Sochi 2014



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Austria’s Mayer Takes Olympic Downhill Skiing Gold as Stars Fizzle

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Matthias Mayer


ROSA KHUTOR, Russia, February 9 (R-Sport) – Austria’s Matthias Mayer became the surprise gold medalist in Sochi Olympic men’s downhill skiing Sunday as big names like Bode Miller and Aksel Lund Svindal missed the podium.

Mayer, who had never before won a major race, mastered the fast and complex middle section of the course to take the gold by 0.06 seconds from Italy’s Christof Innerhofer.

Kjetil Landsrud won the bronze 0.04 seconds further back, forcing his fellow Norwegian and reigning downhill world champion Svindal into fourth place, 0.29 seconds off the lead.

"Top to bottom, I think too many mistakes," Svindal said. "I mean, they’re small mistakes, but 29 hundredths is a small margin too and they definitely cost that."

Despite Mayer's dark horse status, Svindal said the Austrian's win was "not a surprise at all" after he produced some "consistent" performances in training.

Miller, the 36-year-old five-time Olympic medalist from the U.S., had to settle for eighth place after a costly slip halfway down the Rosa Khutor course spoiled his chances for victory. Miller had entered the race as the favorite for gold after dominating in training.

"I feel disappointed. I skied hard and well, and that's the most important thing. It just didn't go all right," Miller said.

In overcast and rather warm conditions, Mayer’s start was far from the best, but his mastery of the middle section of the course was telling. That section included some turns similar to super-G, the Austrian’s favored discipline, but also some extremely steep plunges. The 23-year-old Austrian was a true outsider for the gold medal, having never medaled in a World Cup downhill, with just two second places in super-G to his name...


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Scantily Clad Russian Olympians Are Making Us Uncomfortable


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The first official medal event hasn’t even happened yet, but the Winter Olympics have already been pounded with a fair share of controversy. From journalists revealing the ridiculous conditions of their hotel accommodations, to Sochi officials solving the city's "stray dog probem" by killing the innocent animals, to still-incomplete infrastructure as the games are kicking off, Sochi’s public image is tainted (just like the water), to say the least.

Now, perhaps in an attempt to push those problems out of everyone’s minds, Team Russia has released photos of their female athletes. And they've swapped out their official uniforms (with all that lame fabric and coverage) for racy lingerie.

More pics here: http://www.adme.ru/olimpiada/nasha-zhenskaya-sbornaya-olimpiady-619005/
 

I dig the biathlon. It's such a curious mix of vigorous aerobic activity and self-control. Marksmanship
is one of those things that requires an almost inexplicable mix of natural ability plus training.

I think it's cool.


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Scantily Clad Russian Olympians Are Making Us Uncomfortable


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The first official medal event hasn’t even happened yet, but the Winter Olympics have already been pounded with a fair share of controversy. From journalists revealing the ridiculous conditions of their hotel accommodations, to Sochi officials solving the city's "stray dog probem" by killing the innocent animals, to still-incomplete infrastructure as the games are kicking off, Sochi’s public image is tainted (just like the water), to say the least.

Now, perhaps in an attempt to push those problems out of everyone’s minds, Team Russia has released photos of their female athletes. And they've swapped out their official uniforms (with all that lame fabric and coverage) for racy lingerie.

More pics here: http://www.adme.ru/olimpiada/nasha-zhenskaya-sbornaya-olimpiady-619005/
Glad to see she's using an American-made microphone.
 
If there were an Olympic event for getting unreasonably weepy while watching Olympic events, I would be on that podium.

HUMANS!
 


The downhill folk are crazy. That's all there is to it. They're nuts.

Two minutes of suppressing terror.

240 feet in the air at 85 mph.


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twisted

There is a very dark side of the olymipcs with the way mimnorities are beeing treated that soils the glory of the games making the events seem so small and unimportant to humanity!
 
Was playing cards against humanity and thought this was apt(apologies for the wrong flip of the picture:

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I dig the biathlon. It's such a curious mix of vigorous aerobic activity and self-control. Marksmanship
is one of those things that requires an almost inexplicable mix of natural ability plus training.

I think it's cool.


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to this i agree!
 
I have no idea which country is leading the medal count.

But here's the video of Lebanon's skier Jackie Chamoun posing nude during a photo shoot three years ago that's causing quite a stir back home.

Let's just say that I'd like to explore her slopes.


http://youtu.be/2ex6Y-QELHo
 
Germany leads.

USA has 2 gold for falling and busting our asses on ice.
 
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