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The Quadrennial Winter Sporting Festival Thread

Feb 7, 2018#1

jwhouk

Everybody Pyeongchang Tonight.

Feb 8, 2018#2

bhamv3

Does Jamaica have a bobsled team this year?

Feb 8, 2018#3

DarkAudit

bhamv3 said:
Does Jamaica have a bobsled team this year?

Yes, on the women's side.

And so does Nigeria.

Feb 8, 2018#4

Shakey

SWEEEEEEEEEP

Feb 8, 2018#5

blotsfan

I'm looking forward to our ragtag group of nobodies and has-beens taking on the big, bad ~~Russians~~ non-affiliated olympic hockey team.

Feb 8, 2018#6

Celt Z

CURRRRRLLLLLLLLING!

Feb 8, 2018#7

Bubble181

Figure skating's easily the most interesting event to watch in the Winter Olympics.

Feb 8, 2018#8

General Specific

Go [FIND User:COUNTRY]! I know you can beat [FIND User:RIVALCOUNTRY]! They don't stand a chance in [FIND User:RELIGION; SUB User:RELIGIONBADPLACE] of [FIND User:CULTURALREFERNCE]!

Feb 8, 2018#9

drifter

DarkAudit said:
Yes, on the women's side.

And so does Nigeria.

Looks like they're about to drop the year's hottest single from 1997

Feb 8, 2018#10

Cheesy1

Shakey said:
SWEEEEEEEEEP

Celt Z said:
CURRRRRLLLLLLLLING!

I hope @Adam does well this year!

Feb 8, 2018#11

Dei

Nathan Chen did not do well at the Team Figure Skating event. I hope he can shake it off for the individual competition later on.

Feb 8, 2018#12

Dei

Feb 9, 2018#13

GasBandit

It said "Yuri on ice." I feel like I've been misled.

(Yes, I know, the OTHER Yuri!!! on ice)

Feb 9, 2018#14

PatrThom

I was all ready to show this to Kati, and then...

—Patrick

Feb 9, 2018#15

Adam

Cheesy1 said:
I hope @Adam does well this year!

Got eliminated in Roar of the Rings. Not even going this year.

Feb 9, 2018#16

Gruebeard

Adam said:
Got eliminated in Roar of the Rings. Not even going this year.

Those damn Uruk-hails.

Feb 9, 2018#17

Adam

Gruebeard said:
Those damn Uruk-hails.

You know it baby.

Feb 9, 2018#18

HCGLNS

Celt Z said:
CURRRRRLLLLLLLLING!

Mixed Doubles is insane!

Feb 9, 2018#19

DarkAudit

NBC tweeting the opening ceremony as if it were live. Morons.

Feb 9, 2018#20

Dave

And talking over the whole thing before taking multiple commercial breaks. NBC suuuuuuucks.

Feb 9, 2018#21

Dei

https://twitter.com/AsteadWesley/status/961999922789789701

Dec 3, 2018#22

Dei

An interesting article about Denver's 2030 Olympics bid.

Dec 3, 2018#23

Gruebeard

Dei said:
An interesting article about Denver's 2030 Olympics bid.

I'd think y'all would go with Utah for this one, before their existing Olympic stuff gets too old, and let Denver bid for 2034 or 2038 . . . oh god, that sounds so far away and yet so close.

Also, I'm a little amused Denver's plan includes Calgary.

Dec 3, 2018#24

Dei

Gruebeard said:
I'd think y'all would go with Utah for this one, before their existing Olympic stuff gets too old, and let Denver bid for 2034 or 2038 . . . oh god, that sounds so far away and yet so close.

Also, I'm a little amused Denver's plan includes Calgary.

I have a feeling Colorado voters will kibosh it anyways. If there's one thing people in Colorado hate, it's voting to spend money on things.

Dec 3, 2018#25

Gruebeard

Dei said:
I have a feeling Colorado voters will kibosh it anyways. If there's one thing people in Colorado hate, it's voting to spend money on things.

I was ignoring that part but yeah, that's why I'd be choosing Salt Lake right now. As the article says, they're committed.

Dec 3, 2018#26

DarkAudit

Dei said:
I have a feeling Colorado voters will kibosh it anyways. If there's one thing people in Colorado hate, it's voting to spend money on things.

The Post doesn't like my ad blocker. And it looks like my ad blocker blocker blocker isn't working.

But if the IOC has any memory, they'll tell Denver to get fucked.

Dec 4, 2018#27

Gruebeard

DarkAudit said:
The Post doesn't like my ad blocker. And it looks like my ad blocker blocker blocker isn't working.

Denver's plan is to not build anything, doing things like using local hotels for the athletes and holding some events in Calgary and Lake Placid.

Dec 4, 2018#28

Celt Z

Gruebeard said:
some events in Calgary

Circling back to the politics thread, they are aware that Canada IS a real country, not just extra space for the US when it needs it?

(Joking aside, I do like, and prefer, the idea of reusing already built facilities. For a long time I thought that was what they already did. Probably has something to with the LA '84 Games being the first ones I really remember.)

Dec 4, 2018#29

jwhouk

Denver will be told to get stuffed on general principles - and because of the 1976 debacle.

Dec 4, 2018#30

Gruebeard

Celt Z said:
Circling back to the politics thread, they are aware that Canada IS a real country, not just extra space for the US when it needs it?

I didn't know Lake Placid was a real place. It sounds so made up, I figured the movie made it up.

Also, they probably think Calgary is the hill where Jesus was crucified.

Dec 4, 2018#31

jwhouk

Lake Placid is most DEFINITELY a real place. It's just so far away from anywhere else that no one really remembers it's there until the anniversary of the US Olympic Hockey Team win comes around.

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