mother f'in olympics!

[Denstradamus]

^ agree 100%

[Hap]

If Michelle Kwan's legacy is lessened because of her inability to perform on the largest of world stages, then that's her fault. Boo Hoo. Let's change 200 years of tradition to coincide with when she decides to show up.

Nobody is taking her World and US titles away from her, but she is lacking a big check mark on her laundry list of accomplishments.

[Jesoy]

the olympics are so dated....they try and try but come on.....no one fucking cares....you can add all the cool new events you want....the problem is they are already established and the olympics are just a novelty....

[kamenriderv3]

i like the olympics. they have problems like any other sporting event. what i don't care for is the hype of specific individuals the marketing department tries to push for the games.

[Robocon^^]

That guy cheering up at the starting line for the downhill skiers. Sounded like the Hulkster...cracked me up.

[Denstradamus]

Originally posted by kamenriderv3
T_T

relax. as a female figure skater she has a great future ahead of her.

first she'll do exhibition for awhile, then she'll enroll at stanford medical school to become an obstetrician, occasionally doing promotions and possibly even some broadcasting.

[Denstradamus]

i like how the medals have big holes in them. they look like large flat donuts.

[Hap]

Originally posted by Jesoy
the olympics are so dated....they try and try but come on.....no one fucking cares....you can add all the cool new events you want....the problem is they are already established and the olympics are just a novelty....

The "dated" events are most pure of all sports. No officials deciding winners. No subjective artistic value. Give me "fastest guy down the hill" and "fastest around the track 10 times" any day of the week.

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[AddictProne]

Luge was intense with the last couple of races beating the previous one.

[cerealkilla]

Luge is fun to watch. Wish I could get on one of those. If they could just add a couple upside down loops and 100 foot drops, it would be better than six flags.

About Michelle, I feel bad for her but what can you do. This Olympics every 4 years is kind of weird to validate one's career.
It seems to apply more to certain sports, at least for Americans.

For instance, I love basketball, but Olympics basketball doesn't mean much, even though the US did not win Gold. We still have the best players, Why we didn't win, I'm not quite sure. I'd rather watch NBA basketball instead of Olympics basketball any day. Olympics basketball was boring. The rules are kind of puss and it seems there are 10X more fouls called. Anyways, back to the point, it sucks that somehow marketing has made figure skating locked into the Olympics for validation of success. I didn't even know Michelle Kwan was 5 time champion.

[stryfe]

there must be some great parties going on...

Distribution of female condoms set to smash Olympic record

Organizers of the Turin Winter Olympic Games have unsheathed free female condoms as their latest weapon in the battle to prevent athletes coming down with unwanted doses of the nasties, according to Shukan Jitsuwa (2/23).

"Because of fears of such threats as the spread of AIDs and stuff, it's become standard for athletes staying in the Olympic Village to receive a free supply of condoms since they were first given out for the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. The rate of use of condoms has increased with each Olympiad and for the 2004 Athens Olympics, where about 15,000 athletes from 202 countries took part, a record 130,000 prophylactics were used," a reporter from a sports newspaper tells Shukan Jitsuwa. "The Winter Olympics aren't as big as the summer Games, but in Salt Lake City four years ago, the roughly 3,000 athletes from 77 countries still managed to go through 12,000 condoms. With an additional 10 countries and 1,500 athletes in Turin, we're on the way to a significantly increased record. And estimates say about 20 percent of the total Olympic athlete condom use in Turin will come from female condoms."

Free condoms have become, it seems, an essential part of the average athlete's life, the weekly says, adding that the birth control devices are typically provided by local sponsors.

Demand for female condoms has arisen because of the growing desire among women to control their own sexual destiny.

"There are times when regular condoms affect a man's performance, but with the inserted female condom, the influence on the male organ is vastly diminished," the reporter tells Shukan Jitsuwa. "Westerners may be better hung, but with all the pressure of competing in an Olympics and such, it looks like there has been a growing number of instances where they have struggled to remain rigidly focused on the job, so to speak. Women have been seeking the distribution of female condoms for quite some time now."

[Ryan]

shaun white done killed it in the halfpipe.

the burton uniforms for the US are nice

[kamenriderv3]

-- Phyo Yong Myong and Jong Yong Hyok: North Korea's only skaters in the pairs final withdrew after Phyo was injured in practice. Phyo fell on a throw move and crashed into the boards at the training rink.


i didn't know north korea participated.

[joetron2030]

Originally posted by Ryan
shaun white done killed it in the halfpipe.

the burton uniforms for the US are nice

Yeah! I caught that last night, too. That run was SICK.

[Denstradamus]

so what is the difference between turin and turino?