Swango1980
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It is also unlikely that Pele will be selected to play for Brazil at the next World Cup
Winter Olympics (for those that like them)
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cliveb
Head Pro
She's had surgery to stabilise a fractured leg.
It's a very sad end to a stellar career, especially considering that she was pretty much blitzing the field in downhill this year, and until her crash a week or so back was looking favourite for Olympic gold.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Well they probably also thought it was unlikely she'd compete with a ruptured ACL, but they'd have been wrong that time. So you never know?
venger
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Lyndsey Vonn to her doctors this morning:
Lyndsey Vonn to her doctors this morning:
Lyndsey Vonn to her doctors this morning:
Neilds
Assistant Pro
4th place for Kirsty Muir in the freestyle skiing, missed out on a medal by less than half a point.
woofers
Medal Winner
Big air snowboarding, impressive, but I have no idea on the technicalities or what the commentary team are talking about!
RichA
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Try it with the volume muted.
The two over-excited commentators make it so that every run seems exactly the same. They don’t enhance it at all.
I had similar feelings watching the ice hockey earlier. Are there actually any rules or tactics? It just looks like when you watch 7-year olds playing football, but on fast forward.
BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
Oh Mia! So close
Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
I have to say the presenting and commentary by TNT sports has been totally woeful. In case they don't know, I'm old enough to have pubes.
nickjdavis
Head Pro
What I like so mcuh about the Winter Games is the attitudes the athletes show towards their fellow competitors....there seems to be a real sense of community amongst the athletes and they seem genuinely pleased for each others success. This was no more evident than in the closing stages of yesterdays Big Air snowboarding where all the top half a dozen competitors were stood at the bottom welcoming the next boarder down after completing their run.
I guess that the winter season is so short for many of these sports that there is a large number of events they all compete in, in a constricted time frame, so they spend a lot of time together and develop bonds and friendships that perhaps summer games Olympians don't.
Whatever the cause...it is great to see so many smiles on faces of atheletes...even those who have just stacked it big style, attempting to push themselves beyond their normal limits.
I guess that the winter season is so short for many of these sports that there is a large number of events they all compete in, in a constricted time frame, so they spend a lot of time together and develop bonds and friendships that perhaps summer games Olympians don't.
Whatever the cause...it is great to see so many smiles on faces of atheletes...even those who have just stacked it big style, attempting to push themselves beyond their normal limits.
nickjdavis
Head Pro
Wow....Short Track Speed Skating RELAY....never seen it before....looks like chaos to me but I'm sure someone knows what's going on!!!!
ger147
Tour Winner
Who won the Men's Snowball Throwing gold medal??
Steve Cram is desperately trying to make curling sound interesting but bless him, it really isn't 
(Why don't I turn over? I'm playing carer for my ill mum and the winter Olympics is easy background for her)
(Why don't I turn over? I'm playing carer for my ill mum and the winter Olympics is easy background for her)
Mandofred
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It's like watching golf to me. More fun to play it than watch it. I actually just got off the illiptical in the garage while watching GB lose to Italy. It's not bad in small doses.Steve Cram is desperately trying to make curling sound interesting but bless him, it really isn't
(Why don't I turn over? I'm playing carer for my ill mum and the winter Olympics is easy background for her)
At least in golf there are variations. In courses, in conditions, in so many ways. You really don't get that in curling. I'm sure it's interesting to play, if it's your thing, just not to watch
venger
Well-known member
Its basically bowls on ice to meSteve Cram is desperately trying to make curling sound interesting but bless him, it really isn't
(Why don't I turn over? I'm playing carer for my ill mum and the winter Olympics is easy background for her)
venger
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nickjdavis
Head Pro
I've watched a lot of the curling and have to disagree.
It is hugely technical, highly tactical, somewhat psychological....almost a combination of chess and bowls on ice. The margins between a great shot and a poor shot are very fine indeed. The ice has many variations...not just in the two different directions that they play but even down the left/right sides...so often you have seen players struggle down a particular wing (my choice of word) but be fantastic down the other. Even different sets of stones have slightly different characteristics that take a little while for the players to get used to.
No its not the most dynamic of TV sports....but by golly it is intriguing and an end is rarely over (in the sense of you knowing clearly what the result is going to be) until the last stones are thrown.
Neilds
Assistant Pro
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c20lr9q56kko
Takes a lot more preparation than we realise, as well
