Watching more women's downhill, nice and sunny so I assume this is all tape-delay from earlier but luckily I'm apparently the only one in this thread so no one has said how it turns out. Vonn just had her run, it's amazing how effortless she makes it look even with the bad ankle. She's a decent-sized girl and apparently uses larger skis which help. The U.S. chick who finished second to her yesterday was in the lead until Vonn skiied... that must be disheartening, always being second-fiddle even when Vonn has a bum ankle.

Watching the German chick now, it's funny how hard they all make it look compared to Vonn. Their skis chatter, their legs bounce up and down...

Shaun White is just so damn likeable.

He somehow manages to keep that quirky charm while still coming across as thoughtful, intelligent and articulate.

Vonn strikes me as someone that might be a bit cosmopolitan and aloof. It seems like her teammates give her the appropriate amount of polite exuberance, but it doesn't seem like they really like her. Vonn hangs out with the German chick the whole time in what looks a kinda cliquish little group.

Mancuso is the opposite. It seems like her teammates really pull for her, she seems like she's more incorporated with the group.

And of course I could be absolutely wrong, just an observation.

I'm not sure if I've said this here before, but I really hope that ABC/ESPN win away the rights to the Olympics in the next round of bidding. NBC's coverage drives me crazy.

These results were all ruined for me long ago. Let someone who gives a shit about sports carry this.

Women's halfpipe F'ing blows.

It's like watching men's halfpipe if they only allowed 12 year olds compete.

Damn, women's halfpipe stinks right now. They really need to do the mens after the womens.

And for those not wanting to watch women's half pipe, turn on CNBC to watch Canada struggle with the Swiss.

No kidding.

Someone probably should've seen this coming.

It's like having Led Zeppelin open for a garage band.

Jonas Hiller made 3 incredible saves in the last 5 minutes that prevented this from being 5-2 at the end of regulation. Should never have got to a shootout, but Canada pulled through. Crosby FTW.

Despite all the chicks falling on the pipe worse than a desperate crack whore, the Americans managed to take silver and bronze.

Now it's men's figure skating. Schplendid!

http://bmj2k.files.wordpress.com/201...rd_simmons.jpg

Apparently that guy is about as badass as one can be figure skating.

I have no idea what the hell I just watched.

I've left the TV on NBC but have basically ignored it. Whenever I've looked up, it looked like a gay pride parade. NTTAWWT. But, personally, I just don't find male ice skating to be even remotely interesting. All the flaming outfits and hand moves and makeup.... Yeesh. Hell, even ballet dancers and Cirque du Soleil dudes have to have ridiculous muscle control and don't have to dress like ABBA tribute-band members...

Don't worry unless it made your taint tingle. :D

It is really weird how being a male figure skater means you must pick awful music and dress like a homosexual.

well, I dont know much about figure skating, but apparently from what the experts said, that was the absolute best Lysecek could do. They basically said he's simply not capable of doing better than that, it was the best skate of his career.

The only ability the defending olympic champ russian has on him is the quad jump, but our world champion did so well that Plushenko basically has to skate perfect to win gold.