Winter Olympics

Old Skier said:
It's an event were anything can and does happen and there was a possibility if she'd got herself up to have got a bronze. She is a top athlete who seems at times to be very fragile mentally.
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Whilst I can see why she might be upset, I found her interview a little pathetic.

Clearly needs to develop a more ruthless streak and mature emotionally.

Get those in her locker, along with her undoubted ability, and she'd be a real prospect.
 
Old Skier said:
Blocked the Canadian by the look of it, brave call
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huds1475 said:
Whilst I can see why she might be upset, I found her interview a little pathetic.

Clearly needs to develop a more ruthless streak and mature emotionally.

Get those in her locker, along with her undoubted ability, and she'd be a real prospect.
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Stop it your talking too much sense.
 
Old Skier said:
It's an event were anything can and does happen and there was a possibility if she'd got herself up to have got a bronze. She is a top athlete who seems at times to be very fragile mentally.
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............... and bloody unlucky!
She was clearly impeded by the Canadian.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
I'm old school when it comes to the Winter Olympics in particular. Downhill skiing, slalom, bobsleigh etc. are something worth watching. The new 'pastime' sports are too Mickey Mouse for me. Too many events which are judged, ie endless snowboard ones, which just make a mockery of it imo. The news reported one snowboarding event yesterday where you basically go off a jump and then do aerial gymnastics and get marked for it. The wind was up and every competitor fell on landing on at least one of their two jumps. Nonsense stuff.


Happy to accept I'm outdated on this but I can't get interested in the new winter Olympics.
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Have some sympathy with the non judged view, have you/will you watch the boardercross / skicross as they are 1st past the post? Boardercross comps are 25 years old so maybe counts as new :D
Yes the judging is subjective but you don't tend to have much controversy that I have seen. Was only the women's event that had the weather problems.
Also ski moguls is a mix of speed and judging.
 
Hobbit said:
You do realise she's a 10 times European gold medalist and a world champion at 1000m and 1500m. She got more than enough mental strength, and obviously cares passionately about her sport.
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Yes BRI fully aware of her achievements.
Probably should of said she comes across as mentally weak due to the tears,I don't think that.Of course its how she reacts at the weekend that will show us more and I really do hope she wins.
 
Beezerk said:
Sean White, what a finish, legend.
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I got so dizzy just watching it I almost fell out of bed!
How do they ever land upright?
Incredible stuff, it's just a shame that I don't have a clue what the commentators are talking about .............. it's another language. The language of the youngsters, I guess.
 
pokerjoke said:
Who dashed her dreams?
Your just jumping down peoples throats for the sake of it.I bet you watched the highlights and actually know very little about her.If you listened to her interviews in the 500m her least favorite distance it was gold or nothing poo or bust.
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:thup:

I'm patiently waiting for all the curling 'experts' on here to make their usual contributions. ;)
 
It's been on the TVs at work. Some proper weird sports in it. How do you decide that what you want to do in life is lie down on a stretcher and hurl yourself down a tube at 70mph? Or slide some rocks around on the ice while sweeping it with a broom? Crazy stuff.
 
Orikoru said:
It's been on the TVs at work. Some proper weird sports in it. How do you decide that what you want to do in life is lie down on a stretcher and hurl yourself down a tube at 70mph? Or slide some rocks around on the ice while sweeping it with a broom? Crazy stuff.
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Some see it on tv and want to give it a go. Others go down a different route. I think first of all you decide you want to go to the Olympics in one form or another. Then you work out where your talent does, or doesn't lie. You eliminate events one by one and see what is left. A number of events don't require natural talent, there may be physical attributes that lend themselves to the sport. Rowing is one where they have scouted big shouldered people with good aerobic capacity from other sports. One of the women gold medal rowers from the last Olympics was spotted this way. There are trials you can go to now where they put you through your paces and they tell you what you should concentrate on. Lizzy Yarnold was a heptathlete who was not quite good enough at that event and went to a trial where she was directed towards luge / skeleton. Good move for her.

After all of this you need a whole load of determination and dedication. I don't underestimate what people go through to reach an Olympics, particular for winter events as it most likely means you will need to live abroad in a cold country and leave your family behind. The winter events in particular throw up some odd events though, no argument there.
 
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