On balance, are curlers the best looking sports people?

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

The answer is yes, so you don't have to discuss of you don't want to. Just a heart reaction for agreement will do.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

24 minutes ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

The answer is yes, so you don't have to discuss of you don't want to. Just a heart reaction for agreement will do.

Ice skaters must have a lot of balance too. No idea about looks though.

[trousers]

Nah...

 

[Turkish]

Yes these guys are so hot! 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Yes these guys are so hot! 

The guy in the middle has those Tonda "Hungry Eyes"

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Feel like I need to express my disappointment in the Swedish team currently playing.

[Gloucester Saint]

The ability to curl one off effectively is always helpful.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

14 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

The ability to curl one off effectively is always helpful.

said curling fan, Mr Shipperley to the court.

[Gloucester Saint]

20 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

said curling fan, Mr Shipperley to the court.

Van Wanker is scoring well in the Dutch League this year.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Absolutely mad that this person was allowed to compete in the Women's downhill at the Olympics 😡 

Edited yesterday at 20:23 by Stripey McStripe Shirt

[Lighthouse]

I thought she did downhill, not ski jumping.

[Weston Super Saint]

57 minutes ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

Absolutely mad that this person was allowed to compete in the Women's downhill at the Olympics 😡 

Third leg?  Is she a he?

[Picard]

Apparently she has signed up for the Paralympic games.

[Turkish]

The Speed Skating is well worth a watch......

[badgerx16]

Should the Ukrainian skeleton rider have been allowed to compete in his memorial helmet?

Edited 11 hours ago by badgerx16

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

7 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

Should the Ukrainian skeleton rider have been allowed to compete in his memorial helmet?

Probably right to be honest. Just opens the door for various other political statements (yeah, yeah I know) if they allow it. Safer to just draw a line under it.

[egg]

9 hours ago, Turkish said:

The Speed Skating is well worth a watch......

Indeed. Jutta Leerdam. Jake Paul has done well. 

[Baird of the land]

9 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

Should the Ukrainian skeleton rider have been allowed to compete in his memorial helmet?

No, I think ioc are quite right it would open the door to anyone doing the same for any conflict/politcal motivation.

[The Kraken]

7 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

No, I think ioc are quite right it would open the door to anyone doing the same for any conflict/politcal motivation.

I think I agree with you. But I also read that the photos are of people he knew, former fellow athletes. Also the poppy in itself is a symbol of remembrance that is positively encouraged at sporting events. So maybe not quite so cut and dry.

[egg]

44 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

I think I agree with you. But I also read that the photos are of people he knew, former fellow athletes. Also the poppy in itself is a symbol of remembrance that is positively encouraged at sporting events. So maybe not quite so cut and dry.

It's a tough one, but there's the risk that one of the "neutral" competitors chooses to do the same for fallen people they know. The IOC is then faced with having to allow that and facing likely backlash, or allow a different approach to Ukrainian and Russian competitors. They took the safe course, which on balance, I think is the right one. 

[The Kraken]

1 minute ago, egg said:

It's a tough one, but there's the risk that one of the "neutral" competitors chooses to do the same for fallen people they know. The IOC is then faced with having to allow that and facing likely backlash, or allow a different approach to Ukrainian and Russian competitors. They took the safe course, which on balance, I think is the right one. 

Yeah I think ultimately you’re right. Like you say a tough one. The IOC were prepared to allow a black armband, so they’re not ruling out a “political statement” unitarily. Difficult to draw a line in the sand, and I wouldn’t have fancied being in the discussions with the Ukrainian slider telling him the limits of the IOC-approved levels of grief allowed on track.