JMarkSnow2012 Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 Quote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted January 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Neither the Olympic nor the Paralympic team for GB has yet been finalised, but here are BBC reports on the situation so far, with more details on medal hopes: Winter Paralympics: Great Britain's team for Pyeongchang Winter Olympics 2018: Great Britain's team for Pyeongchang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted January 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Hey, we've got a biathlete! Quote Biathlete Amanda Lightfoot selected to Team GB for PyeongChang 2018 22 JANUARY 2018 / 16:43 Amanda Lightfoot has today been selected as Team GB’s sole biathlete for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. The 30-year-old from South Shields returns to Olympic competition after featuring four years ago at Sochi 2014. Lightfoot finished 71st in the 15km individual event in Russia, following her 75th place in the 7.5km sprint – her Olympic debut. https://www.teamgb.com/news/biathlete-amanda-lightfoot-selected-to-team-gb-for-pyeongchang-2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted January 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 And at last, the full team (just the introduction here, 'cos it's a very long list: Quote The British Olympic Association will take its largest ever delegation to an Olympic Winter Games next month after 59 athletes were officially selected to Team GB for PyeongChang 2018. The 56 who travelled to Sochi four years ago was the previous highest, having grown from 52 at Vancouver 2010. Lake Placid 1932 remains the Games with the fewest British competitors, with just four figure skaters making the trip to the USA. At PyeongChang 2018, Team GB will compete in 11 of the 15 disciplines; alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, luge, short track speed skating, skeleton and snowboarding. https://www.teamgb.com/news/meet-the-team-record-number-of-athletes-selected-for-pyeongchang-2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted February 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 Quote Katie Ormerod ruled out of PyeongChang 2018 08 FEBRUARY 2018 / 15:59 Team GB snowboard athlete Katie Ormerod has been ruled out of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games following a severe fracture to her right heel bone. The 20-year-old from Brighouse was due to compete in snowboard slopestyle and snowboard big air and will undergo emergency surgery in the morning. One bone-breaking injury just wasn't enough for her ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted February 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 6 minutes ago, JMarkSnow2012 said: One bone-breaking injury just wasn't enough for her ... - and well done BBC for inserting a regretful Clare Balding voiceover at the end of the confident interview with Katie on the pre-recorded "Countdown to the Games" show which is just finishing on BBC2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted February 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Quote Winter Olympics: Great Britain's Dom Parsons wins skeleton bronze medal http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/43080576 Quote Winter Olympics: GB's curlers beaten by Sweden Super Saturday to come ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted February 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 23 hours ago, JMarkSnow2012 said: Super Saturday to come ??? Oddly enough- yes ! Quote Lizzy Yarnold defended her skeleton title and Laura Deas claimed bronze on Great Britain's most successful day at a Winter Olympics. It took the British medal count on Saturday to three, after Izzy Atkin claimed a ski slopestyle bronze. Yarnold, having won gold at Sochi 2014, becomes the Briton to retain a Winter Games title and also the first skeleton athlete to do so. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/42981272 - except, yet again, for Elise Christie Quote British short-track skater Elise Christie was in tears as she was taken to hospital after crashing out of the 1500m semi-final at Pyeongchang 2018. The 27-year-old collided with China's Li Jinyu on the final lap as she tried to finish in the top two. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/43095324 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainad Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Congrats to Yarnold, Deas and Atkin!!! But what is it with Christie and all these crashes? Something seriously wrong with her technique?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted February 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 10 hours ago, Mainad said: Congrats to Yarnold, Deas and Atkin!!! But what is it with Christie and all these crashes? Something seriously wrong with her technique?? I suspect that depends on how you define "wrong". She's the current World Record holder in women's 500m short track speed skating, which implies that her technique is very effective indeed provided nobody gets in her way ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 13 hours ago, Mainad said: Congrats to Yarnold, Deas and Atkin!!! But what is it with Christie and all these crashes? Something seriously wrong with her technique?? To put it into words of one of the Canadian commentators one time. She's a b!tch, she is unpopular on the circuit and skaters give her a hard time knowing she'll get over-aggressive and get DQed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted February 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 Quote Winter Olympics: Elise Christie's hopes over after 1,000m disqualification http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/43124775 Whatevs ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 But that surely won't stop her fellow British short track compatriots and her nation in continuing supporting her unconditionally. They fall emotionally and feel heartbroken with and for her when following Christie. If I were Christie, I would publicly say, given the unknown circumstances ahead, that I can't promise that I'll be back for Beijing instead of saying that I will come back rather than putting a brave face of comfort; you exactly don't what will happen in 4 years time, which can be a LONG time. I would just simply go away for an extended period. Wilf O'Reilly suggests she should focus on the long track version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 http://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/43128090 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 I have never been a fan of Christie but her attempt in the 1000m was the definition of gutsy. She went for it not being close to 100% and she nearly did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted February 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 13 hours ago, Durban Sandshark said: But that surely won't stop her fellow British short track compatriots and her nation in continuing supporting her unconditionally. They fall emotionally and feel heartbroken with and for her when following Christie. If I were Christie, I would publicly say, given the unknown circumstances ahead, that I can't promise that I'll be back for Beijing instead of saying that I will come back rather than putting a brave face of comfort; you exactly don't what will happen in 4 years time, which can be a LONG time. I would just simply go away for an extended period. Wilf O'Reilly suggests she should focus on the long track version. Quote Is Elise Christie's Olympic nightmare down to bad luck or bad racing? One or two slices of misfortune would be natural. But a run of six successive crashes or disqualifications at a Winter Olympics is harder to explain away https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/20/elise-christie-winter-olympics-bad-luck-bad-racing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) Makes you proud to be British, what a way to round off PyeongChang 2018! Quote Billy Morgan pushed home in shopping trolley after celebrating bronze medal https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/25/billy-morgan-shopping-trolley-winter-olympics?CMP=share_btn_tw Edited February 25, 2018 by Rob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted February 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Rob. said: Makes you proud to be British, what a way to round off PyeongChang 2018! Yes, but .... As it turned out, that unexpected delight made the difference between achieving Team GB's minimum medal target and just feeling like a huge waste of opportunities. Serious reallocation (and perhaps even overall reduction) of funding to come, I suspect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Rob. said: Makes you proud to be British, what a way to round off PyeongChang 2018! Better than getting drunk and stealing a Humvee to get back to the athlete's village. I honestly don't know what those three canucks were thinking. Glad they weren't allowed at the closing ceremony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 Wasn't sure where to post this...photos from Old London on Twitter of a ski jump on Hampstead Heath in 1950! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 The HELL?!?!?! OK that needs to happen again. As they (don't) say in the second verse of Jerusalem - bring us our Korean big air jump. Heck, do it quickly & we've even got the snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted March 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 Quote Winter Paralympics: Britons Menna Fitzpatrick & Jen Kehoe win slalom gold By Elizabeth Hudson BBC Sport http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/43446198 Talk about a big finish ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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