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What olympic sport would you be in ?
02-08-2014, 07:20 PM
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What olympic sport would you be in ?
I asked this in 2010 and we had fun so I thought I would repeat it .If you had to pick what would be your winter olympic sport ?
Mine would be the luge !
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02-08-2014, 07:23 PM
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When I was a little girl I dreamed of being a figure skater. It didn't help that there were no ice rinks where I lived.
Watching the moguls makes me think that all of those athletes are destined to have severe osteoarthritis of the knees by the time they are 40.
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02-08-2014, 07:30 PM
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You think we can get beer drinking added??
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02-08-2014, 07:31 PM
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Not ice dancing. Alpine skiing looks great to me, too bad I'm a klutz on skis even when I was young enough.
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02-08-2014, 07:42 PM
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Mine would be The ski jump. I've mastered it on my Wii!
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02-08-2014, 07:51 PM
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You think we can get beer drinking added??
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Only if you add a shot of Vodka !
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02-08-2014, 08:22 PM
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I only learned of skeleton watching the last Olympics but it looks to cool to believe. Would love to try it. Luge would be my second choice.
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02-08-2014, 10:52 PM
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Women's beach volleyball...
Oh, okay, downhill.
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02-08-2014, 10:57 PM
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Definitely alpine skiing for me. Then it gets hard. I love the bumps, but slalom would be fun other than constantly whacking gates.
But I think ski cross is a hoot so that would be my discipline. I recall racing with friends down trails in college that was similar to ski cross. Rounded a corner one time at high speed and a snow cat was grooming the trail so had to take evasive action. Close call.
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02-08-2014, 10:58 PM
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Skeleton. It's just crazy.
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02-08-2014, 11:05 PM
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I like downhill and slalom (I used to be pretty good at both).
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02-09-2014, 12:31 AM
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Shuffle board... err... I mean curling.
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02-09-2014, 05:40 AM
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02-09-2014, 06:44 AM
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I still like downhill but slopestyle looked pretty cool.
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02-09-2014, 07:32 AM
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Cross country skiing, most definitely. It's the only Winter Games sport that fits my background of running marathons. It's overlooked in the U.S. since there's no way to put together a splashy 30 second highlight reel of dramatic moments in a race, but I do remember the days when Bill Koch was a star. Looking back at the records, I see that he's still the only American to win an Olympic medal in the sport.
What I like most about endurance events like cross country skiing is that there is only a very little luck involved in the outcome. In figure skating you can nail your jumps time after time in practice and still mess up a landing in competition. In cross country skiing, the person with the most stamina is going to win almost all the time.
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02-09-2014, 09:30 AM
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It's a tossup between the luge/bobsled and curling (being a shuffleboard fan).
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02-09-2014, 10:16 AM
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I think I would metal in the luge. As I sit in my recliner I have noticed that I am pretty good at pointing my toes together....the tv coverage always mentions the toes. 
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02-09-2014, 11:01 AM
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Has to be Hockey. Its the only winter sport (I think) that you can play professionally, earn a hefty paycheck outside of the Olympics and RE! Granted you may not have all of your teeth when you are done.....
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02-09-2014, 11:12 AM
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But then you have this option !
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02-09-2014, 11:17 AM
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Quote:
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Women's beach volleyball...
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Imagine my horror & confusion when someone told me last year that they have men's beach volleyball........."Why would they do that?" I asked.
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