BuffaloKyle Posted August 11, 2024 Posted August 11, 2024 Even though today was the end of the 2024 Summer Olympics now's a great time to start the next Olympics thread. Can you believe it is less than 18 months until the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics! It feels like just yesterday I was watching Nathan Chen skating to Elton John to win gold. I'm looking most forward to NHL players being in men's ice hockey for the first time since 2014. The biggest thing to be resolved is if Russia will be allowed to compete or not. Currently they are banned through 2025 from international tournaments by The International Ice Hockey Federation. There are so many Russian NHL players it would be quite an uproar I feel if they don't get to compete.
mike carey Posted August 11, 2024 Posted August 11, 2024 Waddaya mean, it only seems like yesterday when Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean were skating to gold in Sarajevo to Ravel's Bolero. Torvill and Dean's legendary 'Bolero' performance | Music Mondays OLYMPICS.COM Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean memorably receive sixes across the board following their skate to Ravel's Bolero at... + sam.fitzpatrick and thomas 1 1
BuffaloKyle Posted August 12, 2024 Author Posted August 12, 2024 1 hour ago, mike carey said: Waddaya mean, it only seems like yesterday when Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean were skating to gold in Sarajevo to Ravel's Bolero. Torvill and Dean's legendary 'Bolero' performance | Music Mondays OLYMPICS.COM Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean memorably receive sixes across the board following their skate to Ravel's Bolero at... Not to make you feel old but I wasn't even alive in 1984! 🤣 thomas and mike carey 2
+ Just Chuck Posted Monday at 11:53 AM Posted Monday at 11:53 AM I’m seeing some internet buzz that US men’s figure skater Ilia Malinin will be a potential star to keep an eye on. YouTube clip of a recent winning performance. MikeBiDude, + SidewaysDM and thomas 2 1
+ Just Chuck Posted yesterday at 09:47 AM Posted yesterday at 09:47 AM US speed skater Jordan Stolz is really good looking. BSR, + SidewaysDM and thomas 1 1 1
MikeBiDude Posted yesterday at 04:22 PM Posted yesterday at 04:22 PM 6 hours ago, Just Chuck said: US speed skater Jordan Stolz is really good looking. I’m always waiting to see the speed skater’s beautiful thighs/glutes! Who remembers Eric Heiden? Yikes I fantasized about him… BSR, + SidewaysDM, + Just Chuck and 1 other 4
BSR Posted yesterday at 05:13 PM Posted yesterday at 05:13 PM (edited) On 1/12/2026 at 7:53 PM, Just Chuck said: I’m seeing some internet buzz that US men’s figure skater Ilia Malinin will be a potential star to keep an eye on. YouTube clip of a recent winning performance. Malinin is known as the Quad God for his gravity-defying quadruple jumps, including his signature quad axel — “signature” because he’s the only figure skater ever to land a clean quad axel in official competition. At the 2025 Grand Prix Final, he landed 7 quads in the free program, the only skater ever to do so. For some context, at the GPF he beat the 2nd place skater by 2 quads and 30 points, despite being almost 15 points behind after a disastrous short program, and the 3rd place skater by 4 quads and 40 points. So yes, he is a strong favorite for gold, but with all the pressure of the Olympics and that so-damn-slippery ice, you never know. Here is a slo-mo of Malinin’s quad axel, 4.5 revolutions in the air, doesn’t seem humanly possible … Edited yesterday at 05:13 PM by BSR Fixed link + Just Chuck, thomas and + SidewaysDM 3
+ Just Chuck Posted yesterday at 06:09 PM Posted yesterday at 06:09 PM I started watching the Biathlon events a couple of winter olympics ago and really enjoy it. It’s such a challenging event. Comparable to running up 20 flights of stairs and then threading ten needles and adding two more flights for every needle you didn’t thread on the first try. Campbell Wright is the USA’s hopeful this year. + SidewaysDM and BSR 2
+ Just Chuck Posted yesterday at 06:11 PM Posted yesterday at 06:11 PM 1 hour ago, MikeBiDude said: I’m always waiting to see the speed skater’s beautiful thighs/glutes! Who remembers Eric Heiden? Yikes I fantasized about him… I searched for a rear view image of spandex clad Jordan Stolz without luck. I wanted that glute thigh view too! + SidewaysDM and MikeBiDude 1 1
MikeBiDude Posted yesterday at 07:21 PM Posted yesterday at 07:21 PM 1 hour ago, Just Chuck said: I searched for a rear view image of spandex clad Jordan Stolz without luck. I wanted that glute thigh view too! Well until we can find Jordan Slotz, here’s a 1980’s Eric Heiden: + SidewaysDM, BSR, thomas and 2 others 2 1 2
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