sne Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 (edited) Sweden and Stina Nilsson just won the gold in the women's Cross Country Sprint Norway of course won the men's competition. Honestly this is a competition form I really can't get into or take serious. It's like having a sprint competition in cycling or a penalty shoot out world cup in football. Utterly silly made for TV spectacle. But we won so YAY! Edited February 13, 2018 by sne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 13, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2018 The snowboarders all seem very Wayne's World. "Gold metal? Awesome, dude". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted February 13, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2018 O AR ya, O AR ya? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 £32+ million quid UK sport have spent on Team GB in the previous 4 years so they can fall over, blame the wind and generally be shit & the BBC are spending another £100 million+ to cover it. At least Eddie the Eagle knew he was shit and just wanted the chance to try, He did far more for UK sport than any of these clowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 Calle Halfvarsson with the face of someone who might no be a contender for the medals at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Will the quadrennial torture of the speed skating girl by the BBC never end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 3 hours ago, sne said: Sweden and Stina Nilsson just won the gold in the women's Cross Country Sprint Norway of course won the men's competition. Honestly this is a competition form I really can't get into or take serious. It's like having a sprint competition in cycling or a penalty shoot out world cup in football. Utterly silly made for TV spectacle. But we won so YAY! I disagree. The course is close to a mile long, and to win you have to do it four times at full speed. It’s an incrediably hard event to win, and it has revolutionised international cross country skiing (for the better) since its introduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 31 minutes ago, Michelsen said: I disagree. The course is close to a mile long, and to win you have to do it four times at full speed. It’s an incrediably hard event to win, and it has revolutionised international cross country skiing (for the better) since its introduction. Not for me, it's made it worse, just like the mass start at the 50 k with the ski change stations , and the ridiculous duathlon. The early days short City Sprints had something about them at least, this is just a pointless half arsed version IMO Pretty much every event is just a long or short wait for the sprint finish in the stadium. I grew up watching the old style races and that's what I still enjoy. FIS can take their "Tour de Ski" and stuff it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 7 minutes ago, sne said: Not for me, it's made it worse, just like the mass start at the 50 k with the ski change stations , and the ridiculous duathlon. The early days short City Sprints had something about them at least, this is just a pointless half arsed version IMO Pretty much every event is just a long or short wait for the sprint finish in the stadium. I grew up watching the old style races and that's what I still enjoy. FIS can take their "Tour de Ski" and stuff it. Pffft, you old fart you. Go watch some Juha Mieto clips on youtube while the rest of us enjoy the future 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 Just now, Michelsen said: Pffft, you old fart you. Go watch some Juha Mieto clips on youtube while the rest of us enjoy the future Now there was a man with a proper beard. 2 meters tall as well. The 15k race between him and Wassberg at the 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid where Wassberg won with 1 hundred of a second after 42 minutes of skiing is Swedish sport history. Wassberg offered to share the gold, but Mieto refused. I was 4 at the time so can't say I remember it. But seen it loads of times after that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Is it wrong that my immediate reaction to hearing, the Scottish lass fell over again in the speed skating, was to laugh? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 Empty seats my lord... Swedish papers report that there was about 500 people present during the Cross country sprint finals today in the 7500 capacity stadium and around the track. Mostly Swedes, Norwegians and Finns. Seoul is 120 kilometers away and there are 25,6 million people living in the area between those cities. About 50 of those, if that, managed to get to the stadium for today's competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LondonLax Posted February 13, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2018 3 hours ago, sne said: Not for me, it's made it worse, just like the mass start at the 50 k with the ski change stations , and the ridiculous duathlon. The early days short City Sprints had something about them at least, this is just a pointless half arsed version IMO Pretty much every event is just a long or short wait for the sprint finish in the stadium. I grew up watching the old style races and that's what I still enjoy. FIS can take their "Tour de Ski" and stuff it. This sounds like the Scandinavian version of the debate over 20-20 and test match cricket 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 4 hours ago, sne said: Empty seats my lord... Swedish papers report that there was about 500 people present during the Cross country sprint finals today in the 7500 capacity stadium and around the track. Mostly Swedes, Norwegians and Finns. It's almost as if none of the rest of the world give a **** eh? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 5 hours ago, dAVe80 said: Is it wrong that my immediate reaction to hearing, the Scottish lass fell over again in the speed skating, was to laugh? I definitely absolutely did not join you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, dAVe80 said: Is it wrong that my immediate reaction to hearing, the Scottish lass fell over again in the speed skating, was to laugh? Pictures surface of her in training for the next two events: Edited February 14, 2018 by snowychap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 I'm watching this while on holiday in Florida and so far they haven't shown a single British competitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted February 14, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 14, 2018 1 hour ago, HanoiVillan said: I'm watching this while on holiday in Florida and so far they haven't shown a single British competitor The British mens curling team was on earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted February 14, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 14, 2018 2 man Luge, its a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted February 14, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 14, 2018 This tweet, from that woman, in a Olympic village full of single youths. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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