheesy:

[Henrik]

Some pics from the celebrations in Stockholm, 30 000 in the crowd..
http://expressen.se/content/1/c6/53/60/69/a9bc4158.jpg
Forsberg and the other players going up on the stage:
http://expressen.se/content/1/c6/53/60/86/4717dcfd.jpg
http://expressen.se/content/1/c6/53/60/51/9f21f219.jpg
Bengal fires..
http://www.dn.se/content/1/c6/52/50/08/medisNY445.jpg
http://expressen.se/content/1/c6/53/60/57/b5005530.jpg
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1327/bengal9se.jpg
http://expressen.se/content/1/c6/53/60/71/63f88d1c.jpg
The players threw their gold helmets to the crowd:
http://expressen.se/content/1/c6/53/60/52/7777b0f0.jpg

[Le Fidèle]

what do the 3 crowns on their jersey represent?

[jsk]

what do the 3 crowns on their jersey represent?
Tre Kronor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Crowns)

[RMJ]

what do the 3 crowns on their jersey represent?
That they are worth three crowns (crown aka kronor is Swedish money). :lol:


(for real explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Crowns )

[MetalicGuy]

what do the 3 crowns on their jersey represent?

Hmph.. all your theories are wrong guys... it represents THREE KINGS:

KING 1: Henrik Lundqvist

KING 2: Henrik Zetterberg

KING 3: Nicklas Lidström


Well.. that was the Three Kings from the olympic final 8)

[Ekasra]

Just finished watching the flag raising in vancouver, very cool :D

[RMJ]

Eh... Sweden can loose their gold because they had afterparties at the wrong place. :shock:

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/sport/story/0,2789,786437,00.html


How low can world go... :thumbdown:

[MetalicGuy]

Eh... Sweden can loose their gold because they had afterparties at the wrong place. :shock:

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/sport/story/0,2789,786437,00.html


How low can world go... :thumbdown:

That won't happen... the pressure from the people will be too high for them to handle...

[RMJ]

Yup, I don't believe in it either.

But even the idea is so ridiculous that it was worth to mention...

[AlizéeInMYHeart]

not wrong place, but the swedish hockey federation's sponsors were visible for the camera at that party....and according to the rules, only the swedish olympic commity's sponsors may be visible under the olympics and all the way until march 1st.

so illegal sponsor showing :?

[RMJ]

Well, it was wrong place because it was arranged by different organization who had their own sponsors showing up there. :)

But yea, to be more specific, it is about those sponsors showing.



Fair win but you showed the wrong sponsors, so the losers deserves the gold.

Yeah... Right... World still have justice... :roll:

[MetalicGuy]

Haha i think it's so fucked up... i mean just because the hockeyteam didn't show up on the "offical afterparty" they are going to lose their gold medal? WTF.. i mean.... the curling team and the others should be thankful that the hockey team didn't show up.. they would probably draw all the attention from them...

And the hockey team were in a bit of a hurry.. since they had NHL games the next day so...

But the sponsor thing? it's just so ridiculous.. and so typical Swedish... i guess SOK is just jealous on the hockey team :P

And another thing... the Olympic games was over when the celebration took place.. so i can't get the problems with it :P

[RMJ]

The pineapple medals might become handy for Swedes too if this happens.
http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/sport/story/0,2789,784762,00.html :cheesy:

[MetalicGuy]

The pineapple medals might become handy for Swedes too if this happens.
http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/sport/story/0,2789,784762,00.html :cheesy:

Guess we both will be crying then 8)

[RMJ]

Indeed... Maybe we can export big pile of those pineapples for both countries to get the price lower. I don't wanna pay over 3 euros for my medal. :)

Finnish-Swedish collaboration to survive from this great lost. :)


Or maybe should just go and beat the hell outta SOK... :roll:

[AlizéeInMYHeart]

I can't see that it would ever go so far that they will be taken away the medals....how much SOK might be frustrated and pissed atm, they don't wanna let this go to the International olympic commity (where they would have to follow the rules and disqualify sweden)

[Henrik]

If Sweden gets disqualified for this, the protest in the middle east against Denmark is gonna look like a nice little party :wink: If we get disqualified, no one wins, not SOK and their sponsors or the Swedish hockeyfederation or IOC... This is just so silly :?

[MetalicGuy]

Indeed... Maybe we can export big pile of those pineapples for both countries to get the price lower. I don't wanna pay over 3 euros for my medal. :)

Finnish-Swedish collaboration to survive from this great lost. :)


Or maybe should just go and beat the hell outta SOK... :roll:

I think 3 euros is too much.. we should try to get even lower prices...

[MightyMaréchal]

LOL :lol:

did Sweden play yet?? and who did she beat?? I know the enemy of Sweden will always be Canada :twisted: 8)

GO GO SVERGIE!

[Henrik]

LOL :lol:

did Sweden play yet?? and who did she beat?? I know the enemy of Sweden will always be Canada :twisted: 8)

GO GO SVERGIE!

Eeh.. the final was on Sunday :wink: And we won over Finland 3-2 :D
And it's spelled SVERIGE..

[MightyMaréchal]

LOL

its been a while... *recalls the good old days* ahh yes..

Sverige be it then.... no wait, Svergie 8)