Winter Olympics

It's far too cerebral for the likes of your tiny lady-brain to understand, Nat.

They might be girls on the ice, but the coach is a bloke and he tells 'em what to do.

Don't waste any more time trying to understand it, you'll get a headache....

Breadman wrote:It's far too cerebral for the likes of your tiny lady-brain to understand, Nat.

They might be girls on the ice, but the coach is a bloke and he tells 'em what to do.

Don't waste any more time trying to understand it, you'll get a headache....

What's to understand? It's trying to get kettles into the big target at the end of the rink.

That silly brushing is just for show, it makes no difference.

Thankyou for proving my point so eloquently.

5 lovely scottish lassies.

Gold for Lizzy!




Very well done girl.

Fair play, certainly not one of the less risky sports to compete in and she did well.

  

Yarny Army, Yarny Army

Well done Elizabeth.

She absolutely destroyed the field.

Well I learnt today that I can get quite animated and foul mouthed watching speed skating.

Poor Elise   . She is lightning on ice and would have had them other lasses for breakfast.


Less said about the mens curling team though, shocking.

Bump!

For those of you who felt sorry for poor Elise, I'm pleased to let you know that she's just won a silver in the World Championships today!

Well done girl!

Elise Christie claimed 500m silver at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Montreal on Saturday.

The 23-year-old Scot, who was penalised in all three of her events at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, finished behind South Korea's Park Seung-hi, with China's Fan Kexin third.

Christie, who was fifth in Friday's 1500m final, led from the front but was overtaken by Park on the final bend.

"I'm so happy to finally get a medal," she said.

"I'm a little disappointed not to win gold. I think I hesitated and sat back a bit on that final bend because I kept thinking back to what happened at the Olympics, but I got silver and that's one better than last year so I'm thrilled,

"I was more pleased with that result because I didn't skate that well on Friday, so I wasn't sure how today would go.

"Now I've done this and it takes the pressure off going into the 1000m on Sunday so I'm just going to go out, enjoy it and see what happens."

Meanwhile, in the men's 5000m relay, Britain qualified for Sunday's final.

Jon Eley, Paul Stanley, Jack Whelboure and Richard Shoebridge finished second in their semi-final heat to ensure they will contend for medals with Russia, Korea and the Netherlands.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-sports/26598511

That's made me more happier this evening.

Well done Elise.