2010 Winter Olympics

The Chronicler · **on:** February 12, 2010, 03:23:03 PM

The opening ceremony for the Olympics will be in a few hours, so I decided to start this topic for everyone to discuss the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

At the moment, the only thing I'm interested in is which countries will be in this year's winter Olympics.

Kor · **Reply #1 on:** February 12, 2010, 03:32:31 PM

Are some boycotting the Olympics, as some have done before?

Mumbling · **Reply #2 on:** February 12, 2010, 03:51:54 PM

my mom likes to watch it.. probably means the tv will be on during dinner from now on

jedi472 · **Reply #3 on:** February 12, 2010, 04:16:05 PM

I'm really excited! I hope that American skier will recover in time, though...

Nick22 · **Reply #4 on:** February 12, 2010, 06:08:19 PM

I'll be watching hockey, bobsled and other games.. i'll skip the figure skating though..

crazedwriter · **Reply #5 on:** February 12, 2010, 08:16:02 PM

I'm a casual winter Olympic fan but I do love to watch figure skating and skiiing. A skating couple representing France trained here Indianapolis (my hometown) so I'm anxious to see them perform. One event I never miss is the luge, but with what happened today I think I'll take a pass. That's a very dangerous sport as we've seen today. RIP Nodar.

News Story

Nick22 · **Reply #6 on:** February 12, 2010, 09:51:32 PM

thats a shame.. sports can be very dangerous.. look at crashs in downhill skiing

pokeplayer984 · **Reply #7 on:** February 13, 2010, 12:08:15 AM

Okay, going away from that sad story, I am surprised to find that some of the countries have only 1 athlete competing for them this year. That's a lot of weight on their shoulders. I wish them the best of luck.

Of course, with me being an American, it's USA all the way for me.

Nick22 · **Reply #8 on:** February 13, 2010, 12:13:02 AM

yeah i don't think Sri Lanka or Jamaica are going to have many athletes there

pokeplayer984 · **Reply #9 on:** February 13, 2010, 01:16:36 AM

Quote from: Nick22,Feb 12 2010 on 10:13 PM

yeah i don't think Sri Lanka or Jamaica are going to have many athletes there

Jamaica is one of those that only has one this year. (And it's for skiing of all events.)

As for Sri Lanka, not competing this year. -_-

Here's a site with all the athletes competing this year.

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-athletes/

Nick22 · **Reply #10 on:** February 13, 2010, 01:39:24 AM

thanks poke i think the Us has the most or close to it..

raga · **Reply #11 on:** February 13, 2010, 02:49:43 AM

USA! USA! USA! I love the Olympics, I'll be watching whatever random events I can come across.

Noname · **Reply #12 on:** February 13, 2010, 05:52:09 AM

I'm not watching this one very closely unless something big happens with the American team in a major event. Barring another miracle on ice, I probably won't care too much for the winter Olympics this time around.

Littlefoot1616 · **Reply #13 on:** February 13, 2010, 07:41:31 AM

I'm more of a fan of the Summer Olympics but hey, if the events are on I'd probably watch it. Beats the hell out of watching the Rugby Six Nations and having overweight Guiness bingers screaming at the TV

Didn't realise that there were so many Brits entering this year. Well, in all honesty, the amount of snow we've had recently, I suppose it's made practicing for the Winter Games a lot easier!

MrDrake · **Reply #14 on:** February 13, 2010, 07:43:17 AM

I may take glances at this now and then....especially if New Zealand is in it, but if not, eh, not as much, but it could be interesting.

It also depends if one of the tv stations here will cover it or not too.

Mumbling · **Reply #15 on:** February 13, 2010, 07:54:07 AM

I feel bad for the Georgian guy that died in the final training, he was only 21 years! Most of you guys are already older than that.. really sad.

MrDrake · **Reply #16 on:** February 13, 2010, 08:09:29 AM

Wait, someone died? Man, that must suck, and only at 21 years of age too, a year younger than I am.

Mumbling · **Reply #17 on:** February 13, 2010, 09:39:43 AM

Yes someone died right in front of the opening ceremony, I don't know his name though.

The Chronicler · **Reply #18 on:** February 13, 2010, 10:50:20 AM

This should give you more information about that accident:
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver...ov=ap&type=lgns
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver...ov=ap&type=lgns

I watched the entire opening ceremony last night, and there were some parts I found rather interesting. This article mentions some of the best moments:
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver...?urn=oly,219441
Of all the things that could have had technical problems, it had to happen at the rising of the cauldron.

Nick22 · **Reply #19 on:** February 13, 2010, 02:33:30 PM

yeah, gretzky was an obvious choice for the lightning of the torch9es) hes only the greatest hockey player ever, and his leaving Edmonton to LA was a national tragedy in Canada..