PyeongChang 2018

[manic-road]

I like the winter Olympics, quite a few years ago (17) I went to selection for the GB skeleton team but wasn't quick enough. I know it doesn't look it but it's quite a technical sport from the design of the sled to the body positions to steer before and on the bends.
 

[UK Redsox]

Graham Bell on the Downhill course

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/42990103

Looks very flat in places

[usav]

Yeah, nothing too hair-raising in that.   Even Lindsay Vonn might make it down without breaking something.

[UK Redsox]

It's the first time that I've seen a downhill course and thought that I'd be able to ski it (under normal snow conditions that is, rather than iced-up racing conditions).

In fact, in normal snow, I think you'd have to pole some of it

[Risso]

The bit in the opening ceremony with the drones was incredible.

[ADVILLAFAN]

I like most of the Winter sports, all good fun.

That British lass who fractured her wrist on the first day of practice and then crashed and needed a scan the next day made me think ‘maybe she should give up snowboarding’.

[manic-road]

Watching the men's luge at the moment, plenty making mistakes at turn 3-4 and losing speed.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Watching the men's luge at the moment, plenty making mistakes at turn 3-4 and losing speed.

Luge is feet first and Skeleton is head? Both a bit bonkers and look like good fun.

[manic-road]

Watching the men's luge at the moment, plenty making mistakes at turn 3-4 and losing speed.

Luge is feet first and Skeleton is head? Both a bit bonkers and look like good fun.

That's correct, definitely great fun but I prefer skeleton. Luge is madder, when I was training at Igls track in Innsbruck I watched the luge coach explaining to his sportsmen and woman to stand at turn 8 and to watch what height he comes around as you get various pressure waves and that they should be aiming to copy what he did. Well I was pissing myself when he came to the turn almost backwards and crashed into the wall of ice. I didn't see him again for a few months as he was in hospital with three broken vertebrae's.

[cdbearsfan]

Can people please stop spelling skellington incorrectly? FFS.

[manic-road]

Can people please stop spelling skellington incorrectly? FFS.

Looks like you have just spelt skeleton wrong. FFS

[UK Redsox]

Just Mr T tweeting about Curling

[four fornicholl]

Figure skating is well down my list, but when you're watching a beautiful young girl with her knickers up the crack of her arse, things change.

[UK Redsox]

Glad that the Downhill was postponed rather than run from a lower start point.

That course is flat enough as it is without starting only part way up

[paul_e]

Shout out for Andrew Musgrave, 7th in the skiathlon is a fucking brilliant performance, that he fell away on the last lap really shouldn't diminish the effort required for a Brit to reach that standard in cross-country skiing.  The best thing is, apparently he's better on the 15km freestyle so, if he can recover in time, it would be amazing to see him challenging for a medal in that.  Oh and a massive congratulations to the guy that won it as well, fell and lost about 35 seconds whilst still in sight of the start line and managed to fight his way back superbly.