the winter olympics

[**towery**]

are great fun to watch

watching ladies on their backs sliding on their luge atm

brave

have any of you done any  winter sports?

ive ice skated at sheffield and at doncaster dome - they have a freaking  slope  !!!!!

[1311rose]

Fantastic gold!

[kiss*my*pixel]

We're above France at the mo in the medal league tables - Yeee Haaa!!!!

Gold in the skeleton - most excellent!!

Just watching the "hot-dogging" - I'm sure it has a proper name nowadays, but don't know what it is

[bitsnknots]

Must admit that I prefer the summer olympics to the winter ones but I had to watch the skeleton to see Lizzie Yarnold win.  I do like the ski jumping though.

[ed_blackadder_1]

Go LIzzie, not bad for someone who has only being doing it 5 years, just goes to show what determination can do.

[mustard-tree]

I have done wheelchair curling - not an olympic sport though.

Yes it is. It is one of the events in the Winter Paralympics starting in March

[stroppy*cow]

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@mustard-tree wrote:

I have done wheelchair curling - not an olympic sport though.

Yes it is. It is one of the events in the Winter Paralympics starting in March

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Not the way that we do it - most folks fall over laughing at us! Mind you that is better than the beach volleyball back in 2012 (on Miami beach) - large wads of dosh had to change hands to keep us from being arrested.

[vamo48]

I went skating at Streatham once as a teenager, while on holiday with my cousin.  I managed to stay upright, but never went again, don't know why.  I enjoy watching all the Olympics, and especially enjoy the curling. 

Just watched the men's short programme ice skating, does anyone know the title of the Spanish tune the French skater Brian Joubert skated to?  I've always liked it.  The title did come up on screen but I didn't take much notice, not knowing it was going to be that tune!

[mustard-tree]

Elise Christie in the speed skating has been penalised again

I watched it and couldnt see anything wrong.

Something stinks I think

[wskneil]

Yeah I saw that too. Apparently she didn't cross the finish line, because she was 1cm too far on the inside ( in that makes sense!)

[1311rose]

She must feel cursed, poor lass

Hopefully it will be third time lucky in her best event the 1000m