2014 Winter Olympics

PM Harper and President Obama made a bit of a bet on the hockey game that involved beer.
There was also a wager involving the twit, Justin Bieber. Whichever country lost would be stuck with him.

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@Wilso,

There's a reason I wore my Team Canada jersey to work today Very Happy

Women's ski cross knocked me out - gold and silver!

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

There's a reason I wore my Team Canada jersey to work today

Women's ski cross knocked me out - gold and silver!

Saw that too. And have beaten the US in both men's and women's Ice Hockey. Certainly having a good games.

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@realjohnboy,

realjohnboy wrote:

PM Harper and President Obama made a bit of a bet on the hockey game that involved beer.
There was also a wager involving the twit, Justin Bieber. Whichever country lost would be stuck with him.

Nuts.

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@McGentrix,

I was thinking that it's hard to imagine two men who seem less likely to enjoy beer than Harper and Obama.

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Australia is leading the Southern Hemisphere medal count. Excuse for a beer. Drunk

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Quote:

SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- The Court of Arbitration for Sport says Canada and Slovenia have asked that France's freestyle skicross podium sweep at the Olympics be thrown out because of suit adjustments.

The court says the countries allege French team staffers changed the shaping of the ahtletes' ski pants for better aerodynamics.

The event's rules prohibit athletes from altering their uniforms for aerodynamic purposes.

The sweep by Jean Frederic Chapuis, Arnaud Bovolenta and Jonathan Midol was France's first gold, silver and bronze in the same event at any Winter Olympics.

Canada's Brady Leman placed fourth in the big final, while Slovenia's Filip Flisar placed second in the small final. The court says the countries asked that results be adjusted.

That would give Canada gold and Slovenia bronze, while Russia would take silver.

http://wintergames.ap.org/article/canada-slovenia-protest-mens-skicross-result

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2/23/14 12:30am est

Rank Username Total
1 wheel158 447
2 realjohnboy 434
3 tgordon92 431
4 McGentrix 408
5 fbaezer 395
6 Jahiegel 381
7 ossobuco 363
8 Skin Rip 355
9 sdelong 339
11 Ticomaya 321
10 Ecartmill 310
14 Iautah 284
12 ehBeth 282
15 wheel158_son#1 278
13 jespah 266
16 tsarstepan 256
17 olympics2014_Nick 233
18 olympics2014_Laura 223

Looking like we have our top 3 pretty well wrapped up.

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@McGentrix,

5th, like so many Italian olympians in Sochi.

Italy was my mistake!

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@fbaezer,

US men were mine..

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Well, I was picking Russia (which I was going to do per the "home country rule") from having Gold...

Rank Username Total
1 wheel158 466
2 realjohnboy 453
3 tgordon92 450
4 McGentrix 416
5 fbaezer 414
6 Jahiegel 386
7 Skin Rip 377
8 ossobuco 369
9 sdelong 348
10 Ticomaya 343
11 Ecartmill 328
12 ehBeth 291
13 Iautah 284
14 wheel158_son#1 279
15 jespah 271
16 tsarstepan 259
17 olympics2014_Nick 237
18 olympics2014_Laura 227

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/dam/assets/130530105937-olympic-gold-medal-1-single-image-cut.jpg

wheel158

http://2014-olympic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Sochi-2014-Olympics-Medals-Silver-Medal-Images.jpg

realjohnboy

http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/600x600_olympics-gold-jpg.313377/

tgordon92

Best Possible Team:
Canada 85
Russia 107

Austria 49
Switzerland 41

France 39
Netherlands 70 (!)

Belarus 26
Poland 24
Slovenia 20
Japan 20

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As an aside, I believe in the future we should do away with Male and Femal splits for winter olympics. Either that or ALL group A needs to be split.

US M - 41 (84)
US F - 43
Ger M - 36 (74)
Ger F - 38
Nor M - 46 (85)
Nor F - 39
Canada - 85
Russia - 107

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@McGentrix,

I have to thank Jespah for being slightly better then me. I'm so proud of you! Crying or Very sad

On the other hand? Olympics2014_Nick and Olympics2014_Laura have made a powerful enemy for getting in my way of last place. They will rue the day they picked worse, less successful countries then I did for this august ... sorry should that be february position in a2k's famous quadrennial contest?

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@McGentrix,

I came to that conclusion, at least for myself. Duh, I said, too late to repick.

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@ossobuco,

Wonder what has happened with the guy who was going to take the mother dog and puppies home to the U.S., if he could work it out.

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Thank you, Wheel and McGentrix, for reviving the game.
And congratulations to all medal winners.

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@fbaezer,

Silver medalist Johnboy congratulates Wheeler on winning gold. I thought that the late surge by Russia might enable me to close the gap. Nyet.
I must admit that there is something about this olympics that leaves a bad taste in my mouth. $50 billion spent. Will Sochi in a dozen or so years be a ghost town like other venues. Fun for a couple of weeks but....
Anyway, thanks to those of you who got this going and kept score us. It was fun.

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

Given the interview I'm listening to now, I should switch to Russia from U.S. men.

<sticking to U.S. men just because now>

well that was a mistake

never trust men

or something like that

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@realjohnboy,

Have you watched "Lillehammer" on Netflix?

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@ehBeth,

And Croatia wasn't a good choice by me either. Humbug!

Thank to Wheel and McGentrix - I enjoyed our fantasy game.

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