2010 Winter Olympics thread...

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Be interesting to see what sort of hash London makes of it in a couple of years........

[Grace]

Back in 2005, Lindsey Vonn won a World Cup downhill at Val D'Isere, France. This is what she won -



After her Gold Medal performance at the Olympics in the Downhill, she was interviewed for TIME Magazine.

As an animal lover, I appreciate that you kept the cow awarded to you for winning the World Cup downhill in Val d'Isère, France. How is she? —Wendy Giberson, Seattle

Olympe's good. My cow's good. I'm definitely happy that I kept her. I don't know if I can call her a pet, but she's really great — very photogenic. When she came to me, she was pregnant. She had a calf, and then she had another one. And the first baby had a baby. I'm producing cow after cow.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...#ixzz0hBBT8ZtS

[RICHARD]

Wow,

I did anyone watch the biathalon today?

Again,

I have nothing to complain about.

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The Downhill skiers left me breathless.

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http://www.zimbio.com/Josef+Giesen/pictures/pro


Giesen shoots his rifle with a string and reloads it with his chin.

[RICHARD]

HEHEHEHEHEEHEHEHE!!!!


http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olymp...+-+Top+Stories)

EWE ESS of Fricking AY!!!!!

[katladyd]

Yeah, Richard. We ROCK!

[RICHARD]

Yeah, Richard. We ROCK!

I lost interest in the 'regular' Games towards the end.

The whininess of the U.S. athletes, coverage and commercials were overbearing.

Here you have people who do not 'leave' their ability on the field.

They have to deal with it 24/7. They just translate it into something that really makes you sit back and go, "WHOA".

I cannot ski and have use of my legs?

Even better?

Blind skiing?

The biathalon was incredible.

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I am watching the L.A. Marathon and they wheelchair racers just started.

The local TV hosts were talking about the course and how the WC racers would do.


"We won't cover them over the whole course..." They'll peek in at the end of the course to see how their times are and how it will bode for the 'abled' runners.

That's a shame.....