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Jake
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« on: February 12, 2006, 05:11:30 PM »
Looks like Ohno and Bode got shut out today Tongue
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« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2006, 11:28:26 PM »
I'd rather NBC cut out the non-Americans/non-good stuff for us. I'd rather not watch ten groups of Chinese guys go before the American kicks their asses.
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« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2006, 09:17:22 PM »
That's why America rocks. We have a medal contender in pretty much everything.
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« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2006, 09:57:44 PM »
The Russia-Slovakia and Germany-Czech Rep. matches were both great.
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« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2006, 03:57:43 PM »
Quote from: hatman on February 15, 2006, 10:12:50 PM
Not true. Probably just for half the events.  This is true for the Summer Olympics, though.

No, the only sports we don't do well in are cross country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined.
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« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2006, 10:18:45 PM »
For one of the rounds recently, I saw they just kept hitting each other's puck out of the circles. Senseless really.
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« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2006, 12:23:30 PM »
Yes, but they were 7th in SLC, 10th at Nagano, and 4th at Lillehammer.
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« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2006, 07:55:03 PM »
Atlanta was pretty good, Sydney moreso, Athens wasn't all that great because of baseball and basketball sucking big time. Nagano was just all bad, SLC was decent, but Torino was the best out of those I've seen.
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« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2006, 11:42:59 PM »
Most Memorable Event:
- Hedrick winning the 5000m on the first day

Least Memorable Event:
-Nordic Combined (only sport I didn't watch)

Top Five Stories:
1. American Mens Speed Skating Dominance (3-3-1)
2. Ohno, Ahn, and Lee battling on short track (9 of 12 medals)
3. Bode getting drunk and going 0 for 5 (Freedom Fighter)
4. US Snowboarding Dominance (3-3-1)
5. Ice Hockey let down (Though I had picked Finland in the final)
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« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2006, 01:38:16 AM »
Like MHS said, Klassen got no news coverage here, as such, it certainly wasn't a big event for my view of the games. Women's sports at the Olympics are pitiful anyway, simply because they are so much worse than the men at pretty much everything but figure skating. As such, I didn't watch anything but the 1500m simply to see Friesinger skate.
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« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2006, 02:08:23 AM »
Heh, I don't really care what the most memorable event for you was. Seeing how I hardly watched any of Klassen's races, I really cannot recall anything about them besides the fact that she medaled. Now, I can remember Hedrick's celebrations, Cheek's win and donation to charity of his winnings, the Davis-Hedrick fued and medal wins, Ohno, Ahn, and Lee battling for nine medals, and the Gold-Silver for men and women snowboarding. Plus, Bode's comments about not getting drunk "that much". Those are what I remember, from my perspective.
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