Winter Olympics : Let the Games Begin!

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For anything Winter Olympic related.

She put her arm right through the gate which is why she was spun around and twisted so badly

Thanks @Lunde yes that makes sense now!

I was wondering where all these commentators come from, names not instantly recognisable, who are experts in all these sports, their rules, competitors etc.

On commentators, I do like listening to John Hunt. He’s a real inspiration.

I think the air bags started with moto GP or super bikes. They make a lot of sense.

Wooohoo Max [waving my imaginary German flag]

Update on Lindsey Vonn is that she fractured her leg, has been operated on this afternoon and is stable.

Thanks Sabrina. I’d seen the bit about being stable but nothing else. Gutted for her.

I bloody love the Winter Olympics but have been busy all weekend so was looking forward to sitting down tonight to watch some events on iPlayer. So disappointing to the the results of the events in the titles of the iPlayer programmes! I now know who's won the women's downhill before I've even watched it, which spoils it somewhat. I'm so cross about it I'm making a complaint to the BBC.

I haven't RTFT so I'm sorry if this has already been covered!

I have just put in a complaint @SlartibartfastsPencil. In the meantime I have switched to discovery+ if I’m not watching live.

I've just taken out a Discovery+ subscription purely so I can watch without spoilers. The ads are annoying though, grrrr.

Women's big air seem to be better at landing

Apart from poor Maisie

Why are there so many empty seats at the skating?

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Enjoyed the skating and the big air tonight

Is Vance there?

Yes, the skating was good, although I still don’t know what an axel is, despite watching skating all my life, although obviously I am an expert, like all mn-etters, on all things Olympic sport related.

@Silverbirchleafapparently it’s the oldest and moat difficult jump. Something to do with forward take off and backward landing. :0

I've just managed to catch up on Vonn. What was she thinking even attempting it?! Another skier could of had her place.

I think there will be a lot of discussion about poor Vonn. I hope her injury won’t be life changing.

The thing is, the crash was unrelated to her left knee injury as she accidently hooked the control gate with her right arm trying to get a tight line. I think anyone would have had a horrific injury after doing that at 60mph.

Chemmy Alcott was clear a fully healthy skier would not have been able to stop the fall after her arm hooked the gate. Lindsey had also done two practice runs and was quick.

@Thewonderfuleveryday she qualified the same as everyone else and had completed practice runs. Most commentators based on those runs expected her to medal

But possibly a fully healthy skiier with nothing to prove and not overcompensating / favouring her weight over one leg and not the other and with perhaps better balance/coordination would not have (made a mistake?) taken a line that meant she did end up clipping the gate.

Lindsay takes risks. The line she took, for whatever reason, caused her to clip the gate.

Trying to watch the figure skating but all of the music is SO maudlin, I just can’t. Anyone else find this? Has it always been this bad?