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6619. arkymalarky - 2/10/2014 4:38:00 AM Gotta kid who's really into it so it's been on my radar this year. 6620. alistairconnor - 2/10/2014 6:39:43 PM Biathlon (my favourite for the winter olympics) : French skiers/shooters get gold and bronze in the 16km pursuit, despite starting with handicaps (respectively 6th and 14th in yesterday's 10km sprint, which sets the handicap for the pursuit)
This leaves hope for the French women, 5th and 20th of the sprint, who have their pursuit tomorrow. That's Marie Dorin in 20th : remember her from 2010? She's got a lot of ground to make up if she is to achieve a gold, to go with her bronze and silver from Vancouver. 6621. robertjayb - 2/11/2014 9:05:05 PM I enjoy the biathalon but my favorites are the downhill and curling. One for the danger and skill and the other for the silly fun. 6622. iiibbb - 2/11/2014 10:23:33 PM my favorites
biathalon
ski jump
curling
downhill
I never favor anything that has judging (even through I know it's an element of ski jumping) 6623. wabbit - 2/12/2014 1:55:24 AM I am a big fan of curling and biathlon. In curling, USA women got their asses kicked hard by GB. 6624. arkymalarky - 2/15/2014 3:31:05 AM At a game watching the number one 1a school play the number one 2a school in HS boys basketball. Nail biting hour ahead. Ugh. 6625. arkymalarky - 2/15/2014 3:32:06 AM 2 1/2 minutes have passed and I'm a nervous wreck. 6626. arkymalarky - 2/15/2014 4:02:32 AM We're 10 down at half 6627. arkymalarky - 2/15/2014 4:19:16 AM This is brutal. Sad and brutal. 6628. arkymalarky - 2/15/2014 4:20:56 AM So much for undefeated. I'm not emotionally constituted for live spectator sports. 6629. Trillium - 2/15/2014 4:42:14 AM When I saw this about the surfing pig in Hawaii, I thought about everything Judith (and others) have said about Hawaii.
Then I saw that it's Judith's birthday (in another thread) Happy birthday Judith!
And surfing is a sport, so here's the pig if you want to watch: Kama the surfing pig 6630. arkymalarky - 2/15/2014 6:35:42 PM Four of the five starters on my team last night were in the last class I taught at Delight--8th graders then. They are now seniors and last night was senior night, so their parents, who had also been my students, were there. I hate they lost so badly (20+ pts) on their senior night and broke their 29 game winning streak, but it was a wonderful evening otherwise. 6631. judithathome - 2/15/2014 7:14:22 PM Trill, thanks but one birthday a year is getting to be too much for me...yesterday was my wedding anniversary.
The Men's figure skating was so bad last night...I'm shocked they even gave out medals.
The one thing that irked the hell out of me aside from the "medal nerves" is the way the commentators butchered the pronunciation of the Japanese names...absolutely butchered them.
If you are responsible for doing the commentary of different nationalities, learn how THEY say their names beforehand...it's the professional thing to do. 6632. arkymalarky - 2/15/2014 7:28:19 PM One more detail: one kid's mother still calls me by my maiden name.
Haven't seen much Olympics this year. Saw the Russian skater at my parents' and that's been all. Maybe I'll catch up this weekend. 6633. wabbit - 2/16/2014 3:11:34 PM Wow, this cow should meet my father, they seem to think alike.
My apologies to cows, who are generally very sweet. 6634. wabbit - 2/16/2014 3:16:41 PM I saw the women's cross country 4x5km relay yesterday, what a race! Charlotte Kalla produced an astonishing comeback leg to earn Sweden an upset win in the Olympic women's cross country 4x5km relay at the Sochi Winter Games on Saturday.
Norway could do no better than fifth after winning all the World Cup and world championship relays since the Vancouver Games, where they also won gold.
Finland took silver and Germany won the bronze.
Kalla started the final leg 25.7 seconds behind Finland in third position but caught Krista Lahteenmaki and German Denise Herrmann some 300 meters out and won the sprint to the line... I hope the mothers of the Norwegian women are not like Sundby's mother.6635. Trillium - 2/17/2014 2:18:45 AM oh well Judith, hope you had a wonderful anniversary! 6636. arkymalarky - 3/2/2014 2:35:09 AM well I'm going to try this again. Finals regionals. Hopefully it will go better than the last game, but this team defeated the one that defeated us so I'm not too hopeful. It would only be their second loss if they lost though. They'll still go to state. 6637. arkymalarky - 3/2/2014 4:01:36 AM We're 8 up @ half. 6638. arkymalarky - 3/2/2014 4:47:02 AM They got within four but we won by a even. Now to avoid getting trampled. This is so much better than losing. On to state!!!!
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