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LIVE THREAD: 2006 Torino Olympics - DAY 5 Wednesday (Spoiler/Photo Thread)
February 15, 2006

Posted on 02/15/2006 5:16:28 AM PST by alisasny

Today's events include Women's Downhill, Curling, Men's Moguls, Hockey, Luge Doubles, Nordic Combined, Short Track Speed Skating and Speed Skating.

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KEYWORDS: 2006olympics; italy; torino; turinogoteamusa; usteam
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To: alisasny

Did Weir wear his old Soviet Union jacket? He really like that culture.


101 posted on 02/15/2006 3:05:46 PM PST by libertarianben (Looking for sanity and his hard to find cousin common sense)
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To: blu

Oooh, Johnny Wier dish coming up!


102 posted on 02/15/2006 3:07:11 PM PST by blu (People, for God's sake, think for yourselves!)
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To: blu

Coments on der Wiermeister:

David loved it "fluid",it all fits in with his personality

Scott "looked calm", didn't doubt performance, costume is not over the top...fits his image=comrotable with his image

Jamie "best spins, flexible,

Mary talked with him:"I'd probably pee if I won a medal"


103 posted on 02/15/2006 3:16:40 PM PST by blu (People, for God's sake, think for yourselves!)
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USA Men's hockey ties Latvia, 3-3.

First game outta the blocks and we tie that hockey powerhouse of ... Latvia. :(


104 posted on 02/15/2006 3:19:39 PM PST by Betis70 (Miracle on Ice 2 ... postponed.)
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To: MikeinIraq

I'm surprised the Canadians gave up to two goals.

To Italy. Yeah they won easily, but how can you give up any goals to a team like Italy?


105 posted on 02/15/2006 3:22:27 PM PST by Betis70 (Miracle on Ice 2 ... postponed.)
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To: rintense

I kind felt sorry for him, the announcers said that last night was the first time his brother & father had ever watched him skate in International Competition. Hilarious VH1 'Pop Up Video' of Wiers profile. http://www.malcontent.biz/video/johnny-weir-lo.wmv


106 posted on 02/15/2006 3:36:51 PM PST by gopwinsin04
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To: blu
Strike a pose! lol...


107 posted on 02/15/2006 3:45:03 PM PST by gopwinsin04
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To: gopwinsin04

He, his sunglasses, and his moody stares and poses are quite cheesy. Whatever persona it is he is trying to project, he doesn't quite pull it off, does he?


108 posted on 02/15/2006 3:52:52 PM PST by Cecily
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To: blu
I think that Weir probably wears the jacket because considering his program last night, he thinks that he's the prima ballerina at the Moscow Ballet.

However, the fact that you can now probably buy a Soviet sweatshirt at high-end botiques in NYC for ninety/ hundred dollars a pop is a tribute to capitalism and a very funny but likely unintentional Nah-Nah at the Communistas. We won and therefore can sell Soviet Union-inspired coterie for outrageously inflated prices.
109 posted on 02/15/2006 3:56:25 PM PST by Accygirl
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To: alisasny

While watching coverage of the Dick Cheney presser, my local MSM station inadvertently showed me a "spoilish" headline about our local boy, speed skater Chad Hedrick.

Can you tell me, did he not medal at all? Did he finish last? Did he take a fall and hurt himself? Is he out of the Olympics all together? I don't want to read anything else, but the headline here said "Chad Gives up Olympic Hopes."

Did something really bad happen to him?


110 posted on 02/15/2006 3:57:06 PM PST by Rte66
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To: Accygirl

Please see my post #77 in this thread, and prepare to kissup to tndarlin!


111 posted on 02/15/2006 4:02:09 PM PST by blu (People, for God's sake, think for yourselves!)
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To: Rte66
No, nothing bad happened to him. He'll still be competing.Hard to tell you more without spoilers, but he's ok.
112 posted on 02/15/2006 4:06:08 PM PST by blu (People, for God's sake, think for yourselves!)
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To: gopwinsin04
If he and his dad don't have a close relationship, that's really sad. However, the word on the street is the exact opposite. Apparently, at least his mom thinks he can do no wrong, which is probably why he comes across as a self-indulgent prick, especially when compared to Ted Ligety, Shaun White, and Hannah Teter, all of whom are around the same age as Weir. It's one thing to be supportive of son even if he turns out to be a flamboyantly gay male figure skater; it's another thing to let him get away with murder.
113 posted on 02/15/2006 4:25:09 PM PST by Accygirl
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To: Betis70

well a couple screens and a couple good slapshots :)


114 posted on 02/15/2006 4:45:15 PM PST by MikefromOhio (Brokeback Mountain: The ONLY western where the Cowboys GET IT IN THE END!!!)
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To: Betis70

Bad news for the U.S. They'll be extremely lucky to get even a bronze medal in ice hockey this time around.


115 posted on 02/15/2006 6:29:57 PM PST by Alberta's Child (Leave a message with the rain . . . you can find me where the wind blows.)
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To: Betis70

"To Italy. Yeah they won easily, but how can you give up any goals to a team like Italy?"

Simple - Jetlag, only one light practice as a team since basically Summer of '05, and generally not being at match fitness. Still, we banged in 7. Not bad, considering we lost our opening match in SLC '02 5-2 against the Swedes, though we did end up with Gold.


116 posted on 02/15/2006 6:36:47 PM PST by Rightwing Canuck
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