Winter Olympics 2014 thread

[mwbrown]

Does anyone know which channels on which TV systems will be showing Olympic events?

I get about 30 channels on True's satellite system at my condo without a box, but I don't think any of them will be showing any events.

Thanks.

[Pavel]

Hi All,

Are you going to watch the Winter Olympic Games Opening Ceremony tonight?
Where would you recommend to go to watch the show on TV at it's best? I mean big screen, good sound system (yet not too noisy to talk to someone), not too packed, great food & drinks selection, quite centrally located.

Please advise based on the criteria listed in that order.

Thanks,
Pavel

P.S. It starts at 23.14 tonight. The biggest and most expensive Olympics ever takes place in Sochi, Russia.

For more info: wikipedia . org/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics

Many of you here come from US, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Norway and have your favourites in figure skating, skiing, biathlon... So where to go to enjoy it?

[mwbrown]

To answer my own post, I found this article on using VPNs to get access to country-restricted Olympics coverage. I'm going to try Hola to get to bbc.co.uk.

http://www.richardbarrow.com/2014/02/ho ... -thailand/

[STEVE G]

I saw a bit of the winter olympics on international news and much to my surprise, apparently kids arsing around on snowboards is now an olympic event!

[bajm]

Maybe they show live when Vanessa Mae is skiing.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... mpics.html

[hhfarang]

I was surprised to find that it is not being shown on any of the 23 sports channels (about 20 of which seem to show non-stop football! ) included in my TrueVisions Platinum package.

[Nereus]

I was surprised to find that it is not being shown on any of the 23 sports channels (about 20 of which seem to show non-stop football! ) included in my TrueVisions Platinum package.

No one should be surprised what the idiots come up with or otherwise! Top Gear series 3 screened last night! I swear Clarkson still has a squeaky voice, he is that young! Have they not just released series 14?

[hhfarang]

By the way, no matter what the medal count ends up, I give the Gold to the Russian female athletes!

http://www.adme.ru/olimpiada/nasha-zhen ... dy-619005/

[oakdale160]

The big O , always thrilling.
Two Montreal sisters, gold and silver on the moguls. Britains first medal on snow. Great figure skating

[billpaws]

Does anyone know of bars showing the Olympic coverage live?

[Nereus]

Some nice photos of places around Sochi, and the main arena:

[Bamboo Grove]

Great day for Finland in the olympics; one gold and one silver in skiing as well as win against Russia in icehockey. Boston's Tuukka Rask a big hero.

Two not so happy Russian supporters.

[oakdale160]

Any bar showing men's hockey?

[Paul3456]

The men's Olympic hockey schedule:

Semi-Finals

Friday February 21

Sweden vs. Finland 7:00 p.m.

USA vs. Canada 12:00 midnight

Times are Hua Hin

Anyone know any bars that will be showing these games?

[Chromeman]

Curling might not be the most exciting game around, but when you get Sir David Attenborough to narrate a game, it changes character!

http://extramustard.si.com/2014/02/19/d ... h-curling/