2018 Winter Olympics 9-25 Feb., PyeongChang

[walkonby]

^^ That player finally apologized for taking her medal off. It is like I said before some of these high strung competitive athletes feel that when they " win " the Silver in a final match game they are essentially the " losers " of that match.

Still, it was disrespectful of her and showed poor sportsmanship. As Canadians we are generally better than that.

Gosh I watched the Snowboard Big Air thing! Our guy ( Sebastien Toutant) won Gold!! Do any of you remember when he was this crazy 13 yr old on the scene? I remembered the story but was unaware HE was the guy! ha ha

Hmmmm, does that mean we have 28 medals now?

[walkonby]

Our Mens hockey team's bronze medal game is about to start! Good luck guys!!!

In other news.........I got a laugh over this!!

GermanForeignOffice ✔ @Ger manyDiplo

Travel advisory: Germans in Canada should exercise a high degree of empathy. Be nice, don’t gloat, give hugs, buy rounds of hot chocolate.

Just imagine how you would feel if Canada beat us in soccer

#CANGER @TeamD @CanadaFP @KanadaBotschaft
11:52 AM - Feb 23, 2018

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[Natalka]

Kim Boutin (@kimbtin) will be Canada's flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Olympics

Boutin won three medals in individual events here, the only Canadian athlete to do so in these Games and only the fourth Canadian in history to reach that total.
Boutin won silver in the women’s 1,000 metre event and a pair of bronze medals in the 500 and 1,500-metre events

[Natalka]

Canadian ski cross athlete Dave Duncan arrested at Olympics: report

Duncan, his wife, and Canadian technical coach Willy Raine were arrested, according to the CBC, after allegedly hopping into an idling car and driving it to athletes village. Police also said the driver of the stolen vehicle had a blood-alcohol level of .162 — the legal limit is .05.

Raine is the son of Canadian skiing legend Nancy Greene.

https://www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...-olympics.html

[walkonby]

woo hoo!!! HOCKEY!!!! Team Canada took Bronze!! Seemed all wrapped up in the 3rd with a 6-2 lead but the Czechs battled back making it 6-4 Scary last moments there!!

[Ciel]

@walkonby the French have a similar tweet about iceskating.

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France in Toronto Retweeted German Consulate TO
We have also requested that @CanadaFP ask Canadians travelling to France to avoid the topic #iceskating #Pyeonchang2018

France in Toronto added,
German Consulate TO @GermanyinTO
Travel advice by the German Foreign Office for Canada: avoid the topic #IceHockey #GermanyinCanada #Olympics2018 https://twitter.com/AuswaertigesAmt/...54596895137793 …





5:58 PM - 23 Feb 2018

https://twitter.com/francetoronto/st...71923355553792

[Ciel]

@Natalka -the women's ski cross event had a few tumbles! One Canadian went down and had to go to hospital. Happy for the Canadians placing first and second.

I also watched some of the women's artistic iceskating event. Tumbles there too. Yes there were two tall competitors as well.

[Ciel]

The Olympic stadium will be made redundant soon:
https://www.vox.com/world/2018/2/23/...st-pyeongchang

Radio Canada had a segment where Jean-Rene Dufort? went to see the two Quebec technical staff in charge of the projectors at the stadium. Huge equipment. Their room was like a storage unit.

[Natalka]

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[Ciel]

That was a party, the closing ceremony. Noticed a closeup of the South Korean president showed a glass globe on the ledge in front of him-well before the "gift" part of the show commenced. Classy send-off.

Have to admit those LED panels in the seating areas were well-used during the show. Oh, and there was K-pop!

[Ciel]

The volunteer experiences of two Hamilton-area residents at the Winter Games!
https://www.hamiltonnews.com/sports-...he-experience/

[Ciel]

Caught the last part of the closing ceremonies for the Paralympic Games. Don't know the band that performed but I recognized Ailee (took awhile for her name to come back-she was in Dream High 2 drama a few years ago). She's American and can sing R&B style songs beautifully plus many other styles.

I had a problem with the Chinese dance troupe number-the lead dancer was using a regular wheelchair, not a sport wheelchair, to start off the dance segment. To me that portends that maybe Paralympians in Beijing have not caught up with the 21st century yet (and I could not miss the symbolism of the red scarves either-Community Party). Might be a matter of minds still stuck in the 20th century.