Winter Olympics from Pyeongchang

[captain nemo1701]

Have you seen the Korean cheerleaders all dressed in red suits?

No, but oiled Tonga man was back.....

 

[Adam4868]

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[snorri]

Im not a winter sports officionado, but of all the sport I've ever seen this race has to be the stand out moment.

Yes, that was exiting stuff, but why do downhill skiers wear tight fitting clothing whilst snowboarders go for the baggy look?
Both seem to crash quite frequently!

 

[Chromatic]

Yes, that was exiting stuff, but why do downhill skiers wear tight fitting clothing whilst snowboarders go for the baggy look?
Both seem to crash quite frequently!

Because downhill skiing is all about speed and is proper skiing and snowboarding is hipster arseing around.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Bit like road cycling and mountain biking then?

 

[Chromatic]

No, more like mountain biking and bmx.

 

[srw]

even though you’d have to include boxing in the mix.

Not necessarily. "First one killed loses" would be objective. But that's a whole different debate.

 

[srw]

Olympic Athletes of Russia (huh?

You might remember a bit of a hoohah involving confirmed systematic doping by the Russian government...

 

[Dave 123]

Yes, that was exiting stuff, but why do downhill skiers wear tight fitting clothing whilst snowboarders go for the baggy look?
Both seem to crash quite frequently!

Tribes innit?

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

I would have expected the snowboarding being called off if the winds got high. Or is it a casualty of stuffing too many events into too short a time.

 

[captain nemo1701]

Yes, that was exiting stuff, but why do downhill skiers wear tight fitting clothing whilst snowboarders go for the baggy look?
Both seem to crash quite frequently!

The luge used to feature guys wearing clothing so tight you could tell which religion they were.... (old Robin Williams gag about male ballet dancers).

 

[Tin Pot]

Andrew Musgrave a creditable 7th in the cross country summat or other.

Skiathlon.

Pretty impressive, imo. He moved to Norway to learn the sport.

 

[Tin Pot]

Because downhill skiing is all about speed and is proper skiing and snowboarding is hipster arseing around.

 

[Bollo]

I'm watching the Women's 1500m long track. One of the commentators needs to learn the difference between 10ths and 100ths of a second.

 

[Reynard]

I'm watching the Women's 1500m long track. One of the commentators needs to learn the difference between 10ths and 100ths of a second.

Minor, in the scheme of things... Did you ever listen to Murray Walker?