Olympics 2018

The Australian snowboarder Emily Arthur says she does not have a concussion.

The Tongan who must have been freezing cold during opening ceremonies has not heard from his family after a cyclone just hit his home. Let’s hope it is just from power outages and nothing worse.

Congratulations to your cousin @bookworm. I was so excited for her, I also stayed up last night. She was on the today also. Such a great big deal.

My brother drove @bookworm 's niece on a snowmobile, so it’s almost like we’re related!

My cousin’s child. Where did your brother meet her, twoinanddone?

He’s a patroler at Steamboat.

I am currently watching pairs skating. Some of the women are having problems with their costumes in that it is riding up their butts too far. I am surprised that they don’t glue them down like beauty pageant contestants do.

Earlier I was watching curling. My husband had to leave the room. He said It was too stressful! Lol total Minnesotan!

Waiting for Shaun White to go was excruciating. Was it enough???

Yeah!!!

Great Shaun!!!

H and I were so happy Shaun White won but then became incredibly upset at how he was dragging the flag around and not respecting it. Very poor etiquette, I would expect more from an experienced Olympian.

The return of the King! He had said he couldn’t forgive himself for finishing fourth in Sochi. I’m so glad he did so well on his last run!!

I wish he still had his Flying Tomato hair, though. :slight_smile:

The Chinese man in the pairs skate is 33 years old. He clearly is not a college aged skater. I thought that his expressions were effective rather than the dramatic expressions on most of the kids. Good for him for being in his fifth olympics!

Regarding Shaun White- you all are aware of the icky icky sexual harassment he inflicted on a member of his band? I am not cheering for him.

Edited to add- he settled the case because she had kept the sexts he had sent her as well as messages.

Yes, my husband is conflicted about Shaun White – he wants to cheer for the old fart, but is disgusted by the sexual harassment stuff… sigh…

Wow Shaun White was really under pressure and delivered. The poor young Japanese kid looked miserable after trying so hard to win.

OMG, the North Korean pair qualified for the next skate!!!

They were good! I heard they trained some in Canada.

@BunsenBurner, I loved how happy they were to score a personal best.

Yes, they trained for a few months last summer in Montreal with Bruno Marcotte who also coaches Canadian pairs Megan Duhamel and Eric Radford.

The North Koreans were excellent. I was shocked to see that she is 19 and he is 25. I thought they were younger.

I was not aware of the controversy around Shaun White. I really only follow sports and then just barely during the Olympics.