2010 Olympic Thread

[TimeForGuinness]

So I watched the Nordic Combined earlier. Very exciting race won by a Frenchie with an American mom who just slipped by the first American to ever medal in this event, Johnny Spillane. What I never heard was any mention of the other part of what makes this even 'combined,' Ski Jumping. This confuses me.

Yea, the ski jumping...I watched it earlier. I think every point you got ski jumping gave you a 4 second head start. Or something like that.

I see. That's why they were making such a big deal about Demong making up all that ground then. He must have basically fell off the jump.

Yeah, Demong out-skiied the world by a significant margin just to get that close. The last 2.5km was pretty cool.

Demong made up a ~1m30s on the leader? It was a crazy distance, too bad he tired out the last km...that would have made one heck of a comeback (even though his original comeback to finish 8th (?) was pretty impressive)

[TimeForGuinness]

For all you ski jumping junkies:

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[Hungary Jack]

Bode Miller wins a bronze in the men's downhill. He has 3 Olympic medals, making him the most decorated Alpine skier in U.S. history.



Not a big fan of Bode anymore because he seems such a jerk. When I was in Aspen last month I met a guy who works for the USOC, and he about gagged when I brought Miller up.

[TimeForGuinness]

I like how they tried to make Bode seem like a nice guy...but I remember the previous Olympics and no amount of photoshopping could be done to cover up that douche.

[Jocephus]

For all you ski jumping junkies:

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that guy is old school

[Freed Roger]

In my memory of the Winter Olympics past - nothing stands out more than USA downhill Bill Johnson's saga He boldy predicted gold, which no American male had ever done before. And then did it. Then quite a tragic journey afterwards.

check out at around 26secs. nearly bites the dust.

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I watched the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics quite a bit on TV -(after 1980 hockey coattails and my being the right age to get into it.) So when Yugoslavia descended into civil war in the 1990s it was crazy to watch that sad history unfold.

[Leroy]

In my memory of the Winter Olympics past - nothing stands out more than USA downhill Bill Johnson's saga He boldy predicted gold, which no American male had ever done before. And then did it. Then quite a tragic journey afterwards.

Wow, how sad.

[Jocephus]

In my memory of the Winter Olympics past - nothing stands out more than USA downhill Bill Johnson's saga He boldy predicted gold, which no American male had ever done before. And then did it. Then quite a tragic journey afterwards.

Wow, how sad.

that is sad

[Hungary Jack]

It is amazing what turns people's lives can take. I don't think that video does justice to the incredible recovery that Johnson made on that downhill run. I don't think I have seen a ski racer do anything like that.

[Freed Roger]

It is amazing what turns people's lives can take. I don't think that video does justice to the incredible recovery that Johnson made on that downhill run. I don't think I have seen a ski racer do anything like that.

I don't think that prior clip was from the olympics. must have been one of the world cup events. Still an incredible recovery.

Here's ABC olympic coverage back from 1984.

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