XXIII Olympic Winter Games (PyeongChang, South Korea, Feb. 9-25, 2018)

[Hierok 11,833]

The Netherlands has already 3 golden medaillons.  Go The Netherlands! 

https://www.parool.nl/sport/volledig-nederlands-podium-op-de-3000-meter-schaatsen~a4567457/

On the 3 km, a totally Dutch stage

Carlijn Achtereekte - 3.59.21

Ireen Wüst - 3.59.29

Antoinette de Jong - 4.00.02

And of course Sjinkie Knegt has also performed great. 

 

Edited February 10, 2018 by Hierok

[Mesme Rize 15,692]

Another gold medal for germany. Andreas Wellinger won from the normal ramp and is the first german to win gold in skijumping since 1994. 2 gold medals on the first day is not bad.

1 hour ago, Hierok said:

The Netherlands has already 3 golden medaillons.  Go The Netherlands! 

https://www.parool.nl/sport/volledig-nederlands-podium-op-de-3000-meter-schaatsen~a4567457/

On the 3 km, a totally Dutch stage

Carlijn Achtereekte - 3.59.21

Ireen Wüst - 3.59.29

Antoinette de Jong - 4.00.02

You dutch really do nothing else during winter, besides running on frozen lakes do you?

[Hierok 11,833]

10 minutes ago, Mesmelicious Rize said:

You dutch really do nothing else during winter, besides running on frozen lakes do you?

Most of us do indeed.  

You Germans can learn something from it.  No just kidding. Germany is always my favourite with the world championships with football. 

[SparklingSwirls 21,607]

I should probably watch some of it but eh, winter sports don't interest me much...

The only sport that I like to watch is swimming and that's in the summer olympics.

Edited February 10, 2018 by SparklingSwirls

[Mesme Rize 15,692]

Just now, Hierok said:

Most of us do indeed.  

You Germans can learn something from it.  No just kidding. Germany is always my favourite with the world championships with football. 

Thank you my neighbor.

(Mesme and Hierok win. They realize friendship is more important. )

[Hierok 11,833]

Just now, Mesmelicious Rize said:

(Mesme and Hierok win. They realize friendship is more important. )

Sure thing. Friendship is winning after all. 

[Hierok 11,833]

And Sven Kramer has gold on the 5000 meter again. Three times in a row. + Olympic record. 

MEDAILLES PER LAND

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Land	Goud	Zilver	Brons	Totaal
Nederland The Netherlands	2	2	1	5
Duitsland Germany	2	0	0	2
Noorwegen Norway	1	4	3	8
Zuid-Korea South-Korea	1	0	0	1
Verenigde Staten United States	1	0	0	1
Zweden Sweden	1	0	0	1
Canada Canada	0	2	1	3
Tsjechië Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
Finland Finland	0	0	1	1
Olympische atleten uit Rusland Russia	0	0	1	1

Edited February 11, 2018 by Hierok

[Mesme Rize 15,692]

Another Gold Medal for Germany. Arnd Pfeiffer wins the biathlon sprint of the man, very surprisingly against the french and norwegian favorites.

With 3 gold medals, germany is past the netherlands again.

[Prospekt 11,039]

Just found out that American snowboarder Arielle Gold is friends with an RA in my dorm. 

Now, as for stuff I've watched today... did anybody else watch that men's 30km cross country skiing race? Simen Kruger of Norway fell early on, got stuck in the back of the pack, and somehow fought his way to gold. Breathtaking performance!

[Divine plywood 1,251]

Speaking of snowboarders, Finland's Enni Rukajärvi just won bronze in ladies slopestyle. Second medal for Finland, yay!

 

Kruger an other Norwegians were surely on fire in men's cross country skiing. Great race!

Edited February 12, 2018 by Divine plywood

[Mesme Rize 15,692]

Dahlmeier won gold again today, in women biathlon chasing.

Germany also won bronze in men chasing biathlon with Benedikt Doll and we won silver in women skijumping from the normal ramp with Katharina Althaus.

At the end of the third day, Germany is first on the medal rankings. Second are the netherlands, third is Norway, fourth is Canada and fifth are the USA.

[Prospekt 11,039]

22 hours ago, Prospekt said:

Just found out that American snowboarder Arielle Gold is friends with an RA in my dorm. 

Update:

Arielle Gold just won bronze in the women's halfpipe.

[Divine plywood 1,251]

There have apparently been first doping violation in Pyeongchang  Japanese short track speed skater Kei Saito have been suspended for using doping.

[Varrack 1,080]

Woohoo Chloe Kim took gold with a 98! Looking forward to Shaun White becoming king of the pipe tomorrow.

[PiratePony 8,497]

That Australian girl took such a nasty fall; I hope she's okay.

Kim's final run was stellar. Wowza. Her board skittered a little after one if her jumps which might have been her only deduction (from my layman perspective)

It's great to finally see some skiing!

22 hours ago, Prospekt said:

Just found out that American snowboarder Arielle Gold is friends with an RA in my dorm. 

Now, as for stuff I've watched today... did anybody else watch that men's 30km cross country skiing race? Simen Kruger of Norway fell early on, got stuck in the back of the pack, and somehow fought his way to gold. Breathtaking performance!

A little late, but my daughter and I were watching that. It was so awesome, and I live that Norway swept.

[Prospekt 11,039]

Just watched Shaun White's first qualifying run on the halfpipe and he was incredible. The guy I watched win gold in Torino when I was 8 looks like he's in the best shape of his life.

[Divine plywood 1,251]

Shaun is a living legend, he will be in the podium once more that's for sure.

Damn, Finns keep letting me down. First two of our boys both crashed in the pipe and old man Piiroinen who got silver from Vancouver didn't do great either...

 

 

Just saw White's second run. That man is something else...

Edited February 13, 2018 by Divine plywood

[Mesme Rize 15,692]

Gold and Silver for Germany in womens Luge, which makes this our 5th gold medal and 2nd silver medal.

I am very happy with these results and how our athletes are doing, proving again that germany is one of the top winter sport nations.

[Hierok 11,833]

MEDAILLES PER LAND

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Land	Goud	Zilver	Brons	Totaal
Duitsland	5	2	2	9
Nederland	4	4	2	10

 

Only Germany stands above us.  @Mesmelicious Rize You must be proud! 

[Mesme Rize 15,692]

@Hierok Very. There has been some criticism before the games, that we lag good athletes these days to really compete with the top nations.

But i am proud that we proved the critics wrong.

[Divine plywood 1,251]

Just now got the change to start watching today's recordings of olympics. Norway's 21-year old skier Jonannes Kläbo took gold in men's cross-country sprint and became the youngest men to win olympic gold in classic sprint. What a race! That boy-wonder didn't just skied, he ran the uphills! Phenomenal!

Congratulations also to Germany and Netherlands for your great success!

Edited February 13, 2018 by Divine plywood

[Mesme Rize 15,692]

@Divine plywood are you actually interested in the ice hockey game on friday, between Finland and Germany?

[Divine plywood 1,251]

@Mesmelicious Rize Buck yeah! Hockey is one of my favorite olympic sports! Germany's teams have got better in past years and done well in the world championships, so this might became more tough fight than many think.

Best of luck for both teams!

Edited February 13, 2018 by Divine plywood

[The Kaeya Simp 13,997]

I hope that Liu beats the Yankee who's first place

[Mesme Rize 15,692]

Just now, Divine plywood said:

@Mesmelicious Rize Buck yeah! Hockey is one of my favorite olympic sports! Germany's teams have got better in past years and done well in the world championships, so this might became more tough fight than many think.

Best of luck for both teams!

In that case, may the best team win.