2010 Winter Olympic review

[SuperMillionaire]

Now that the Olympics are over, let's review it here. Let's talk about all the golden moments and history made in Vancouver, Canada, at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

From the achievements of Apolo Ohno becoming the most decorated Winter Olympian, to Shaun White defending his title to win gold in snowboarding, to Lindsey Vonn battling a shin injury and still winning gold, to the Americans winning their first bobsled team gold medals since 1948, to Canada ending its drought of no home-soil gold medals to win a record 14 here, to their epic clash with the United States in the gold medal hockey match, to South Korean ice skater Kim Yu-Na's dazzling gold medal performance, to Canadian ice skater Joannie Rochette winning bronze as a tribute to her recently-deceased mother, and all the epic ups and downs of competition that all went down as the world came together in an exciting celebration of cultures at both the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the tragic loss of Georgian athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili in a fatal luge accident, plunging his country and the IOC into mourning.

What moments of the games will you remember most? Let's talk about it here.

[Slothy]

There were tons of great moments at the games, but I honestly have to say that only one athletes performance quite literally left me speechless.

Petra Majdic has to be one of the toughest people on the planet to get a bronze with the injuries she sustained in the warmup: Petra Majdi� - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Dreddz]

I didn't watch it religously but some of the curling I saw was epic.

[Inferno]

I don't remember the last time I watched this much TV. These 2 weeks were awesome. Like you said, there was so many epic moments, but of course, as a canadian, here are my favourites :

- Alex Bilodeau becoming the first canadian to win a gold medal on our soil (moguls)
- Joannie Rochette... is there anything I need to add. When she was in tears after her historical performance, my heart just broke
- Beating the arrogant russians (men's hockey)
- The 2 goals by the EIGHTEEN years old Marie-Philp Poulin in women's final vs USA
- Crosby, Crosby, Crosby

[Rebellious Eagle]

Shaun White defending his title

Don't you mean her...? x3
I didn't see it, but I heard Kim Yu-Na was phenomenal in figure skating. I hate how when I watched, all the boring sports were on, but when I didn't watch, something interesting happened. Like a bobsled crash or a stunning figure skater or something.

[SuperMillionaire]

There were tons of great moments at the games, but I honestly have to say that only one athletes performance quite literally left me speechless.

Petra Majdic has to be one of the toughest people on the planet to get a bronze with the injuries she sustained in the warmup: Petra Majdi� - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Whoa, those injuries were BAAAD. Worse than even Lindsey Vonn's injuries...

And Shaun White is a man.

[Pheesh]

And Shaun White is a man.

Yeah, because WE won the women's half-pipe ^^

I was so happy for her, especially because there's not much for an Aussie to cheer for at the winter olympics. I did enjoying watching it all though.

[VeloZer0]

Every Olympics, summer and winter I go on a two week TV blitz. It's a shame that I live only an hour out of downtown Vancouver and didn't get in once the entire time. I was going to go in for the hockey final, but I read somewhere that it started at 3:00, but it started at 12:30, right as I was about to leave. I've heard of a few others that were under the impression it started at 3:00 as well. wierd.

I'm so glad Canada got the gold medal record. For those of you that don't know, in 2005 Canada started a program called 'Own The Podium', which was basically an effort to put more money into sport for better results. However, because the events Canada is good in are all at the end, when we didn't blow everyone out of the water in the first week everyone was completely up in arms about what a waste OtP was, and how there should be an inquiry, etc... This is despite the fact weeks before competition even began the CoC and every media reporter had warned the public that most of the medals would be coming near the end of the games.At least now they have something to shut the witch hunters up.

to the Americans winning their first bobsled team gold medals since 1948

In womans two person (I think) 5 of the top 6 were North American. I could hardly believe it.

[Mo-Nercy]

And Shaun White is a man.

Yeah, because WE won the women's half-pipe ^^

I was so happy for her, especially because there's not much for an Aussie to cheer for at the winter olympics. I did enjoying watching it all though.

There won't be much to cheer for in Summer Olympics either with our swimming team being not-so-awesome nowadays.

I didn't watch much of the Winter Olympics, but I did catch a few bobsled and snowboard events and indeed, the women's half-pipe. It's probably the least of any Olympics I've ever seen. It's most likely due to a severe lack of Roy and H.G. (an Australian sports-themed comedy duo).

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[Rase]

The stupid gold medal hockey game resulted in me being up late working on a paper I had to write. Curse you Olympics!

[SuperMillionaire]

Probably because it went overtime...

That evening, I went to sleep at 12:30 AM EST (I live in the Eastern Time Zone of the United States, in close proximity to New York City) because I watched the closing ceremonies, which were awesome! (However, it would have been better if NBC didn't air The Marriage Ref to delay it.) That morning, I woke up at 6AM and left for school at 7:30 AM, to get ready for a mid-term exam. Initially, I felt all right, but then, suddenly, I began to feel dizzy and nautious, but I ate a good breakfast and recovered quickly to take the exam, and passed with a fairly high grade.

[Rebellious Eagle]

There were tons of great moments at the games, but I honestly have to say that only one athletes performance quite literally left me speechless.

Petra Majdic has to be one of the toughest people on the planet to get a bronze with the injuries she sustained in the warmup: Petra Majdi� - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Whoa, those injuries were BAAAD. Worse than even Lindsey Vonn's injuries...

And Shaun White is a man.

Oh, I know that. But he looks like a woman.
I'm also upset at Canada for beating USA at hockey. Curse you, amazing Canadians who have nice accents!

[SuperMillionaire]

Yes, he has long hair...

And hey, it's their home turf, not ours. To them, for a gold medal to be truly prestigious, they had to beat us, their toughest opponents. And getting silver ain't so bad.

[VeloZer0]

You do realize that up here more people watch the gold medal hockey game than vote, right? (not even close to joking) We've spent the last 4 years talking about how we didn't win gold in 2006.

EDIT: "The consortium reports that 26.5 million Canadians watched some part of the game, meaning 80 per cent of the country tuned in at some point.

Two-thirds of the country, or 22 million people, were watching when Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal."

I'm also upset at Canada for beating USA at hockey.

Nice to know some people down there care In all honesty the lack of enthusiasm for hockey in the USA really makes most Canadians sad. I feel so bad for all the teams that have to play in arenas that aren't even close to full.

they had to beat us, their toughest opponents.

I'm not going to lie, going in everyone was talking about Russia and not even thinking about the US. Good job on shaking up everyone's expectations. I always find it much more rewarding to watch team Canada play USA than a European team.

Oh, I know that. But he looks like a woman.

Lol, there was an article in the Vancouver Sun about a woman who is a Shaun White impersonator. She pretends to be him to get free coffies and stuff. Too bad I can't find it.

[SuperMillionaire]

Interesting stuff, VeloZero.

The other day, I just saw a Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue which had Lindsey Vonn on the cover posing in a bikini... wow, a winter athlete modeling in summer clothing... interesting indeed.

What's more interesting is that she's friends with Germany's Maria and Susanne Riesch, and that because of that, she's fluent in German.