The Olympics! - Page 3

Angrist · 02-17-2002, 12:33 PM

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Originally posted by Joeiss
That race was amazing... The finish was one of the most commical things I have seen in sports. Canada got third! Yeah! Thats funny because he was in last until the big crash.

What sport are you talking about now??

Gerard van Velde
Jan Bos
Cheek

Joeiss · 02-17-2002, 01:33 PM

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Originally posted by Angrist
What sport are you talking about now??

Gerard van Velde
Jan Bos
Cheek

My bad! I was thinking about the 1000 meter short track skating event. Turcotte (Canadian) came in third, and an Australian came in first. I am not sure who came in second, though.

Neo · 02-17-2002, 01:40 PM

Apollo did. He lunged over the finish line to secure the silver.

Joeiss · 02-17-2002, 01:53 PM

Hehehe... I love it when skaters crash into eachother.

EDIT : Here is an updated medal rankings.

http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/medals/medal-fulltable

Angrist · 02-18-2002, 05:37 AM

Nice link.

The women didn't win anything yesterday... Marianne Timmer became fourth...

Hey, here's a nice quote from that site you gave:

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After Cheek, American Kip Carpenter, the surprise bronze medallist in the 500m, was fourth, followed by Erben Wennemars of the Netherlands. The Netherlands may be a skating-mad country, but placing three skaters in the top five is a big accomplishment for the Dutch, who are much better known for their pre-eminence in the distance races rather than the sprints.

Angrist · 02-20-2002, 03:21 AM

Hey, Uytdenhaage got a silver medal! Your Panna got a gold one and the injured Sondral got the bronze one!

I gotta admitt, Americans are good skaters this year... but your country is muuuuch bigger than ours so we're still the best

Joeiss · 02-20-2002, 03:58 PM

Belarus beat Sweden!!! HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA... that is some funny stuff. 4-3.... Wow... What an upset. Now Canada has an easy way to gold medal match after they win tonight.

Ridley · 02-20-2002, 04:29 PM

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Originally posted by Joeiss
Belarus beat Sweden!!! HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA... that is some funny stuff. 4-3.... Wow... What an upset. Now Canada has an easy way to gold medal match after they win tonight.

Belarus beat Sweden?!? Hehe.....he........bahahaha!!! Oh man that's sad but so damn funny considering how Sweden looked to be the best team in the round robin and Belarus....well if you know international hockey, you know what I'm talking about

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Null · 02-20-2002, 05:02 PM

Have to say the US looked to be the best team. not sweeden.

sweeden had 1 more win, cuz US tied.

but when looking at stats US has fewer goals against and more goals for.

But i was expecting a Sweeden vs US final. whats next Germany winning a hockey game?

The Germanator · 02-20-2002, 06:54 PM

The craziest thing was Belarus's last goal! Salo completley messed up. Damn, now Canada has an easy way to the finals, so it seems at least, I guess ya never know. And the U.S is up 5-0 now.

nWoCHRISnWo · 02-20-2002, 07:28 PM

That was great! Mezin for Belarus was just... amezin.

I wouldn't say Canada has an easy road to the finals, because the Fins aren't exactly push-overs but that's not to say we won't win the game and go on to pound Belarus.

And I'd say Sweden looked like the better team throughout the preliminaries, but USA was a very close second. USA vs Canada for the finals I'm thinking. Most people were saying USA wouldn't even finish fifth, but I always said they'd finish strong.

And yeah, that goal on Salo was like it was destined to go in.

Angrist · 02-21-2002, 04:14 PM

Your speed skaters are some of the best in the world, but you don't care, do you?

Bizzyman · 02-21-2002, 06:35 PM

hockey sucks.

Revival · 02-21-2002, 06:48 PM

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Originally posted by Bizzyman
hockey sucks.

No, you suck - hockey rules.

Ric · 02-21-2002, 06:58 PM

United Kingdom WIN A GOLD MEDAL IN WINTER OLYMPICS in curling ok a weird sport granted but its our first gold in the winter olympics in donkeys years.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.