The Vancouver 2010 Olympics

sitandwatch · #1 02-17-2010, 06:26 PM

Oh love that they have to bring out the 15 year old Calgary Zamboni to clean the ice for speed skating.

fkshiu · #2 02-17-2010, 06:34 PM

I was proud as a reefer that our first gold came in "moguls" even though it had nothing to do with metal halide lighting

Crytone · #3 02-17-2010, 06:44 PM

Ya, not very good advertising for Olympia. I bet their sales just took a nosedive! It still boggles my mind why they didn't have a backup.

And I have to agree totally. The Olympics is about offering things that appeal to a broad audience. Curling might not be super intense but if we win medals in Curling I'd be just as happy. I challenge anyone to try curling once, if you haven't. It's a LOT harder than it looks. I think it's also more of a sport where a poorer country has just as much chance of winning as the next guy (don't need hightech speed suit or expensive custom gear to play). It really all comes down to skill.

Phanman · #4 02-17-2010, 06:47 PM

ok i was watching the canada/finland game last night and I know that iggy got the hat trick on the last deflection but today I see he only got credited for 2 goals? whats up???

I searched the net for just abit and see that some papers say he got 3 goals and then I check the olympic website and it says 2?

maybe someone can enlighten me

fkshiu · #5 02-17-2010, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Crytone

Ya, not very good advertising for Olympia. I bet their sales just took a nosedive! It still boggles my mind why they didn't have a backup.

And I have to agree totally. The Olympics is about offering things that appeal to a broad audience. Curling might not be super intense but if we win medals in Curling I'd be just as happy. I challenge anyone to try curling once, if you haven't. It's a LOT harder than it looks. I think it's also more of a sport where a poorer country has just as much chance of winning as the next guy (don't need hightech speed suit or expensive custom gear to play). It really all comes down to skill.

The first Olympia puked all over the ice. The back-up Olympia then chewed the ice up. Then they had no choice but to go with the Zamboni from Calgary.

sitandwatch · #6 02-17-2010, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by fkshiu

The first Olympia puked all over the ice. The back-up Olympia then chewed the ice up. Then they had no choice but to go with the Zamboni from Calgary.

Oh and the 3rd Olympia messed up the ice also, they had three, all of them failed

Crytone · #7 02-17-2010, 07:56 PM

Wow! Olympia failed big time on that one for the entire world to see. I didn't know they had 2 backups and they ALL failed. If I was Olympia I'd be pulling some crazy PR stuff right now, otherwise they just advertised expensive ice paperweights.

And as for Iginla's goals there was debates last night too. There's question if he deflected the puck or not. CTV was saying afterwards the same thing; that the Olympics were bouncing back and forth between 2 or 3 for him. Last I heard it was 3 but I guess they decided on 2?