Vancouver 2010

[Majsju]

And it is on. Hopefully yesterdays tragic death will not be what these games will be remembered for.

 

So adorable to see nations like Ethiopia and Ghana march in, nations not quite famous for their achievements in winter sports ;D

 

I predict 4 gold medals for Sweden, all from skiing. The hockey team will lose against Canada, so depending on when they meet, might be a silver medal. All in all I think we might claim 3-5 silver medals. And a bunch of bronze, but who counts those?

[MsDanya]

As long as Norway gets more medals than Sweden, I'm happy  ;D

[Majsju]

Not a chance, we count hockey medals individually, so only there we have 50-60 medals ;D

[WWWwombat]

A lot of medals will be going to USA and Canadia.

[Majsju]

Hahaha, great shooting by Bjørndalen, Norways great hope ;D

[Haxorsist]

The biathlon 10 km wasn't very good for Norway. Bjørndalen was horrible with 4 misses, which also leaves him out of the race for a medal in the pursuit. Hegle Svendsen did alright. I thought the race suffered a bit from the bad weather conditions which pretty much left anybody with start number higher than 14 screwed.

[Majsju]

Bjørndalen can not blame his shooting on the weather, he just sucked. Of course, Sweden got a taste of that yesterday, in the womens biathlon, where both Aco and Jonsson really disappointed.

Well done by Ferry though, managed to finish 8 despite having to be out there when it snowed the most.

[Majsju]

Great final for the mens moguls, even if the Japanese were not as crazy as they used to be.

[Majsju]

Kalla! First gold medal for Sweden in womens 10km skiing ;D

Quite an Olympic debut. 

[Krakalakachkn]

Apollo Ohno won Silver in the Men's 1500 Speed Skating!

 

Did anyone else see this race?  South Korea had first, second, and third locked up, but then the third placer took out himself and second place, allowing Ohno and the other American guy to win silver and bronze!

 

It's still total BS because on the replays you could see the guy who won gold blatantly and illegally push Ohno and slip by him into first.

[Majsju]

Speed skating is one of the events I do not follow at all. All those falls makes it too much of a lottery.

[MsDanya]

Kalla! First gold medal for Sweden in womens 10km skiing ;D

Quite an Olympic debut. 

 

Haha, she's so cute, I dont mind her winning at all! And we got bronze, so its all good.

[Majsju]

I saw SVT interview Bjørgen after the race, and she were happy that Kalla was the one to win. Everyone loves our little skier :)

 

Watching the mens 15km was painful, I can not remember last time I saw someone empty himself so completely as Hellner did, it was a miracle he could stand up long enough to cross the finishing line. That was 10 minutes ago, still waiting for the first Norwegian to finish ;D

[Majsju]

Wow, Sweden defeated Great Britain in mens curling. That is quite a result.

[Majsju]

Ferry gives Sweden a second gold in the biathlon pursuit, despite starting 1 minute after the leader. Well done!

[Haxorsist]

No medals for Norway today, and United wins against Milan away. I'll have to cry myself to sleep AGAIN.

[Haxorsist]

I would like to encourage everybody of becoming fans of the Norwegian curling team's pants! :D

 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vancouver-BC/The-Norwegian-Olympic-Curling-Teams-Pants/311163439555?ref=ts

[Majsju]

Great sportsmanship, trying to freak the opponents out by posing as clowns.

[Majsju]

Ooh, Anja Pärson gets a medal in the combination. That is quite an impressive comeback after yesterdays crash.

[MsDanya]

We got a gold today! I thought it was surprising, but very earned ^^

 

[Krakalakachkn]

Whoo!  Shawn White kickin it with the Snowboard halfpipe!

[SBoydW]

USA 18 Medals

Germany 11 Medals

Norway 8 Medals

Canada 7 Medals

France 7 Medals

 

Gold Medal Leaders

USA 6

Germany 3

Canada 3

Switzerland 3

Korea 3

 

[MsDanya]

Yay, Norway + two golds  ;D

[Majsju]

And a very unexpected silver for Sweden, when Haag did the race of her life.

 

But funniest today must have been the Netherlands speed skater Sven Kramer. After his gold on 5000 meters, some american (of course) journalist comes up, and starts the interview by asking what his name was. Seriously, he just won the bloody gold medal, how retarded do you have to be to be in the arena and not know his name?

Kramer just asked the journalist if she were stupid, and then told her to go away ;D

[SBoydW]

You know we Americans can't remember a name unless it's Jack or Jane.

 

I don't even remember my own name half the time.