medal count thread

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medal count thread

Postby brad7686 » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:24 am

USA went ape last night. Now up to 5 golds, 14 medals. Germany 2nd, France 3rd, Canada 4th.
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Postby UK Skins Fan » Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:56 pm

The UK team is just waiting for the right moment to strike ;-)
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Postby BossHog » Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:28 pm

UK Skins Fan wrote:The UK team is just waiting for the right moment to strike ;-)


Eddie the Eagle - one of the greatest Olympic heroes ever. :rock:

GB has a great chance of medaling in the curling...
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Postby UK Skins Fan » Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:36 pm

Curling certainly, plus the skeleton, and that's probably about it.

The women in the downhill yesterday were flying further off the final jump than Eddie did!
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Postby BossHog » Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:23 am

After Thursday's action:
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1   USA   6   5   7   18
2   GER   4   4   3   11
5   NOR   3   3   2   8
4   CAN   3   3   1   7
4   FRA   2   1   4   7
6   KOR   3   2   0   5
6   AUT   1   2   2   5
8   SUI   3   0   1   4
8   CHN   2   1   1   4
8   ITA   0   1   3   4
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Postby Amberion » Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:08 am

And for all those who missed it

Australia - 1 gold 1 silver
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Postby brad7686 » Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:38 am

Amberion wrote:And for all those who missed it

Australia - 1 gold 1 silver


That snowboard girl went off
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Postby UK Skins Fan » Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:45 pm

Is "went off" another example of a language that I don't speak?! Lol.
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Postby brad7686 » Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:23 pm

UK Skins Fan wrote:Is "went off" another example of a language that I don't speak?! Lol.


well its not X-games slang or anything. Might just be something we came up with after we left the home country. :lol:
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Postby UK Skins Fan » Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:30 pm

:lol:

I guess it means that she performed very well though? In which case, I agree - she went off!
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Postby KazooSkinsFan » Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:48 pm

UK Skins Fan wrote:Is "went off" another example of a language that I don't speak?! Lol.

It was just sick
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Postby brad7686 » Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:49 pm

yea, its kind of like how i watch faldo call golf matches and i don't understand 90% of his slang, but i can kind of guess since its in the same language.
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Postby brad7686 » Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:48 pm

UK Skins Fan wrote:The UK team is just waiting for the right moment to strike ;-)


Women's skeleton!
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