Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022 News

[Olympian1010 8,068]

  On 12/12/2019 at 9:40 PM, dcro said:

I wonder if that particular venue had any real snowfall in the last 100 years.

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Definitely not, science is cool 

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 12/12/2019 at 7:45 PM, NearPup said:

...I actually really like the industrial landscape.

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It fits well with the whole big air thing. The industrial landscape has as much to do with a healthy lifestyle as the big air with the Olympics  

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 12/12/2019 at 9:58 PM, Olympian1010 said:

Definitely not, science is cool 

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I too can not wait for the Doha Winter Olympics somewhere in July.

Edited December 12, 2019 by heywoodu

[Olympian1010 8,068]

  On 12/12/2019 at 11:30 PM, heywoodu said:

I too can not wait for the Doha Winter Olympics somewhere in July.

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They don’t have hills, even the best architects couldn’t make hills big enough for downhill. 

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 12/12/2019 at 11:37 PM, Olympian1010 said:

They don’t have hills, even the best architects couldn’t make hills big enough for downhill. 

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They don't need a hill if they can dig a hole deep enough for a downhill

[Olympian1010 8,068]

  On 12/12/2019 at 11:41 PM, heywoodu said:

 

They don't need a hill if they can dig a hole deep enough for a downhill

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Didn’t think about that...I’ll pass that along to the IOC and Qatari government for you 

[intoronto 5,850]

Looks like the Olympics will get the best hockey players: https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2020/07/01/toronto-edmonton-on-verge-of-being-named-nhl-hub-cities-pending-cba-agreement-source-says.html

[Olympian1010 8,068]

I think the IOC is starting to fear a boycott. Pound basically said so, and all of sudden Bach wants to share “sad memories” about the 1980 boycott.

[rybak 3,238]

  On 7/17/2020 at 5:35 PM, Olympian1010 said:

I think the IOC is starting to fear a boycott. Pound basically said so, and all of sudden Bach wants to share “sad memories” about the 1980 boycott.

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What reason?

[intoronto 5,850]

  On 7/17/2020 at 6:05 PM, rybak said:

What reason?

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imo: Because China is a real shitty country that is the "crybaby" of the planet.

 

But now horror stories are coming out from the genocide taking place of the Uighur people in Northwest China, and the horrible human rights situation there.