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Winter Games Day -11
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Another week begins, and we are a day closer to the this year's biggest sporting spectacle, the Winter Olympics.
okay, so ...
CURLING
The sport which gave us of the most dramatic and unforgettable moments in British sporting history ... EVER!
Salt Lake City, 2002
Team Captain Rhona Martin has one stone left with which to win the Olympic Gold. And ...
Well, we all know what happened. I've just YouTubed it, and now I'm all tearful. Cripes, it just seems like yesterday. The single greatest, most dramatic, stone in the history of Curling.
Anyway, I'll post the clip below, because it's worth watching again. Watch Rhona in the small window. Before the stone hit it's target, she KNEW she'd done it.
You have to love the guy in the kilt, among the spectators.
The victory was so good, you can even forgive the team for holding the Union Flag upside down for the photo shoot.
Oh, hey, and note whose victory in the Heats put Team GB through to the final stages. Switzerland! You see, I told you the Swiss are lovely people.
So, I will also post our teams for 2014. Rhona Martin thinks we have a good chance of a medal. And Rhona is someone who would know!
okay, so ...
CURLING
The sport which gave us of the most dramatic and unforgettable moments in British sporting history ... EVER!
Salt Lake City, 2002
Team Captain Rhona Martin has one stone left with which to win the Olympic Gold. And ...
Well, we all know what happened. I've just YouTubed it, and now I'm all tearful. Cripes, it just seems like yesterday. The single greatest, most dramatic, stone in the history of Curling.
Anyway, I'll post the clip below, because it's worth watching again. Watch Rhona in the small window. Before the stone hit it's target, she KNEW she'd done it.
You have to love the guy in the kilt, among the spectators.
The victory was so good, you can even forgive the team for holding the Union Flag upside down for the photo shoot.
Oh, hey, and note whose victory in the Heats put Team GB through to the final stages. Switzerland! You see, I told you the Swiss are lovely people.
So, I will also post our teams for 2014. Rhona Martin thinks we have a good chance of a medal. And Rhona is someone who would know!
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Women's team
Captained by the incredibly focused Eve Muirhead, a woman who gives a whole new meaning to the word "concentration" ... straight out of the Rhona Martin mould.
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/polopoly_fs/1.84469.1366038712!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_620/image.jpg
Claire Hamilton
http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Claire%2BHamilton%2BWorld%2BWomen%2BCurling%2BChampionship%2BWFv7Ztqm5CHl.jpg
Vicki Adams
http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Vicki%2BAdams%2BWomen%2BCurling%2BChampionship%2BDay%2BXUdtSjtqN9Nl.jpg
Anna Sloan
http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Anna%2BSloan%2BWorld%2BWomen%2BCurling%2BChampionship%2BUSF0B1imbFyl.jpg
Lauren Gray
http://wjcc2013.curlingevents.com/_upload/galleries/1771/5368-640.jpg
Men's team
Captained by David Murdoch
http://www.hamiltonmanagement.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/david-murdoch/david-murdoch.jpg
Tom Brewster
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_RqKpiM8GqQ/TZgn2oHoDvI/AAAAAAAAVoQ/tDVYv7jp9Kg/s1600/WMCCSun-Tom.jpg
Greg Drummond
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BRUiAwq3alA/TZtigMKwFgI/AAAAAAAAVrg/KWimwRbc8g0/s1600/WMCC-Greg-Drummond.jpg
The rather yummy Scott Andrews (What? Oh, come on, he's twenty four, its hardly cradle snatching!)
http://www.curlingzone.com/forums/images/photos/curling1951.jpg
Michael Goodfellow
http://www.championsinschools.com/MediaGallery/201___Source.jpg
Women's team
Captained by the incredibly focused Eve Muirhead, a woman who gives a whole new meaning to the word "concentration" ... straight out of the Rhona Martin mould.
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Claire Hamilton
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Vicki Adams
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Anna Sloan
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Lauren Gray
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Men's team
Captained by David Murdoch
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Tom Brewster
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Greg Drummond
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The rather yummy Scott Andrews (What? Oh, come on, he's twenty four, its hardly cradle snatching!)
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Michael Goodfellow
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interesting ski sunday - watching Amy Williams enthuse about hurtling head-first down an icy track at 70mph on little more than a tea tray.....
and that unconventional course on the hahnenkamm with the narrow traverse, where even the top guys were having to flick in a quick turn half way down.... scary stuff!
and that unconventional course on the hahnenkamm with the narrow traverse, where even the top guys were having to flick in a quick turn half way down.... scary stuff!
Quick reminder of the Team GB athletes mentioned on AB so far, and the threads on which they were mentioned ...
Downhill ... Chemmy Alcott (Day -18)
Slopestyle ... James Woods (Day -17)
Slopestyle ... Katie Summerhayes (Day -17)
Half Pipe ... James Machon (Day -16)
Biathlon ... Lee Jackson (Day -15)
Biathlon ... Amanda Lightfoot (Day -15)
Figure Skating ... Jenna McCorkell (Day -14)
Ice Dance ... Nick Buckland (Day -14)
Ice Dance ... Penny Coomes (Day -14)
Figure Skating Pairs ... David King (Day -14)
Figure Skating Pairs ... Stacey Kemp (Day -14)
Figure Skating ... Matthew Parr (Day -14)
Cross Country Skiing ... Andrew Musgrave (Day -13)
Cross Country Skiing ... Andrew Young (Day -13)
Cross Country Skiing ... Callum Smith (Day -13)
Cross Country Skiing ... Posy Cross Country Skiing (Day -13)
Curling ... Eve Muirhead (Day -11)
Curling ... Claire Hamilton (Day -11)
Curling ... Vicki Adams (Day -11)
Curling ... Anna Sloan (Day -11)
Curling ... Lauren Gray (Day -11)
Curling ... David Murdoch (Day -11)
Curling ... Tom Brewster (Day -11)
Curling ... Greg Drummond (Day -11)
Curling ... Scott Andrews (Day -11)
Curling ... Michael Goodfellow (Day -11)
Downhill ... Chemmy Alcott (Day -18)
Slopestyle ... James Woods (Day -17)
Slopestyle ... Katie Summerhayes (Day -17)
Half Pipe ... James Machon (Day -16)
Biathlon ... Lee Jackson (Day -15)
Biathlon ... Amanda Lightfoot (Day -15)
Figure Skating ... Jenna McCorkell (Day -14)
Ice Dance ... Nick Buckland (Day -14)
Ice Dance ... Penny Coomes (Day -14)
Figure Skating Pairs ... David King (Day -14)
Figure Skating Pairs ... Stacey Kemp (Day -14)
Figure Skating ... Matthew Parr (Day -14)
Cross Country Skiing ... Andrew Musgrave (Day -13)
Cross Country Skiing ... Andrew Young (Day -13)
Cross Country Skiing ... Callum Smith (Day -13)
Cross Country Skiing ... Posy Cross Country Skiing (Day -13)
Curling ... Eve Muirhead (Day -11)
Curling ... Claire Hamilton (Day -11)
Curling ... Vicki Adams (Day -11)
Curling ... Anna Sloan (Day -11)
Curling ... Lauren Gray (Day -11)
Curling ... David Murdoch (Day -11)
Curling ... Tom Brewster (Day -11)
Curling ... Greg Drummond (Day -11)
Curling ... Scott Andrews (Day -11)
Curling ... Michael Goodfellow (Day -11)
quite liking jenny jones in the snowboarding......
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/69820000/png/_69820488_jones1.png
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Hey, mushers, that was a well timed appearance by you, because ...
... here is today's "One For The Boys" ...
And it's Lindsey Vonn.
Lindsey is the reigning Olympic Downhill champion. She won Gold in Vancouver. She is Team US's top skier, and also their marquee big name attraction.
But ... she's had to pull out of Sochi, because of a knee injury. Which has left Team US in a bit of a flap. Okay, a LOT of a flap!
However, you can't do "One For The Boys" without Lindsey Vonn. So here she is ...
http://media.vogue.com/files/filecheck/2013/07/17/img-lindsayvonn2_140214574070.jpg_article_singleimage.jpg
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130205094443-01-lindsey-vonn-horizontal-gallery.jpg
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/wennpic/lindsey-vonn-2011-espy-awards-press-room-04.jpg
http://static.foxsports.com/content/fscom/img/2013/03/13/Lindsey-Vonn_20130313124440584_660_320.JPG
http://media.247sports.com/Uploads/Boards/527/19527/310317.jpg
And THIS is why Lindsey has withdrawn from the US Team for Sochi ...
http://cdn.newsoxy.com/2013/02/lindsey-vonn-leg-photo.jpg
Ouch !!!!!
... here is today's "One For The Boys" ...
And it's Lindsey Vonn.
Lindsey is the reigning Olympic Downhill champion. She won Gold in Vancouver. She is Team US's top skier, and also their marquee big name attraction.
But ... she's had to pull out of Sochi, because of a knee injury. Which has left Team US in a bit of a flap. Okay, a LOT of a flap!
However, you can't do "One For The Boys" without Lindsey Vonn. So here she is ...
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And THIS is why Lindsey has withdrawn from the US Team for Sochi ...
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Ouch !!!!!
One For The Girls ...
The US Men's ski team is headed up by Bode Miller, who already has five Olympic medals. He's a bit of a skiing legend. And he lives a bit of a wild life, which is fun. And he's pretty hot ...
http://www.glamour.com/images/entertainment/2014/01/01-hot-olympic-athletes-bode-miller-main.jpg
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef01310f8188c8970c-pi
http://i.usatoday.net/sports/gallery/2010/01/15/s100115_bode.jpg
Bode has five "minus" points ...
(1) He's called Bode!
(2) He's on the American team.
(3) These trousers ...
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/11/article-0-199F9F98000005DC-249_634x878.jpg
(4) Dating a girl who is taller than him (see photo above).
(5) He's called Bode !!!!!
The US Men's ski team is headed up by Bode Miller, who already has five Olympic medals. He's a bit of a skiing legend. And he lives a bit of a wild life, which is fun. And he's pretty hot ...
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Bode has five "minus" points ...
(1) He's called Bode!
(2) He's on the American team.
(3) These trousers ...
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(4) Dating a girl who is taller than him (see photo above).
(5) He's called Bode !!!!!