2010 Winter Olympics tidbits

[jlb1705]

That crying bit at the end is going to be worth an extra few million dollars for Vonn.

 

[SCBuck13]

Anyone else watching the short track relays right now?

Very weird, but pretty cool event. And there was just a massive crash that took out France and Italy.

 

[jlb1705]

Vito with a good first run in the halfpipe finals... he's in 3rd at the moment.

 

[Buckeye513]

Epic asian dreads.

 

[jlb1705]

OK, now I get it about Shaun White. I don't know shit about snowboarding, but I know that what he just did was bigger and better than any of the guys who went so far tonight.

 

[jlb1705]

Snowboarding question - do they just count each person's best run, or do they total the scores?

I hope Vito can lay down a big run and make it on the podium. I have a feeling White is going to be standing at the top of it when this thing's done.

 

[BB73]

Snowboarding question - do they just count each person's best run, or do they total the scores?

I hope Vito can lay down a big run and make it on the podium. I have a feeling White is going to be standing at the top of it when this thing's done.

Each person's best run of the two is their score. So if nobody beats White's 46.8, his second run will be just for show.

 

[buckeyemania11]

I like how this IS NOT being show live on the west coast

fuck NBC

 

[jlb1705]

That's fucking insane. It's taking place on the west coast!

No podium for Vito. He remains in 5th. Some Finnish guy just leaped ahead of Lago - the American that was in 2nd.

 

[buckeyemania11]

That's [censored]ing insane. It's taking place on the west coast!

I know, it makes ZERO sense

maybe its just my local NBC thats deciding to tape delay the Olympics in favor of Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune?

ive just been watching the Womens Hockey (surprisingly somewhat entertaining matchup between Slovakia and Switzerland) on CNBC

 

[jlb1705]

"There's a term that some of us use, it's called tapping into the eye of the tiger!"

Lago wipes out. That clinches it for White, his 2nd run is a victory lap. Lago finishes with bronze.

 

[jlb1705]

Uh-oh. Cussing on the air in the celebration. No more live coverage for anybody now - the gotta be able to edit that stuff out. Thanks a lot Shaun White, you have just finished ruining the Olympics for the rest of us.

 

[Gatorubet]

That crying bit at the end is going to be worth an extra few million dollars for Vonn.

That's why she was crying...thinking about the extra millions.

I wonder if she's into middle-aged asthmatics?

 

[aurorabuckeye13]

Uh-oh. Cussing on the air in the celebration. No more live coverage for anybody now - the gotta be able to edit that stuff out. Thanks a lot Shaun White, you have just finished ruining the Olympics for the rest of us.

He might have cussed, but that run was unbelievable.

 

[Mr_Burns]

Thank his coach, because he was the one who cussed. I heard a "Make sure you stomp the shit out of it" and a "Way to F-ing go"