Drumnut Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Here's your news update Arndrake: Michelle Kwan Pulls Out of the Olympics fe69d91e7912@news.ap.org Michelle Kwan dropped out of the Olympics on Sunday morning, one day after she cut short a practice because of a recurring groin injury. The U.S. figure skater said Saturday she didn't want to drop out, but would have to "listen to my body." She missed last month's U.S. nationals with a groin injury, and needed a medical bye onto the Turin team. http://www.breitbart.com/images/2006/2/12/D8FNETN81/D8FNETN81_preview.jpg This was to be the last chance at the elusive Olympic gold for Kwan, 25, the face of figure skating for the past decade. Though she won five world championships and nine U.S. titles, she always came up short at the Olympics, winning a silver medal in 1998 and a bronze in 2002. The U.S. Olympic Committee submitted a request to replace Kwan with Emily Hughes, the third-place finisher at last month's nationals. An answer is expected later this week, and Hughes was expected to travel to Turin on Sunday. www.breitbart.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 USAToday's medal predictions: Germany 42 USA 31 Norway 27 Canada 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushengal Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 QUOTE (D-13 @ Feb 12 2006, 12:37 AM) QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Feb 11 2006, 02:34 PM) QUOTE (Batman @ Feb 11 2006, 01:32 PM) You know I have never watched a Womens hockey game before this is pretty good. Wait til u see when US and Canada play each other...Hope this year's Gold Medal Game is as intense and exciting as the last time they played for Gold Haley Wickenheiser went to my high school....booyah! and her mom was one of my teachers lmao... Jayna Hefford went to mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-13 Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Canadian Womens hockey team won 11-0 against the Russians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 8 players from the Hurricanes are going to play in Torino. Today they are holding a kind of celebration with a game at the RBC Center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider917 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 will there be any mens hockey on CBC or TSN aside from Canadas games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Sorry to interrupt, but... OMG, that's Eddie Gaedel! Nice avatar, dude! Back to the Big O... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider917 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 thanks. he walked in his only plate appearance. too bad he was banned shortly after his appearance. he would been a helluva weapon to have on the bench in bases loaded situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphseeker Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Bode sucks - I was hoping he would fall on his arse but losing is almost as good - Guess he should have come home earlier from that bar he was at all night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plodder Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 I watched the women's speed skating last night. A young Dutch girl won the final. It was great as she posted the winning time quite early in the final and we had to watch each successive round go by hoping no-one would beat her score. She was so excited when the last pair were so far behind the pace that she knew she had won it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider917 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 is physical contact allowed in womens hockey? i keep waiting for some of the bigger russians to hit the players in front of the net but they wont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Yeah, Bode Miller is overexposed. I'm beginning to think he overshadows Michelle Kwan in the "media" department. Too bad he fell behind in the downhill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphseeker Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 The Great one is on his way to Italy - He will coach and it appears he didn't have prior knowledge about the gambling - http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/5327582 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-13 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE (Raider917 @ Feb 13 2006, 02:20 AM) is physical contact allowed in womens hockey? i keep waiting for some of the bigger russians to hit the players in front of the net but they wont. no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-13 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE (D-13 @ Feb 13 2006, 03:28 PM) QUOTE (Raider917 @ Feb 13 2006, 02:20 AM) is physical contact allowed in womens hockey? i keep waiting for some of the bigger russians to hit the players in front of the net but they wont. no sure you can push and you know...hip check...just not into the boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-13 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Canadian skier Allison Forsyth suffered a torn knee ligament in a crash during Monday's Olympic downhill training runs at San Sicario, Italy. I cringed when I saw it...because I know injuries. Poor girl BUT she can reconstructive surgery and make a come back...it's possible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frouse Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 So many sportsmen and sportswomen competing, and it seems that Americans and Russians are gonna sweep all gold and silver, just because they are AMERICANS or... whereas, in a number of cases, their level is far worse than than the one of other competitors! What are they all trying to prove?? Regrettable and boring!!! Shame to sport in general!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plodder Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 QUOTE (frouse @ Feb 14 2006, 09:54 AM)So many sportsmen and sportswomen competing, and it seems that Americans and Russians are gonna sweep all gold and silver, just because they are AMERICANS or... whereas, in a number of cases, their level is far worse than than the one of other competitors! What are they all trying to prove?? Regrettable and boring!!! Shame to sport in general!!! I'm sorry. I don't understand what you're trying to say there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arndrake Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 QUOTE (frouse @ Feb 14 2006, 01:54 AM)So many sportsmen and sportswomen competing, and it seems that Americans and Russians are gonna sweep all gold and silver, just because they are AMERICANS or... whereas, in a number of cases, their level is far worse than than the one of other competitors! What are they all trying to prove?? Regrettable and boring!!! Shame to sport in general!!! I don't understand what you are trying to say either. In general, it is the Norwegians, Finns, Germans, and Austrians who dominate the Winter Olympics. They usually have the highest medal counts when it's all over. Now because of advancing training programs in other countries (just look at what the Chinese have done in figure skating and short track speed skating in the past decade), the domination is not as extensive. Americans and Russians do not 'dominate' the medals because of who we are. If that were the case, we would probably lose all the time, just because many countries think of us as bullies. American training programs, although not as strong as some other countries, are strong because of the support received from corporate grants. The US Olympic Committee doesn't get any government support. Strong support gives strong recruitment and training, which results in medals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Personally, I admire Olympian athletes no matter what country they represent. Although, certain athletes seem to abuse the spotlight. By the way, The U.S. does not have the most medals at these games as I write this, but they do have the most golds so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-13 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 QUOTE (Arndrake @ Feb 14 2006, 03:20 AM) QUOTE (frouse @ Feb 14 2006, 01:54 AM)So many sportsmen and sportswomen competing, and it seems that Americans and Russians are gonna sweep all gold and silver, just because they are AMERICANS or... whereas, in a number of cases, their level is far worse than than the one of other competitors! What are they all trying to prove?? Regrettable and boring!!! Shame to sport in general!!! I don't understand what you are trying to say either. In general, it is the Norwegians, Finns, Germans, and Austrians who dominate the Winter Olympics. They usually have the highest medal counts when it's all over. Now because of advancing training programs in other countries (just look at what the Chinese have done in figure skating and short track speed skating in the past decade), the domination is not as extensive. Americans and Russians do not 'dominate' the medals because of who we are. If that were the case, we would probably lose all the time, just because many countries think of us as bullies. American training programs, although not as strong as some other countries, are strong because of the support received from corporate grants. The US Olympic Committee doesn't get any government support. Strong support gives strong recruitment and training, which results in medals. Tis' true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro2112 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Wow.. Who here thinks that if Clark didn't take a seat at the end of her halfpipe run yesterday that she would have won gold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider917 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 USA women are not having an easy time with Finland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisibleairwaves Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Am I the only one here who finds the Canadian women's hockey games boring? At least Sweden managed to score.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 QUOTE (invisibleairwaves @ Feb 14 2006, 04:42 PM) Am I the only one here who finds the Canadian women's hockey games boring? At least Sweden managed to score.... That is why I just wait for the inevitable Gold Medal game between US and Canada.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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