Olympics Curling Gold medal - best moment

[myotis]

I have no interest in sports, but I have been watching the curling (my sister has been staying). I had no idea how much strategy was involved in curling, and once I had read up on the rules and grasped the strategic principles, I rather enjoyed it.

However, my best moment was being moved by the graciousness of the Japanese team today, who after losing the Gold to GB, were still able to give them hugs and smiles that came across as a genuine "well done, you played well".

I know it's only a little thing, but in contrast to a lot of things these days, it made me feel rather "warm and fuzzy" inside.

The other aside is that Vicky Wright, 3rd player in the GB team gave up nursing (surgical nurse) in 2018 to be able to focus on preparing for the Games, but returned full time to nursing when covid hit. Making it very difficult to keep up with the training programme. She's currently taking annual leave to fit the games in. I'm impressed.

 

[Retune]

I know it's only a little thing, but in contrast to a lot of things these days, it made me feel rather "warm and fuzzy" inside.

Unlike this poor chap:

Winter Olympics: Finnish cross-country skier suffers frozen penis in 50km race

Cross country Finnish skier finished in 28th place in the 50km race … with a frozen penis

www.theguardian.com

 

[arclight]

Unlike this poor chap:

Winter Olympics: Finnish cross-country skier suffers frozen penis in 50km race

Cross country Finnish skier finished in 28th place in the 50km race … with a frozen penis

www.theguardian.com

Frostbite ........... skin turns black then falls off. What a cock up !

 

[Nod]

Unlike this poor chap:

Winter Olympics: Finnish cross-country skier suffers frozen penis in 50km race

Cross country Finnish skier finished in 28th place in the 50km race … with a frozen penis

www.theguardian.com

In one of his memoirs, David Niven describes incipient frostbite in that area and the cure - IIRC, it was plunging the affected part into a glass full of brandy.

 

[Norkie]

I have no interest in sports, but I have been watching the curling (my sister has been staying). I had no idea how much strategy was involved in curling, and once I had read up on the rules and grasped the strategic principles, I rather enjoyed it.

However, my best moment was being moved by the graciousness of the Japanese team today, who after losing the Gold to GB, were still able to give them hugs and smiles that came across as a genuine "well done, you played well".

I know it's only a little thing, but in contrast to a lot of things these days, it made me feel rather "warm and fuzzy" inside.

The other aside is that Vicky Wright, 3rd player in the GB team gave up nursing (surgical nurse) in 2018 to be able to focus on preparing for the Games, but returned full time to nursing when covid hit. Making it very difficult to keep up with the training programme. She's currently taking annual leave to fit the games in. I'm impressed.

I also thought it quite nice when the Japanese team let Eve play out the last stone, so she could enjoy the moment as it were. Very gracious.

 

[Retune]

In one of his memoirs, David Niven describes incipient frostbite in that area and the cure - IIRC, it was plunging the affected part into a glass full of brandy.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w96fi9SqYpU

 

[mj4456]

The men’s and women’s curling teams were part of the Olympic squad welcomed to Murrayfield on Saturday, hope they weren’t forced to stay and watch the game!