Surely the Winter Olympics deserve a thread of their own.

The Italian press are whipping up national interest in the luge as I write. Those lovely Austrian type Italian folk from the Sud Tirol will become national heroes in the next few days.

Forza Armin Zoeggler, you can heare them say.

I'll be attending one event: Italy v Czech Republic in the Men's Ice Hockey.

Has anyone seen that English 'skeleton luge' woman?

She's pretty fit.

Yes. Scotland (GB) beat Italy 7-5 in the opening Group match in the curling.

Go on Britain! Bring those medals back home! (Or words to that effect.)

*Switches over to Sky Sports news, in hope of some decent sporting action*

Haven't posted for a while, been very busy.

I was supposed to be going to Torino to watch the games but lack of funds put an end to that. Two friends of mine are there as voluteers for Canada, looks like they're having a blast. Can't wait to see their photos when they pop back briefly before going back to Canada.

Forza Italia!

Can anyone can name me a watchable Winter Olympic sport?

Fighting. Spoiled when an Ice Hockey game breaks out in the middle of it, though...

We won the curling. Yay.

Don't see the point in the indoor events. It doesn't need to be winter to have an indoor ice rink.

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Originally posted by MICHAEL_LA_VIOLA:
We won the curling. Yay.

Don't see the point in the indoor events. It doesn't need to be winter to have an indoor ice rink.

Curling used to be played outdoors of course.

I see Italy surprised Andy Kapp and his German team earlier today.

Moguls. WTF?