HelperElfMissy 42 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Congratulations to Snowboarder Torah Bright who was named flag bearer for the Aussie team today. I am getting excited to see the competition now - trucking in snow or not. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Those lovely white pants and wooly sweaters that the Canadian 'dancers' (lining up around the competitors coming in) are wearing are smashing. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Their dancing is smashing too. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Is this song really called "Bung The Drum"? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Hahaha....that was good. sasuga NHK Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 All those people bunging their drums sounds a bit like "boo-ing" at times. Anyone else have high hopes that the world will be a more peaceful and better place after all these lovely messages and songs? Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Whoops - ice prong malfunction ... Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Very sad news about the Luge death of Georgian slider Just 21 years old. Originally Posted By: Official Statement The Coroners Service of British Columbia, responsible for the investigation of all sudden deaths, together with the RCMP, concluded their on-scene investigations on the track and transferred the decision to FIL when the track can be re-opened. The FIL, through its technical officials, further investigated into the cause of this tragic incident. Based on a physical inspection of the track and a thorough review of the tapes they have concluded the following: It appears after a routine run, the athlete came late out of curve 15 and did not compensate properly to make correct entrance into curve 16. This resulted in a late entrance into curve 16 and although the athlete worked to correct the problem he eventually lost control of the sled resulting in the tragic accident. The technical officials of the FIL were able to retrace the path of the athlete and concluded there was no indication that the accident was caused by deficiencies in the track. Based on these findings the race director, in consultation with the FIL, made the decision to reopen the track following a raising of the walls at the exit of curve 16 and a change in the ice profile. This was done as a preventative measure, in order to avoid that such an extremely exceptional accident could occur again. The FIL will resume men´s training Saturday morning with two full training runs prior to the competition taking place as scheduled at 17h00. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Good to see that ... - the Georgian team marched, with black armbands. - the Australian team also had black armbands (not too many others did, that I saw.) - the ceremony was dedicated to his memory. RIP! Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Naughty Japanese snowboarder with attitude. Rough clothes. But he is allowed to compete. Link to post Share on other sites
nagoid 4 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 He's a real dude. Quote: Whoops - ice prong malfunction ... What happened there? Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Not sure. The 4th of the prongs that came up to carry the flame up to the cauldron did not rise - one of the 4 people lighting had to stand there and hold their torch aloft. It was still an impressive opening ceremony though. Some of the effects were awesome. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 shouldn't have happened. Was reading the news when it came up. Fault lies squarely at the Canadian authorites and the IOC - they have known of the dangers of this course for the last few years yet nothing happened. Having seen the video (something I DO NOT recommend) - I hope that the course designers face a thoroughly investigation into: a) why was the course allowed to be used even though reports of it's danger were reported way back in '08? why was there no protection around the metal pillars he hit? c) if this had been computer tested as stated? d) why was there a ban on other countries competing on it from dec 09? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 I saw that. It was disgusting. Close it. Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 I can't believe that happened. Something isn't right... sad Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Haven't seen it sounds awful though. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Aoki up soon. I see that naughty lass Satoya is still 'going'. Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Canada takes the silver in women's moguls! Where was Aiko? Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Just watched qualifying - it wasn't her best run....looked a bit untidy. Finals coming up - will watch and see what happened. (yay for telecast delay ) Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Sorry! Should have put a spoiler alert!! Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Originally Posted By: Black Mountain Canada takes the silver in women's moguls! Where was Aiko? No spoilers from me! The Canadian silver winner looked completely gutted. She could have given the three thousand people standing round in the rain for her a bit more of a wave. You know, the Olympic spirit. Bung the drum! As for the Japanese coverage, whoever thought Arakawa Shizuka would be good on tv wants shooting. What a brick! Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 LOL! That's because she should have won the gold! We've never got one at home before. Shut out in both '72 and '88. This year we are going to own the podium (apparently) Link to post Share on other sites
best skier in hakuba 5 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Surely people have seen it now or won't be reading this thread if they haven't. 4th. Must be a bad number just missing out, those US/Canadians just too strong. Retirement next? Link to post Share on other sites
boardbaka 3 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 poor Aiko chan - she is on the telly now visablly upset -she was one of the real medal hopefuls for japan as far as I can gather. On another not not sure if the topic about this snowboarder who was forced not to attend the opening ceremony is commented on - (skimmed but didn`t see this vid of it has an unbelieveble 1 million hits ! Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Hey, bb, for those of us who don't read/comprehend nihongo (at least not at that speed) what is the go? Why were they not allowed to attend the opening? Was it a Japan team decision or a IOC decision? Link to post Share on other sites
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