bv Wrote:
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> With 4,5 million people in Norway and 4,4 million
> 100% hooked on the Olympics starting tomorrow in
> Torino Italy I should probably close down IORR for
> the entire Olympics and watch Norway collecting a
> bunch of medals. But luckily I don't really care.
> Too busy with the tour. So IORR will still be on
> and live even through the Olympics. Any sports
> freaks here? And the big question: Will Norway
> have a medal before the Stones play Puerto Rico
> Saturday evening? OK. I have to admit it. I am
> just as crazy as the others. We are all the same.
> It's not 4,4. It's 4.5...
>
> Bjornulf

COME BACK Eddie the Eagle, that's what I say. The Norwegians won't have a chance of winning any ski jumping medals if that boy decides to reappear ....... !!!

I carried the torch the other week, for what matters!

C

You carried the torch? Congratulations! Must have been a great experience!

The Olympic Torch relay: [www.olympic.org]



Bjornulf

hi folks,

when i think of Winter olympics i always have that historical (ice)-hockey match between USA vs. USSR ( formerly known as the Sovjetunion) which the US college boys won 4:3.
It was one of the socalled hitorical sensations..cause beating that perfect Russian team was almost impossible that time....

salar

And I remember the final hockey game in 1994 Lillehammer Norway where Sweden won gold medals. A thriller vs. Canada!

Foppa! [www.legendsofhockey.net]


Bjornulf

Jamaica bob slee...team!!!!Keiths fav!!

bianca Wrote:
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> Koen- they NHL takes a 2 week hiatus while the
> Olympics are on.

So they just start playing, without practising together?

bv Wrote:
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> And I remember the final hockey game in 1994
> Lillehammer Norway where Sweden won gold medals. A
> thriller vs. Canada!
>
> Foppa!
>
>
> Bjornulf


Yes, BV. One of the greatest and most exciting moments in Winter Olympics history. Wasn't the arena built inside a mountain?

That game was in the main venue Haakons Hall in Lillehammer:


Gjøvik Fjellhall is in the nearby city Gjøvik, 100% built into the mountain in the city center: [www.fjellhallen.no]

Bjornulf

Juha Mieto and Hurriganes! Baboon Bro...you rock!

Thats right Koen...they have a few practices when together in Italy but that's it.

I must say I'm delighted that there seems to be interest in hockey on this board. I am a Canadian but grew sick of the thuggery they play in North America, the fighting and obstruction, etc. Olympic hockey is the only hockey I will watch.

Eddie the Eagle. We need him again. What year was that 1992?

Norway won 13 gold medals last olympics and was the best nation. Norway could be the best nation this time as the did in `92, `94, `98, `98 and `02, but I don`t think they will get 13 gold medals this time. In fact I don`t noone will make that, before you got alot of new competitions.

Well, good luck to you all, even you Doxa.

I'm sure Jamaica will win the bobsleighing competition.

Norway- Silver and Bronz in todays events already.

Congratulations Germany!
From Norway.

wahwahwoody Wrote:
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> I'm sure Jamaica will win the bobsleighing
> competition.

hahahahaha. i love it.

mttlacroix Wrote:
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> yeah, im a canada hockey fan, hope we'll get the
> gold.
>
> looks like its time to get the old drinking T
> shirt out again, and go and watch the games.


Hello mttlacroix, my fellow Canadian! Hopefully we will capture some gold again! Maybe Gretz will put another loonie under center ice again for good luck!

GO TEAM CANADA GO!!!



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Baboon Bro Wrote:
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> Coolest long-distance skier ever... Finnish Juha
> Mieto,
> Silver 1980

And what a lost it was??!!! After skiing 15 kms in a Lake Placid forest and mountains he lost 0.01 secs to Swedish Wassberg!!! The Smallest lost ever possible. After that that they changed the timing from 1/100 secs to 1/10 secs... Poor Mieto, he was the best at this time, but never won any personal championships or gold metals... But I
think because of THAT lost he always be legend. That singular silver will always be rated above some 20 Norwegian doped gold metals .

Quite surprised that you remember him, Baboon Bro! I thought only Finns know him.

- Doxa

No Norwegian speed skating medals this time Bjornulf...

The Dutch will beat 'm all...

You know we sold our speedskates and spent all our money and time on skies in all forms. That's why we got our first gold medal in ski jumping yesterday. But don't count on it. I hear we have a few monster guys a la jan Olav Koss coming up. I am sure you know what he did in Lillehammer. Was it something like 3-4 gold medals? Shame I don't remember...

PS. The Stones connection: How many Olympic Stadiums have the Stones played in their history?

Bjornulf

Johan Olav Koss is a legend. Koss and Eric Heiden are the best speed skaters ever, I admit, but you won't get medals for history.

And if ever in the very far future Holland will be reshaped with mountains and fjords (?), due to earthquakes and moving continents, I'm sure they will beat Norway in all ski disciplines...

But for now: congretulations with that first golden medal.

I live in Turin,
there are many people for Olympics Games.
In Piazza Castello, centre of town, there are many free concerts in this mounth.
for some informations: [www.turismotorino.org]
official web: [www.torino2006.org]
For Rolling Stones boots, there are 3 shops in this area:
"videomusic" in v.PO, "Rock & Folk" in v.Bogino and "Fnac" in v.Roma
Happy holidays!

Sici
2120southmichiganavenueitaly

bv Wrote:
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> PS. The Stones connection: How many Olympic Stadiums have the Stones played in their history?

Berlin, Munich, Athens, Stockholm, Helsinki, Rome, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Montreal...are the ones I can think of.

No, Doxa. Mieto will never be forgotten, never.
Wassberg is pretty cool too, though.

And Björnulf; Im related to Foppa on not too far a distance.
Now that´s cool?!

What do you all think about the snow boarding competition? Do you Europeans see it as just a silly American sport? I watched it yesterday and was fascinated by it. Skate boarding on ice.

Lukester Wrote:
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> What do you all think about the snow boarding
> competition? Do you Europeans see it as just a
> silly American sport? I watched it yesterday and
> was fascinated by it. Skate boarding on ice.


The Finns are much better than Norwegians in that, so it's cool!
We got bronze yesterday in half-tube (or what is it called?)

- Doxa

Hm... Doxa, you are bitter on the norwegian people. People who have used dope in Norway are almost dead in norwegian eyes. If you are norwegian and get caught with illegal drugs you have no support anymore, absolutly no support, very unlike your people. But I`m not surprized if someone find out that Koss used it.
Eric Haiden admitted that he used drugs.
The funny thing about Norwegians people from Finland and dope is...

50% of norwegian people think that their athlets do drugs and almost noone get caught
20% of your countrymen think that their athlets do drugs and a lot get caught.

Stranges, it should be the other way.


Well, all that is history now, let`s take a drink and celebrate each other and I wish myself and you good luck.

Doxa, watch out for that "drug-comment" on Norwegians. We react to that as some other people in the world react to other stuff (can't go into details).

Erik_snow, I throw snowballs very long...maybe because I use drugs...