Winter Games Day 6 (Wed 12Th)

[joggerjayne]

This is it, guys.

Tomorrow morning, the start of Day 6 ...

You HAVE to be in front of a telly screen of some sort at 7.00am

It's the Women's Downhill.

Get up, make coffee, get the telly on, and don't forget to wear your Chemmy scarf, and your Chemmy tee shirt, and your Chemmy hat, and be waving your Chemmy flag.

It feels like the end of a long, long wait. Well, four years!

It's the greatest event, in the greatest sporting spectacle on the planet. It's the Winter Olympics, and it's the Women's Downhill. And ... it's Chemmy Alcott.

Oh, crap. What if my alarm clock breaks down in the night? Aaaaaagh! How am I supposed to sleep tonight.

Okay, here we go, guys. I'll see you on the other side, with plenty of coffee, and toast, ready to watch the Women's Downhill.

[seekeerz]

And our ozzie girl went ok too !

[Maydup]

Off now, have a good day everyone and enjoy the rest of day 6. I've recorded it all but i'm not likely to get home before 10 tonight ! Grrrrr

[joggerjayne]

Here is my whinge for the day.

I know it's the luck of the draw, and all that, but for Chemmy to ski 35th on a sunny morning?

I mean, come on!

The first girls were skiing on virtually a sheet of ice. By the time Chemmy skied, the top layer was turning to slush. You could see how much snow was spraying up on the turns. By that time, the competitors had no chance of a medal position.

Chemmy finished her run in 19th, and that was her final position. So all the girls who skied after Chemmy were slower than she was. Why? Because the piste was getting slower, and slower.

Amazingly, despite having to ski on basically slush, Chemmy was only 1.86 secs off the Gold Medal time. Just think what she could've done if she'd had a good draw, and skied in the first ten or so. Or if it had been overcast, so the sun hadn't melted the top layer of the piste.

:0(

Chemmy, and Team GB ... beaten by the draw, and the weather.

Okay, whinge over.

I should add that Chemmy got down that hill in 1:43 mins. The course is just over two miles long, so that's going some. She could give me a three or four minutes head start, and still catch me.

Switzerland were =1st, and 3rd so the BF will be celebrating.

Tina Maze, the joint Gold Medal winner, was one of the "One For The Boys" competitors. Remember Tina? ...

http://www.peskokop.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Tina-Maze.jpg

So anyway, I watched the gorgeous mountains, and the snow, and the sunshine, and the tanned faces, and ... I want to be skiing ... I want, I want, I want !!!!!!!

I can't believe that AB hasn't been allocated a Press Pass for Sochi. I would volunteer to go. Someone has to take one for the team.

Heeeeey, hang on ... are any of our regular ABers secretly posting from Sochi, after baggsying the AB free ticket? I have my suspicions about AOG!

[jim360]

I'm getting back into the Curling. Something of a shame to see GB lose to Canada, especially when they were three stones up with 3 to play. Seemed to go just a bit pear-shaped from there, when one slightly too fast stone, I think, scuppered the chance to win the end and the match.

[sunny-dave]

It was an interesting choice of final stone - the "heroic" option (aka shitorbust).

I wonder if she'd have tried it in a knockout situation as opposed to the round-robin phase?

[joggerjayne]

Ironically, the only competitor who did not take part and score in today's Snowboard Half Pipe was ...

... Arielle GOLD

(who pulled out, after hurting her shoulder in practice)

[Maydup]

Right....where was I? Chemmy had just completed her downhill run, I have some catching up to do. I might whizz through the hockey ......

[joggerjayne]

Hello, maydup.

Glad you made it back.

[humbersloop]

jj, ECB is England and Wales Cricket Board

[i]just sayin'{i] ;)

[joggerjayne]

Oh, I see.

England and Wales Cricket Board

So Wales are so insignificant that the "W" of Wales doesn't even get included in the abbreviation?

[humbersloop]

nope, and dunno

[pixie373]

JJ, please excuse my ignorance, i just don't know. You're clearly more than just a casual observer. Are you a professional sporter or is it purely for fun? (being nosy, don't answer if you don't want to!) xx

[ELVIS68]

I actually watched this for the first time today, saw Chemmy sludge her way to 19th position, watched a bit of the ice skating and curling, can't say I'm a fan of snowboarding though!

BTW, the greatest sporting event on the planet starts next month at Cheltenham

[pixie373]

I love the snowboarding. Don't understand the curling tbh.

[joggerjayne]

Hey, pixie x

Nope, I'm not a professional sporter. I wish. It would be fab if I was good enough at any sport to get paid for it. But no, it's just for fun. I love the Winter Olympics.

My BF is a guy I met on a skiing holiday in Italy. He lives in Switzerland. The down side is that he lives so far away. The up side is that, when I go to see him, we can go skiing, so I'm quite lucky, coz I get to ski quite often. That's not the only reason I'm dating him, lol. I do kind of like him, too.

[joggerjayne]

LOL ELVIS ...

I know you're just teasing.

:0)

No sporting spectacle can top the Winter Olympics.

Although I will look out for any Cheltenham tips that get posted on here.

[pixie373]

Oh. Lol! Well, you can't beat a good skiing holiday! Glad you like him a bit as well:-)

[joggerjayne]

// saw Chemmy sludge her way to 19th position //

Yep, that's pretty much how it was, ELVIS.

For casual skiers like me, it's great when the snow softens a bit, coz you have more control on turns. But for the pro's, it's a nightmare. It slows you down by ... well, about 1.8 seconds?

[joggerjayne]

Tell me a bit about you, pixie ?

[pixie373]

I just do horse-riding and dog-walking now. Have been skiing a few times. Would love to go back. Similar to you, in a way, got to orange-belt in karate and stole the instructor...;-)