Winter Olympics

Mad_Cyril

hugopal Given that she personally met Xi Jinping prior to obtaining Chinese citizenship at 15, I wonder if Xi hasn’t secretly granted her an exemption from the Chinese anti dual citizenship law due to her being a sports star.

Or maybe she blew him off?

hugopal

Amps I’m in!

I suppose when you live on Merseyside that North Korea is still a fairly attractive alternative.

hugopal

rhouses Sure. Wonder what the implications are on her earnings?

Maybe she was trying to maximise total earnings through partly appealing to audiences in both countries and thus increasing her advertising opportunities?

Smallman1

Rhouses is most looking forward to the curling.

rhouses

Smallman1 lol

Along_the_Wire

Smallman1 LOL

bosstrabs

Smallman1 Rhouses is most looking forward to the curling.

And the bobsleigh, because it sounds like ‘to bog again’.

And it’s sort of a frozen version of the log flume.

-si-

I wrote a letter in to jim’ll fix it to ask if the lovely Jim could fix it for me and 3 of my primary school buddies to hurtle down a bobsleigh track at 70 miles an hour on our own. Not sure why my letter wasn’t selected. Or what could have went wrong.

Feel like I missed out. On both the bobsleigh experience and Jim’s finger in my arse.

LT42

I’m assuming the Chinese will miraculously have top 3 finishes in all events this year. I’ll have my eyes on the Downhill as per.

Along_the_Wire

bosstrabs LOL

mono-stereo

Why is Steve Cram suddenly the voice of curling? What the fuck has Cram got on his CV that makes him suitable for the job?

Dubman

mono-stereo
Just you wait until you hear Brendon Foster do the snowboard half pipe.

-si-

mono-stereo

Fatima whitbread’s running commentary of yesterday’s cross country skiing was mesmerising, to be fair to him…

Smallman1

One of my running idols is Cram.

Cheers.

Phil-McRackin

Thought was good in ‘The Mummy’

Smallman1

A lol for Phil-McRackin!

BlainSA

No thoughts on the questionable DQs this year? Or as expected?

Along_the_Wire

The British commentary teams around snowboarding appear to know next to nothing about what they’re commentating. Just heard a commentator make a right old mess of trying to explain the difference between regular and and goofy when he meant switch. Stupid cunt.

ScottBailey

Along_the_Wire it’s that time again on the sporting calendar when we’re subjected to a British commentator absolutely butchering the (ice) hockey too. Only comparable to Sky’s coverage of the Superbowl, or when our friends across the pond try their best to talk about the Prem’. It’s just never going to be good.

Along_the_Wire

ScottBailey Only comparable to Sky’s coverage of the Superbowl

Sky’s coverage of American football is excellent to be fair. Neil Reynolds knows his shit and they have a strong line-up with the likes of Shaun Gayle

ScottBailey

Along_the_Wire sure I’d be less critical if I watched all the regular season games on it. I’ve only really ever tuned in for the Superbowl when they feel obligated to have to explain every nuance of the game to all the people tuning in who wouldn’t normally watch the game.
Much prefer watching the local feeds online, even if it’s hooky.

Smallman1

Thought the Russian skater’s Cruyff turn was absolutely mustard tbf.

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