Back to the original topic (is this an anti-Jacques?), you should maybe try Territory Biathelon.

You drag a skier around a measured course and then you shoot him.

Snow skiiers are thus an uncommon sight up here.

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Very interesting OF. I like it!! I'll get my jeep, you bring Steph.

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Lilith,

I prefer the Summer Games. My favorite event is diving.

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The Opening Ceremonies were as strange as always. Yoko Ono? You'd think she'd have better public speaking skills by now.

Pavarotti was awesome!

Yeah Steph...I just don't get the appeal of that woman either!!?? Peter Gabriel's rendition of "Imagine" coulda been done better too. Oh well!

I LOVED the torch lighting though! At least this year there were no doves set free to fly into the flames...lol!

I totally enjoy both winter and summer events. Figure skating and all forms of skiing are fun to watch. The luge is pretty cool too. I'm glued to the TV for the summer gynastic events.

Whenever I am home I turn on the tube and see what event is going on!

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Well, aside from the fact that ice hockey is the best sport ever invented...I like biathlon.

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Because we suck at it, we get absolute minimum coverage of it, but I too find the biathlon very interesting. There aren’t many events that cause you micro adjustments of how far away to stay from going all out.

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Speed skating, skeleton, luge....speed, baby!

Oh yeah, and cross-country skiing because TV usually makes a big production of it to make it into this mythic competition of not only person against person and country against country, but person against his/her inner demons.

The first period of women's hockey just ended. Canada 5, Italy nada

I'm assuming they let Italy play because they're the host country?

Yeah, I just turned off that game after a while. Italy was playing like Canada had a power play, even when they were at full strength.

Yes, the host country automatically gets a seed into the preliminary rounds. After that, it's what you can do with the skill & talent you have.

Earlier, the USA women beat the Swiss women in the same sport, 6-0. International ice hockey, particularly among women, doesn't have a very even distribution of skill.

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CBC cut away from the game after the second period because it was so mismatched. The Italian goalie wasn't even as tall as the net!

Canada's only competition is the U.S.

I like both olympics equally. I just heard this morning Michelle Kwan has withdrawn from the Olympics. I can't imagine how Emily Hughes must feel to be "in", "out" and back "in" again

For those who watched the pairs figure skating last night. What do you think of the new scoring system?? I can not figure it out yet.

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So, I ran over to the olympic web site to check: sure enough, Kwan pulled out due to a groin injury.

Good, she really had no business being on teh team this year anyway: it kind of pissed me off that the US Olympic Committee bent the rules, gave her special dispensation, and bumped Hughes off just for her.

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For the life of me I thought for sure this comment would get a response from someone other than me!

Do you think they'll cancel the Olympics now that Michelle Kwan has pulled out? Shoot - she should have never been allowed to go with an injury in the first place. Time for some new talent I say.