Rio Is Olympic

[Argento Reloaded 1]

Congrats Kathy I

[elgo 1]

Yesss congrats to Rio!We'll finally have some peace!!I mean:

Madrid '16, Madrid '16, Madrid '16, Madrid '16, Madrid '16...

Although now that I think of it,another chant is coming to mind:

Madrid '20,Ma....

Aaaaaaaaaarrrrggggghhhhhhh!!!!!!

[Quiet One 15]

What? No racing cars? Those are no sports for a grown man.

[Schumikonen 2]

what I am really waiting for is the Winter Olympic Games, I enjoy a lot of those winter sports (just watching them).

[Argento Reloaded 1]

what I am really waiting for is the Winter Olympic Games, I enjoy a lot of those winter sports (just watching them).

I love skiing. A couple of weeks ago I was skiing and the Italian a nd croatian nationals team were training... Saw those guys jumping at nearly 80 km/h was incredible!

[Grabthaw the Hammerslayer 4]

what I am really waiting for is the Winter Olympic Games, I enjoy a lot of those winter sports (just watching them).

Yep, apparently Rio are hosting those too...

[mikathegreat2 2]

Congrats to Rio!

[LabradoRacer 2]

Way to go, Rio! If it's of any consolation to Chicago/USA, it's that there won't be any illegal immigration / deluge of asylum seekers courtesy the 'athletes'.

On the Olympics, perhaps the only thing worth watching is 100 m men's race. Everything else is possibly a crashing bore, unless of course, it involves skimpily clad beautiful women.

[Schumikonen 2]

I love skiing. A couple of weeks ago I was skiing and the Italian a nd croatian nationals team were training... Saw those guys jumping at nearly 80 km/h was incredible!

It was that the skii jump, the one they jump and push their body forwad the cover a greater distance? that's amazing it looks like they are flying.

[jackgarrett 0]

Maybe they might bring motor sport to the olympics!

[lewisthegreat2 0]

I only care about women's gymnastics (I actually don't), ice hockey (though I prefer the North American style on the smaller rink), and seeing Phelps lose. Other than that, I don't watch. The 100m makes me feel bad about myself, having been a former 100 runner (freshman year, I had a career-ending ankle injury after participating in just one meet...it wasn't meant to be. I was the first person in my family to ever wear a sporting uniform (of course it had to the pinnacle of dorky uniforms...God those shorts are tiny, I had to wear compression shorts under them), though, so I have at least one story to bore any future grandchildren to death with ).

Skiing looks like a lot of fun and I'd like to try it someday, though I have a feeling I'd make an a## out of myself. I absolutely love to ice skate, though I couldn't be arsed to watch it in any form. The vast majority of Friday nights out (whether it be dates or just with large groups of friends, or both) have been spent at the open skate at the rink. It's similar to badminton, tennis, and air hockey...I like to do all three but would never watch them. The only sports I like to play (neither on a team or anything, just for funsies with friendsies) that I actually watch are soccer, hockey, and, to a lesser extent, baseball (I enjoy playing a lot more than watching).

[Kati 0]

Congrats Kathy I

[JHS 1]

I had to lol that Chicago were the favourites and got knocked out first! I wouldn't have minded if it had gone there, but some people were treating it as a forgone conclusion that would happen, so I found it pretty amusing to see them gone first.

[Argento Reloaded 1]

It was that the skii jump, the one they jump and push their body forwad the cover a greater distance? that's amazing it looks like they are flying.

Noop! I was refering to Downhill and Super-G races. From the FIS-Ski page:

<h2 class="tit" align="justify">Competition</h2>Thealpine competitions that are contested in the FIS World Cup series, FISAlpine World Ski Championships and at the Olympic Winter Games consistof ten events: five for ladies and five for men. Additional formatssuch as the Parallel Slalom and (Knock-Out) Slalom and Giant Slalom arecarried out as variations of the alpine events. The rules are the samefor men and ladies, but the courses differ. In all cases, time ismeasured to .01 seconds and ties are permitted.

<h3 align="justify">The Alpine events are:</h3><h3 align="justify">Downhill</h3>Thedownhill features the longest course and the highest speeds in Alpineskiing. It includes challenging turns, jumps and gliding phases. Eachskier makes a single run down a single course and the fastest timedetermines the winner.

<h3 align="justify">Super-G</h3>Super-Gstands for super giant slalom, an event that combines the speed ofdownhill with the more precise turns of giant slalom. The course isshorter than downhill but longer than a giant slalom course, and alsoincludes high speed turns, jumps and gliding phases. Each skier makesone run down a single course and the fastest time determines the winner.

<h3 align="justify">Giant slalom</h3>Alsoknown as the GS. It is a similar version to the slalom, with fewerturns and wider, smoother turns. Each skier makes two runs down twodifferent courses on the same slope. Both runs take place on the sameday, usually with the first run held in the morning and the second runin the afternoon. The times are added, and the fastest total timedetermines the winner.

<h3 align="justify">Slalom</h3>Theslalom features the shortest course and the quickest turns. As in thegiant slalom, each skier makes two runs down two different courses onthe same slope. Both runs take place on the same day. The times areadded and the fastest total time determines the winner.

<h3 align="justify">Combined</h3>Thecombined event consists of one downhill and two slalom runs. The timesare added together and the fastest total time determines the winner.The combined downhill and the combined slalom are contestedindependently of the regular downhill and slalom events, and thecombined courses are shorter than the regular versions. Usually theentire combined event is held on a single day at the same venue.

Whatch those guy at 120+ km/h!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey4Vokd1I_w