RuthB
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There's an article on it here, apparently the team is collectively knitting a scarf that they will hand over to the summer olympics team.
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Winter Olympics 2014- The weird and the wonderful. (SPOILERS INSIDE)
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There's an article on it here, apparently the team is collectively knitting a scarf that they will hand over to the summer olympics team.
NZfarmgirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I saw that last night - how funny!
NZfarmgirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Well nearly! 1 and 2! Go Canada.
segacs
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Woohoo Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe, gold and silver medals! And Maxime for placing 12th as well. What a family! Their parents must be very proud right now.
We may not have the big mountains here in Quebec that you western divas have, but there's something in the water here 'cause we sure have a lot of Olympians.
We may not have the big mountains here in Quebec that you western divas have, but there's something in the water here 'cause we sure have a lot of Olympians.
pinto
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
It actually seems helpful not to have them ... many Olympians come from the smaller places ... all the big mountains just make you want to go ski them, not practice in gates and moguls and halfpipes... I think the US Alpine team has more western skiers than I ever remember, right now. (I have no idea about numbers, just impressions)
litterbug
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Shall we keep results out of this thread? That way I can read about the weird and wonderful stories. I saw something about yay and Julia, but I'm nowhere near watching the replay so I'm very carefully covering your post with one hand while I'm writing this! :D
Jenny
Angel Diva
I think that's a really good idea. Or else use the little button that hides things until you click on it.
marymack
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
https://espn.go.com/olympics/winter...-us-bobsledder-gets-stuck-busts-bathroom-door
At least it wasn't one of the figure skaters who got stuck!
At least it wasn't one of the figure skaters who got stuck!
gardenmary
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I need that.
mustski
Angel Diva
When I was a young un' and living on Montreal - I forget which winter Olympics it was - but the announcer kept referring to the "Kamakaze Canadians!"
Magnatude
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Vanessa-Mae, the British former child prodigy pop-violinist, is skiing for Thailand, after qualifying at the last minute in some junior GS races in Slovenia, and despite being 14 or so years older than the other competitors. That seems pretty weird. She's competing under the (her Thai father's) surname Vanakorn. There seems to be a loophole for countries with no internationally-ranked skiers that if they meet some other, lower, qualifying standard, they can still represent their country.
NZfarmgirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
That is really quite strange.
litterbug
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
For what???
Interesting--there was a male skateboarder with parents from different countries and he had decided to compete for the one people hadn't thought he would (you can see how full of holes my memory's gotten). The discussion was that it was just his choice. I do think you have to be a citizen, which means that kid must have been a dual citizen.
NZfarmgirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Is that how that really terrible swimmer got into the summer Olympics that time?For what???
Interesting--there was a male skateboarder with parents from different countries and he had decided to compete for the one people hadn't thought he would (you can see how full of holes my memory's gotten). The discussion was that it was just his choice. I do think you have to be a citizen, which means that kid must have been a dual citizen.
RuthB
Angel Diva
Eric the eel? He was a wild card entry designed to encourage athletes from developing countries without expensive training facilities to participate.
The ones mentioned here seem more like Eddie the Eagle, the ski jumper from Great Britain. But these ones must have got better results because after his performance the IOC implemented the "Eddie the Eagle" rule that you must finish in the top 30% or top 50 whichever is the lesser.
The ones mentioned here seem more like Eddie the Eagle, the ski jumper from Great Britain. But these ones must have got better results because after his performance the IOC implemented the "Eddie the Eagle" rule that you must finish in the top 30% or top 50 whichever is the lesser.
jellyflake
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Your neighbors will love you ;)
The Vanessa-story is great, I like that. TV told me she moved to some resort (I believe Courmayeur? But could be wrong) recently and improved her skills a LOT over the past two years or so.
Here is the qualification rules: click
