Saturday 02/23 Salt Lake Olympic Thread and ** SPOILERS**

DON'T LOOK if you DON'T WANT RESULTS

[alisasny]

The events for the day will be underway shortly.

GO TEAM USA and too all freedom loving nations...GOOD LUCK.

You can get live results online at this link

>Live Results

Today's Events:

Mens Slalom 12 noon est.

Bobsleigh 4 men final runs 530 pm est.

Cross Country 50 k mens classic 1130 pm est.

Ice Hockey Mens bronze medal game Rus vs Belarus 215 pm est.

Speed Skating Ladies 5000m 3 pm est.

Short track Speedskating Mens 500, Ladies 1000, Mens 5000 m relay Live on NBC tonight.

Saturday, Feb. 23
NBC — (Men's hockey: bronze medal; Speedskating: women's 5000), 1:30-5:30 p.m.
NBC — (Alpine skiing: men's slalom; Short track speedskating: women's 1000 final, men's 500 and 5000 relay finals; Cross-country skiing: men's 50km; Bobsled: four-man final), 8-11:30 p.m.
NBC — (Late Night), Midnight-12:30 a.m.

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Sunday, Feb. 24
NBC — (Men's hockey gold medal game), 2:30-6 p.m.
NBC — (Closing Ceremony; Women's 30km Classical), 8-11 p.m.

[alisasny]

MSNBC is reruning the Figure Skating Gala today at 10 am est.

Utah Girls Funny Ice Skating Exihibition Live Thread from last night

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Isn't the 4 man the bobsled?

[alisasny]

RBA, says Bobsleigh over at the official Salt Lake site.

[ward_of_the_state]

Boy, the Russians and Koreans have reeeaaallly put a damper on what the Olympics is supposed to be about. Sarah Hughes earned that gold medal and should be having the time of her life and the Russians are being jerks and trying to spoil it. (Sigh) That's just wrong.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

That is interesting. On the Olympics program on TV when they do the two-man, they called it bobsleigh, then last night on the 4 man they call it bobsled. I wonder what the difference is, if there is any. This is the first Olympics I recall it being referred to as bobsleigh. Odd, eh?

[glock rocks]

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[RummyChick]

Is russia doing really bad as to compared to the past or is skating the only thing they dominate ..

[glock rocks]

NSW Wasatch Front Statement as of 5:20 am MST on February 23, 2002

Overview: strong south winds this morning will weaken and turn westerly this afternoon as a cold front moves across the area. Clouds and moisture will increase, with a chance of mountain snow showers and valley rain or snow showers late this afternoon and especially overnight tonight.

	Today Windy and mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of late afternoon rain showers. Highs in the lower 50s. Morning south winds 15-30 mph becoming northwest and decreasing in the afternoon.
	Tonight Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Lows near 30. Local north winds 10-20 mph.
	Sunday Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Colder with highs 40-45. Northwest winds 15-25 mph.
	Sunday Night Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of evening snow showers. Lows near 25. Evening northwest winds 10-20 mph.

[glock rocks]

the russian women's cross country has also been very good...

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Bode Miller stands in second in the slalom after the first run, 3/10ths behind the leader (a French skier) and more than a whole second ahead of third place. Its between Bode and the Frenchie for the Gold on the second run. My money's on Bode -- he gets much better on second runs and the French guy nearly fell on his first run then went hell-bent-for-leather and managed to hang on. I think the French guy won't be able to be so loose the second time around when he has a narrow lead.

[glock rocks]

Bode Miller, of the USA, smiles after his first run in the men's slalom at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in Deer Valley, Utah Saturday, Feb. 23, 2002. (AP Photo/Rudi Blaha)

[codebreaker]

The first boycott has started, the Russian Parliament has voted 417-0 for the Russian athletes to skip the closing ceremonies.

[glock rocks]

[Vol2727]

There is no difference between bobsleigh and bobsled. That was one of the questions that was posed on the Today Show and the answer they gave was that the other countries call it bobsleigh while the Americans call it bobsled. I don't get it though. I never heard it called bobsleigh until this year.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Thanks. I didn't see an explanation on the Olympics website, but I thought that might be the case.

[glock rocks]

it would appear you've noticed the trend, codebreaker... maybe they could hire
je$$e jack$on to bemoan their disenfranchisement

South Korea Will Boycott Olympic Closing Ceremony

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Getting kind of sick of whiners and poor losers. Good Lord, these counties remind me of Democrats.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

The U.S. alpine team as a whole has not skied up to their potential at this Olympics, ironically. But Bode is the exception, and a gold will top off a great Olympics for him. Guys like Schlopy and Rahlves and women like Lalive need to step up to give our alpine team the depth that the Austrians and Norwegians enjoy. We have the star (Bode), but our depth needs to stand up.