LIVE THREAD: 2006 Torino Olympics - DAY 1 (Spoiler Thread)

02/12/06

[alisasny]

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[OldFriend]

Ahah, the Texan, which explains why the media not mentioning his home state!!!!

[Txsleuth]

Thanks for the ping Howlin....I will be in and out today...so I am really glad you have this thread for me to look at for updates.

BTW...are you getting snowed in???

[Hoodlum91]

Her chances of gold just went up. Kwan is hinting she'll pull out (groin injury).

[Txsleuth]

YEAH...GO TEXAN!!!!!

[TheBrotherhood]

Nice girl, but that must hurt in between, me thinks.

[Txsleuth]

NO, it doesn't hurt...

[Conservababe]

And what was with the music of the eighties during the march? I laughed so hard when Norway marched in to "YMCA".

[SoftballMominVA]

Womens' Hockey--USA 6 -- Switzerland 0

Highlights include a goal scored by the US during a 3-5 PP (US had the 3, etc)

[acsrp38]

you guys behave yourselves

[Txsleuth]

Yahoooooo...way to go Women's HOckey team!!!

[ajolympian2004]

USA now 2nd in the Luge with the final runs still going on.

I think the first two luge runs are today with the final two runs tomorrow in the men's singles.

[Eurotwit]

Thanks for the live thread.

[Capriole]

But they played "Freedom" when the American team walked in. I liked that.

I kept trying to explain to my children that the Italians are extremely cultured, sophisticated, elegant people with an artistic tradition going back more than two millenia. And the kids were rolling on the floor at the evidence before them. This was horrendous.

[Accygirl]

I was afraid that Hedrick might haven been the hyped U.S. athlete that turned out to be a bust, and I'm glad that that premonition was wrong. I can't wait to watch the race tonight!!!

[Eurotwit]

THanks for the ping.

Hedrick crushed everyone today.

Incredible performance.

Laura and Barbara Bush in the audience.

Cheers.

[steelcurtain]

Here's a nice photo:

U.S. first lady Laura Bush (R) and her daughter Barbara cheer as U.S. speed skater Chad Hedrick finishes his race in the 500m men's speed skating competition at the Torino 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy February 11, 2006. (Reuters)

[alisasny]

MENS LUGE

Tony Benshoof who crashed in Salt Lake is sitting smugg in 3rd place afer 2 of 4 runs.

He currently holds the Guinness record for fastest recorded time on a sled.....86.6 MPH.

In the off season he works in the lumbar dept. for Home Depot!

[Maximus_Ridiculousness]

The USA women's hockey team looked really good today!

[netmilsmom]

Thanks for the ping!

High Five to the Women's Hockey team!

CBC showed the Women's Moguls live. The American took 15th but a Canadian took the Gold.

I am pulling for these countries....

USA!!
Denmark
Australia (sister lives there)
Great Britain
Poland (we're Polish)
Slovakia (belong to a Slovakian Church)


So if the USA has no one in, we have someone to cheer for. Does anyone else do this?

Right now we have two tvs running. CBC is showing the Women's Hockey that CNBC is showing and the French language station is showing Pairs Figure skating.

[SoftballMominVA]

They looked great! The game was not as close as the score indicates--they could have gone into double digits!

Next up--Germany!!