2026 Olympics Day Seven General Thread

[allezfred]

Need to check what’s on the agenda today!

 

[allezfred]

The British men are getting trounced by Italy at the moment in curling of all things.

 

[Buzz]

Watching ladies snowboarding cross.

 

[allezfred]

There’s a Slovenian cross country skier whose surname is Crv. Tips on how to pronounce that @kosjenka ?

 

[Buzz]

Some skiers are a little surprisingly wearing short sleeves.

 

[Buzz]

J. Klaebo just won his eighth Olympic gold medal!

 

[allezfred]

Wondering why GB are so good at skeleton and not luge or double luge…

 

[allezfred]

Bart Swings is up in the 10000m now!

 

[allezfred]

There’s a Polish speed skater with a surname how I like my eggs - Semirunniy

 

[Cachoo]

I would like to have the thighs of a speed skater.

 

[Buzz]

Some of the happiest competitors were the skiers who finished in the last group to cross the line in the men’s 10k. They looked happy just to complete the race! LOL Hats off to the Lebanese skier who battled back from serous injury to complete again!

 

[Cachoo]

Some of the happiest competitors were the skiers who finished in the last group to cross the line in the men’s 10k. They looked happy just to complete the race! LOL Hats off to the Lebanese skier who battled back from serous injury to complete again!

My all-time favorite Olympic story has to be Petra Majdic who fell before her race and unknowingly went through her races with broken ribs and a collapsed lung and still managed to medal.

 

[allezfred]

Jilek wins the 10000m with Semirunniy second and Bergsma third!

 

[Karen-W]

There's an Italian luger with the last name of Margaglio. How common is that surname in Italy?

 

[kosjenka]

There’s a Slovenian cross country skier whose surname is Crv. Tips on how to pronounce that @kosjenka ?

Worm.

 

[Mozart]

Holy crap Kevin fiala's injury (swiss hockey) looks bad. He has broken his left femur before looks like maybe that is what happened here. He plays for the LA Kings