SPOILER - Women's Moguls (and others)

[polly7]

Justine and Chloé!

Congratulations to them .... can you imagine how their family must be celebrating right now?!

I love moguls .... these sisters are spectacular! Maxime did really well too ... they should all be so proud.

[laundry_queen]

1. Too awesome!

I was watching and holding my breath...that's just so great for them, I was hoping there would be more than one of those sisters on the podium! I love all the skiing and snowboarding events. Woohoo! Go Canada!

[polly7]

2. Yep!

I love them all too .... on the rare occasion I get to ski downhill I head straight for the moguls, they're a blast .... how these young women can do 4 in 1 second (if I heard that correctly) just amazes me.

I'm so happy for them all!

[laundry_queen]

3. I know, it's crazy

It's been a good 18 years or so since I've hit the slopes, but I've always loved the moguls too. Oh, heck, I love straight runs where I can just go fast straight down too. I miss the mountains!! My knees wouldn't hold out now anyway. 4 moguls in 1 second is amazing.

[polly7]

5. It's been three years since I've been to Banff, I'm really missing it ....

Though there are a few smaller ski-hills a couple of hours away that we try to get to a few times a winter. My Dad introduced us to a brand new kind of skiing though - he modified a bunch of sets of short, wide skis - the kind that kids use, hooked up a tow-rope to the back of a snowmobile and told us to hang on for dear life. No skill involved but praying. It's gotten to be a tradition, even since he's gone, but so much fun. When you don't have mountains, you invent crazy things.

The women's hockey team had a good game today too against Switzerland. They're looking good! Hayley Wickenheiser's short-handed goal was great! I felt a bit bad for the Swiss team, you could tell they're quite young and perhaps haven't had the experience a lot of ours have. Their goalie was outstanding.

[laundry_queen]

7. I didn't see the game

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I'll have to take a look at the highlights.

I wanted to mention Mark McMorris too - is that a great story or what? Bronze with a broken rib. I watched the qualifying runs and he was having so much trouble, I'm so happy he got a medal!

[polly7]

8. I was so mad at myself when I missed that.

Absolutely, that was fantastic. I can't imagine how much it would have hurt hitting each bump. I had laugh at an interview I read where he said it doesn't make sense to be from Saskatchewan and on the podium for skiing. Hopefully he heals up fast now.

[Spazito]

4. I loved it, the sisters, all three, are incredible!

I was a nervous wreck watching them, lol.

[polly7]

6. They really are! So happy for their whole family.

[polly7]

9. Woot! Men's team figure skating on now.

Kevin Reynolds was great (I hadn't realized how young he looks - like14!) - he just got bumped down to second place by Russia's Plyushchenko, who did very well.