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Post by underlinehad on Jan 29, 2018 19:48:55 GMT -5
really? i thought it was only two years ago... maybe i'm getting it confused with leap year... don't mind me... Two years ago was the summer olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I loved the '2012 Summer Olympics' in London, England. One Direction even performed in the closing ceremony.  I forget which year it was but there was one i remember watching that was in bosnia i think... somewhere ... and the "olympic city" is a ghost town now... |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Jan 29, 2018 21:22:34 GMT -5
Two years ago was the summer olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I loved the '2012 Summer Olympics' in London, England. One Direction even performed in the closing ceremony. I forget which year it was but there was one i remember watching that was in bosnia i think... somewhere ... and the "olympic city" is a ghost town now... I looked on 'Google' and I wasn't even alive when those 'Olympic' games were hosted haha. It says they were held in 1984 in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. Wow, that's a mouthful. |
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Post by underlinehad on Jan 29, 2018 21:27:05 GMT -5
I forget which year it was but there was one i remember watching that was in bosnia i think... somewhere ... and the "olympic city" is a ghost town now... I looked on 'Google' and I wasn't even alive when those 'Olympic' games were hosted haha. It says they were held in 1984 in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. Wow, that's a mouthful. A lot of the countries in that area have names that are murder to try to pronounce... but yeah... it was a while ago... But the olympics this year don't seem to be in a place that's much easier to pronounce |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Jan 29, 2018 21:54:15 GMT -5
It makes no sense why the next three 'Olympic' games (including '2018 Olympics') are all in Asia. Why can't they spread them out across the world more? The '2018 Winter Olympics' will be in Pyeongchang, South Korea; the '2020 Summer Olympics' will be in Tokyo, Japan; and the '2022 Winter Olympics' will be in Beijing, China. Then the '2024 Summer Olympics' will finally be held somewhere other than Asia - in Paris, France.
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Post by underlinehad on Jan 29, 2018 22:18:11 GMT -5
It makes no sense why the next three 'Olympic' games (including '2018 Olympics') are all in Asia. Why can't they spread them out across the world more? The '2018 Winter Olympics' will be in Pyeongchang, South Korea; the '2020 Summer Olympics' will be in Tokyo, Japan; and the '2022 Winter Olympics' will be in Beijing, China. Then the '2024 Summer Olympics' will finally be held somewhere other than Asia - in Paris, France. the cities bid on being able to host them... and it costs a lot of money actually to host them. some cities find they can't afford it and drop out. I think for one of them, there was only one city that actually even came forward wanting to host them... |
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Post by Roman on Jan 30, 2018 1:55:58 GMT -5
It makes no sense why the next three 'Olympic' games (including '2018 Olympics') are all in Asia. Why can't they spread them out across the world more? The '2018 Winter Olympics' will be in Pyeongchang, South Korea; the '2020 Summer Olympics' will be in Tokyo, Japan; and the '2022 Winter Olympics' will be in Beijing, China. Then the '2024 Summer Olympics' will finally be held somewhere other than Asia - in Paris, France. the cities bid on being able to host them... and it costs a lot of money actually to host them. some cities find they can't afford it and drop out. I think for one of them, there was only one city that actually even came forward wanting to host them... Yes, hosting the Olympics has quite an impact. And of course you can't host Winter Olympics just anywhere: you need snow and mountains. |
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Post by oliviabenson(Taylor's Version) on Jan 30, 2018 4:10:58 GMT -5
Sad that the NHL is not taking a break to let the players go to the olympics this year. Hope for some medals for germany in biathlon and ski jumping. I heard about that but I didn't really understand what they were saying. So is this going to heavily affect how countries do in hockey? I hope Canada can still get a high medal (gold medal hopefully) for both the women's and men's teams. Not that much I think, only that countries that have no or only one or two players from the NHL could be better than normal. But I like to see the best players of the world all play for their country, and without the NHL players it isn't the case. I think that the USA will not be as good as they can be against russia and other top teams without any NHL players, I predict a third or fourth place for them and think that russia, sweden and canada will fight for the first 3 positions. I hope that germany will get to the second round and maybe can win against the USA again. |
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Post by underlinehad on Jan 30, 2018 10:52:52 GMT -5
the cities bid on being able to host them... and it costs a lot of money actually to host them. some cities find they can't afford it and drop out. I think for one of them, there was only one city that actually even came forward wanting to host them... Yes, hosting the Olympics has quite an impact. And of course you can't host Winter Olympics just anywhere: you need snow and mountains. snow isn't a problem... places make snow constantly... mountains, on the other hand, that might take some time. |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Jan 30, 2018 13:22:29 GMT -5
It makes no sense why the next three 'Olympic' games (including '2018 Olympics') are all in Asia. Why can't they spread them out across the world more? The '2018 Winter Olympics' will be in Pyeongchang, South Korea; the '2020 Summer Olympics' will be in Tokyo, Japan; and the '2022 Winter Olympics' will be in Beijing, China. Then the '2024 Summer Olympics' will finally be held somewhere other than Asia - in Paris, France. the cities bid on being able to host them... and it costs a lot of money actually to host them. some cities find they can't afford it and drop out. I think for one of them, there was only one city that actually even came forward wanting to host them... I know that, but I don't understand why the people in the committee who choose the host cities didn't want more variety. Why Asia three times in a row, for winter then summer then winter olympics? I think there's usually at least 2 cities that are serious about it and then one doesn't get chosen. |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Jan 30, 2018 13:25:15 GMT -5
I heard about that but I didn't really understand what they were saying. So is this going to heavily affect how countries do in hockey? I hope Canada can still get a high medal (gold medal hopefully) for both the women's and men's teams. Not that much I think, only that countries that have no or only one or two players from the NHL could be better than normal. But I like to see the best players of the world all play for their country, and without the NHL players it isn't the case. I think that the USA will not be as good as they can be against russia and other top teams without any NHL players, I predict a third or fourth place for them and think that russia, sweden and canada will fight for the first 3 positions. I hope that germany will get to the second round and maybe can win against the USA again. I'm sorry to admit this for any Americans here but I always boo the U.S. and I usually root for the other country that they're up against.  I hope Canada can get a gold medal again, that would be cool. It seems like Canada, the U.S., Sweden, and Russia are the top hockey teams. I don't think there are too many hockey teams anyways (maybe 10 at least?). |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Jan 30, 2018 13:26:54 GMT -5
Yes, hosting the Olympics has quite an impact. And of course you can't host Winter Olympics just anywhere: you need snow and mountains. snow isn't a problem... places make snow constantly... mountains, on the other hand, that might take some time. In grade 10 or something my 'English' teacher and 'Psychology' teacher showed us news relating to the course about things and he showed us a video on Sochi, Russia and how it was chosen as the 'Olympic' host city for 2014 but didn't have snow actually and had to have snow be made or bring it in to there. It's located in the southwest corner of Russia I think and it's fairly warm there. |
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Post by underlinehad on Jan 30, 2018 13:58:05 GMT -5
Not that much I think, only that countries that have no or only one or two players from the NHL could be better than normal. But I like to see the best players of the world all play for their country, and without the NHL players it isn't the case. I think that the USA will not be as good as they can be against russia and other top teams without any NHL players, I predict a third or fourth place for them and think that russia, sweden and canada will fight for the first 3 positions. I hope that germany will get to the second round and maybe can win against the USA again. I'm sorry to admit this for any Americans here but I always boo the U.S. and I usually root for the other country that they're up against. I hope Canada can get a gold medal again, that would be cool. It seems like Canada, the U.S., Sweden, and Russia are the top hockey teams. I don't think there are too many hockey teams anyways (maybe 10 at least?). you can root for whoever you want, but... do you have to boo anyone? we're friends... you can't boo the US:P |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Jan 30, 2018 14:05:39 GMT -5
I'm sorry to admit this for any Americans here but I always boo the U.S. and I usually root for the other country that they're up against. I hope Canada can get a gold medal again, that would be cool. It seems like Canada, the U.S., Sweden, and Russia are the top hockey teams. I don't think there are too many hockey teams anyways (maybe 10 at least?). you can root for whoever you want, but... do you have to boo anyone? we're friends... you can't boo the US:P Sorry I didn't mean boo, but I cheer for the other team usually. I get tired of the American mentality that they're the only people who matter. I know for certain Americans couldn't give one sh*t about the Canadian team. So I dislike the U.S. team because of that. |
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Post by underlinehad on Jan 30, 2018 14:09:06 GMT -5
you can root for whoever you want, but... do you have to boo anyone? we're friends... you can't boo the US:P Sorry I didn't mean boo, but I cheer for the other team usually. I get tired of the American mentality that they're the only people who matter. I know for certain Americans couldn't give one sh*t about the Canadian team. So I dislike the U.S. team because of that. I have never thought the us team the only one that matters in any event... don't judge all of us by the ignorance of a few:P |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Jan 30, 2018 14:16:46 GMT -5
Sorry I didn't mean boo, but I cheer for the other team usually. I get tired of the American mentality that they're the only people who matter. I know for certain Americans couldn't give one sh*t about the Canadian team. So I dislike the U.S. team because of that. I have never thought the us team the only one that matters in any event... don't judge all of us by the ignorance of a few:P I know people like you (and Jazzy, etc. etc.) are respectful and very nice, but many Americans I've encountered or heard of (e.g. celebrities, people online, people in real life) fit the stereotype I described perfectly. |
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