More stuff from and thoughts on the 2010
Olympics in Vancouver.
Evan Lysacek.
Evan Lysacek took the gold last night in Men's Free-
style skating, beating out the legendary Russian
Evgeny Plushenko.
Evan would have to win my Bi-Polar Award for his win.
As he was waiting for his results he alternatively wept
and looked like he was about ready to puke. After his
results were up and waiting to see if he took Silver
or Gold, he looked catatonic — or perhaps constipated.
And after Plushenko skated and he knew he had the Gold,
he hopped up and down like a high-school cheerleader and
started hugging everybody around — I wonder if he even
knew half the people he was hugging.
The Olympics certainly can bring out a wide range of
emotion — even in a single individual.
Torah Bright.
Australia's Torah Bright took Gold in the Women's
Pipe snowboarding event. Lots of riders crashed
on this one — perhaps because the sport has been
so competitive bringing in new elements from men's
snowboarding. In any case, mark up one for the Other
Hemisphere.
Which brings up something I've been wondering about
since the Olympics started. Why are women's and
men's sports different these days? In the old days,
sure, it was genderism that kept the sports
separate — nobody wanted women competing with
men. But what about today? What difference is
there really between a 135 pound female boarder
and a 135 pound male rider? They used to say it
was things like size and musculature. But I'm not
so sure that could be said these days given physical
conditioning. And sometimes it just seems senseless.
After the death of luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, the
men's start on the luge run was moved down to the
women's start, and the women's moved down even lower
to a level that one female luger called a "child's
start." If the women could start at one level before
the accident, why not start at the same place after
— given that the real danger of the run was the
added speed of the higher portion? Don't get me
wrong, I'm not saying they should combine the events.
I'm just wondering how much difference there is
really between the two halves of sports.
Incidentally, the German men's and women's luge teams
have been kicking some serious butt in this Olympics.
Deutschland Uber Alles!
Russian pairs skaters Maria Mukhortova
and Maxim Trankov.
With thousands of athletes and almost 90 Olympic events,
it's impossible to see even 1 percent of all the female
athletes in the games. And I've been really trying. But
of the ones I did catch, I would say that Russian pairs
skater Maria Mukhortova would get the medal for Babeocity.
Don't ask me what color the Babeocity Medal is — I haven't
made up my mind yet.
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You know I complained about the judging with the ice skating, but last night I think they actually got their shit together. And boy there will certainly be a talented crop of new skaters in 2014. Yeah, I think that at least they could have kept the women's luge start at the same place. And you know it seems to me that women would have a good advantage in luge as the weight in a woman's body is more evenly distributed.Curling — I mean, how could that possibly be different for men and women? :p 😆
Watched the snowboarding and saw so many of them wipe out but they all seemed to take it in stride. I would have loved to have tried this years ago when I skied. Only watched part of the skating and I did like Lysacek. I think he's the one that had feathers, or was it fur, on a previous costume and he got complaints from animal rights groups so he took the decorations off. It really didn't make any sense about the luge starting line being changed for the women too. Eventually, I think, some of the events will be combined with men and women in the next few years.
:p :lol:Those Orbit commercials, they're just plain weird!
I had to google Curling. Had no idea what it was. Found this video. The commercial before it started cracked me up. http://www.5min.com/Video/The-Sport-of-Curling-96171817Now that seems like something both genders could do either against each other or on the same team.
Here's the way I score it:Plushenko Plus:Nailed the quad jump.Plushenko Minus:Sloppy jumps other than the quad.Skating wasn't tight.Bad choreography — "skates like a girl."I'm serious about that last one. With those hand motions I thought I was watching Oksana Baiul.
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
+1 :p not the last one! 😆 sorry I still love the guy! :heart:
PSIrena is the coach now for Johnny Weir … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Weirwhat a number he is! 😆 still enjoyable! :yes:
go American ice skaters go!!not a very graceful Russian looser But who cares? Cold War is over for a long time ago! To Evgeny Plushenkos credit getting a silver after 3 years break is fantastic, but he better keep quiet! Evan Lysacek "did not dance only" his jumps deserved the gold !! :up: :hat:
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
hahaha I was watching Irena (Oksana Baiul's adoptive mom ) and I was thinking of her too.. I wonder if the rehab did help her… Her manic depression made her do weird things! Still her "Chicago" dance on ice was always my favorite! Her "swan" dance mabe gave her perfect scores but the more mature Oksana was more enjoyable!
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
+1 and he is proud of it too! :Dbeing gay it is OK acting like an a$$ and speaking Russian when you are born American and live in America is weird, he can practice in his private time but when cameras are around, yes he is acting like an a$$ ! :down:
I can't believe it, I found the photo of Weir with the crown.This one HAS to be on this post — just for the record!Oh no, now that's NOT TOO GAY, is it?LMAO.BTW I'm sure he's a nice guy. And coming in 6th in the Olympics is more than I will do in this or 10 different lifetimes.Let's just call him — eccentric. Yeah, that would work I guess.
😆 :lol:I remember him now! And how could I forget?!That crown of roses around his head after he performed — now that's totally gay. LMAO.
😆 Eddie you got the name before I edited , 😦 sorry Pal, I gave you the nick name Yannis is using for him! 😆 see above the link 🙂
Kinda looks like a girl too. nya nya nya.:lol:I'll look up Winer.
Sorry. :cry:I didn't realize you were allergic to…roses.:D
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURE 😆 why not? I am so glad you added this picture Eddie! now that I am going to bed (11:30pm in NYC ) I will have nightmares instead of dreaming of Napoleon! 😆
stinker 😀 Good Night Eddie! :heart:
I must admit I didn`t know about curling either but when I followed that link I recognised it. Something like a bocce but on ice 😀
Interesting, Darko. The traditional American game of that nature is horseshoes.
Yes 😀 But I really don`t know how they could hit that stick with a horseshoe. Tried it once and never got it around stick :left:
I know. Same here. And you know the distance to the stake seems suddenly a lot farther when you get to thowing that shoe. You know the last time I was around people playing horseshoes was at somebody's funeral. Seriously. No, it wasn't at the cemetery. :p Would rather throw a baseball. :up:
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Magdalena Neuner, Germany: 2 gold medals up to now. Some men would give her a third for this outfit.
I hear she's bi-. :p
Bi-Athlet 🙂 Haven't heard anything else. Not that I would be the first to know when she would be dating Birgit Prinz
Oh, Magdalena and Birgit in hot, biathlon action!Can't wait for the two woman luge!
Biathlon that is. Magdalena and Birgit in hot, biathlon action!Can't wait for the two woman luge!
Birgit Prinz is one of the best german soccer players. She belongs to the National Team together with Annika Krieger, Inka Grinks, Kerstin Garefrekes, Kim Kulig, Nadine Angerer, Célia Okoyino da Mbabi and Alexandra Popp.