Vancouver 2010 (Page 1 of 4)

Sad news about the Georgian Luger. I hope they stop showing the video. I wish there was a way to ship my snow to them. On the other hand, having ski events delayed due to snow gives Lindsey time to heal her tibia. Stoked for speed skating!    Cathy, airchair athlete

Tragic. I've seen the video. First thing that came to mind was to wonder what the hell they're doing having those concrete columns so close to the track. Kid didn't have a chance. Anyone who jumps the track there, at those speeds, is going to be killed or crippled. I suspect it's going to be an issue before it's all said and done.

They need to put up catch nets like they use in the downhill skiing. The top bobsled driver for the US said that the turn 11 is extremely difficult to get right technically and is at the point in the course where the highest speed is reached. The 4 man bobs are hitting over 100mph there. There has been comment among the competitors that the course is too fast.

I have been a great winter sports fan all my life because I grew up mainly in Austria, where fun in the snow quite naturally gets more attention than anything else.

As a result, I'm in the lucky position of having 'favorites' from three different countries.  Wearing my Austrian hat, I was very disappointed earlier on when big favorite Schlierenzauer only managed third to his arch-rival, Amman of Switzerland.

Now, with my Dutch hat on, I join the rest of this speed skating crazy nation in front of the tv in the expectation that Sven Kramer will win the gold. Anything less would be an enormous, stunning surprise.

With my US hat on, I'm delighted that the ladies Combined has been postponed, giving Lindsey Vonn more time to recover from her injury.

I'm really no flag waver, Rick. I'm just lucky enough to be able to cast my net in a much larger pool than most. 

Kramer will double his gold in the 10k, where his superiority is even greater. Lee and Skobrev in second and third are typical major Olympic surprises, all credit to both of them.

Hedrick will now hopefully retire, while Shani Davis needs to stick to shorter distances, where he will certainly still win some medals.

Good call on Kramer. So far he looks golden.

The Blue Ribbon Event
The Men's DownHill

Switzerland's, Didier Defago 32yrs, Crowned Men's Downhill Champion
Time of 1Min 54.32sec

Silver went to Norway
Bronze went to America

~ Brack ~

No mountains in Norway???