Winter Olympics, Milan 2026

[Kurt.]

My old mate, her brother and all of their pals.

Her dads the village plumber.

Sometimes you can take part in a hobby or sport without it involving class.

The village plumber aye ….
*nudge nudge, wink wink

 

[Rita_Poon]

52 mph, sideways, on ice, on an declining surface. Fake.

 

[Kurt.]

Vonn and the RS….

Your best day ever @davek ??


Mind you don’t yank the head off it

 

[dachshund]

Everyone who's middle class.

Got this hanging over your bed, haven't you?

 

[the golden visionary]

Can't see there being many poor people in the winter Olympics

 

[Bohemian Toffee]

52 mph, sideways, on ice, on an declining surface. Fake.

I was hopping between Eurosport and CT Sport, because of how Hollywood narrative Eurosport went - they are streamed on HBO - so I assume it was for an American audience to consume.

CT Sport made a point of contextualising the ACL, reducing the physical importance, to say football, while stressing the psychological impact. Essentially, their call was Vonn would want to attack the top of the course, to prove to herself she was "back" with the result we saw.

I can't help but wonder how much of the narrative around Vonn she, herself, bought in to. I can't help but feel there is a particular need in the American sportsperson to return from retirement at least once to complete their own narrative.

Lance Armstrong should be the lesson, leave the sport before it catches up with you.

Finally, Breezy Johnson, every interview about her gold will include questions about Vonn until the end of time.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[the golden visionary]

Cab double under flip but missed the tail grab

I feel like I'm off my barnet just listening to them commentate

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I’m shocked the young yank only got 55 for that one

It looked incredible

 

[Rita_Poon]

I was hopping between Eurosport and CT Sport, because of how Hollywood narrative Eurosport went - they are streamed on HBO - so I assume it was for an American audience to consume.

CT Sport made a point of contextualising the ACL, reducing the physical importance, to say football, while stressing the psychological impact. Essentially, their call was Vonn would want to attack the top of the course, to prove to herself she was "back" with the result we saw.

I can't help but wonder how much of the narrative around Vonn she, herself, bought in to. I can't help but feel there is a particular need in the American sportsperson to return from retirement at least once to complete their own narrative.

Lance Armstrong should be the lesson, leave the sport before it catches up with you.

Finally, Breezy Johnson, every interview about her gold will include questions about Vonn until the end of time.

tyson went back after prison.
Jordan went back after baseball (worse than prison I reckon).
Ali and Foreman both went back to boxing.
There's a few drivers.
No one ever retires from golf.
Hendry tried a comeback.
Pele got duped and had to come back to football.
interesting idea for a sports thread.

 

[the golden visionary]

I’m shocked the young yank only got 55 for that one

It looked incredible

I wanna see an upside-down helicopter one

 

[Bohemian Toffee]

Great example of the Mar-A-Lago face on that American trainer

 

[sbbefc]

Noise wise it must be pretty unsettling for athletes though?

The noise is getting on my nerves; it's like the Winter Olympics version of the vuvuzela.

It won't even register. The sound of the skis against the snow would down it out. And they'd be so focused anyway.

 

[the golden visionary]

Why is spinning round better than a mid air backflip???

 

[LinekersLegs]