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  • I'm watching the men's half pipe right now. It's impressive stuff. 
    BUT....I know Im old but are these BBC commentators speaking English? 
  • swordfish
    swordfish Posts: 4,274
    I'm watching the men's half pipe right now. It's impressive stuff. 
    BUT....I know Im old but are these BBC commentators speaking English? 
    I can do a "nose grab' sitting in my arm chair, and as for my backside, it's huge. The judges would be impressed. 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 16,547
    I'm watching the men's half pipe right now. It's impressive stuff. 
    BUT....I know Im old but are these BBC commentators speaking English? 
    They do a lot of explaining in the qualifier rounds and earlier runs but the finals are too high quality to fully explain everything AND analyse 
  • I have zero idea what they are talking about - think they just make it up. Wtf is a 'double rodeo'?
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 11,254
    I have zero idea what they are talking about - think they just make it up. Wtf is a 'double rodeo'?
    If you'd ever spent an hour at Madame Fifi's in Paris you would know
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,974
    Hungry hippos?!
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 16,547
    Hungry hippos?!
    They had big open mouths! 
  • It all looks very dangerous...
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,974
    It all looks very dangerous...
    Not quite as dangerous as the skeleton maybe? 
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,802
    edited February 13
    It all looks very dangerous...
    Not quite as dangerous as the skeleton maybe? 
    Can't see what's dangerous about going 80 mph head first on a tea tray...

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  • Gold for Matt Weston!
  • I have zero idea what they are talking about - think they just make it up. Wtf is a 'double rodeo'?
    It's like a normal rodeo, but twice.
  • The male commentator on the skeleton gets on my tits.

    Never mind Matt Weston just won gold  AT LAST, !
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,974
    Impressive! Is Lizzie Yarnold still an Addick? 
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,884
    Well done Matt Weston, a brilliant run for gold. 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,359
    I'm watching the men's half pipe right now. It's impressive stuff. 
    BUT....I know Im old but are these BBC commentators speaking English? 
    They just sound like they are having the best time watching these events. 

    Love their enthusiasm 
  • Finally!! - We'v deserved a few medals this Olympics, so shame its taken till now to get the first
  • He broke the track record again. Such a dominant performance. What were we worried about??

    The BBC studio analysis was fun - they brought Lizzy Yarnold in to provide a perspective on what it's like to win in this sport, but she was in tears and could barely speak. Very much in favour of that sort of commentary - sign her up permanently please, BBC.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,824
    Impressive! Is Lizzie Yarnold still an Addick? 
    I think we can claim her still
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,411
    That was incredible from Matt Weston. Blew the rest away.

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  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 14,192
    Is skeleton bob the one where we argued over old helmet v new helmet and got told to use the old ones? 

    Even more impressive if so. 
  • Beeb screw  up on the men’s figure skating. Didn’t bother showing the performance of the bloke who actually won the gold thinking it was a slam dunk for the quad god so they could waffle on about Matt Weston until the final four skaters. Oh dear.
  • red10
    red10 Posts: 858
    edited February 13
    Beeb screw  up on the men’s figure skating. Didn’t bother showing the performance of the bloke who actually won the gold thinking it was a slam dunk for the quad god so they could waffle on about Matt Weston until the final four skaters. Oh dear.
    Managed to see the gold medal skate but only because of a channel hunt to find it on TNT Sports 4 !!!. He was delighted to be in the bronze spot then it all went pete tong for the last 2.

  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 28,399
    edited February 14
    I'm watching the men's half pipe right now. It's impressive stuff. 
    BUT....I know Im old but are these BBC commentators speaking English? 
    The women's isn't as impressive as the men's because they can't get the same height, but they're equally hardcore. One of the South Korean women hit the edge of the pipe hard in her first run, but got up to complete it after the medics had examined her (although she got a VERY low score), messed up her second run, but went into the lead with her last run.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/videos/ce82de4k011o
    And in the women's ski relay, one of the Swedish skiers lost a ski and ended up going round scooter style to complete her leg, and the woman on the final leg clawed it back from 9th to 2nd.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/videos/ckg283lzp4vo
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 35,226
    I see the Curlers are doing a bit better today. I think the British team should get a bye straight into the knockout stages......seeing as the stone used only comes from Scotland & without it there wouldn't be a competition 😃
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 9,346
    Wow Niall Tracey wins the mens 1500m short track semi final and gives us a chance of a medal later tonight. 
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,592
    Was fucking hilarious watching the yanks losing to Denmark in the hockey - knew it wouldn't last, but seeing the look on that grinning chimp Brady Tchakuk's face at the end of the first period as he tried to start a fight then realised he'd get kicked out if he did was priceless 🤣 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 9,346
    NOOOO Niall Tracey taken out by the Chinese skater from third. 
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,974
    Now he’s been VAR’d. Don’t understand this sport! 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 16,547
    MarcusH26 said:
    NOOOO Niall Tracey taken out by the Chinese skater from third. 
    And then penalised after VAR but no one seems too sure why? Another go in to 5000m for Niall Tracey though