The Olympics

[Marat]

My wife and I have noticed that there are a lot more winter olympic sports that can kill you (downhill, the extreme mountain sports, luge/skeleton, ski jump...) than summer olympic sports (bike race, stray javelin?). Even some of the sports that aren't dangerous to compete in, involve the athlete shooting guns.

Yep, an Austrian snow boarder broke his neck today -
https://nypost.com/2018/02/15/snowboarder-breaks-his-neck-in-terrifying-crash-at-olympics/

 

[Mots010]

Not sure about Calgary, but Vancouver absolutely depended on extensive snow making as well as shipping in snow via caravans of trucks and helicopters. The inadequate snow was widely reported by media sources and witnessed in person.

Vancouver was an interesting situation. Most of the snow events were held up in whistler. Whistler gets a lot of snow, but that temperate climate and low elevation can mean rain at the base and even high up on the mountain on occasion. If I recall, they had some snowboarding events setup near Vancouver and helicoptered snow in to create the course.

 

[Jaker]

Lindsey Vonn was having a great run on the Super G, until the end of the course where she pulled an epic brain fart and almost skied off the course, costing her a medal.

 

[Jaker]

women's downhill, skiers crashing

 

[Jaker]

Finally win a medal in X-C skiing and it's GOLD, the 42 year drought is finally over!

 

[intlzncster]

Finally win a medal in X-C skiing and it's GOLD, the 42 year drought is finally over!

This will live forever as one of the all time calls in cross country skiing...nay Olympic...history. Listen to two men at the absolute top of their game, on the biggest of stages:

 

[Dove]

This will live forever as one of the all time calls in cross country skiing...nay Olympic...history. Listen to two men at the absolute top of their game, on the biggest of stages:

That was awesome.

 

[superjohn]

I remember when the tornado hi Mohawk and created western style bowl skiing

It flattened everything, wasn't a tree standing.

 

[Mots010]

This will live forever as one of the all time calls in cross country skiing...nay Olympic...history. Listen to two men at the absolute top of their game, on the biggest of stages:

That announcer deserves a medal for that call. What a finish.

 

[Robertelamin]

Welp. That wasn't the way Vonn wanted to go out.

 

[August_West]

Lousy North Koreans.

Coach K recruting this guy as I understand it.

 

[Jaker]

Man, some of these X-c skiers are smoking hot, how cute is Diggins?