Official Torino 2006 thread

[Gabu]

Really, the winter olympics are only interesting for figure skating.

No.  Hockey.

^^^^

America got owned in the 2002 Winter Olympics ice hockey.

Go team.

[Gabu]

Yeah, but you have 300 million people. We have 20 million and still manage to get in the top 5 in the summer games. Although Norway is pretty impressive, considering they have 3, maybe 4 million people? In Sydney, The US won about 1 medal per 3 million people. Australia won about 1 per 300,000. So, you could say we're ten times better then the states

The best olympic nations would probably be the Bahamas, Australia, Norway, the USA, Germany and Russia. Maybe a couple of other little nations that win a few medals.

And Jamaica has a good bobsled team.

Wow, someone else has seen Cool Runnings.

[Gabu]

3-You've really on 15 medals. I refuse to accept Dale Begg-Smith's gold, because he doesn't feel Australian. If someone came to Australia, became a citizen, and competed for us and felt and considered themselves Australian, great! Just look at Tatiana Grigorieva (polevaulter, silver in Sydney); we all love her, or Irena Lashko (diver, multiple olympic medallist). But you can tell he doesn't consider himself Australian, and it really sucks. I hope we get a medal in the ladies' aerials, because as far as I'm concerned, we're still waiting for our first.

I remember reading this one article that said, "Begg-Smith is as Aussie as maple syrup."