Baboon Bro Wrote:
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> Swedes are not on doping either, generally; it´s
> an Eastern European thing.
>

Well, surrounded by these clean and straight - Beatles sounding - neighbours, I suppose someone needs take the burden of being the black lamb: we Finns are on doping, generally. That's what we learn before we even learn to walk: "take one of these pills before you do anything", In school we are always taught that "don't forget take your daily medicine" Later, when we are allowed to the bar: "If you drink alcohol, be sure that there is at least some hemohes included"....

Seriously, I didn't know that USA is the part of Eastern Europe

- Doxa

In my eyes the Finns are no dopers either;
we are the same imho, remember? ... I defintely NOT
regard Finland as Eastern Europe, hell no!!!!

Thank god Keith has never used doping. If he had doped during the Exile sessions that album propably would have sucked....

Ps. I though this was a STONES message board (without insulting).

I´m not too keen either at sport generally or
international Championships specifically; esp. like here
when they make unnecessary international 'conflicts' evolve.
Nationalism is like cancer imho.

But I hope the Swedes will keep on takin medals ...

I am so, so happy that Evgeni Plushenko won the Gold last night. I always thought he was a great ice dancer, always great music, landing jumps and spins. I am so pleased.
He really had a tough time living away from his parents since the age of 11 yrs old so he could make it. His parents lived on trading in cans just to eat. If anyone desevered to win, It was him for sure. God Bless him.

Tonight is the Female's skating. Love watching them put everything in that they have worked so hard for.

BTW- I am American, Born and Raised in Boston, Mass. I never go by the country at all. I just go by who I think is really great and deserving. Just like the time Oksana won Gold and the American, Nancy Kerigan or whater its spelled came in second. She was a witch and I went to see her with my mom at Champions on Ice and I was sitting near Nancy parents. I went up and gave roses to Oksana. I did boo at Nancy. I think she is rude and not worthy of anything.



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What country has the most gold medals??



USA!USA!USA!

Baboon Bro, I think sport is a great way for people to show emotions for their country. It's so innocent with sports. Even though some countries are better in that or that sport, they have the same equipment at the start-line. 2 arms and 2 feet.
I don't believe that people interested in wintersport, or other "country vs. country"-sport is more judgefull (is that a word?) to other countries, than the rest. Perhaps even less. They use up their nationalism-energy on games/fun/sport instead of the real life.

Curling. Now, that's what I call sports!

Baboon Bro and Erik Snow, good insights you guys have. I agree with Erik that sports is quite innocent way express your national feelings, etc. It really gathers more people together than it seperates (like The Stones here in this forum). For example, an art form called 'foot ball' has the rules that are shared internationally and that's almost an unique phenemenon. It really has the language everyone understands. Some @#$%& hooligans are just a marginal phenomenon in a big picture, and those sort accusations are often used in the arguments of narrow minded anti-sports people.

As for myself, nothing is so thrilling and interesting than Finland and Sweden facing each other in ice hockey. Those matches are always spectacles, big games; there is so much involved - all that tension between those countries - but that's nothing to do with really hatred, aggressive feelings etc. It's just fun. Like brothers on a play ground (even though we Finns think that all the Swedish men, and especially Mats Sundin, are homo sexuals - not that there is nothing wrong with being guy, it's just one of thopse crazy myths shared by all Finns!)

By the way, congratulations for Swedish female ice hockey for getting into final! You won a great team.

- Doxa

My small home countrie really shows that we have some fantastic athletes!
We are number two now in the medals ranking! Norway is number 10 and the best Scandinavian country - you guys can't compete agains us, not even in cross country skiing now

The drug raids definitely gave us a bad image now, but that could've happened with any team and the majority are just excellent and hard-working athletes.


Belgrade-Bucharest-Budapest-Brno

Go Chemmy! (the UK's no.1 female skier)

I must admit that some of the sexiest female contortionists are the figure skaters. All skin and bones and makeup.

Can't wait for the female skaters tonight.

Biggest olympic choker


Bode Miller.
What a jackass.

If someone think it`s hot between Doxa(from Finland) and us oildrinking norwegian. Don`t be worry, if you included the swedish and danish we always kidding with each other and it`s friendly. We understands each other humour. You can`t compare it with US versus Europe.
Just an understatement. We was born better than the finns...

I am totally excited about tonight. I love this as its my favorite part of the Winter Olympics. Gotta tape this so I can go back and look at it again.....

Not sure who I want to win yet.....

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

I guess it wouldn't have hurt if they did have practised a bit more

Go France!!!

USA 19 medals
Norway-18



USAUSAUSA!

USA 300 million people
Norway 4 millon people
So we are like 80 times better at winter sports.
Even in the worst ever olympics year for Norway!

Bjornulf

bv Wrote:
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> USA 300 million people
> Norway 4 millon people
> So we are like 80 times better at winter sports.
> Even in the worst ever olympics year for Norway!
>
> Bjornulf


LOL! nothing like "friendly" competition.

Germany is the most succesful nation so far:



1 GERMANY 9 gold - 10 silver - 5 bronze

2 AUSTRIA 8 - 6 - 5

3 RUSSIA 8 - 3 - 7

4 USA 7 - 7 - 5

5 SWEDEN 5 - 2 - 4

J.J.Flash Wrote:
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> Biggest olympic choker
>
>
> Bode Miller.
> What a jackass.


It wouldn't be so bad JJ if he hadn't acted like such an ass in the weeks leading up to the Olympics. Then the f**cker keeps hitting the gates? what's up with that? What a chump.

Sorry, Canada and Switzerland - how could I miss you?

[www.torino2006.org]

Thommie Wrote:
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> Germany is the most succesful nation so far:
>
>
>
> 1 GERMANY 9 gold - 10 silver - 5 bronze
>
> 2 AUSTRIA 8 - 6 - 5
>
> 3 RUSSIA 8 - 3 - 7
>
> 4 USA 7 - 7 - 5
>
> 5 SWEDEN 5 - 2 - 4
>

UPDATE
germany- only up by one! USA!USA!USA!

Just to let you know that the price of tix for stones shows could have been worse

Russia / Finland 250 Euro

Closing cerimony 600 Euro (sixhunderd)!!!!!!!!

I got them for free, but when I saw how much they were worth I admit I was quite shoked!

C

Sorry, I'm still reeling from both Team Canada and Team USA being eliminated in the men's hockey division.

Nordic Hockey Vikings :-)

Austria just won Gold, Silver and Bronze in the Slalom


Belgrade-Bucharest-Budapest-Brno

Lorenz, let's be humble - Austria just won Bronze and two others in Slalom..;-))

And I missed that one...

silkcut

#1. Germany 29 medals
#2. USA 25 medals
#3. Canada 24 medals
#4. Austria 22 medals
#5. Russia 21 medals
#6. Norway 19 medals


Way to go Canada! 10% of the US population and $$$$$$ but only one less medal.

Too bad the hockey team didn't show up to play.