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Who Was Your Favorite 2010 Winter Olympic Athlete?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Boom_70, Mar 1, 2010.

  1. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Male - Apollo Ono- Love how he competes.

    Female- Julia Mancuso - Despite being overshadowed by the much promoted Lindsey Vonn, Julia went out and competed and won a medal without the fanfare.
     
  2. JennaLaine

    JennaLaine Member

    Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette. As close as I am to my mother, I just can't even imagine how horrible that must have been for her. She paid a beautiful tribute to her mother in her performances.
     
  3. Gutter

    Gutter Well-Known Member

    Male - Shaun White, Ryan Miller, Zach Parise

    Female - Joanie Rochette, Cheryl Bernard's gold medal ass
     
  4. JennaLaine

    JennaLaine Member

    Oh yeah, Shaun White is incredible. I love his carefree spirit. Doesn't seem to have an ego. Refreshing. Something about Bode Miller intrigues me, but I can't put my finger on it. Normally if I saw someone waste that kind of talent like he did four years ago, I'd want to kick him.
     
  5. txsportsscribe

    txsportsscribe Active Member

    couldn't be anyone else but joannie rochette.

    but i'd vote mancuso over vonn.
     
  6. GB-Hack

    GB-Hack Active Member

    Shaun White, Ryan Miller, Drew Doughty, Jonathan Toews.
     
  7. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    Vonn and Mancuso in a two-way tie ... which would make a great three-way.
     
  8. Captain_Kirk

    Captain_Kirk Well-Known Member

    Mancuso over Vonn slightly.
     
  9. canucklehead

    canucklehead Active Member

    I wish I had seen Slovenian cross-country skier Petra Majdic compete.
    Majdic fell in warmups and broke five ribs and punctured a lung and went on to win a bronze in the sprints.
    I wouldn't normally be impressed by an American but we watched Shaun White's performance and it was the most dominating of the Olympics. He was so far ahead of anyone else competing that it was a joke. Plus he seems like a good guy.
     
  10. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    Alexandre Bilodeau, Joannie Rochette, Jonathan Toews and Ryan Miller are my stand outs.
     
  11. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    Ryan Miller and Zach Parise stand out for me, but I didn't get to see much outside of hockey and curling.
     
  12. da el g

    da el g Member

    for chrisakes this is his third Olympics, by now you should know his name is Apolo Ohno, didn't this use to be a journalist's board, Dr. Pepper
     
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