Winter Olympics

8 watchers

Ness Feb 2022 8:12pm, 8 Feb 2022 19,511 posts	0 Ness Watching the ‘free ski’ (?) Have not seen this event before. It’s awesome!
Bintmcskint Feb 2022 8:26pm, 8 Feb 2022 46,635 posts	0 Bintmcskint It is pretty amazing
larkim Feb 2022 8:43pm, 8 Feb 2022 16,943 posts	0 larkim Love the Big Air in front of the cooling towers!
Angus Clydesdale Feb 2022 11:30am, 9 Feb 2022 24,292 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale I'm surprised they need cooling towers. Are they for the snow?
larkim Feb 2022 12:10pm, 9 Feb 2022 16,954 posts	0 larkim It feels so China to have an expensive chilled high quality free ski jump right in the middle of what looks like Sheffield!
Ocelot Spleens Feb 2022 12:44pm, 9 Feb 2022 33,108 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens I just checked they're part of what used to be a steel mill, the mill was shut in 2008 before the summer Olympics because of the pollution it used to spew out. Apparently it's a gree eco regeneration area!
larkim Feb 2022 12:46pm, 9 Feb 2022 16,959 posts	0 larkim That's quite cool then actually. I did presume it wasn't just a working facility otherwise it would have been a very very odd location to choose. BBC iPlayer coverage has been good so far - I've been getting in at the end of the day and using their "must see" 15-20 minute programmes on the key medal events to catch up with the best bits.
Fragile Do Not Bend Feb 2022 7:58pm, 9 Feb 2022 9,230 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend Luge doubles has got to be one of most undignified-looking sports in the games.
JenHB Feb 2022 8:02pm, 9 Feb 2022 503 posts	0 JenHB fdnb - I agree re luge doubles.
HappyG(rrr) Feb 2022 1:23pm, 10 Feb 2022 41,384 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) When did Steve Cram become a curling expert - "it's a hard curl on the draw side, but at least GB have the hammer in this end..." eh, what?! G