Go Canada! The official Olympics cool picture and video thread.

[pylon]

Let's kick this off right!

Suck it 'I believe'. This is the official Winter Olympics soundtrack.

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Cool Olympic pictures and videos go here.

[nik-]

http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1155528!/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/landscape_960/image.jpeg

[alan21]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3WkIQw4ovq0/S42WV_NLWpI/AAAAAAAAL_o/413SWltLi7Q/s1600/golden-goal%2B(7).jpg

[nik-]

Are we going to have a repeat of the attractive Olympic athletes thread this time around?

I liked that one :D

edit: http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=134437

[Puppet Guy]

the Norwegian curling team once more going to Herb Tarlek's House of Discount Suits:

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/c1/25/c12505b30cffeb605a4033477704bf2d.JPG?itok=Y6xyzP95

[Dion]

Curler Jennifer Jones :w00t:

http://i.imgur.com/wHa8wyf.jpg

[Huntingwhale]

http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/dynamic_resize/sws_path/suns-prod-images/1297374905327_ORIGINAL.jpg?quality=80&size=650x

http://beerblog.genx40.com/file/womenbeer2.jpg

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01586/hockey3_1586890c.jpg

[Dion]

Can't you feel it...

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Turn me around....

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Eddie the Eagle Edwards

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[Huntingwhale]

http://img.mtv3.fi/mn_kuvat/mtv3/urheilu/1024px/2014/001/1794587.jpg

[flames_fan_down_under]

Best of all is CBC's Olympic music is back as well!

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Also watching that Youtube clip I guess Brian Williams won't be doing the prime time coverage this time around. I love Ron Maclean and all, but for some reason Brian Williams and the Olympics go hand in hand for me.

[STeeLy]

Best of all is CBC's Olympic music is back as well!

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Also watching that Youtube clip I guess Brian Williams won't be doing the prime time coverage this time around. I love Ron Maclean and all, but for some reason Brian Williams and the Olympics go hand in hand for me.

Is Brian Williams doing the NBC one?

[Canada 02]

not really about the Olympics ...

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[Canada 02]

the whole game without commentary

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[Cowboy89]

Can't you feel it...

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Ah brodcasting in the pre youtube era at the start of that clip:

Announcer One: I tell you, we felt it for 16 days here

Announcer two: As someone who's watched you rather than sat beside you for those 16 days Jim, congratulations, you've given us all enormous pleasure

[flames_fan_down_under]

Is Brian Williams doing the NBC one?

I thought he was with TSN now.

[Ben Dover]

Over 9 minutes of reactions following Crosby's goal

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[browna]

From 2002. Glad CBC is back on board with quality like this:

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From 4 years ago. What gets me everytime is the Nesbitt race at around the 50 second min mark. Great call from Rod Smith. The crowd goes nuts, and so does the Mom...but the Dad pats his wife on the shoulder, and barely cracks a smile. Like a boss.
Even after all the family sacrifice and watching/supporting his daughter race for a decade to get to this moment, he continues to be the rock. As proud and as excited as he can be for his daughter, yet holds all that emotion in and doesn't get overcome with emotion in that moment when it would be really really easy to, instead, just a proud smile and a nod.

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From 1998, finally, finally found the beauty goal Rob Zaumner scored from a great fake from Gretzky and pure skill from Sakic @1:22 mark...so it goes here too for rarity's sake.

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Lastly, the 1992 shootout vs the Germans. Highlighted for Lindros with the winner, and the final German shooter getting it through Burke, but the puck stopping on the line. Remember watching that in highschool.
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[getbak]

Is Brian Williams doing the NBC one?

Brian Williams or Brian Williams?

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[cDnStealth]

Cannot wait for this to start. I know that not everyone likes Brian Williams but I'll definitely miss him this year.

[undercoverbrother]

Sara Renner getting a pole from Norway, amazing sportsmanship

If anyone can find a better video...

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[STeeLy]

Brian Williams or Brian Williams?

I think Brian Williams

[Hockey_Ninja]

Can't forget this:

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[dammage79]

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[undercoverbrother]

I remember watching this live on TV


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[Arsenal14]

Not Canada related, but my favorite Olympic moment ever: Steven Bradbury of Australia wins gold in short-track at the 2002 Olympics.

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[Roughneck]

I remember watching this live on TV


I remember at the freestyle national championships a few years back one of the women (even though she was probably 15 or 16) who did a pretty basic run but landed her tricks, finished pretty low (like 10th) and the announcers said "just to show how far the sport has come, that was the exact same run that Jean-Luc Brassard won gold with in '94".

Though they weren't allowed inverted tricks back then, that is pretty cool.

[killer_carlson]

don't forget this one:


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[flames_fan_down_under]

Brian Williams or Brian Williams?

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Lol, I can see where the confusion arose.

Anyways...

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[Joborule]

Best of all is CBC's Olympic music is back as well!

YYU8OimSwhg

Also watching that Youtube clip I guess Brian Williams won't be doing the prime time coverage this time around. I love Ron Maclean and all, but for some reason Brian Williams and the Olympics go hand in hand for me.

The Olympic should always be on CBC simply for the theme alone. That has to be one of the greatest in all sports. Goosebumps everytime I hear it.

[Mango]

don't forget this one:

Joannie

When Joannie did her free skate, I was having dinner in Vancouver in Yaletown. Everyone in the restaurant stopped what they were doing, from the staff to the patrons, to watch her skate. You could hear a pin drop. When she landed that final double combination and then finished her performance, the whole place started cheering and gave her a standing ovation. It still gives me goosebumps thinking about it. What a moment.

[Hemi-Cuda]

When Joannie did her free skate, I was having dinner in Vancouver in Yaletown. Everyone in the restaurant stopped what they were doing, from the staff to the patrons, to watch her skate. You could hear a pin drop. When she landed that final double combination and then finished her performance, the whole place started cheering and gave her a standing ovation. It still gives me goosebumps thinking about it. What a moment.

The only time I've ever watched figure skating with any real interest (other than seeing hot girls in tight outfits). Such a powerful performance that will be remembered by Canadians for generations to come

[heep223]

the whole game without commentary

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2:15:30 for anybody wondering.

[Dion_Iggy_Kipper!!!]

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One of my favourites from Vancouver 2010.

[Mango]

The only time I've ever watched figure skating with any real interest (other than seeing hot girls in tight outfits). Such a powerful performance that will be remembered by Canadians for generations to come

Absolutely. There's something about the Olympics and when your country has "The Moment". You might not normally watch a sport, but you're drawn in because of the bigger picture. It's so special.

[Freeway]

Absolutely. There's something about the Olympics and when your country has "The Moment". You might not normally watch a sport, but you're drawn in because of the bigger picture. It's so special.

Nothing can quite top a good "Where were you when..." sports moment.

[DOOM]

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[sureLoss]

Rooms the hockey players will be using:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BfoRofRIQAEhSEe.jpg:large

[Tyler]

Yeah, this is really gonna make the players want to go to Korea NEXT, right?

[undercoverbrother]

Rooms the hockey players will be using:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BfoRofRIQAEhSEe.jpg:large

Yeah, this is really gonna make the players want to go to Korea NEXT, right?


I have no issue with them staying in the village, I think they should stay in the village.

If you want to be in the Olympics, be in the Olympics fully in the experience.

[MissTeeks]

Makes my dorm room in UofC Trad in 1999 look comfy!

[GreatWhiteEbola]

A few months ago, myself and other members of the Calgary Sledge Hockey community were invited to film a commercial for the Canadian Paralympic Committee. It was a great experience filming part of an amazing campaign like this. Wishing the boys (Team Canada Sledge) and all the Canadian athletes good luck in Sochi!! Proud to be Canadian!!! (I can be seen at 0:44 playing the part of dejected sledge player #12, blue uniform).

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[calgarybornnraised]

Does anyone know where I could find the Bud Greenspan documentary of Vancouver? I have looked all over but can't seem to find it. TIA

[PIMking]

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/PIMking/E920C74F-C818-450F-A2F9-01B83CDCD4A9_1.jpg (http://s249.photobucket.com/user/PIMking/media/E920C74F-C818-450F-A2F9-01B83CDCD4A9_1.jpg.html)

May have to watch women's speed skating

[Roughneck]

While I was particularly fond of the Larissa Yurkiw story, the recovery of Brianne Tutt has to be the best feel good story of these games for Canada.

13 months ago she looked like this, not sure if she would be able to talk never mind skate:

http://i.cbc.ca/1.2506110.1390399683!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_220/tutt-recovers-in-hospital.jpghttp://www.davisgmctrucks.ca/Portals/158/O%20-%20Dealer%20Promos/Brianne-Bells.jpg

and now she's in the Olympics (deaf in one ear and chronic neck pain be damned). A local (Airdrie) to boot. She's a ####ing trooper that's for sure.

[TopChed]

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[Jiggy]

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I remember where I was when Wayne had this press conference. I was ready to go to war for Wayne after it. I can just imagine how the players felt. Gives me goosebumps :D.

[undercoverbrother]

While I was particularly fond of the Larissa Yurkiw story, the recovery of Brianne Tutt has to be the best feel good story of these games for Canada.

13 months ago she looked like this, not sure if she would be able to talk never mind skate:

http://i.cbc.ca/1.2506110.1390399683!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_220/tutt-recovers-in-hospital.jpghttp://www.davisgmctrucks.ca/Portals/158/O%20-%20Dealer%20Promos/Brianne-Bells.jpg

and now she's in the Olympics (deaf in one ear and chronic neck pain be damned). A local (Airdrie) to boot. She's a ####ing trooper that's for sure.



And people say there are no good female role models in the world.


Not a big fan of Francis but he gets it right in this:
http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/12/05/former-canadian-team-skier-larisa-yurkiw-trying-to-do-it-on-her-own



Also, more on Tutt:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/airdrie-s-brianne-tutt-earns-olympic-ticket-after-devastating-injury-1.2506097

[lambeburger]

Canadian figure skater Kirsten Moore-Towers with Zdeno Chara

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bf3rLBkIAAArMj6.jpg

[Zach]

Canadian Dufour-Lapointe Sisters all at Sochi

http://i.imgur.com/tpjkGFu.jpg

[Drake]

@JohnBranchNYT:

If you're not wowed by this NYT video/graphic on how @markmcmorris does tricks, I'll give you your money back. http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2014/sochi-olympics/slopestyle.html …

https://twitter.com/JohnBranchNYT/status/431692707279282177

[JonDuke]

I'll just place this right here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2550897/Off-piste-Russias-female-Olympians-Russia-goes-Sochi-charm-offensive-scantily-clad-photo-call-athletes-youve-never-seen-before.html

[Two Fivenagame]

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[kn]

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[JonDuke]

http://i.minus.com/ip608yHRlUr43.gif

[Inglewood Jack]

The Russian Police Choir is up all night to get lucky (video is being hunted by NBC, might get taken down at any time)

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[nik-]

^ blocked, because why would you want people to see a video of an Opening Ceremony that happened 2 days ago :rolleyes:

[GreatWhiteEbola]

rs3XOKl2_58

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showpost.php?p=4607817&postcount=41

[getbak]

Here's the original Russian Police video (not from the Olympics, but the same performers):

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[Roughneck]

http://i.minus.com/ip608yHRlUr43.gif

Just one of the best celebrations all around

http://olympics.cbc.ca/mm/Photo/Photo/General/03/84/41/38441_G08_W01.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bf-h_P3CIAEF2ax.jpg

[OffsideSpecialist]

Hmm...a little slow, but my favourite moment from Vancouver:

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[Tyler]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bf-h_P3CIAEF2ax.jpg

Now kiss

[flames_fan_down_under]

What an awesome day for Canada. Three medals!! Hell ya!

Still so stoked for McMorris, man he really battled and he did it all with a broken rib. I have had a broken rib before and it hurts to do a shoulder check while driving, i can't imagine doing 1080s or 1420s flying through the air. Just awesome.

[Regulator75]

Brutal landing.

http://i.imgur.com/L9db4DS.gif

[Kelekin]

Brutal landing.

http://i.imgur.com/L9db4DS.gif

That was hard to watch, especially worrying when she didn't move for 20 seconds. So glad she walked off no problem.

[Pizza]

Canadian figure skater Kirsten Moore-Towers with Zdeno Chara

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bf3rLBkIAAArMj6.jpg

my god...

she wouldnt even need to go down on her knees... she'd just have to tilt her head down

[Regulator75]

http://i.imgur.com/tMzcXQE.gif

[craigwd]

Just one of the best celebrations all around

http://olympics.cbc.ca/mm/Photo/Photo/General/03/84/41/38441_G08_W01.jpg



Justine DFL does this every podium celebration. I love it! :)

[octothorp]

I think the meming of this is inevitable:


At first I was like
http://a.abcnews.com/images/Sports/GTY_sochi_olympics_ashley_wagner_reacts_3_16x9_608 .jpg

But then I was like
http://a.abcnews.com/images/Sports/GTY_sochi_olympics_ashley_wagner_reaction_2_jt_140 208_16x9_608.jpg

[Shawnski]

Deduction for too much lipstick?

[Violator]

The Russian Police Choir is up all night to get lucky (video is being hunted by NBC, might get taken down at any time)

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Or you could just watch the orginal(I believe)

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[schteve_d]

http://i.imgur.com/tMzcXQE.gif

Incredible. Just watching that gave me a headache!

[19Yzerman19]

http://i.imgur.com/5jfkBUb.jpg

[Hemi-Cuda]

Fantastic start

http://members.shaw.ca/hemi-cuda/medals.JPG

[SuperMatt18]

Awesome to see how Canada has grown since hosting the games here in Calgary in 1988. The facilities in Calgary, plus the Own The Podium program that was implemented prior to Vancouver has really helped establish Canada as a Winter Olympic power.

1984: 4 Medals (2-1-1)
1988: 5 Medals (0-2-3)
1992: 7 Medals (2-3-2)
1994: 13 Medals (3-6-4)
1998: 15 Medals (6-5-4)
2002: 17 Medals (7-3-7)
2006: 24 Medals (7-10-7)
2010: 26 Medals (14-7-5)

[flames_fan_down_under]

That progression is remarkable.

[undercoverbrother]

Awesome to see how Canada has grown since hosting the games here in Calgary in 1988. The facilities in Calgary, plus the Own The Podium program that was implemented prior to Vancouver has really helped establish Canada as a Winter Olympic power.

1984: 4 Medals (2-1-1)
1988: 5 Medals (0-2-3)
1992: 7 Medals (2-3-2)
1994: 13 Medals (3-6-4)
1998: 15 Medals (6-5-4)
2002: 17 Medals (7-3-7)
2006: 24 Medals (7-10-7)
2010: 26 Medals (14-7-5)

That progression is remarkable.


I wonder is there the opposite happening in the Summer games?

[nik-]

I wonder is there the opposite happening in the Summer games?

Not really, pretty flat.

http://oi60.tinypic.com/2iu2jp0.jpg

A peak in 1996, partly because of our amazing runners. We had 44 in LA, but obviously that was insanely skewed by the entire Soviet Bloc not being there.

[Hemi-Cuda]

That progression is remarkable.

While true, also keep in mind that the Winter Games have grown far faster than the summer ones in terms of new sports added. Canada is getting more medals in recent games partly because there's simply a lot more sports to get them in

[octothorp]

Not really, pretty flat.

http://oi60.tinypic.com/2iu2jp0.jpg

A peak in 1996, partly because of our amazing runners. We had 44 in LA, but obviously that was insanely skewed by the entire Soviet Bloc not being there.

The 1996 peak was also due to the rowing program, which accounted for 6 medals there, and has accounted for just 8 in the last 4 Olympics combined.

[getbak]

Another big factor is that they've added a bunch of "new" sports to the Olympics since 1988 that either weren't in Calgary, or were exhibition sports in Calgary.

Freestyle skiing, snowboarding, short track, skeleton, curling, women's bobsleigh, and women's hockey are all sports in which Canada won medals in Vancouver that weren't full medal events in Calgary.


If you look at Canada's medal haul from Vancouver and take out all the sports that weren't in Calgary, the count would be 3 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze. Half of those are in speed skating; 2 are in figure skating; one for 4-man bobsleigh; and men's hockey is the other.

So far this year, none of Canada's medals are in sports that were held in Calgary.

[Senator Clay Davis]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgI_sVwCYAAVx6Q.jpg

[Street Pharmacist]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgI_sVwCYAAVx6Q.jpg

I f'n love Canada

[undercoverbrother]

I f'n love Canada

As an immigrant I can not explain to you how much I love Canada.

[undercoverbrother]

A Story:

http://rugbymag.com/international-news/10432-lmu-rugby-tonga-winter-olympics.html


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[Rutuu]

Another big factor is that they've added a bunch of "new" sports to the Olympics since 1988 that either weren't in Calgary, or were exhibition sports in Calgary.

Freestyle skiing, snowboarding, short track, skeleton, curling, women's bobsleigh, and women's hockey are all sports in which Canada won medals in Vancouver that weren't full medal events in Calgary.


If you look at Canada's medal haul from Vancouver and take out all the sports that weren't in Calgary, the count would be 3 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze. Half of those are in speed skating; 2 are in figure skating; one for 4-man bobsleigh; and men's hockey is the other.

So far this year, none of Canada's medals are in sports that were held in Calgary.

This shouldn't discount our achievments...I personally think its terrible how much attention Norway is getting for their program, but if you drill down you notice there are 23 medal opportunities in cross country/biathalon. It's a "classic", but its also their national sport; it's completely unsurprising that Norway has done as well as it has at the olympics with the medals skewed that way.

Also instead of complaining Own the Podium should arm every farm kid that can shoot with a pair of skis and change the hunting rules to give out tags that you can do it in the winter as long as you're on cross country skis when you make the shot. :)

[GoinAllTheWay]

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Also instead of complaining Own the Podium should arm every farm kid that can shoot with a pair of skis and change the hunting rules to give out tags that you can do it in the winter as long as you're on cross country skis when you make the shot. :)

lol....watching someone take on the course with a high powered hunting rifle would be all kinds of awesome to watch. In partiular, the reaction of the people shooting next to them.

pop pop pop....BOOOM!!

[Gundo]

:whaa:

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a410/logan_lundy1/image_zps2a60bcc5.jpg (http://s1032.photobucket.com/user/logan_lundy1/media/image_zps2a60bcc5.jpg.html)

[MRCboicgy]

Just watched Ron chat with the moguls team, and Alex said that he donates used skis and equipment to the Russians and Kazakhs because they don't usually have enough equipment to train with.

[undercoverbrother]

Just watched Ron chat with the moguls team, and Alex said that he donates used skis and equipment to the Russians and Kazakhs because they don't usually have enough equipment to train with.

I heard he also walks on water.

[nik-]

I heard that Alex Bilodeau once deflected an asteroid that was 600m in diameter and headed straight for Mumbai.

[MacDaddy77]

Just watched Ron chat with the moguls team, and Alex said that he donates used skis and equipment to the Russians and Kazakhs because they don't usually have enough equipment to train with.

All joking aside. That right there is the epitome of sportsmanship

[Regulator75]

Angry American: Ashley Wagner.

http://i.imgur.com/L4zWVGT.gif

[Magnum PEI]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgLKDOeCQAAkVYM.jpg

[cDnStealth]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgLKDOeCQAAkVYM.jpg

Is this for real? Man, some people in Quebec need to grow the #### up.

[19Yzerman19]

Quick! Opportunity for media generated controversy! Ask all qc athletes who they'd ski for if quebec separated

[cDnStealth]

Quick! Opportunity for media generated controversy! Ask all qc athletes who they'd ski for if quebec separated

It looks like they've already started. I just read this on the Toronto Star:


If Quebec were a separate country, it would currently stand fourth on the Sochi medal table, tied with U.S. and Russia.


The six medals they’ve won in only four days here would already qualify as the 9th best total medal haul in Canadian Winter Olympic history.


After he won his medal in the mountains (http://www.thestar.com/sports/sochi2014/skiing/2014/02/10/alex_bilodeau_wins_gold_for_canada_mikael_kingsbur y_captures_silver_in_mens_moguls_at_sochi_olympics .html), Bilodeau was baited on this topic (by a British journo, natch). Did he realize how well Quebec could do here on its own?


Right when the rest of us really needed him, Bilodeau didn’t flinch.

“We’re proud to be Quebecer, but we’re proud to be Canadian,” he said. “Yes, we do a lot of good things in Quebec, but there are great things all across Canada.”

I like Bilodeau. Someone brought it up in another thread but it's worth bringing up again. I think he should be the flag bearer in the closing ceremonies.

[evman150]

I hope Team GB medals in both curling events so that Canadian journalists can ask about how "Scotland won twice as many medals as England".

What a ######-y question.

[worth]

Here is a breakdown of athletes by province:


Ontario – 64 athletes (29%)
Alberta – 56 athletes (25%)
Quebec – 43 athletes (19%)
B.C. – 27 athletes (12%)
Saskatchewan – 14 athletes (6%)
Manitoba – 10 athletes (5%)
N.W.T. – 2 athletes (1%)
Nova Scotia – 2 athletes (1%)
Newfoundland – 1 athlete
P.E.I. – 1 athlete
Yukon – 1 athlete


Ontario, Albert and Quebec make up 73% of the athletes we send to the games. I am really proud that there are so many Albertan's there. Obviously, a lot has to do with the facilities being located here. It is also great for Quebec to pulling far above their weight.

I don't have a problem with Quebec winning medals for the whole of Canada. I am sure there are some athletes with separatist tendencies, but for the most part, I think these people want to be part of Canada and represent this country as a whole. Anyone that wants to be a part of Canada I welcome as brothers. Everyone I've seen win have been over the moon excited, and I've seen them interviewed on CBC and they seem like genuine Canadians.

Also, one other thing to consider is these Quebec athletes spend a lot of time in Alberta and other parts of the world competing. I think it is easy for them to understand how great it is to be Canadian.

http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/56-albertans-to-represent-canada-during-sochi-games-1.1666158

[nik-]

lol, it's cute that some Quebecers think they would have money to support athletes without the rest of Canada.

I guess there's always a way to ruin everything.

[Canada 02]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1/1662541_10101756957150790_39643456_n.jpg

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Here is a breakdown of athletes by province:


Ontario – 64 athletes (29%)
Alberta – 56 athletes (25%)
Quebec – 43 athletes (19%)
B.C. – 27 athletes (12%)
Saskatchewan – 14 athletes (6%)
Manitoba – 10 athletes (5%)
N.W.T. – 2 athletes (1%)
Nova Scotia – 2 athletes (1%)
Newfoundland – 1 athlete
P.E.I. – 1 athlete
Yukon – 1 athlete



http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/56-albertans-to-represent-canada-during-sochi-games-1.1666158

Great, now I feel bad for New Brusnwick!

[JonDuke]

http://imgur.com/B1ppe0h.jpg

[undercoverbrother]

Here is a breakdown of athletes by province:


Ontario – 64 athletes (29%)
Alberta – 56 athletes (25%)
Quebec – 43 athletes (19%)
B.C. – 27 athletes (12%)
Saskatchewan – 14 athletes (6%)
Manitoba – 10 athletes (5%)
N.W.T. – 2 athletes (1%)
Nova Scotia – 2 athletes (1%)
Newfoundland – 1 athlete
P.E.I. – 1 athlete
Yukon – 1 athlete

Ontario, Albert and Quebec make up 73% of the athletes we send to the games. I am really proud that there are so many Albertan's there. Obviously, a lot has to do with the facilities being located here. It is also great for Quebec to pulling far above their weight.

I don't have a problem with Quebec winning medals for the whole of Canada. I am sure there are some athletes with separatist tendencies, but for the most part, I think these people want to be part of Canada and represent this country as a whole. Anyone that wants to be a part of Canada I welcome as brothers. Everyone I've seen win have been over the moon excited, and I've seen them interviewed on CBC and they seem like genuine Canadians.

Also, one other thing to consider is these Quebec athletes spend a lot of time in Alberta and other parts of the world competing. I think it is easy for them to understand how great it is to be Canadian.

http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/56-albertans-to-represent-canada-during-sochi-games-1.1666158


Is there a list of where they train?

I suspect a large number of those athletes train in Calgary

[JonDuke]

http://thumbs.newschoolers.com/index.php?src=http://media.newschoolers.com/uploads/images/17/00/69/06/11/690611.gif&size=600x564

[Drake]

Canada's Olympic House in Sochi has a beer fridge that only opens with a Canadian passport.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgC8qxpCEAAmwU-.jpg

[chemgear]

All joking aside. That right there is the epitome of sportsmanship

:) This too!

http://globalnews.ca/news/1141984/watch-canadian-country-ski-coach-rushes-to-help-russias-anton-gafaro-after-fall/

In true Olympic spirit, Canada’s head cross-country ski coach Justin Wadsworth (http://globalnews.ca/tag/justin-wadsworth/) rushed to help a Russian skier after the athlete crashed in the semi-final of the men’s freestyle sprint and broke one of his skis.

Cross-country skier Anton Gafarov (http://globalnews.ca/tag/Anton-Gafarov) tumbled on the course for the third time Tuesday as he was heading down the hill toward the finish line. With a new ski in hand, Wadsworth rushed toward the struggling athlete and fixed the new ski to Gafarov’s ski boot.

[getbak]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1/1662541_10101756957150790_39643456_n.jpg

The only American who gets to watch the events live.

[flames_fan_down_under]

^^^ Am i missing something here?

[worth]

Palin said this about Russia:

JXL86v8NoGk

It got skewed into that she can see Russia from her own house.

[dammage79]

^^^ Am i missing something here?


Lives in Alsaka and has been quoted as saying "I can see Russia from my back yard"

[JonDuke]

http://i.imgur.com/4zKbges.jpg

[hmmhmmcamo]

http://i.imgur.com/JcwUkLd.gifhttp://imgur.com/JcwUkLdhttp://imgur.com/gallery/JcwUkLd

[JonDuke]

Shot taken of Sochi from the ISS

http://i.imgur.com/NbyGNY1.jpg

[Shawnski]

Perhaps liinked in other thread(s), but I don't see it here.

This is the Canadian coach helping the Russian skier who had a broken ski.

http://phota.me/gPZS.gif

http://phota.me/uA95.gif

“I wanted him to have dignity as he crossed the finish line,” says Wadsworth after the fact.

Good on him.

[JonDuke]

Sochi, 1973

http://i.imgur.com/wn7o5t2.jpg

[Stay Golden]

/ef8DWVy4CkQ

[worth]

http://www.esri.com/esri-news/maps/2014/winter-olympics-maps/winter-olympics-live-medal-tracker

[JonDuke]

http://i.imgur.com/OEw8hfn.gif

[trackercowe]

Perhaps liinked in other thread(s), but I don't see it here.

This is the Canadian coach helping the Russian skier who had a broken ski.

“I wanted him to have dignity as he crossed the finish line,” says Wadsworth after the fact.

Good on him.

FWIW, while he's a coach for the Canadian team I read somewhere that he's actually an American.

[Regulator75]

http://i.imgur.com/U7lEpzF.gif

[Regulator75]

http://i.imgur.com/rN6X87m.jpg

[Drake]

FWIW, while he's a coach for the Canadian team I read somewhere that he's actually an American.

Yeah, Justin Wadsworth is an American who represented his country in three Olympics with the Cross-Country team. He is married to a Canadian icon in Beckie Scott. They live in Canmore.

[Drake]

mGY83EmyvoY

[undercoverbrother]

mGY83EmyvoY

What did I just watch?

[Crumpy-Gunt]

What did I just watch?

http://thewackydeli.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/putininteresting1final-copy.jpg

[JonDuke]

http://i.imgur.com/K6xpQ64.gif

[Huntingwhale]

http://wpmedia-games.canada.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/0214-oly-arthur-hockey.jpg

[MissTeeks]

"Steve Yzerman" is no fan of Kevin Lowe!

Steve Yzerman‏@TeamCanadaGM2 hrs (https://twitter.com/TeamCanadaGM/status/434375140357328897)
Lowe couldn't believe we let the first goal in....then I explained to him that we're the black team.

Steve Yzerman‏@TeamCanadaGM4 hrs (https://twitter.com/TeamCanadaGM/status/434357165583634433)
Lowe just told one of the Austrians to "throw another shrimp on the barby" I told him thats Australian, he said "No, its pronounced AUSTRIA"

Steve Yzerman‏@TeamCanadaGMFeb 13 (https://twitter.com/TeamCanadaGM/status/434037276436209664)
Lowe wanted to grow Olympic beards...I made everyone shave instead.

Steve Yzerman‏@TeamCanadaGMFeb 13 (https://twitter.com/TeamCanadaGM/status/434011993305907200)
Lowe just asked me if I thought the ice looks bigger here than it does back home

Steve Yzerman‏@TeamCanadaGMFeb 12 (https://twitter.com/TeamCanadaGM/status/433816380182233089)
I would have had a better sleep last night if Lowe didn't wake me up at 3 AM asking me to help him with his Tinder profile.

Steve Yzerman‏@TeamCanadaGMFeb 11 (https://twitter.com/TeamCanadaGM/status/433249489864753154)
Kevin Lowe forgot to put his watch forward and showed up to practice 11 hours late. Is this guy serious?

Steve Yzerman‏@TeamCanadaGMFeb 9 (https://twitter.com/TeamCanadaGM/status/432624249350545408)
Just my luck Kevin Lowe is sitting beside me on the charter over to Sochi...thank god for noise-canceling headphones.

Steve Yzerman‏@TeamCanadaGMFeb 5 (https://twitter.com/TeamCanadaGM/status/431255729371377667)
I'm not worried about Terrorists in Sochi...what really worries me is having to share a hotel room with Kevin Lowe.

Steve Yzerman‏@TeamCanadaGMJan 29 (https://twitter.com/TeamCanadaGM/status/428749360185094145)
Yes Kevin Lowe, I'm watching the Oilers game. No Kevin Lowe, Scrivens cannot play for Team Canada.

[JonDuke]

Oh man

http://i.imgur.com/LuQW7NR.gif

[19Yzerman19]

Holy SH**. No wonder he got a shutout, the Austrian shooters must have been terrified he was going to kidnap them and imprison them in his basement.

[schteve_d]

Oh man

http://i.imgur.com/LuQW7NR.gif



Eeesh. Louie don't look so good!

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Oh man

http://i.imgur.com/LuQW7NR.gif

http://www.beenverynaughty.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/troll_face_by_bmsproductionz-d5ng9k6-300x241.png

[Regulator75]

http://i.minus.com/ibmIl9camvhU3D.gif

[JonDuke]

Canada's Sarah Reid's Skeleton Helmet.

Tags for size. Well worth the look

http://i.imgur.com/ZUQvEdg.jpg

[sureLoss]

Toews is a hardcore curling fan:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BghHhEYCEAAzX2z.jpg:large

[Senator Clay Davis]

So is Strombone

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BghVxnPIcAAI3RN.jpg

[craigwd]

What did I just watch?

That's Ireen Wust. Dutch speedskating queen!

[pylon]

So is Strombone

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BghVxnPIcAAI3RN.jpg

It's really too bad Luongo was corrupted and turned into a diving diver by that horrible Canucks organization. He's seem like a genuinely likeable guy, and is funnier than a rubber crutch.

[undercoverbrother]

http://i.minus.com/ibmIl9camvhU3D.gif




Name please

[Tyler]

It's really too bad Luongo was corrupted and turned into a diving diver by that horrible Canucks organization. He's seem like a genuinely likeable guy, and is funnier than a rubber crutch.

True story. I never liked the guy until I started following him on Twitter. Super likeable and absolutely hilarious. A shame he had to be a Canuck.

[BloodFetish]

http://i.minus.com/ibmIl9camvhU3D.gif

Is that the "I Tested Negative" celebration dance?

[STeeLy]

Name please

After an internet search, appears to be Kate Hansen, US Luge team.

[Temporary_User]

http://www.cbssports.com/olympics/eye-on-olympics/24444453/watch-american-fans-react-to-tj-oshie-winner

Watch: American fans reach to T.J. Oshie winner

Damn those bars are open and serving early!

[trackercowe]

True story. I never liked the guy until I started following him on Twitter. Super likeable and absolutely hilarious. A shame he had to be a Canuck.To his credit it's not like he wants to be a Canuck anymore, he's just forced to play there to get paid.

[pylon]

To his credit it's not like he wants to be a Canuck anymore, he's just forced to play there to get paid.

Good point. It is actually painful to watch him being interviewed now. He soooooo looks like he is just going through the motions. Totally complete opposite of Strombone1. In the past he said some dumb stuff, but it least he showed passion. Now he just looks like he can't wait to get it over with and go home to send ROFL tweets.

[MRCboicgy]

Jay and Dan have some pretty good videos from Sochi. This one shows their true colours:

SW3gOF_LqxA

[Temporary_User]

Jay and Dan have some pretty good videos from Sochi. This one shows their true colours:I'm sure Molson had to pay quite heftily for that

It's funny that you can hear the Molson PR rep in the background telling them how to use it. And of course how they waited for Molson to refill the fridge before opening it again.

[Inglewood Jack]

http://www.cbssports.com/olympics/eye-on-olympics/24444453/watch-american-fans-react-to-tj-oshie-winner



Damn those bars are open and serving early!

a slightly different collection of Oshie reaction vids courtesy of Puck Daddy. basically every single one of them ends in delirious USA USA USA chants

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/bars-local-rinks-u-hockey-fans-react-t-191749908--nhl.html

[Puppet Guy]

r71JHunY8rI

[JonDuke]

Slovakian Goalie Jan Laco

http://i.imgur.com/NnEiDRs.gif

[craigwd]

I'm sure Molson had to pay quite heftily for that

It's funny that you can hear the Molson PR rep in the background telling them how to use it. And of course how they waited for Molson to refill the fridge before opening it again.

From what I hear, the fridge is just a Molson prop with empty bottles that you and your friends can have a few yucks about. The actual beer is elsewhere.


After an internet search, appears to be Kate Hansen, US Luge team.

Kate and the rest of team always make fun videos like this! They love to sing and dance. :)

[Zarley]

r71JHunY8rI

This is fantastic!

[Temporary_User]

ur4stgoS99U

[Coach]

When did womens curling become the most attractive sport?

[Violator]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgGWTF5CIAAFqRS.jpg

[undercoverbrother]

:w00t:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgGWTF5CIAAFqRS.jpg


Good choice for post 242

[PaperBagger'14]

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[icarus]

Curling commentary by Sir David Attenborough:
FPYOoPy3t5A

[JonDuke]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E3Xx6nVyknM/UwTsD6Ys43I/AAAAAAAACzI/PCpOcKG2Wgc/s1600/1.gif

[GirlySports]

HAHAHAHAHA

The Dutch speedskating coach tells Americans how it is!

1zmCoDLDxvU#t=182

[19Yzerman19]

I posted some of this in the daily thread but I think it belongs here too (and everywhere else I post). We didn't win a medal in Women's slopestyle, but the event nonetheless belonged to Sarah Burke. RIP Sarah, we miss you.

http://i.imgur.com/1y57IW0.png
(Photo of winner's podium taken from Judges booth, where the sticker was on the window throughout the competition)

Sarah inspired us on snow and off snow, and i think she would have been really proud of how all the girls rode tonight. I sure hope that I and everyone else made her proud, because we would not be here without her... Meeting her was the coolest moment of my life.
The first time she met Sarah, she was off by herself. Sarah saw that she was by herself and brought her over, introduced herself and brought her into the group. It was pretty amazing.
I don’t think we would be here without her. Halfpipe has got to where it is because of her. The Olympics is bittersweet. It is awesome to be here, but she should be here too.
Marie Martinod quit professional skiing seven years ago. She had a daughter and got a job at a nightclub back home in France. About three years ago, Burke came to visit to ask her to un-retire and re-join the competition circuit so that she could be in the olympics. Today, she won a silver medal.

I came back to compete at the Olympic Games because one night Virginie Faivre and Sarah Burke came to my place and told me that halfpipe is going to be in the Olympics for sure, you have to come. I said, 'You're kidding me, that's nonsense, I'll never be able to do it.' But then I thought I can't watch it on the couch on television.

I think I didn't say goodbye to Sarah yet, and I still have to do it. Now I feel like I'm able to do it, because I did what she asked me to do when I last saw her two years ago.



http://i.imgur.com/vVdoZ6j.png

[d_phaneuf]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/tim-sid-canadas-golden-girls/

[Nehkara]

http://i.imgur.com/6opVoGw.gif

[undercoverbrother]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bg72cA4IAAAP5ZG.jpg:large

[STeeLy]

I posted some of this in the daily thread but I think it belongs here too (and everywhere else I post). We didn't win a medal in Women's slopestyle, but the event nonetheless belonged to Sarah Burke. RIP Sarah, we miss you.

My co-worker, who used to be a compete in snowboard slopestyle knew Sarah Burke pretty well, after her passing, they made a lot of "Celebrate Sarah" stickers. My co-worker was going to give them to her sister for this olympic to put them on her sled, but she said that they would not allow it.

I understand that there is no real advertisement for the Olympics, but why can't an athlete have something showing in memory of other athletes?

[JonDuke]

http://i.imgur.com/gF7KiFj.jpg

[rotten42]

Wooohooo....men's curling gold!

[19Yzerman19]

My co-worker, who used to be a compete in snowboard slopestyle knew Sarah Burke pretty well, after her passing, they made a lot of "Celebrate Sarah" stickers. My co-worker was going to give them to her sister for this olympic to put them on her sled, but she said that they would not allow it.

I understand that there is no real advertisement for the Olympics, but why can't an athlete have something showing in memory of other athletes?
Who's your co-worker? Might be I know her. Yeah there was a lot of "I Ski for Sarah" stickers going around at the time, I have a couple left over somewhere.

The reason they didn't allow it is that they basically lump it in with other political statements. It's not that they object to remembering people but they don't want to have to go to the trouble of vetting every sticker or symbol people want to wear to make sure it's not a political statement. Team Canada knew beforehand that those wouldn't be allowed. Still sucks, but really, there was no lack of recognition given to Sarah in these games. Her name was mentioned over the loudspeaker by the guys calling the action more than any other athlete, she's talked about in every interview, and for good reason: all the girls know that this is because of her. Not just the olympics, but women's skiing. When Sarah started there was no Women's Halfpipe. She made it happen.

[undercoverbrother]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhAFI-fIQAAi5Ti.jpg:large

[schteve_d]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/schteve_d/soupofday_zps7aacd9dd.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/schteve_d/media/soupofday_zps7aacd9dd.jpg.html)

[JonDuke]

http://imagehost3.online-image-editor.com/images/2201127PL2sH4nW/oie_glitters.gif

[Senator Clay Davis]

http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/sports/2014-02-22/6f291760-9b5b-11e3-b0ce-3b1858e2d84f_bieberbillboard022014.jpg

[JonDuke]

Taihei Kato of Japan broke his left arm during the ski jumping component of the Nordic combined large hill event.

Spoilers for the squeamish

http://usatthebiglead.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/taihei-kato-breaks-arm-c.gif

[Hemi-Cuda]

I kinda took for granted how awesome our Olympic coverage is compared to other countries

http://i.imgur.com/xl2tbPL.png

[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

I kinda took for granted how awesome our Olympic coverage is compared to other countries

http://i.imgur.com/xl2tbPL.png
That chart above sums up the reason why the NHL has no interest in being in the Olympics unless they are prime time NA games. Not much coverage going on in the US.

[Hemi-Cuda]

That chart above sums up the reason why the NHL has no interest in being in the Olympics unless they are prime time NA games. Not much coverage going on in the US.

Yet the USA-Russia game was the most watched hockey game ever on NBCSN

http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/nbc-sports-network-hockey-olympics-usa-russia-record-ratings-sochi/

[PaperBagger'14]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d133/harvesterofsorrow1/Mobile%20Uploads/10317DEC-99C4-4111-9DBD-6C92FA4896F5_zpso3fv6asg.jpg (http://s34.photobucket.com/user/harvesterofsorrow1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/10317DEC-99C4-4111-9DBD-6C92FA4896F5_zpso3fv6asg.jpg.html)

[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

Yet the USA-Russia game was the most watched hockey game ever on NBCSN

http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/nbc-sports-network-hockey-olympics-usa-russia-record-ratings-sochi/
Being the most ever watched hockey game on NBCSN doesn't really mean much. First it's not the main network, second it's comparing hockey to hockey. The NHL isn't trying to leverage the Olympics to beat there already less than stellar tv ratings in the US

[GirlySports]

And since hockey was already shown live and spoiled, there wasn't a minute of it on the primetime show last night.

It was an hour of Mikaela Shiffin and then a bunch of short track speed skating