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2018 Winter Olympics PyeongChang
| February 10th, 2018 at 4:22:21 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | Dog Meat Soup for Sale in Shadow of Olympic Stadium Korea is a swell place for animal rights. Over 2 million dogs are raised and slaughtered for food in S Korea every year. God knows how many are killed in N Korea. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| February 10th, 2018 at 4:51:25 PM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | Traditional curling starts on the 13th. This is the first Olympics for the two person mixed pairs curling. I had never seen it before. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| February 10th, 2018 at 5:31:42 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Bic Razor curling commercial. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| February 11th, 2018 at 4:47:59 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 | How about Red Gerrard men's snowboard slopestyle. He layed down a fabulous run Just 17 yrs old and has a gold medal His whole huge family was there to watch it. They were having a blast. 17 strong. Boy that's a big family Go Red :-) Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| February 11th, 2018 at 4:51:41 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18210 | Weather at Olympics so cold make-up freezes to reporters faces! Korea is cold in winter but WOW! How about that global warming meaning the end of the Winter Games? The President is a fink. |
| February 11th, 2018 at 6:49:47 PM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12528 | American figure skater Mirai Nagasu hit a clean triple axel. First American female to ever do it successfully at the Olympics. And only the third female in the world to hit it at the Olympics. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| February 11th, 2018 at 7:05:19 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 |
It was a great skate then Then the Russian comes out and skates near perfection showing they are in another league Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| February 11th, 2018 at 8:12:14 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Why didn't Tonya Harding do one in the 92 and 94* winter Olympics? They mentioned in the movie, I Tonya, she was the first American skater to reach that level. * corrected. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| February 11th, 2018 at 9:58:13 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
From the records it looks as if women are generally reluctant to try it in the Olympics as there were 22 years between Olympics for the 1st and the 2nd successful jump. USA Competition Tonya Harding (USA) was the first woman to land two triple axel jumps in the same competition (1991 Skate America). Kimmie Meissner (USA), first completed the jump at the 2005 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. International Competition Midori Ito (JPN) became the first woman to land the triple axel jump in competition, who first performed it at the 1988 NHK Trophy. She also landed triple axel jumps in Olympic games in 1988 Since then, seven other women : Tonya Harding (USA), Yukari Nakano (JPN), Ludmila Nelidina (RUS), Mao Asada (JPN), landed triple axel in 2010 Olympics Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS), Rika Kihira (JPN) and Mirai Nagasu (USA)) landed triple axel in 2018 Olympics |
| February 11th, 2018 at 10:05:11 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | This was my fave skating competition in the 80's but they got rid of it for some reason. I'd watch the Olympics it they still had it. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |