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Post by Jaga on Feb 9, 2014 14:01:00 GMT -7
Poland has a first gold in this winter Olympic games. I am happy, since there were years we did not have any medals in winter Olympic games but for the last 20 years it gets better and hetter: www.bbc.com/sport/0/winter-olympics/26056586 Sochi 2014: Kamil Stoch wins men's ski jumping normal hill gold Poland's Kamil Stoch won gold in the men's normal hill ski jumping. The 26-year-old produced a superb final jump to win his country's first medal of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. He finished ahead of Peter Prevc of Slovenia, while Norway's Anders Bardal took the bronze medal. Defending champion Simon Ammann, victorious in both individual titles in Vancouver four years ago, could only finish in 17th place as he sought a record fifth Winter Olympic title. Japan's Noriaki Kasai, competing in a joint-record seventh Winter Games, was eighth. Stoch's victory came with jumps of 105.5m and 103.5m for a total of 278 points. "I feel like it's really not happened to me. Did this really happen? '' said Stoch. `"It was a great (first) jump. I didn't know if I won but I knew the result would be good.'" Prevc scored 265.3 points, ahead of Bardal's 264.1 points. |
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Post by pieter on Feb 10, 2014 9:35:19 GMT -7
Congratulations for the first gold for Poland.  The Netherlands isn't doing bad either! In Speed skating the Dutch are doing exellent. Gold Sven Kramer Speed skating Men's 5000 metres 8 February Gold Ireen Wüst Speed skating Women's 3000 metres 9 February Gold Michel Mulder Speed skating Men's 500 metres 10 February Silver Jan Blokhuijsen Speed skating Men's 5000 metres 8 February Silver Jan Smeekens Speed skating Men's 500 metres 10 February Bronze Jorrit Bergsma Speed skating Men's 5000 metres 8 February Bronze Ronald Mulder Speed skating Men's 500 metres 10 February For Karl in FrisianCelebration of Ireen Wüst Golden medal in the Holland Heineken House in Sochi. www.sochi2014.com/en/team-netherlandsSven Kramer (born 23 April 1986) is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meter in Vancouver 2010, as well in Sochi 2014, six-time European, and six-time World Allround Champion. He is also three-time world champion and world record holder in the 5000 m, 10000 m, and the team pursuit (the latter alongside Jan Blokhuijsen and Koen Verweij). Before Shani Davis he was first in the Adelskalender; as of 7 March 2009, he is second behind Davis. Winning the 2010 World Allround Championship, he was the first speed skater in history to win four consecutive world allround championships, and eight consecutive international allround championships. In 2013 he became the second speed skater to win six European allround championships, after his compatriot, the Frisian Rintje Ritsma. Ritsma's nickname is the Beer van Lemmer, which translates to the Bear from Lemmer, analogous to Igor Zhelezovski's nickname " The Bear from Minsk", both of which are in reference to their imposing physical appearance. One couple of twin brothers, Ronald and Michael Mulder are involved in the speedskating competition in Sochi. They are competition to eachother and their compatriots Sven Kramer, Jan Blokhuijsen, Jan Smeekens and Jorrit Bergsma. The Dutch women skaters are very good too. After Football and Road bicycle racing speedskating is an extremely popular sport in the Netherlands. Millions watch their heroes and heroines on Sport tv. Michel Mulder (born 27 February 1986) is a Dutch speed skater. He is the 2014 Olympic Champion at the 500m distance. He finished second in the men's 500 metres event at the 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships. His twin brother, Ronald Mulder, is also a speed skater. Ronald Mulder (born 27 February 1986) is a Dutch speed skater. He won Bronze in the Men's 500 metres Speed Skating event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia and finished sixth in the men's 500 metres event at the 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships. His twin brother, Michel Mulder, is also a speed skater. Speed skating, or speedskating, is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. In the Olympic Games, long-track speed skating is usually referred to as just " speed skating", while short-track speed skating is known as "short track". The ISU, the governing body of both ice sports, refers to long track as "speed skating" and short track as "short track skating". The standard rink for long track is 400 meters long, but tracks of 200, 250 and 333⅓ meters are used occasionally. It is one of two Olympic forms of the sport and the one with the longer history. An international federation was founded in 1892, the first for any winter sport. The sport enjoys large popularity in the Netherlands and Norway. There are top international rinks in a number of other countries, including Canada, the United States, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea and Russia. Putin in the Holland Heineken House to congratulate Ireen Wüst. He embraced her. He was ten minutes inside and left again. 
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Post by pieter on Feb 10, 2014 11:25:28 GMT -7
Poland has some good female skaters too
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Post by pieter on Feb 10, 2014 11:38:25 GMT -7
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Post by Jaga on Feb 10, 2014 17:48:10 GMT -7
Pieter, I hope we will have more medals. During last winter Olympic games we got 6 medals. I still remember years than 1-2 medals during winter were considered a success.
By the way, Holland is among 3 best medalists right now!
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Post by kaima on Feb 10, 2014 23:42:39 GMT -7
Congratulations for the first gold for Poland. The Netherlands isn't doing bad either! In Speed skating the Dutch are doing exellent. Gold Sven Kramer Speed skating Men's 5000 metres 8 February Gold Ireen Wüst Speed skating Women's 3000 metres 9 February Gold Michel Mulder Speed skating Men's 500 metres 10 February Silver Jan Blokhuijsen Speed skating Men's 5000 metres 8 February Silver Jan Smeekens Speed skating Men's 500 metres 10 February Bronze Jorrit Bergsma Speed skating Men's 5000 metres 8 February Bronze Ronald Mulder Speed skating Men's 500 metres 10 February Yes, I saw the races on television tonight, and their performances were clear and impressive. I imagine the Dutch are celebrating quite a bit right now! Kai |
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Post by pieter on Feb 11, 2014 7:35:36 GMT -7
Kaima,
The Dutch only openly celebrate soccer (Association football) when their favorite football club of their city or their favor wins or the National soccer team wins an European championship or World championship. First and for all this is a soccer crazy country like you have baseball and basketball in America.
Speedskating fans will give the Golden, Silver and Bronze medal winners a warm welcome when they return on Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam and probably the people of the town, city or village they come from? There are two kinds of people (like everywhere) overhere. The sport fanatics and the indifferent or non-interested (people who aren't into sport watching or sporting itself). The speedskaters have a large crowd of Dutch fans over there in Russia. So they are cheered by their Dutch fans in Sochi itself.
Cheers,
Pieter
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Post by kaima on Feb 11, 2014 10:08:57 GMT -7
Kaima, The Dutch only openly celebrate soccer (Association football) when their favorite football club of their city or their favor wins or the National soccer team wins an European championship or World championship. First and for all this is a soccer crazy country like you have baseball and basketball in America. Speedskating fans will give the Golden, Silver and Bronze medal winners a warm welcome when they return on Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam and probably the people of the town, city or village they come from? There are two kinds of people (like everywhere) overhere. The sport fanatics and the indifferent or non-interested (people who aren't into sport watching or sporting itself). The speedskaters have a large crowd of Dutch fans over there in Russia. So they are cheered by their Dutch fans in Sochi itself. Cheers, Pieter Pieter, If the Dutch only celebrate secretly instead of openly, that is fine too. Sweeping an Olympic event is an extraordinary occurrence, and I guessed that it would get more attention in the Netherlands than usual. Our television did report the celebrations at "Holland House" in Russia, presumably Sochi, and I assumed that people follow the Olympics a bit, even if they are not normally sports spectators. That is my case as well; I do not normally watch such things, but once every four years, to see the best in the world compete , that is a special event. Most of all I am impressed at these Olympics for the change in tone of the reportage in America. Reporters no longer have the "kill them" attitude toward other athletes, and the American audience no longer seems to call for hatred toward competitors, nor report on the Gold winner being "the best" and all other competitors being worthless sportsmen. That last always baffled me, and I thought the reporters had a mentally sick perspective when they would be so negative toward the Best in the World, simply because someone war 0.03 seconds faster than another in a highly nuanced sport/ So I have seen an improvement in the perspectives or habits of American reporters. I hope your landsmen can take a moment and appreciate the accomplishments of these dedicated athletes with gold, silver and bronze. It is a rather rare occurance! Kai |
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Post by pieter on Feb 11, 2014 13:39:48 GMT -7
Kaima,
The Dutch don't have the culture the real Roman-Catholic and Orthodox-Christian countries have with processions, nationalism and a hot temperament. They are sober, pragmatic and fairly moderate people. Only with soccer, Queensday or under extreme circumstances (the political murders of Pim Fortuyn and Theo van Gogh) their emotion or sentiment comes out. The Dutch are very proud and happy with the Golden, Silver and Bronze medals. Millions of Dutch watched their female and male skaters and cheered in front of their televions screens, in pubs, hotels and in offices, schools and businesses. They shared their joy with their partners and children, family, neighbors (sometimes neighbors and friends watch together, and pupils and students cheered and celebrated the victories at their schools and universities.
Later the skaters were welcomed in the Dutch TV sport programs and congratulated by the Dutch sport journalists. They watched back their achievements on tv (flashbacks) wit the journalists and talked about their own achievements and that of their compatriots. One Dutch skater, Jan Smeekens, who won Silver on the 500 metres, thought that he had won Gold. They and the real winner were sitting at the same table. They talked about that moment at the finish that you can be victorious and in a cheerful mood, but that that can be illusive when the real final result is different. Jan Smeekens was a little bit sad that he didn't won the Gold medal. And next to him was his compatriot Michel Mulder, who did won the 500 meters. You see these mixed emotions and different reactions in the TV sport program. The twin brothers Ronald and Michael Mulder were sitting next to eachother, and talked about how they prepared for the Olympics as a team, a duo, despite their individual goals. There was a perfect harmony between the two, and during the view of their achievements on tv, they discussed together on the background the achievement of one of them which was shown. No jealousy at all from Ronald Mulder, who won bronze, towards his brother Michel Mulder (Gold 500 meters) and Jan Smeekens (Silver 500 meters). All three of them did a great job. And I can understand the disappointment of Jan Smeekens that not he but Michel Mulder won Gold. It is top sport after all. But no jealousy of Smeekens. These Dutch skaters are very sympathetic guys. Different than the sometimes spoiled and arrogant soccer players. It is a sort of Dutch speedskating family.
Ireen Wüst's Gold medal Speed skating on the Women's 3000 metres on 9 February was (ofcourse) celebrated by her male and female colleages at the Holland Heineken House. Yes, the Dutch are proud of their scaters. But in the same time they are Calvinists, religious or not, they are sober in their reactions. I really hope that Sven Kramer, Ireen Wüst, Michel Mulder and Ronald Mulder, Jan Blokhuijsen, Jan Smeekens and Jorrit Bergsma will receive a warm welcome when they return on Schiphol Amsterdam Airport and in the towns and cities they come from. Speed skating is a wonderful sport a top sport and a lot of these skaters are very positive and energetic and healty people. It is positive and good for them and the Netherlands that also people of other nations watch them. Like we enjoy the speedskating of athletes of other nations too. In speedskating we Duthc are always in competition with the Norwegains, Germans, Americans, Russians and Japanese. The Poles, Czechs and Slovaks are good in skiing due to their Tatra mountains and the fact that they ski in the Swiss, Austrian and French Alps too. I don't know a lot about Sport in Poland and at which Poles are good except skiing. I hope that the Poles will win more Gold medals, and silver and bronze medals too. I talked with my mother over the phone about the Olympics. She loves to watch the dancing on ice and other sports too. She was happy that Kamil Stoch won gold in the men's normal hill ski jumping.
Cheers,
Pieter
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