Olympic Excitement

[Syt]

Anyways, Olympics were much more interesting when they were about East vs. West. These days it's a cuddly lovefest that makes Disney movies look dark and gritty.

[Syt]

Btw, whatever happened to the old medal tables? Gold = 5 pts, Silver = 3 pts, Bronze = 1 pt?

[BuddhaRhubarb]

It's so cute when Canadians Try to be smug. Still 13 medals behind USA.

It's also just as cute when Americans pretend that anything but 1st place actually means anything to them. We're America and finishing 2nd or 3rd is what we are all about!


:p

[katmai]

The Americans reached 34 medals with a silver and a bronze in short track speedskating Friday night, and two more were clinched with the men's hockey team and men's team pursuit in speedskating advancing to a gold-medal match in which they can get no worse than silver.

That makes 36 medals, topping the U.S. record of 34 set at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and matching the record for the most by any country at any Winter Olympics, set by Germany in Salt Lake City.

[Cecil]

The Americans reached 34 medals with a silver and a bronze in short track speedskating Friday night, and two more were clinched with the men's hockey team and men's team pursuit in speedskating advancing to a gold-medal match in which they can get no worse than silver.

That makes 36 medals, topping the U.S. record of 34 set at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and matching the record for the most by any country at any Winter Olympics, set by Germany in Salt Lake City.

Not that hard to do considering they have added a lot of stuff over the last 20 years. Still I had no idea Germany was that good, wonder what all those medals came in.

[Syt]

The Americans reached 34 medals with a silver and a bronze in short track speedskating Friday night, and two more were clinched with the men's hockey team and men's team pursuit in speedskating advancing to a gold-medal match in which they can get no worse than silver.

That makes 36 medals, topping the U.S. record of 34 set at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and matching the record for the most by any country at any Winter Olympics, set by Germany in Salt Lake City.

Not that hard to do considering they have added a lot of stuff over the last 20 years. Still I had no idea Germany was that good, wonder what all those medals came in.

Luge, bobsled, cross country, biathlon, usually. This year trade bobsled for alpine (2 golds). Our speedskating girls used to be good.

[Cecil]

In other news it seems our ladies team won the gold medal in curling beating out Canada of all nations.

Still a silly sport though.

[Cecil]

The Americans reached 34 medals with a silver and a bronze in short track speedskating Friday night, and two more were clinched with the men's hockey team and men's team pursuit in speedskating advancing to a gold-medal match in which they can get no worse than silver.

That makes 36 medals, topping the U.S. record of 34 set at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and matching the record for the most by any country at any Winter Olympics, set by Germany in Salt Lake City.

Not that hard to do considering they have added a lot of stuff over the last 20 years. Still I had no idea Germany was that good, wonder what all those medals came in.

Luge, bobsled, cross country, biathlon, usually. This year trade bobsled for alpine (2 golds). Our speedskating girls used to be good.

Hah for a supposed winter nation we dont even have a single luge or bobsled track.

[sbr]

The Americans reached 34 medals with a silver and a bronze in short track speedskating Friday night, and two more were clinched with the men's hockey team and men's team pursuit in speedskating advancing to a gold-medal match in which they can get no worse than silver.

That makes 36 medals, topping the U.S. record of 34 set at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and matching the record for the most by any country at any Winter Olympics, set by Germany in Salt Lake City.

Not that hard to do considering they have added a lot of stuff over the last 20 years. Still I had no idea Germany was that good, wonder what all those medals came in.

Luge, bobsled, cross country, biathlon, usually. This year trade bobsled for alpine (2 golds). Our speedskating girls used to be good.

Back when they were really men?

[Eddie Teach]

The US has over a thousand Olympic golds, Germany has only half that and is also behind the Russians.

[Syt]

Back when they were really men?

Like Anni Friesinger?

[Syt]

The US has over a thousand Olympic golds, Germany has only half that and is also behind the Russians.

Summer Games. 

[Cecil]

Back when they were really men?

Like Anni Friesinger?

Ooooh...wouldnt mind tapping that ass.

[sbr]

Back when they were really men?

Like Anni Friesinger?

I was referring to the East German women, I was told they all had beards.

[jimmy olsen]

Talk about excitement

http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/blogs/postblog/2010/02/emergency-shipment-of-condoms-headed-to-olympic-athletes.html

Rowdy curling crowds; spontaneous street parties; public drunkeness. You don't have to look far for evidence that the crowds at Winter Games in Vancouver know how to have a good time.

And, as if anymore proof is needed that a wild Olympic atmosphere permeates B.C.'s largest city, now there's an apparent condom shortage.

That's right. As you read this, an emergency shipment of condoms is desperately making its way across Canada to the West Coast city.

Health officials in Vancouver have already provided 100,000 free condoms to the roughly 7,000 ahtletes and officials at the Games. That's about 14 condoms per person. But as of Wednesday, those supplies started running dangerously low.

So naturally, the Canadian Foundation for AIDS research decided to step and make sure there were no hitches in Olympic action.

"When we heard about the condom shortage in Vancouver, we felt it important to respond immediately," said Kerry Whiteside, CANFAR's Executive Director. The organization assembled three large boxes of about 8,500 condoms, much to the relief of libidos at the Olympic Village. They're expected to arrive on Thursday.

Free condoms first started to be distributed at the Olympics in Barcelona at the 1992 Games. This appears to be the first time that a shortage has struck the Games.