SkiFreak Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 BBC outlined the underdogs to watch out for over the next couple of weeks. Of course the Jamaican Bobsled Team, but also Vanessa-Mae the violinist? BBC: Sochi 2014: 10 unlikely contenders at the Winter OlympicsIn case you didn't know who Vanessa-Mae is... "Well, it's kinda a winter sport you know..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 Pretty much our entire New Zealand team... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 Pretty much our entire New Zealand team... Agreed. But overall I think the team is getting better overall. Fingers crossed for some better results than four years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Any African American/Black athlete not named Shani Davis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveRingFever Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Any African American/Black athlete not named Shani Davis. Lauren Williams says "hi". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted February 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Just watched the first run of Women's GS. The conditions of the run absolutely suck, rain and crappy snow. Reminds me of a few times when I used to race GS in high school back on Vancouver Island on Mount Washington. Lots of girls DNFed, but I did catch Vanessa-Mae's run and surprisingly, she finished! Hardly any spectators in the stands. I did like the old guy with the souvenir bag on his head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Violinst Vanessa Mae, starting under her father's name as Vanessa Vanakorn for Thailand, reacts after finishing the second run of the women's giant slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Olympic GS attracts skiers from all over globe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 New Zealand has pretty much finished it's Olympics here in Sochi. Last chance to podium was today with the Wells brothers comming up oh so short in the half pipe. A good result in the 10k Speedskate...but really, we are not a major winter sports nation and this hasn't been our strongest team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Crook puts British Virgin Islands back on Winter Games map To Adam Crook it made no difference that he finished second-last men's ski halfpipe qualifiers on Tuesday, it was enough that he had become the first athlete from the British Virgin Islands to compete at a Winter Olympics for 30 years. Speedskater Errol Spence, who raced in Sarajevo in 1984, is the only other athlete the Caribbean nation has sent to a Winter Games, and it almost did not have one in Sochi either. "When we first went to the British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee, they thought I was talking about water skiing," the 21-year-old told reporters. ... http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/thesochinetwork/crook-puts-british-virgin-islands-back-winter-games-180402496.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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