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I bought it on Foxtel the other day. Can't wait to watch it all.

It was $50. It's got 4 channels though, so you never miss anything.

Pretty keen to watch some ice hockey.

The ice hockey would be good to watch.

USA V Russia.

still a lot of tension there.
do Australia have an ice hockey team?

I love the Snowboarding and anything to do with Skiing.

I will get right on it. That sounds good.

Got a letter from Foxtel yesterday saying they are giving me the Winter Olympics package all 4 channels for free. So major win there.

Obviously they had a reason for giving it to him for free :roll:

That opening ceremony was a debacle.

Inexplicable "punk" fiddlers and Irish dancers?
Slam poetry?
Mechanical failure of their torch?
KD Lang murdering "Hallelujah"?

Good old Canada!

no ....:cry:

They gave it to me for my continued and valuable service. Mind you I have been with Foxtel for like 15 years. I was there when it was called Galaxy :lol:

:lol: never knew it was called Galaxy. For a moment i thought you were talking about the Los Angeles Gaxy, i'm like wtf does a MLS team have to do with Foxtel :lol:

:lol: :lol:

I ended up getting Galaxy free for a year because they fucked up their database so my address wasn't showing up on their computers like it didn't exist. So I didn't get billed for it but still got the service for free.:lol: :lol:

Dale Begg-Smith was robbed. The only reason he lost was cause there was an actual Canadian that everyone wanted to win.

Nah man, that canadian guy was fantastic. I'm no expert, but he made great time, his jumps were clean, and he kept his legs locked together.

Mens Ice Hockey Semis. Canada right now

win just cut away to the speed skating just because some australian girl was racing :evil:

And through this, we miss Canada's first goal.#-o

I don't mind them cutting to the Men's speed skating tbh, gotta love Apolo Ohno.

I don't mind them cutting to the Men's speed skating tbh, gotta love Apolo Ohno.

Ohno disqualified. Robbed

I go for District 5.

pity we didn't make it to the Ice Hockey

We'd have been spanked anyway :lol:

What's the Olympic rules on fights in the Ice Hockey?

No idea, wouldn't mind seeing the Russians and Yanks go at it:lol: :lol:

Just googled it, IIHF rules ban fighting. It results in an ejection.

Australia's best chances for gold in Sochi

Australia will take a record 60 athletes to the Sochi Winter Olympic Games as they look to build on their record success from Vancouver four years ago.

But who among them are the best chances of winning a medal? Take a look at the top contenders.

Torah Bright (Halfpipe, Slopestyle and Snowboard Cross)
Australia's golden girl of the Vancouver Olympics looks set to cover herself in glory once again in Sochi.

Bright is a raging favourite to defend her title in the snowboard Halfpipe and she is also a good chance for a medal in the Slopestyle event.

A greater workload and the weight of expectation are added burdens for Bright this year, but gold-medal winning run four years ago after she crashed out at the first attempt shows she can handle the pressure.

Success in Sochi would see Bright confirm her status as Australia's greatest-ever Winter Olympian, and she's still only 27-years-old.

Alex Pullin (Snowboard Cross)
The 2012-2013 season was a golden won for 'Chumpy' Pullin, who became the first Australian to defend a winter World Championship.

He also took overall honours in the World Cup last season after finishing on the podium four times out of seven races, which is a remarkable achievement in an unpredictable sport like Snowboard Cross.

Despite a heavy crash during a race in December, Pullin is hopeful his relaxed preparation in Australia will see him peak in Sochi.

He has a score to settle as well; he crashed out four years ago in Vancouver while comfortably leading eventual champion Seth Wescott in his heat.

Russ Henshaw (Ski Slopestyle)
Henshaw has had to overcome several horrific injuries just to be in Sochi for his first Olympics.

The Sydney-born skier tore his anterior cruciate ligament in 2011, before unfortunately tearing it against last year.

With the Olympics just around the corner, Henshaw decided against a second round of surgery and spent most of 2013 rehabilitating.

Henshaw's injury means he has only just returned to competitive action, but early signs are he will be well in contention for a medal in Sochi.

Lydia Lassila (Aerials)
The reigning Olympic champion, Lassila will again face a tough test from a host of Chinese athletes if she wants to defend her crown in Sochi.

Having taken a break after the Vancouver Games to start a family, Lasilla returned to competition with a bang in 2012.

She finished third overall in the 2012-2013 World Cup season and also grabbed fifth place at the World Championships.

She has one gold and one silver from five World Cup events this season and should be right in contention for a medal in Sochi.

Anna Segal (Ski Slopestyle)
Segal's preparation for Sochi, like a lot of her career, has been hampered by injury.

The 27-year-old missed a big chunk of last season after undergoing knee surgery and she has struggled to regain full fitness heading into the Games.

But the former moguls skier is a class act in the Slopestyle event, as shown by her World Championship title in 2011.

She's also enjoyed past success at the Winter X Games and if she can get over her injury problems, she will be in with a good chance of a medal.

Other medal chances

Dale Begg-Smith (Moguls)
An international man of mystery, Canadian-born Begg-Smith is Australia's most decorated Winter Olympian. Having won gold at the 2006 Games, Begg-Smith came agonisingly short of defending his title in Vancouver. He has only just returned to competitive action after a long absence, recording a best finish of fifth from five World Cup events this season. Just how Begg-Smith will go in Sochi is, much like the man himself, a mystery.

Jarryd Hughes (Snowboard Cross)
Just 18-years-old, Hughes stunned competitors at the World Cup event in Lake Louise this season, winning gold in his first World Cup final. He enjoys the role of the 'outsider' and is always in with a chance in such an unpredictable sport like Snowboard Cross.

Scotty James (Halfpipe and Slopestyle)
James made history at the Vancouver Games as a 15-year-old when he became the youngest male winter Olympian in 50 years. Having grown an incredible 23cms in four years, James has plenty of confidence to go with his bigger frame having been crowned overall World Cup champion this season.

David Morris (Aerials)
A 29-year-old from Melbourne, Morris was the first Australian male to win a World Cup aerials event, which he did in the Ukraine in February last year. He finished the 2012-2013 season ranked No.2 in the world and while his World Cup performances this season haven't been as impressive, he can't be counted out.

Laura Peel (Aerials)
A 24-year-old former gymnast from Canberra, Peel did her chances of an Olympic medal no harm when she finished second in a test event at Sochi last year. While not a household name, Peel's knowledge of the venue means she could upstage her more fancied rivals.

Massive bump this. Where did you even find the thread?

Looking forward to this so much. Aus in with some great chances. Zimbabwe even has a competitor for the first time.

There is a Jamaican bobsled team. That's more than enough to get me watching the winter Olympics.

Jamaicans call for halt to Sochi donations

Jamaica's Olympic bobsleigh team on Thursday pleaded with their adoring fans to stop sending money to fund their Sochi fairytale while also dreaming of converting Usain Bolt from sprint to snow.

Pilot Winston Watts admitted that the Internet campaign to fund their trip had been such a success that he and brakeman Marvin Dixon feared they would be damned as greedy opportunists if they didn't call a halt.

"The donations were just coming on and on. We had to stop them. We've called a press conference to do it," said Watts after almost $80,000 poured into the empty Jamaica coffers.

"We just didn't want them to think that we're greedy people."

Watts said that despite being the Games underdogs, his country had the world's fastest guy and he was dreaming of having Bolt on his team some day in the future.

"We are underdogs here," he said. "But we (Jamaicans) have the fastest guy in the world -- Usain Bolt.

"He (Bolt) is with us all the time, he's standing behind us just like the rest of the world is standing behind us. He could be a very good pusher but there's one thing about him -- he doesn't like cold.

"But he said once -- maybe next time I'll try myself as a Jamaican bobsleigh team member. And it would be awesome to have him on my team. It would be a terrific combination of a strong guy like me and the fast guy like him."

Watts and Dixon finally got on the bobsleigh track on Thursday after being reunited with their lost luggage that had kept them idle since their arrival.

Other bobsleigh teams in Sochi said the presence of the Jamaicans could only be good for the sport.

"I know those guys, they did work hard and it's not easy to qualify for the Games. I mean they tried in 2006 and they missed, they tried in 2010 and they missed. They tried again and they made it and it is good (for the sport) to have that exposure," said US competitor Steven Holcomb.

"They have a great story and I know those guys and they are great guys," he added.

As in for Australia or as in a terrorist attack?

Official: Plane lands in Turkey after passenger makes bomb threat, asks plane to land in Sochi

(CNN) -- A Pegasus Airlines plane landed at an Istanbul airport on Friday after a passenger "said that there was a bomb on board" and wanted the plane to land in Sochi, Russia, officials with Turkey's Transportation Ministry said.

"While the plane was in the air, one of the passengers said that there was a bomb on board and asked the plane to not land in Sabiha Gokcen (in Turkey) but rather to land in Sochi," Transportation Ministry official Habip Soluk said Friday on CNNTurk.

The Winter Olympic Games began Thursday in Sochi amid intense security against potential terror attacks. Official opening ceremonies were being held Friday.

The plane sent a hijacking signal, and after landing it was being held in a safe zone at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Turkish state media outlet TRT reported.

The plane had been flying a route between Istanbul and Kharhov, Ukraine, the Transportation Ministry representative said. It wasn't clear in which city the flight started.

Something with the luge is out of order or something?

<3 Masha.