Winter Games Day 1

[joggerjayne]

[murraymints]

When is it on telly ?

[joggerjayne]

BBC2 have coverage every day.

The Opening Ceremony is live this afternoon.

I'll be on a plane (I hope) so I'll watch it later.

[Maydup]

Have a good games JJ and thanks for keeping them alive on here. Go team GB.

[murraymints]

Just set the doodah to record it....have nice trip....stay on piste !!!

[mushroom25]

I wonder if the Russians can top previous winter opening ceremonies?

ah, I remember the opening ceremony from Albertville 1992, which was a sort of drug-induced dr seuss fantasy - each country was led by a woman in a plastic snow globe and wearing a curved sign with the country's name. and as they marched, the announcers read rhyming couplets of the most cheesy - stuff like “From the land down under with the funky mammalia! Let’s all welcome the team from Australia!”
well, perhaps not quite like that, but you get the idea....

[joggerjayne]

I think the Opening Ceremony is at 4.00pm UK time.

[lady-janine]

have already booked my seat in front of the telly. have a good weekend jj. x

[joggerjayne]

Thanks, L-J

[joggerjayne]

I wonder if someone might do posts for ...

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

... ?

I'll be back Sunday or maybe Monday.

Love ya, guys x x x

:0)

[Khandro]

Enjoy! jj

[excelsior-1]

i wonder if anyone will ever answer the question that a couple of us have asked, which is...

-- why do some events take place before the opening ceremony? --

[joggerjayne]

Excel, yes ...

It wasn't part of the original plan. It was a scheduling issue.

In other words, they didn't have enough time on the Slopestyle piste to fit in all the events.

So, they had to slip in a qualification heat before the Games begin. It wasn't originally planned that way.

And, as we've seen, it happens at the Summer Games, too.