Winter Olympic Gold

[The_Flying_Egg]

Australia has its first ever Winter Olympic Gold.

Stephen Bradbury (I think) win it in speed skating.

He was last at the final turn, before 4 guys took a fall, but nonetheless he still won

 

[BT]

Oh my gawd! Gold,Gold,Gold to Australia!!!!!!

Well done Steve.

 

[coxon]

wowww... well done !! hahaha..
what a bizarre race !!!! what a cack!

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Bradbury wins gold


AAP
17feb02

SPEED skater Steven Bradbury won the first gold medal in Australia's Winter Olympics history with victory in the 1000m short track final.

All of the other four skaters in the final fell on the final bend, leaving Bradbury to cross the finish line in first place in a time of one minute 29.109 seconds.

Bradbury was last of the five skaters by some distance going into the final corner when hot favourite Apolo Anton Ohno of the United States, who was leading, fell in a tangle.

The fall brought down the other three runners.

In one of the most bizarre races in Olympic history, Bradbury crossed the line astonished but delighted as Ohno, lying on the ice, desperately tried to get his skate across the line first.

The American slid across to claim the silver in 1min 30.160sec while Mathieu Turcotte of Canada, also scrambling off the ice, took bronze in 1min30.563sec.

Ahn Hyun-Soo of South Korea was fourth in 1min 32.519sec while the only other finalist, China's Li Jiajun, was disqualified.

 

[topdon]

LMFAO!!!!!!!!

Fancy that!!!

 

[NICK THE PIE MAN]

A Gold is a Gold!
ONYA MATE!

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE! OI! OI! OI!

 

[BT]

Oi!

 

[BT]

NATION
PAYS GOLD
OR SILVER
ARGENT BRONZE
BRONZE TOTAL
TOTAL
Germany 5 8 5 18
United States of America 3 7 6 16
Austria 1 3 8 12
Norway 7 5 0 12
Russian Federation 4 4 2 10
France 2 3 1 6
Canada 2 0 3 5
Finland 2 1 1 4
Italy 2 1 1 4
Netherlands 2 2 0 4
NATION
PAYS GOLD
OR SILVER
ARGENT BRONZE
BRONZE TOTAL
TOTAL
Switzerland 3 0 1 4
Bulgaria 0 1 2 3
China 1 0 2 3
Sweden 0 1 2 3
Estonia 1 0 1 2
Japan 0 1 1 2
Korea 1 1 0 2
Poland 0 1 1 2
Spain 2 0 0 2
Australia 1 0 0 1 HERE WE ARE!!!
NATION
PAYS GOLD
OR SILVER
ARGENT BRONZE
BRONZE TOTAL
TOTAL
Croatia 1 0 0 1
Czech Republic 0 0 1 1
Andorra 0 0 0 0
Argentina 0 0 0 0
Armenia 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0
Belarus 0 0 0 0
Belgium 0 0 0 0
Bermuda 0 0 0 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0
NATION
PAYS GOLD
OR SILVER
ARGENT BRONZE
BRONZE TOTAL
TOTAL
Brazil 0 0 0 0
Cameroon 0 0 0 0
Chile 0 0 0 0
Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0
Costa Rica 0 0 0 0
Cyprus 0 0 0 0
Denmark 0 0 0 0
Fiji 0 0 0 0
Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia 0 0 0 0
Georgia 0 0 0 0
NATION
PAYS GOLD
OR SILVER
ARGENT BRONZE
BRONZE TOTAL
TOTAL
Great Britain 0 0 0 0
Greece 0 0 0 0
Hong Kong, China 0 0 0 0
Hungary 0 0 0 0
Iceland 0 0 0 0
India 0 0 0 0
Ireland 0 0 0 0
Islamic Republic of Iran 0 0 0 0
Israel 0 0 0 0
Jamaica 0 0 0 0
NATION
PAYS GOLD
OR SILVER
ARGENT BRONZE
BRONZE TOTAL
TOTAL
Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0
Kenya 0 0 0 0
Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0
Latvia 0 0 0 0
Lebanon 0 0 0 0
Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0
Lithuania 0 0 0 0
Mexico 0 0 0 0
Monaco 0 0 0 0
Mongolia 0 0 0 0
NATION
PAYS GOLD
OR SILVER
ARGENT BRONZE
BRONZE TOTAL
TOTAL
Nepal 0 0 0 0
New Zealand 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0
Republic of Moldova 0 0 0 0
Romania 0 0 0 0
San Marino 0 0 0 0
Slovakia 0 0 0 0
Slovenia 0 0 0 0
South Africa 0 0 0 0
Tajikistan 0 0 0 0
NATION
PAYS GOLD
OR SILVER
ARGENT BRONZE
BRONZE TOTAL
TOTAL
Thailand 0 0 0 0
Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 0
Turkey 0 0 0 0
Ukraine 0 0 0 0
Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0
Venezuela 0 0 0 0
Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0
Yugoslavia 0 0 0 0






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[Kane McGoodwin]

Well done Steve, who now has 2 of our 3 Winter Olympic medals. Whilst he had some luck, as there were also falls & disqualifications in the semi-final & quarter-final, he probably used his experience to avoid all the spills & stay out of trouble.

 

[The Ewok]

And wasn't Channel Seven's (Australia's Olympic Network) coverage of this historic event sensational also?

 

[damnfine]

Originally posted by Kane McGoodwin
Well done Steve, who now has 2 of our 3 Winter Olympic medals. Whilst he had some luck, as there were also falls & disqualifications in the semi-final & quarter-final, he probably used his experience to avoid all the spills & stay out of trouble.

Great effort Steve..Though typically the Americans booed the crap out of him when the american guy went down. They really are the scum of the earth seppos..

 

[mandy]

Olympics? What Olympics?

 

[topdon]

He have an Australian girl (forget her name) who has qualified 2nd in the women's arials.

 

[Jana Wendt]

Originally posted by damnfine


Great effort Steve..Though typically the Americans booed the crap out of him when the american guy went down. They really are the scum of the earth seppos..

You might as well be Osama Bin Laden if you're not an American for all they care.

 

[NICK THE PIE MAN]

Originally posted by damnfine


Great effort Steve..Though typically the Americans booed the crap out of him when the american guy went down. They really are the scum of the earth seppos..

Typical.
Stick it up your clackers!

Onya Aussie!

 

[blues^rock]

onya Steve... i don;t think he was lucky at all...well yeah he was...but thats not why he won! he was the only one hwo stayed on his feet the whole way through...and good on him! we woulda ben proud even if ya came last in that final...jsut as long as ya stay on ya feet!

 

[SMW]

Ahhh...winning the Australian way
Good on him. Bout time we won a gold. Looking forward to 'The Ice Dream' tonight .

 

[NICK THE PIE MAN]

Originally posted by SMW
[BGood on him. Bout time we won a gold. Looking forward to 'The Ice Dream' tonight . [/B]

LOL!
Yep, they will enjoy this!

 

[eagleskickass]

YAY
WOOHOO
GO AUSSIES
I don't care HOW he got it, he got it still

Must have been destiny in action

 

[The Hitman]

Well done Steven. Just when we thought our medal hopes went with Jacqui's knee, Bradbury wins gold. We still have the aerial skiers in the final, and Zali Stegall to come. Who knows...?

The Hitman

 

[Macca19]

this is time for Joffas famous 'PURE THUCKEN GOLD' statement.

In typical Aussie fashion we won thru arsey luck...and in typical aussie fashion "we'll take it"

 

[iceman]

just saw the sports report and no doubt, thats the funniest way to win the gold.... what a fluke, but hey, its gold to Australia so its all good

 

[hawkfan5]

What a win by Steven Bradbury.

How funny was it when Ohno went OH NO falling over then trying to get up and falling over again

He deserved to win, some say it was luck, but he skated well not to fall over, the others were stupid enough to do so he won well.

GO AUSSIES.

 

[Nic]

I loved it. Highlight of the games for me.

 

[NICK THE PIE MAN]

Fantastic stuff.
The footage is beautiful!

He just cruises past them all as to say, "So long suckers!"

 

[BT]

Originally posted by bluecrow


Saw it on CH7 tonight. Brilliant stuff. He said it was his 'tactic' to stay at the back and hope that 2 of them would fall so he would get bronze! haha!

I did feel sorry for Ohno. He should have won it, if not for the Chinese guy. He did extremely well to get up and get the silver, considering he sliced his thigh open with his skate. Owwwww Poor guy. That's guts for you. Let's hope he goes on to win in his other 3 races

OH NO (What a great mame ) was definitely the best skater on the ice but he was a bit too aggressive, personally I would've disqualified both of them! The Korean was the unlucky one I thought.