Members SnCCorinthos4ever Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 I think that the way it works is that an athlete that was born in one country can compete for another country only after getting citizenship in that country and having lived there for x number of years. They can only play for either country if they have dual citizenship such as Australia & the USA. Dual citizenship I think is starting to be common, but then there are still some countrie's that expect you to fully renounce the country that you were born in before becoming a citizen. I hope that all made sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 The women's downhill today has been kind of disheartening. Alot of falls, including a French skier getting caught up with her pole 20m out of the gate Parson from Sweden (Bronze medalist in 2006) was having a great run and was on track for 2nd behind Vonn at the time fell on the last jump Vonn appears to have it well in hand currently ahead by .50 seconds ahead of American counterpart Mancuso. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted February 17, 2010 Author Administrator Share Posted February 17, 2010 That was kinda funny....but I felt sorry for her. She was the one who flew like 60 metres, right? That was AMAZING! The crash of the skier who had to be air lifted out was pretty amazing too. I joined Vonn-tourage!! Also, Kelly Vanderbeek is pretty hot too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcar03 Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 Some have dual citizenship because one of their parents was born in one country and another in a different country. I'm not positive but I think the Australia/Canadian Spam king may of had that. There is a Japanese woman who had to renounce her citizenship with Japan to become Russian and compete for Russia. She is not very popular in Japan because of that but Japan doesn't have a strong pairs program so she had to do what she had to do. Tanith Belbin, an ice dancer, was born in Canada and became an American citizen right before the 2006 games. There was a law passed that allows for certain expections to speed up the process had that not of happened she wouldn't of been able to compete in 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 Oh please...Plushenko's skating is boring as hell to watch. He has no zip in his skating. He is just jumping. Lysacek was 100x better last night without the quad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 What place is Chan in?? The only shot he has if he is in the top 3. If he is in 4th he needs the top 3 to completely fall apart for him to win the gold. I so hope Lysacek wins if not anyone else besides Plushenko...cant stand the dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lovely_m Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 Chan is in 7th place with 81.12 points. I really think that bronze is up for grabs because Takahasi has a history of bombing his long program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 Yeah, Chan has an outside shot for a bronze..... hopefully with the pressure for gold off his back he'll come out and give the crowd an amazing free skate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnCCorinthos4ever Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 Now apart from the chair lift this would be the only other way that I would get down the mountain lol. Other pictures can be seen here http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/photo-gallery/gallery-e6frf94x-1225831771099 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcar03 Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 ^^ Me too! YEAH for Shaun White! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 I am bored with tonights Olympics. I can't wait until tomorrow night!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 How could you be bored watching Shaun White? That last meaningless run he did was nothing short of AMAZING! 48.5 out of a possible 50 points. Man oh man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 If I didn't know who he was, I would mistake Shaun White for an ugly ginger girl. He was really good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 The events being shown tonight dont interest me thats why I am bored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 Other than figure skating, obviously, what events do you enjoy the most? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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