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Valathous
The Canadian, eh
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lmao!
Canadian Women's hockey team has played 2 games so far.
Canada: 16
Italy: 0
Canada: 12
Russia: 0
The Olympic committee emailed them to stop embarrassing the other teams. The coach said no because under argument that teams would be more embarrassed to lose to a team that wasn't trying than to lose to a really high score if the team was trying.
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Tuvok8917
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Joined: 15 May 2004
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Location: On my way back home
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| Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:31 pm |
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Tsssss, no one can defeat the ultimate skateland: Holland. We rule with skating!! Muwhahahahahahaaaaaa! Although, the Americans are gettin better... 
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madlilnerd
Duchess of Dancemat
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
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Location: Slough, England
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| Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:35 pm |
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I'm friends with the future winter olympic champion, Christopher Hockaday.... he's so attractive... dammit....
I like watching the snowboarding!! 
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Superman
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| Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:35 pm |
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I was looking for my topic earlier. Thank you to whoever changed the title, and for pinning my topic. 
I haven't been able to watch as much as I had hoped, due to other commitments. I'll be sure to read up on what I miss, though.
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Valathous
The Canadian, eh
Joined: 31 Aug 2002
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Location: Centre Bell
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| Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:03 pm |
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Curses. Another team scored against the Canadian Women's hockey team...
They only won 8-1 this time against Sweden.
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Scapegoat Bob
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| Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:36 pm |
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go, cairo, go!
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LightningBoy
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Location: Minnesota, U.S.A.
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| Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:12 am |
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Who needs Bode Miller! Ted Ligety got America the gold in the downhill slalom!
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tomparis
Stooge Three
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Location: At your computer, hacking your files.
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| Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:30 am |
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^ I know. That ruled.
But the US womens curling team isn't doing so good. Lost their first two games. The reason I've been watching women's curling is because their coach is the administrator at my school. Seriously. I can scan in my yearbook if I have to.
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madlilnerd
Duchess of Dancemat
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| Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:06 pm |
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I watched the men's figure skating last night.... Daisuke Takahashi...YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also, it was fun to watch them fall over and shatter their dreams. My mother says I'm a sadist... but what the hey...
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Valathous
The Canadian, eh
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Location: Centre Bell
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| Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:32 pm |
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Canadian Men's Olympic hockey team played their first game!!!
Canada: 7
Italy: 2
Their men's team put up a bit more fight than their women's team
Canadian goals by:
Jarome Iginla (2 goals)
Shane Doan
Dany Heatley
Martin St. Louis
Brad Richards
Joe Thornton
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nadia
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Location: Australia
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| Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:41 pm |
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Yay! Australia got a gold medal .
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John Connor
Admiral of the Terran Empire
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| Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:19 pm |
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| Valathous wrote: | Canadian Men's Olympic hockey team played their first game!!!
Canada: 7
Italy: 2
Their men's team put up a bit more fight than their women's team
Canadian goals by:
Jarome Iginla (2 goals)
Shane Doan
Dany Heatley
Martin St. Louis
Brad Richards
Joe Thornton
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YA! I agree with you Dan cause I watch it too YAYAYA!
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Valathous
The Canadian, eh
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| Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:25 pm |
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Team Canada won again!
5-1 vs Germany!
Goals by:
Wade Redden
Joe Sakic (BURNABY JOE! )
Simon Gagn�
Dany Heatley
Shane Doan
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Superman
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madlilnerd
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| Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:36 pm |
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We got a silver on that crazy tea tray event...
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Theresa
Lux Mihi Deus
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Location: United States of America
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| Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:36 am |
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| Quote: | Jacobellis makes rookie mistake on biggest stageBy Lindsay Berra
ESPN The Magazine
Lindsey Jacobellis tried to show off and she got what she deserved: She fell on her tail.
Jacobellis had a 50-yard lead in the first women's Olympic snowboardcross final Friday in a dandy of a race. She had looked over her shoulder several times in the bottom section of the run to see where her opponents were on the course. Obviously, she could already feel the weight of that gold medal around her neck. She was excited. She was confident of her victory. And she tried to show off a bit, throwing a back-side method over the second-to-last jump. But she held the grab too long, lost her edge and tumbled to the snow.
AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau
Lindsey Jacobellis, left, could only watch as Tanja Frieden passed her for Olympic gold.
While she was scrambling to get up, Tanja Frieden of Switzerland came around the final turn and blew by Jacobellis to steal what would have been Team USA's fourth gold medal in snowboarding at these Olympics. But then again, Frieden didn't really steal anything; Jacobellis gave it to her.
It joined an elusive list of some of the big blunders in sports history. When Dallas Cowboy Leon Lett was carrying that fumble return like a grocery bag against the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVII, Don Beebe came out of nowhere to knock it out of his showboating hands. When Mookie Wilson's ground ball rolled through Bill Buckner's legs in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, at least the first baseman had a bouncing baseball to contend with. The only thing in Jacobellis' way was her own ego.
"I was caught up in the moment. I think every now and then you might see something like that," Jacobellis said during a conference call. "I didn't even think twice. I was having fun and that's what snowboarding is. I was ahead. I wanted to share with the crowd my enthusiasm. I messed up. It happens."
Higher on the course, Frieden had tussled a bit with Dominique Maltais of Canada, sending Maltais, the eventual bronze medalist, into a crash. Maelle Ricker of Canada, the fastest qualifier of the day and easy winner of both her quarterfinal and semifinal heats, also lost an edge in a steep right-hand turn higher on the course. She careened through the fence lining and had to be carried off on a stretcher.
Stunt Double Take
Lindsey Jacobellis wiped out with the snowboardcross finish line and a gold medal in sight Friday because she threw an extra trick into a jump.
� Watch Jacobellis' mistake
Only Frieden had even the slightest chance of catching Jacobellis, who had taken the lead before the racers even got to the first turn.
After the race, Tom Kelly, the U.S. Ski and Snowboarding Association's vice president of public relations, was seen huddling with Jacobellis and his staff. They clearly got their stories straight.
"I'd been having trouble with that jump all day," Jacobellis said. "The wind has just been catching me weird, and I tried all sorts of grabs to see which one would work to stabilize me in the air, but it just didn't work."
No matter how many times she was asked, Jacobellis insisted that the twist-and-grab method had been for balance, not for show. "It's not like a freestyle jump where you're trying to create style, you're just trying to create stability," she said.
Frieden was asked if she had any trouble over the jump in question. "I didn't have any problems with that jump," she said. "They were not that big. We always have bigger jumps. I felt fine on them."
And the truth is, a snowboardcross rider just doesn't throw a flashy backside method if stability is what she's looking for. Jacobellis' snowboard sponsor, Shaun Palmer, is known for throwing the same trick in the same fashion. Jacobellis also tried out for the U.S. halfpipe team, so she's no stranger to knowing board tricks. It all adds up to showboating, and showboating can cost a competitor a win.
"By the third turn, Lindsey had an insane lead," said U.S. snowboarding coach Peter Foley. "I was just thinking, 'Keep racing, keep racing,' because it happens a lot in boardercross, that you're winning by a mile and something goes wrong. You can say it's bad luck, but she was in control. Maybe with a rider older than Lindsey, they'd be at a point where that wouldn't have happened."
Jacobellis is just 20 years old, and a young 20 at that. Maybe she hasn't yet learned to pick her spots.
"Sometimes it's subconscious, but that was putting on a show," American Seth Wescott, who on Thursday won men's snowboardcross gold, told an AP reporter after the race. "I did it in my early rides, but you have to choose your time and make sure you don't miss."
As Jacobellis fell, Foley covered his face with his hands at the bottom of the hill. In the stands, Jacobellis' father did the same. Her entourage, clad in striped cat-in-the-hat tops that read "Lindsey USA" and waving "Lindsey: Speed Goddess" and "Good Luck Lindsey" signs, rolled up their big American flag.
Though Jacobellis stuck by her stability story and refused to acknowledge that it was nothing more than hubris that cost her the gold, she did admit that she was a bit disappointed with her second-place finish. "When it came down to it, I wasn't able to put it all together." she said.
"This is boardercross," Frieden said. "I've learned it's never finished until it's finished."
Jacobellis just learned that lesson the hard way.
Lindsay Berra is a writer for ESPN The Magazine
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Valathous
The Canadian, eh
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| CANADA'S GOLDEN GIRLS - CBC Sports wrote: | The Canadian women's hockey team captured its second consecutive Olympic gold medal Monday, dominating an upstart Swedish squad from start to finish in a 4-1 victory.
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Members of the Canadian women's hockey team celebrate after winning a gold medal Monday at the Torino Olympics. (Photo: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)
Jayna Hefford notched a goal and an assist for the Canadians, while Hayley Wickenheiser and Jennifer Botterill contributed two assists each.
"This is beautiful, and it was just a great team effort to bring home another gold medal for our country," captain Cassie Campbell told the CBC after the team received their medals.
"I know there are so many people back home who are proud of us. I'm so proud of every single player on our team."
"This is a special moment for me. This is going to be my last Olympics," 40-year-old veteran Danielle Goyette said. "If I had a choice I would have stayed [on the ice celebrating] all night. They had to push me off.
"I want to enjoy every moment of it. I'm going to go back to the dressing room and enjoy everything with my teammates because we worked hard and we achieved our goal this year."
The Canadians kept Sweden off the scoreboard until five minutes into the third period, when Gunilla Andersson scored from the point during a power play.
Hefford gave Canada a 4-0 second-period lead, scoring while standing on Swedish goalie Kim Martin's doorstep.
Seconds earlier, Cherie Piper re-directed the puck past Martin after getting a feed from Wickenheiser, who had circled behind the Swedish net.
Caroline Ouellette and Gillian Apps scored one goal each in the first frame.
Apps opened the scoring just over three minutes into the game, after powering in alone in front of the Swedish net.
Canada out-shot Sweden 26-8.
The Swedes advanced to the gold-medal game by upending the favoured Americans 3-2 in the semifinals.
The Scandinavian squad was buoyed by the heroics of Martin, who made 37 saves in that shootout victory.
The Canadians were mindful of Martin's strengths heading into the final game.
"We wanted to take this whole tournament one game at a time," Apps told the CBC after the first period. "We knew, going into this game, that we couldn't take Sweden lightly."
Canada beat Sweden 8-1 in a preliminary-round contest earlier in Turin, Italy.
Sweden was vying for its first-ever gold medal in international competition.
Canada won the gold medal in Salt Lake City. The Swedes won the bronze. |
YAY! The Canadian Women's hockey team won gold AGAIN! Throughout the entire tournament they outscored their opponents 46-2! lmao.
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Theresa
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| Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:36 am |
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FINAL RESULTS
| Quote: | Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany 11 12 6 29
2 United States 9 9 7 25
3 Canada 7 10 7 24
4 Austria 9 7 7 23
5 Russian Federation 8 6 8 22
6 Norway 2 8 9 19
7 Sweden 7 2 5 14
8 Switzerland 5 4 5 14
9 South Korea 6 3 2 11
10 Italy 5 0 6 11
11 China 2 4 5 11
12 France 3 2 4 9
13 Netherlands 3 2 4 9
14 Finland 0 6 3 9
15 Czech Republic 1 2 1 4
16 Estonia 3 0 0 3
17 Croatia 1 2 0 3
18 Australia 1 0 1 2
19 Poland 0 1 1 2
20 Ukraine 0 0 2 2
21 Japan 1 0 0 1
22 Belarus 0 1 0 1
23 Bulgaria 0 1 0 1
24 Great Britain 0 1 0 1
25 Slovak Republic 0 1 0 1
26 Latvia 0 0 1 1
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I didn't bother copying the countries that didn't get anything.
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WeAz
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| Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:40 am |
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Just watched the Japanese figure skater. Simply amazing. Best skating i've seen in a long time.
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