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post: 2950 | Olympic Winter Plays 2006!!! | 02-11-2006 2:08:42 pm |
| Hi All!!
It has started:  The Olympic Winter Plays!!
I'm a big sport fan and I love the olympics. We Dutch people don't have many winter olympic sports men/women. For example we have 2 snowboarders, 3 shorttrackers, a couple of Bobslee's and ofcourse we have speed ice skaters.
It is the ice skating part where we have the most chance to win medals. Our biggest competition is from the U.S.A and Norway. I say: May the best win .
But if I'm honest, I don't think we'll collect many medals, although I hope so ofcourse !!!
I love shortracking too, it's really funny and great to watch!!
The snowboarders & skiers etc are great too!! I just can't choose!! I'm going to watch it all!!
Are you going to watch it and what do you like the most about the Winter Olympics?
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post: 5297 | 02-11-2006 2:22:34 pm |
| Hi Daisy 
Great thread. I like the skating also and the gymnast.
I hope I get to watch a good part of the Olympics
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post: 2950 | 02-11-2006 3:57:40 pm |
| Hi Susie! Yeah the Olympics is just so great! Enjoy watching it!
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post: 1293 | 02-11-2006 4:34:31 pm |
| Hello Daisy
I love the ice skating! I'm also with Susie..for the summer Olympics- the gymnastics are so much fun to watch.
I hope the Netherlands win many medals for 2006! (and the US too)
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post: 2950 | 02-11-2006 5:40:18 pm |
| Hi Sylvia
While I'm writing, I'm watching how the number 1,2 & 3 receive their medals. It's for speed ice skating - distance 5 kilometers. But because I know there is a timediffence, and some of you haven't maybe seen this yet, I will not say who the winners are .
I love the summer olympics too! I  all sportevents. It's so much fun to watch!!
Yeah I hope both the Netherlands & the U.S.A (an other country ofcourse) will win many medals
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post: 8100 | 02-11-2006 5:45:36 pm |
| I love the ice skating and the speed skating, actually if I had to pick a favorite it would be hard because I love all the winter sports.
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post: 2950 | 02-11-2006 5:48:35 pm |
| If it's not a dumb question to ask, what is the difference between ice skating and speed skating??
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post: 8100 | 02-11-2006 7:06:08 pm |
| Ice skating is performing to music, speed skating is skating fast in a circle or oval whatever it may be, no music.
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post: 2950 | 02-11-2006 7:10:30 pm |
| Oh, now I know what you mean, thanks for explaining Chris! I'm going to edit a few of my posts otherwhise people get confused about which ice skating I'm talking about
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post: 8100 | 02-11-2006 9:20:08 pm |
| You're Very Welcome Daisy
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post: 5989 | 02-11-2006 12:42:49 am |
| I also love speed skating and ice skating. I used to dream about myself speed skating! LOL 
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post: 1150 | 02-11-2006 2:19:05 am |
| Ice Skating is my favorite event to watch!
I heard the opening of the Winter Olympics was fantastic as well. I missed it. I will try to catch a few events here and there.
I heard there's this one event called "Curling"--I think. What exactly is this event about?
Good Luck to all!
 Matthew Labyorteaux, you are my inspiration!
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post: 5989 | 02-11-2006 2:52:53 am |
| Asma,
Curling is a game originated from Scotland, 4 people slide this heavy oblate stones toward the center of a circle. It's kind of amusing watching them.
Lily
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post: 4126 | 02-11-2006 5:04:26 am |
|  That was for you Miss Daisy!
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post: 2950 | 02-12-2006 4:56:59 pm |
| Ahh, thanks Larry, that is so sweet!!
Here is one for you too:
Stars & Stripes
I don't have such an emoticon, so I used my imagination
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post: 4126 | 02-12-2006 5:03:50 pm |
| Thanks Daisy! I read on another lhop site I go to that Michelle Kwan is out for an injury..anyone else heard this?
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post: 340 | 02-12-2006 5:17:29 pm |
| Yeah Larry, I heard that too. She made the decision at like 2am because of her groin injury. I feel bad for her because you know that she would have liked to adedd the gold medal to her silver medal.
Diane
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post: 2950 | 02-12-2006 5:48:49 pm |
| I just finished watching speed ice skating for women for distance 5 kilometers and we won GOLD & SILVER JIPPIE
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post: 1150 | 02-12-2006 7:40:44 pm |
| Cool Daisy! I'm glad you're having fun with this!
Lily,
Thanks for explaining what Curling is
Matthew Labyorteaux, you are my inspiration!
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post: 4126 | 02-12-2006 8:08:26 pm |
| Yay for you Miss Daisy!
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post: 2950 | 02-14-2006 7:31:52 pm |
| I watched figure ice skating yesterday and it was just beautifull !
I don't know Michelle, but I'm sorry to hear that she couldn't attend this Olympics .
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post: 1150 | 02-14-2006 1:19:54 am |
| Yeah Daisy I also watched the pairs figure skating yesterday! It was AWESOME! I missed China though. Does anybody know what the outcomes were, I had to leave in the middle of it.
Matthew Labyorteaux, you are my inspiration!
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post: 2950 | 02-15-2006 10:32:24 am |
| Yeah, that girl almost fell a split on the ice, when I saw it in slowmotion I was like  . They still finished their performance, now that is what I call going through all the way. And they won silver.
Another chineze couple won the bronze medal and gold went to a cananda pair right?? Their performance was awesome!
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post: 1150 | 02-15-2006 11:04:29 pm |
| Yes Sarah that must be her. I don't think there was more than one Chinese team in Pairs skating. Oh, I'm glad they at least got the silver. My local newstation did a story on them and how their coach had to struggle a lot to maintain ice skating in China and how hard it was for him. So I'm glad they atleast got the Silver.
Yeah Daisy the Canadian team did well! Hmmm....did they beat the Russians
Matthew Labyorteaux, you are my inspiration!
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post: 1150 | 02-16-2006 4:49:42 am |
| I just watched the mens figure skating! It was awesome! Has it aired everywhere, I don't want to give away the results
Matthew Labyorteaux, you are my inspiration!
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post: 1150 | 02-16-2006 5:17:26 am |
| Hi Sarah. Yes, I was pleased with the outcomes.
Matthew Labyorteaux, you are my inspiration!
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post: 1150 | 02-16-2006 5:29:38 am |
| Yeah, I know what you mean. Competition was tough, especially towards the end.
Matthew Labyorteaux, you are my inspiration!
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post: 4126 | 02-16-2006 7:35:36 am |
| Does anyone know the current standings...which country has how many?
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post: 8100 | 02-17-2006 4:00:25 pm |
| Medals
First Number is Gold, second silver, third bronze, fourth number indicates how many total medals won and the fifth number indicates Rank of country by total of medals
1 United States 6 3 1 10 4
2 Germany 5 4 2 11 =2
3 Russian Fed. 5 2 4 11 =2
4 Austria 3 2 1 6 =6
5 Estonia 3 0 0 3 =14
6 Switzerland 2 2 1 5 =8
7 Sweden 2 1 1 4 =11
8 Italy 2 0 3 5 =8
9 France 2 0 2 4 =11
10 Norway 1 6 6 13 1
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post: 4126 | 02-17-2006 4:26:34 pm |
| Thanks Mrs. Chris!
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post: 8100 | 02-17-2006 4:34:55 pm |
| You are very welcome Mr. Edwards
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post: 1150 | 02-17-2006 6:02:09 pm |
| Chris, thanks for those statistics!
Matthew Labyorteaux, you are my inspiration!
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post: 2950 | 02-17-2006 8:53:35 pm |
| Yeah the men figure skating was great It's so awesome to watch. I'm watching ice dancing right now.
The score of the Netherlands is:
Gold 1
Silver 2
Bronz 1
All collected with speed skating, because that it almost the only event we have sporters for. Yesterday the team persue was on for speed ice skating. Our Dutch team was against Italy in the half final, but we fell . Luckely we won the bronz.
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post: 1150 | 02-18-2006 6:42:50 pm |
| Daisy,
Congrats to the Netherlands for getting Bronze. That is still good.
I saw part of ice dancing last night. It sounds like it would be very fun. I am amazed at the speed they skate with when they are dancing.
Matthew Labyorteaux, you are my inspiration!
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post: 8100 | 02-19-2006 9:14:05 pm |
| Medal Tracker as of Feb 19, 2006 8:07 AM (ET)
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Germany 6 7 3 16
Norway 2 7 7 16
United States 7 4 2 13
Russia 6 2 5 13
Canada 2 4 5 11
Austria 4 5 1 10
South Korea 3 3 1 7
Italy 3 0 4 7
Switzerland 2 2 3 7
China 1 2 4 7
Sweden 2 1 3 6
France 3 0 2 5
Netherlands 1 2 2 5
Finland 0 2 3 5
Estonia 3 0 0 3
Croatia 1 1 0 2
Czech Republic 0 2 0 2
Australia 1 0 0 1
Britain 0 1 0 1
Bulgaria 0 1 0 1
Slovakia 0 1 0 1
Latvia 0 0 1 1
Ukraine 0 0 1 1
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post: 8100 | 02-21-2006 6:22:22 pm |
| Medal Tracker as of Feb 21, 2006 9:45 AM (ET)
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Germany 8 7 5 20
Norway 2 8 8 18
Austria 8 5 3 16
United States 7 5 3 15
Russia 7 3 5 15
Canada 3 6 5 14
Switzerland 2 2 4 8
South Korea 3 3 1 7
France 3 1 3 7
Italy 3 0 4 7
Sweden 2 2 3 7
China 1 2 4 7
Netherlands 2 2 2 6
Finland 0 3 3 6
Estonia 3 0 0 3
Croatia 1 2 0 3
Czech Republic 0 2 0 2
Ukraine 0 0 2 2
Australia 1 0 0 1
Britain 0 1 0 1
Bulgaria 0 1 0 1
Slovakia 0 1 0 1
Latvia 0 0 1 1
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post: 340 | 02-21-2006 6:36:23 pm |
| Chris, Thanks for the update. I'm not watching the olympics as much as I should so I'm glad I can see how everyone is doing on here!
Diane
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post: 2950 | 02-21-2006 10:07:25 pm |
| I can't believe it will be over in a few days
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post: 8100 | 02-22-2006 8:17:05 pm |
| Your Welcome Diane, I will post another update tomorrow
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post: 8100 | 02-23-2006 6:10:54 pm |
| Medal Tracker as of Feb 23, 2006 10:07 AM (ET)
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Germany 9 10 5 24
Austria 8 6 5 19
United States 7 7 5 19
Canada 5 8 5 18
Norway 2 8 8 18
Russia 8 3 6 17
Switzerland 5 3 4 12
Sweden 4 2 4 10
Italy 4 0 6 10
France 3 2 4 9
South Korea 4 3 1 8
China 1 3 4 8
Netherlands 2 2 3 7
Finland 0 3 3 6
Estonia 3 0 0 3
Croatia 1 2 0 3
Australia 1 0 1 2
Czech Republic 0 2 0 2
Ukraine 0 0 2 2
Britain 0 1 0 1
Bulgaria 0 1 0 1
Slovakia 0 1 0 1
Latvia 0 0 1 1
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post: 8100 | 02-25-2006 11:41:29 pm |
| Medal Tracker as of Feb 25, 2006 4:07 PM (ET)
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Germany 11 12 6 29
United States 9 9 7 25
Canada 7 10 7 24
Austria 9 7 6 22
Russia 8 5 8 21
Norway 2 8 9 19
Switzerland 5 4 5 14
Sweden 6 2 5 13
South Korea 6 3 2 11
China 2 4 5 11
Italy 4 0 6 10
France 3 2 4 9
Netherlands 3 2 4 9
Finland 0 5 3 8
Estonia 3 0 0 3
Croatia 1 2 0 3
Czech Republic 1 2 0 3
Australia 1 0 1 2
Poland 0 1 1 2
Ukraine 0 0 2 2
Japan 1 0 0 1
Belarus 0 1 0 1
Britain 0 1 0 1
Bulgaria 0 1 0 1
Slovakia 0 1 0 1
Latvia 0 0 1 1
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post: 2950 | 02-26-2006 6:41:03 pm |
| Just 20 minutes and they will show the ending of the olympics. I will miss is terrible, it was so great to watch
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post: 1150 | 02-26-2006 2:20:25 am |
| Awee Daisy it will come again.
It was pretty cool indeed.
Where do you think the next Olympic Winter plays will be held?
Matthew Labyorteaux, you are my inspiration!
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post: 2950 | 02-27-2006 9:34:54 am |
| Yep, Summer Olympics over 2 years in Bejing in China
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post: 8100 | 02-27-2006 3:03:55 pm |
| Well the Olympics are over, that two weeks sure went really fast!
Here is the final medal count:
Medal Tracker as of Feb 27, 2006 7:08 AM (ET)
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Germany 11 12 6 29
United States 9 9 7 25
Canada 7 10 7 24
Austria 9 7 7 23
Russia 8 6 8 22
Norway 2 8 9 19
Sweden 7 2 5 14
Switzerland 5 4 5 14
South Korea 6 3 2 11
Italy 5 0 6 11
China 2 4 5 11
France 3 2 4 9
Netherlands 3 2 4 9
Finland 0 6 3 9
Czech Republic 1 2 1 4
Estonia 3 0 0 3
Croatia 1 2 0 3
Australia 1 0 1 2
Poland 0 1 1 2
Ukraine 0 0 2 2
Japan 1 0 0 1
Belarus 0 1 0 1
Britain 0 1 0 1
Bulgaria 0 1 0 1
Slovakia 0 1 0 1
Latvia 0 0 1 1
Congratulations to all the Athletes!!!
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