2018 Winter Olympics

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stlrman

2018 Winter Olympics
« on: 10 Feb 2018, 07:16 pm »
Man the Dutch can skate !! Woman sweep 3,000 meters!!!
Anybody watching? Favorite sport to watch?
Are you a winter or summer fan?
I dig the long jump!! they literally flyyyy!!!

dflee

Re: 2018 Winter Olympics
« Reply #1 on: 10 Feb 2018, 07:30 pm »
It's all crazy!
I can't imagine what it would be like to be doing any of the things these athletes are doing (Luge or Skeleton) or rocketing down a hill at 80 MPH with a pair of sticks on your feet.
Summer seems to be more actual strength with the winter being a combination of that and mental.

Don

bummrush

Re: 2018 Winter Olympics
« Reply #2 on: 10 Feb 2018, 08:22 pm »
I like it.

stlrman

Re: 2018 Winter Olympics
« Reply #3 on: 10 Feb 2018, 10:03 pm »
Watching Ludge , Wow!!!
I like short track speed skating! Ariel skiing and snowboarding stuff. Downhill , Super G!!

Here is a good link to watch in 4K and there are 50 hours of Virtual Reality!! :thumb: :thumb:

http://www.avsforum.com/watch-2018-winter-olympics/

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Re: 2018 Winter Olympics
« Reply #4 on: 11 Feb 2018, 05:28 pm »
I can no longer ski because of infirmity, but the skiing events are still my favorites.  And anything else with a story, the 17 year old Gold Medal winner Red Gerard was great.  I'm watching our little skater, heartwarming story and cute girl, full of courage and enthusiasm.

Folsom

Re: 2018 Winter Olympics
« Reply #5 on: 11 Feb 2018, 05:33 pm »
Womens figure skating had a couple awesome performances. I miss most of it but meh.

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Re: 2018 Winter Olympics
« Reply #6 on: 11 Feb 2018, 06:17 pm »
I caught only Gerard’s run where he landed some crazy 1440 and was amazing.  I am not surprised he ultimately won gold.  I was not aware he was that young!

I was happy to see the Canadian girl who won gold in moguls in 2014 win a silver this year.

Saw a great short track speed skating win by the Koreans.  Always cool to see the host team win, their fans get such a treat.

stlrman

Re: 2018 Winter Olympics
« Reply #7 on: 11 Feb 2018, 10:10 pm »
Sven Kramer!!! Wins gold in 5,000 meters in 3 straight Olympics!! That's a record!!!
And he beat the second place guy by 1.88 , almost two seconds!!!! He is on another level !!

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Re: 2018 Winter Olympics
« Reply #8 on: 12 Feb 2018, 12:06 am »
They did a feature on Red Gerard, the gold medal snowboarder.  I thought they were showing historical footage from when he was 12 or so, but it was actually some recent footage.  Where is my wheelchair?