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They start tonight, I can't wait. I'm an olympics junkie, and in the winter I mainly follow hockey, but bob-sled, luge, skiing, it's all good, who else is excited?

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Although I am not happy that the NHL is shutting down for 16 days, I think the hockey will be very exciting. :ih

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I love the Winter Games. Curling Rules!!!!

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Since I'm only 3 hours drive away, I'm hoping to make a hockey game!

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Could not agree more.... When my hometown hosted the Olympics 8 years ago, I could not have cared less about the Winter Games.... Now I look forward to them....

The game that surprised me the most.... Curling.... Amazing how fun it was(is) to get the guys together, drink some frosties and watch people slide a stone down the ice....:ss

In the end, if you gave me tickets(that I could not sell) to Ice Skating & Curling and they were at the same time.....you can be assured that I'd be giving away the skating and going to watch curling.

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Can't wait!!!


Go USA!!!


:wnr

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I'll agree with that!:ss

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If you don't already have your tickets I'd say good luck unless you're willing to pay EXORBINANT prices on Craigslist, etc. I had a couple friends score Class C tickets (ie. nose bleed) to the men's gold medal game that recently sold them for $2200 each, they paid $320 for them initially.

I live and work within a 10 blocks radius from the curling venue ;) Thankfully it doesn't appear to have had any affect on my daily commute or life other than all the military and police choppers buzzing around over my house.

Personally I'm looking forward to the Games and all the parties and cultural stuff associated with it. My wife and I went to Holland Pavilion (aka Heinkein House) last night and had a great time. We didn't bother trying to get tickets for the Olympics themselves, our plan was always to get tickets to some of the Paralympic events since we both find people with disabilities who are able to compete at that level far more impressive.

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WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) - A men's Olympic luge slider has crashed during training, suffering life-threatening injuries.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUST...ype=sportsNews


Luge competitor in horrific crash at Olympics

Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:11pm ESTWHISTLER (Reuters) - Georgian luge competitor Nodar Kumaritashvili was given emergency resuscitation treatment on Friday after a horrifying crash in training for the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

His sled left the track at the Whistler Sliding Center at around 90mph, according to observers, and smashed into a course side structure. He was unconscious, a Reuters reporter said.

Medics rushed to the scene to give him treatment. The incident happened hours before the Winter Games officially open in Vancouver later on Friday.

Training was immediately suspended.

(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Jon Bramley)



Here is the youtube link.... Caution, it is fairly brutal....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxF0ml56yFE

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That is uber brutal. Reports are now that he died on the scene.

http://www.oregonlive.com/olympics/i..._olympics.html

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Olympic officials are confirming his death :( That track is brutally fast and technical, apparently the governing body has already stated that they will not allow any future tracks to run faster than this one. The primary concern has been the bobsleigh but obviously luge and skeleton are concerns as well. I wonder if the course designers will attempt to slow the track down at all? Perhaps reduce the internal cooling a bit to soften the ice slightly?

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Go CANADA!!! :ss

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I'm excited for it too, but I'm not looking forward to watching figure skating for several weeks.:rolleyes:

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I can't wait!...I love watching sports that actually have world teams competing!

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Watched some of the opening ceremonies. Now it is time for the real stuff to begin.

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Didn't love the opening ceremonies...

Let the games begin!

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I think some of the qualifiers might be on in a little while.

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Here is the schedule:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/event-results-schedules/index.html

And if you have certain cable/satellite providers you can sign up on the site and watch some events live that don't make it onto tv. I have directv and was able to sign up for it.

The live streaming and replay schedule is here http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/live-full-replays.html

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Thanks. :tu

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USA Men's hockey plays germany on tuesday on USA (dish 105)

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That will be a tune-up game (read: Blowout). :r

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let me know how that works out, Ryan ;)

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it better be

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Kinda bugs me that most of the Hockey is on MSNBC,USA and CNBC not on NBC. I'm happy I can watch it but will Curling and Cross Country really get NBC better ratings then Hockey?

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I don't know if they will actually get better ratings, what matters though is if the execs at NBC think that they will ... and as we have seen with the whole Leno/Conan issue, nobody has any clue what is going through those people's heads :tf

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True dat. :r

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Dick Ebersol:td

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Congrats to the first Gold Medal winner- from a country we all love dearly!

Nicaragua won a gold?! :r
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Canadian Women's hockey team beat Slovakia 18-0 today :ss

I actually feel quite bad for the Slovak goalie, but that being said that team wasn't expected to make it into the Olympics at all so still a good showing for them considering that the US and Canadian women are really only competing against each other and are in a completely different class from the other teams.

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The Koreans took each other out on the last turn in speed skating :r

USA gets silver and bronze :banger

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Koreans taking out other Koreans..to be expected I guess :r

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USA picks up its first gold and another bronze!

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That was awesome. Served them right for the interferance on Ohno.

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AND it's on 2 hour delay... bad form.

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man u got that womens mogel gold stolen from you the canadian girl did way better than the yank girl i thought

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I disagree, but I am also biased. :r

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the canadian girl was better looking 2 :D lolololololol

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I'd disagree too. They both skied amazingly well, Kearney just skiied that little bit better. The difference being basically the landing of Heil's second air. Disappointing that she didn't defend her gold from Torino but it's not like she choked or was robbed by the judges..... just beaten cleanly be a competitor who was better on that day.

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Interesting backstory with Kearney. It was cool to see her win. Still, I'd like to see Canada pick up some gold. You always want the host country to do well... :tu
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Don't worry...they will. :ih ;)

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The Russians may throw a wrench into that.....

There is A LOT of pressure on the Canadian Club to bring home gold...it will be interesting to see how they handle it.....

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No way, Kearney had perfect form, flawless jumps including a MONSTER heli AND the fastest run of the evening.

There's times where I just watch in awe of a competitor and that was her last night. Had nothing to do with nationality or anything. It was fun to watch her compete. She was good.

Also watched in awe as the Koreans took eachother out on short track. :r

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Nordic Combined Silver, first medal ever in that event, finished 2, 4, 6

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They should finish well in the team event

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Know what is cool about the Olympics.... I was jumping up and down watching the finish of an event(Nordic Combined) that I am not even sure what the sport consists of.

I was just excited that there was someone from my Country leading and possibly getting a medal in a sport the United States never has....

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+1 I'm going to need some xanax on hand for the next couple weeks

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I love the Olympics but the horrendous glut of commercials makes it impossible to watch.
During the biathlon it was 2-3 minutes of coverage followed by an equal amount of commerical time. And the 2-3 minutes ov coverage wasn't even necessarily action. Sometimes it was just announcers yakking.

Eventually, I got disgusted and turned them off. Sad that the telecasts are more about the sponsors than the competition.