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NBC Winter Olympic Schedule & Discussion
Topic Started: Feb 11 2010, 05:11 AM (8,756 Views)
Drew
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Oh jeez at the Weir comments.

I dont think critiques on his style are wrong, its fair game. Gender testing remarks though ... come on. But that's Quebec for you .... they are the grumpy province.
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IMissAremid
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After all... tomorrow is another day!

4-2 USA!!!! WOWOWOWOWOW!
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IMissAremid
Feb 21 2010, 09:32 PM
4-2 USA!!!! WOWOWOWOWOW!
I know I am on the edge of my seat, come on USA! 4:40 left
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Kirk
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Uh oh, Canada just scored not it's 4-3 with 3:09 to go
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cubsgirl
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He Shoots....HE SCOOOOOOOORES!

GO TEAM USA
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Kirk
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5-3, way to beat the hosting city! USA USA USA
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IMissAremid
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After all... tomorrow is another day!

Wow. I'm really glad the USA won, but at the same time I feel really bad for the Canadians when they care so much more about this sport.
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IMissAremid
Feb 21 2010, 09:58 PM
Wow. I'm really glad the USA won, but at the same time I feel really bad for the Canadians when they care so much more about this sport.
This is why I never want to see the US win in anything, you always come of so arrogant against others :P
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Must resist....Must resist...... :)




Canadian figure skating star's mother dies
Rochette still plans to compete at Olympics

VANCOUVER (AFP) The mother of Canadian figure skating star Joannie Rochette died Sunday, two days before Rochette is to begin competition.

Only hours after learning of her mother's sudden death, Rochette was back on the ice Sunday trying to prepare for the Olympics.

Rochette appeared in the runway as the rest of the skaters in her practice session took the ice Sunday afternoon. She wiped her eyes and took a deep breath before stepping on the ice.

Therese Rochette, 55, had a massive heart attack after arriving in Vancouver on Saturday, said David Baden, Rochette's agent. She was taken to a Vancouver hospital, where she was pronounced dead early Sunday, Skate Canada said.

Baden said Rochette was trying to continue because the Olympics meant so much to both she and her mother.

"She's so close to her mother, I think she doesn't even entertain not skating," Baden said. "She's a tough fighter. It's got to be hard to switch gears and say no to (the Olympics). This is what she has been training for all these years. She'll be trying to fulfill the goal they had together."

Rochette will not speak publicly until after she finishes competing, Skate Canada president Benoit Lavoie said. The women's event begins Tuesday with the short program.

"She's going to get through this," Canadian teammate Cynthia Phaneuf said. "She is just so strong. By being here and being able to compete after that happened, I'm just very impressed. I think she's doing the right thing. She won't get any stronger (staying) in her room."

Rochette was blinking hard her first few laps around the ice, but then seemed to settle into the comfort of her practice routine. She showed no lapses in concentration, jumped well and did a light run-through of her tango short program.

"It's a tragedy. I'm sort of in shock by it," said Brian Orser, who got to know Rochette's parents when he was touring with "Stars on Ice" in Canada. "I'm proud of her that she is continuing to compete because she's a great competitor and she's in great shape. And she's skating for the right reasons."

Joannie Rochette has been in Vancouver since the opening ceremony, and her parents arrived Saturday from their home in Montreal. Baden said the pair had visited Canada House and then went back to the apartment where they're staying. Normand Rochette later found his wife passed out and, when he was unable to revive her, took her to the Vancouver General hospital.

Normand Rochette went to the Olympic village early Sunday to tell his daughter of her mother's death. He was in the building when Rochette practiced Sunday.

Mike Slipchuk, Skate Canada's director of high performance, said the Canadian team was told about Rochette's mother's death before the news was announced publicly.

"We'll do our best to manage it, but our first thoughts are with Jo and her family," Slipchuk said. "We'll go step by step."

Rochette plans to continue staying in the Olympic village, but she'll be given her own room. She had been rooming with Canadian ice dancer Tessa Virtue. Skate Canada is also being careful not to crowd Rochette, letting her work through her emotions with her father and Manon Perron, her coach since she was a child.

Perron appeared to be working hard to keep things light during Rochette's practice, smiling and laughing during their frequent chats at the boards.
"They went through a lot together, and that's what's made it so strong for them in their relationship," Lavoie said. "I could see Manon was the right person to be with her."

If Rochette needs other people to lean on, she can count on the support of her fellow skaters -- from Canada and beyond. The news spread quickly during practices at the Pacific Coliseum, and Rochette's competitors were united in sympathy for Rochette.

World champion Kim Yu-na, who trains with Orser in Toronto, said she "really felt sorry" for Rochette.

"I can't even imagine what she's going through," said Frank Carroll, who coaches Mirai Nagasu and men's gold medalist Evan Lysacek. "It takes such strength to get out there and control your emotions just under normal circumstances. ... It's horrible. Horrible."

Jeff Buttle, the 2006 Olympic bronze medalist and a good friend of Rochette's said he was "shocked and saddened" when he learned the news.

"Joannie is a strong person, and I am there to help and support her in any way possible," Buttle said in a statement. "The best thing we can do for her is to respect her privacy at this time."

As the reigning world silver medalist, Rochette is Canada's best chance to win an Olympic medal in the event since Liz Manley won the silver in 1988, the last time the games were in Canada.

"A medal would mean so much to me," the six-time Canadian champion Rochette said earlier in the games. "But I'm trying not to think too much because I want to be happy in my performance and happy in my career. I don't want to define my life by what happened here."


Source: NBC
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Crazygirl
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I'm so torn over the hockey, being an American I root for the USA of course but being a Red Wings fan and a diehard Steve Yzerman fan makes it really hard to not root for Canada. I am happy for Brian Rafalski though who is a Red Wing and had a great game. I would have been happy to see either team win!
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After all... tomorrow is another day!

Sindacco
Feb 21 2010, 10:17 PM
IMissAremid
Feb 21 2010, 09:58 PM
Wow. I'm really glad the USA won, but at the same time I feel really bad for the Canadians when they care so much more about this sport.
This is why I never want to see the US win in anything, you always come of so arrogant against others :P
LOL. Sorry, if that came off really condescending.
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I'm un-Canadian. I dont follow hockey.

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Drew
Feb 21 2010, 11:30 PM
I'm un-Canadian. I dont follow hockey.

Me too. Of course, any sport, unless there are tricks involved like I have previously mentioned, is in the same boat as lesbian porn. In other words, sports are fucking useless. LOL
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Damn, that game was tough. Awesome last 3 minutes, even though Canada lost. Miller was phenomenal.
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Liz<3Days
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WTF was that? Bob Costas just "broke in" from watching Men's Bobsled to show us West Coasters the LAST 40 SECONDS??? WTF!!! :flipoff: NBC

We already get screwed with knowing the results...but not every watching the third period!

OMG..the Indian ice dancing performance by Davis/White was wonderful!

Edited by Liz<3Days, Feb 22 2010, 01:19 AM.
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IMissAremid
Feb 21 2010, 09:58 PM
Wow. I'm really glad the USA won, but at the same time I feel really bad for the Canadians when they care so much more about this sport.
Hockey is not as big in the US - it's the 4th watched sport after Football, Baseball and Basket ball whereas it's the top sport in Canada! :) We did invent the sport, after all!

Well, we invented Baskbet ball too LOL.
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darraholic
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Damn you Americans :(

I hope we can get revenge later on.

Poor Rochette :(
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Kenny
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I don't even watch hockey and I enjoyed last night's game.
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Rick
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Canadian curling fans leave Danish player in tears
By Chris Chase

A Danish curler was brought to tears after a boisterous Canadian crowd intentionally distracted her during crucial shots in her team's match against the home nation. With the crowd stomping and making deafening noise, Denmark skip Madeleine Dupont missed two potentially game-winning shots and tearfully blamed the fans for it afterward. Canada won the match 5-4 in an extra end.

Such boorish fan behavior is normally considered unacceptable in the genteel world of curling.

After the match, Dupont told reporters:

"I could not control the weight on the last shot in the 10th. It should have been way slower, but when there are 6,000 people yelling, it's pretty hard to find out how hard you kick off. It's just so hard to focus. You're trying, but it's just not the same as if it was silent.

"If they were yelling this much when Cheryl was throwing, that would be more fair. You can't hear anything. You can't hear what your skip is saying. You can't hear what your sweepers are saying. You just have to do your best under the circumstances – and we did, but it was hard in the 10th."

There's nothing wrong with cheering loudly before and after points, but fans need to respect the etiquette of whichever sport they're watching and act accordingly. A luger knows he's going to hear cowbells ringing while negotiating turns at 90 mph, yet it wouldn't be fair if a spectator rang one during Evan Lysacek's free skate. If a curler is used to silence, a curler deserves silence.

Even the Canadian curling team agrees. Skip Cheryl Bernard said of the boisterous fans at the rink:

"I'm guessing 75 percent in there don't know the game that well and they're just there to cheer. You have to give them something for that, but I think we need to have it a little bit quieter for the opposition because it's uncomfortable for them."

That's more an indictment of the knowledge of fans rather than poor sportsmanship. Canadian fans will have a shot at redemption this week as their team plays in the medal rounds. Hopefully they'll cheer on their hometown teams with passion, just not during the other team's shots.
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darraholic
Feb 22 2010, 02:03 AM
Damn you Americans :(

I hope we can get revenge later on.

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Oh My God..The game gave me a heart attack.. That and the one we played against the Swiss.

Geez...Louis.. I want Canada to take it all:)

Loved the Canadian's ice dancing - both pairs, esp. the one who did the Spanish one.

Russians.. OMG...SO disrespectful! Those costumes and dance... downright rude. :flipoff:
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