The A2K Fantasy Winter Olympics Vancouver 2010

I waatched canada 1 in the 2 man bobsled and thought...

Your doing it wrong!!!.

then i saw the Aussies . Of course they're used to doing it upside down

GAH! Unseated from my 4th place seat to 5th... sad

tgordon? This has got to be a pain in the butt to keep updated. Kudos to you for the persistent and constant effort!

woo hoo, i'm #1 (+13)

I thought they were going to be injured!!!


Just their pride, thank heavens...though that has to REALLY hurt.

Poor guys.

Still, such is life.

Indeed.

Canada men's hockey in sixth after the prelims.
There'll be hell to pay.

That'd be better than the last time around. Tol ya.

Yep. You did.

I'm putting some pressure on the leaders with Die Deutsche Olympische Maschine (but still bang my head about Finland ).

Norway!

That's an intimidating stance you have there!

Standings after Day 12 (Feb 22):

1) tgordon92 218
2) McGentrix 214
3) George 213
4) fbaezer 197
5) Seed 190
6) realjohnboy 177
7) tsarstepan 173
8) ehBeth 171
8) ossobuco 171
10) lmur 166
11) jespah 160
12) alex240101 150
13) rhyss 149
14) engineer 145
15) djjd62 142

My Austrian ski jumpers beat out assorted Russians and Americans to give me a slight lead, but it's still a remarkably tight race among the top three. It's also still a big jump to fourth, which is due primarily to fbaezer's decision to pick the Finns, as he pointed out. Meanwhile, the double gold in ice dancing for djd62 was not quite enough to pull him out of last place.

My performance mirrors Irish participation in these events. A Personal Best but nowhere near the medals.

I picked the finns too. Noodles to self..

(I would so do none of these sports.. even in my dreams)

you say 15th, i say five 3rd place finishes

I hired some Switzers to take care of that, but the state of crossbow
marksmanship in Switzerland has sadly declined.

Standings through Day 12 (Feb 23):

1) tgordon92 241
2) George 239
3) McGentrix 236
4) fbaezer 219
5) Seed 206
6) realjohnboy 196
7) ehBeth 192
7) tsarstepan 192
9) ossobuco 190
10) lmur 185
11) jespah 175
12) djjd62 165
13) rhyss 161
14) alex240101 154
15) engineer 152

Still a tight race among the top three, with everyone else not able to make up much ground toward reaching the podium. But the big story is a perfect storm of Russian, Swiss, French, and Dutch success catapaulting djd62 from five bronzes to four!

3 Finnish golds will put me back in the race!

There is an Irish interest in the women's bobsleigh event, which is taking place right now, I believe. Originally, twenty countries were scheduled to participate; with Ireland having qualified in 20th place. About two weeks ago, Australia (in 21st position) objected on the basis that there was no Oceania representation in the event and their objection was sustained. Cue national indignation - first Thiery Henry and now this! (Fbaezer will know of what I speak). Common sense did eventually prevail and our girls have been added to the list of participants. Just finish ahead of those dastardly Oceaniacs, that's all we ask.

All of which led to the chosen name for my fantasy team - Ozzie Nob-Slayers.