[melim]

8. Netherlands Antilles

[pjmpjm]

Little-Known Facts about the Olympics

1. Gold medals are actually made out of silver.

2. The Olympics have been cancelled three times, because of WWI and WWII, in 1916, 1940 and 1944.

3. Only five countries have participated in every Olympic Games since 1896: Australia, France, Great Britain, Greece and Switzerland.

4. At least one of the five Olympics colours (red, blue, green, yellow and black) appears in every national flag worldwide.

5. American Eddie Eagan won a Gold Medal for Boxing in 1920, and a Gold in the Bobsled in 1932. No-one else has ever won Gold in both Summer and Winter Olympics.

[Alcibiades]

7.Bohemia

[ms772]

9 - Australasia

[goldie0608]

6. United Arab Republic

[johngriffen]

WOMEN’S SKI JUMPING - Individual Normal Hill Contest is now CLOSED!

I'm locking this one up about 20 minutes early. If somebody still really want to get in, PM you picks in the next 20 minutes
(It must be time stamped 7am my local time)

20 Players made their picks.
Player Gold Medal Pick
johngriffen Lundby
WordDiva Lundby
hija Lundby
accountant1usa Lundby
BrightEyes4ever Lundby
Alessa9 Lundby
XiLeXi Lundby
Angel Sardar Lundby
goldie0608 Lundby
rchhuon99 Lundby
lucidusgirl Lundby
jen23nifer Lundby
EmpressReece Lundby
matina Lundby
bookworm28 Takanashi
9trogue Takanashi
jhj2040 Takanashi
Alcibiades Stolz
ms772 Vogt
13Ice Field


As you can see… Most went with the favorite.
I'll post the when the event is over.
If anybody happens to see an in game live recap, PLEASE feel free to post it.

If you see the final results, and I haven't posted it yet… Please post it.

Good Luck to all

[pjmpjm]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-12/w ... tion=sport

In another day of windy conditions in Pyeongchang, Olympic women's slopestyle athletes crashed one by one as they competed for gold. Strong headwinds appeared to affect the athletes, as the conditions continued to cause headaches for organisers. Several events were delayed or postponed for safety reasons in gusts of up to 80 kph. It shouldn't be a surprise. The Pyeongchang area is dotted with wind turbines. But it was the windy conditions injured Australian snowboarder Tess Coady believes denied her a debut Olympic appearance and has Australian officials asking questions about safety for athletes.

[johngriffen]

OLYMPIC CONTEST #4
WOMEN’S SPEED SKATING - 1,500M
Only three nations really have a skater that has a chance at this one: Japan, USA and the Dutch.

Here is what the experts are saying:
Japan is again way ahead, but Richardson-Bergsma and Ireen Wust appear to be poised to give Miho Takagi a run for her money. At the very least the Dutch and the USA may at least challenge for a medal – that’s how the Olympic women’s 1500m Long Track Speed Skating is looking at this stage of the game anyway.

Here are the latest odds.
Miho Takagi (Japan) -125
Heather Richardson-Bergsma (USA) +450
Ireen Wust (NED) +500
Marrit Leenstra (NED) +900
Lotte van Beek (NED) +900
Brittany Bowe (USA) +1400
(As a reminder… minus is good, the higher the better/ plus is not good, but the lower the better)
As you can see, the odds and experts agree. Miho looks REALLY GOOD for this event, but Heather and Ireen have a reasonable chance for the upset.

What is it?
This contest, you will just need to pick the Gold Medal Winner

How do you play?
To enter this contest, you will need to post the following:

WOMEN’S SPEED SKATING – 1,500M
CONTESTANT NAME
If you don’t like anybody in the top 6 (the names I’ve provided), you can bet all others by posting
THE FIELD
(Please remember it’s important to include the contest name with your picks so it is clear which contest you’re picking for)

Rules:
Again, to win, you simply need to correctly pick the winner of the event.
Only 1 post per person for this specific contest, any more and all of your posts will be disallowed.

ALL PICKS MUST BE MADE PRIOR TO THE FOLLOWING TIMES:
Tue 9:00 AM South Korea
Mon 6:00 PM Chicago
Mon Midnight GMT

Reward:
The pool will be 1,000 WRZ$. The winners will share the pool equally.


You don’t have a lot of time to make your picks.
So start making your picks.

Sports Center is OFF



Geeee... A SENIOR MOMENT.
NBC is listing that as a live event TONIGHT.

Oh... and a special thanks to all those that pointed out that the race had already run.
There are a couple of forums I run contests on where they would NEVER have pointed that out.


For all those that posted the "correct answer" You will be receiving a small donation for your effort.

[johngriffen]

Got to play the odds

WOMEN’S SPEED SKATING – 1,500M
Miho Takagi

Note: As you've probably noticed, we run multiple contests at the same time, so it's always worth checking in to make sure you haven't missed something.

[hija]

WOMEN’S SPEED SKATING – 1,500M
Ireen Wust (NED)

[jychung93]

WOMEN’S SPEED SKATING – 1,500M
Ireen Wust (NED)

[accountant1usa]

WOMEN’S SPEED SKATING – 1,500M
Miho Takagi (Japan)

[melim]

The women's 1500 meters already happened... I just watched it.

[flawlessdreamer]

WOMEN’S SPEED SKATING – 1,500M
Ireen Wust (NED)

[irathomas]

WOMEN’S SPEED SKATING - 1,500M
Ireen Wust (NED)