On Friday, February 7, 2014, the opening ceremonies of the 22nd Winter Olympics were held in Sochi, Russia. Canada has 221 athletes competing in these games which is the largest contingent ever sent. Also, 100 of those athletes are women, another record.
The Canadians looked classy in their Olympics gear, which was provided by the Hudson's Bay Company. Our red, white and black colours really stood out. Additionally, the ever present red mittens really showed off the maple leaf.
I love it whenever the Olympics come around. There is something about having people set aside their differences and all cheer for one cause: medals for our athletes. It doesn't matter what your background is, what religion you believe in or what political party you support. When the Olympics are on we are Canadians. Fortunately, we've had a chance to celebrate seven medals to date - three gold, three silver and one bronze.
My favourite events to watch are figure skating and short track speed skating. I like figure skating because of the challenge and danger of the jumps. Short track speed skating is very fast and competitive and has an element of danger that makes it fun to watch.
What are your thoughts on the Olympics? What sports do you like to watch in the Winter Olympics? If you could compete in the Winter Olympics, what sport would it be and why?
~The BIG HAM
BLOGGER OF THE WEEK
I think the Olympic games are really cool because I like seeing the people compete in the games.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite sport is Snowboarding. The person that won was Mark McMorries. But everyone was soo good. I would compete in Bobsleigh because I would like all of the speed. It would be so cool. I would like to compete in the one man Bobsleigh.
MrJamHam13
I love the Olympics, well the summer Olympics. It seems like fun I really like sword fighting (fencing) and lacrosse. I also like swimming. If i was in the Olympics I would try my best. It would be an honor to be in the Olyimpics and to carry the torch.
ReplyDeleteI know how they start the Olyimpics they stand on this iron bench with 13 seets and..... they wave at everyone. OH I forgot that my dad was almost in the Olympics. Wait that was my auntie Jeanie. She was in gymnastics but when they called her she practiced one more time they kicked her out of gymnastics.
What do you like about the summer or winter Olympics? Describe which sport you like?
~Matt hatter
I really like the winter Olympics because it is a lot more competitive. In summer the Olympics are not as competitive.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite sport for the Olympics is bobsledding. It looks so fun. Hockey is also another sport I would compete in. They should have a platinum medal for the Olympics. They are so many fun sports in the Olympics.
I would compete in hockey. It would be fun.
-brono
I don't care about the Olympics but I do respect Canada partiptating in the Olympics. My favourite winter sport is snowboarding but I would never do luge. I've hered it's very dangerous. I would never enter in the Olympics no matter what even for $9999999999999999998 dollars. Well mabey mabey not.
ReplyDelete~cheesehead
What I think about Olympics in the winter is that I think that it would be really scary because it looks like that you can fall over. It looks really fast and it looks like when you come around a corner it looks like you're going to crash into the wall and that will hurt.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite sport in the Olympics would be a bobsled but not really because it looks scary and I would not want to try it.
-cat
I think that the Olympics are very awesome. I think that the Olympics are awesome because there are some sports that are very dangerous and they are very fun to watch. The summer Olympics are also very fun to watch. The Olympics are very entertaining.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite sport in the winter Olympics is Skeleton. I like it because it is very dangerous and people travel at extreme speeds on a tiny sled going down head first down a huge sheet of pure ice. My favourite sport in the summer Olympics is probably beach volleyball. I like beach volleyball because you can really hurt your wrists playing beach volleyball.
I would like to be in the winter Olympics because it would be fun. What sport? I would like to do luge. I would like to do luge because it is very dangerous (I do not want to kill myself though) and because you would go very fast.
~waspy
I love Winter Olympics because you could win a medal and you could go in Sochi in Russia or Vancover, Canada. And the people who are the strongest go to the Winter Olympics or summer Olympics.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite sports is two Winter Olympics hockey and luge. In hockey you can shoot goals. In luge you go so fast and you lay and you go fast and I want to go backwards and the BIG HAM said when you lay you can not see. Really, its easy I can see when I lay.
I want to compete in the Winter Olympics in hockey. I want to win a Winter Olympices cup. I want to be Sidney Crosby. He is best guy in Hockey. I wish I was the best guy who wins 30 cups
`thehappygamer
I like the winter Olympics because they're are better and fun. I like the winter Olympics better because there are more things to do. Summer is good too but there are few things to do as many thing you can do in winter.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite winter Olympics thing to do is skiing because I like being on ice. In summer I do not really know because I don't have a favourite sport to do. I really want to try it because it looks fun and awesome.
I would compete in ski because I am a good skier. I practice all the time.
-candyapple
I think the Olympics are fun because you can do Figure skating and speed skating and ski and snowboarding. I just skate. I think Figure skating is fun because you can do tricks. And you can do a figure eight. My brother likes snowboarding.
ReplyDeleteI would like to compete in Figure skating because it is interesting and I hope I can do that.
~bubbles
I like the Olympics. I like the winter Olympics better.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite sport in winter Olympics is Bob sled because I like the speed.
I want to compete in the winter Olympics because it is fun. I would be a bobsledder and compete by myself.
pretty girl
I like the winter Olympics because there are more action and speeding. There lots of fights and more people play in the winter time. People who are really good at Olympic get medals like bronze, sliver and gold.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite sport in summer is soccer because I am really good at blocking the goal and kicking in goals. My brother helps me play soccer to be a better player.
My favourite Olympic sport is hockey because lots of people are good at It.
I will compete in hockey because I will score many of goals and keep the other team out of my way.
-Candyman
My thoughts on the Olympics are I love the Olympics because I think the winter Olympics are so Canadian because it is winter.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite sport is Snowboarding, Luge, Skeleton, Biathlon and Bobsleigh. My favourite athlete is Mark Mcmorris. He is the best.
I would compete in snowboarding because I snowboard.
monkeyman
I do not have any thoughts on the Olympics for summer. I do not have any thoughts on any people that do not play hockey. The Olympics do not really have that much fun in it. The hockey players are cool.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite sport is hockey. The reason why is because they are really fast and they get goals and sometimes fight. Another reason is because they will zoom across the rink. They will sometimes win and it could be a tie.
If I would be in the Olympics I would be in hockey. The reason why is because I would be Wayne Gretskey. The reason why I would be him is because he is awesome. Another reason why is because he got many goals and he is well known.
¬cookieman
I watched Sochi Olympics last night. I think it was cool. I saw skiing. I saw back flips and 360s. That's all I saw. I like winter Olympics better because it's easier to ski.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite winter Olympic sport is skiing. You can do a back flip.
If I could compete in the Olympics I would choose snowboarding because it's fun.
-xboxlivemaster
I like sochi olympics because they get medals. I like it when the boys back flip over the Russian doll. I like it when the girl who went skiing down the jump and bumpy hill because she did back flips and all sorts of cool moves.
ReplyDeleterobloxmaster
I think that the Olympics are awesome. I think the Olympics are awesome because it has figure skating.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite sport is figure skating.
~bobby
I like the winter Olympics because it looks fun. I want to try one of them.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite sports is bobsledding because it look fun to me.
-barbie
yeah yeah, whatever why do people even play these games? why wasn't it slain with (name of origin country)?
ReplyDeletestill i hate anything where someone has to move more than walking level
My favorite is winter.because it is skiing or skating or snowbording. My favorite is skiing because I know what to do but snowbording and skating I kind of know.
ReplyDelete~cookie pie
I love watching the Olympics! It's hard for me to choose whether I like the summer or winter Olympics better, because I like sports from both seasons. My favourite winter Olympic sports are curling, luge, speed skating, and downhill skiing. I also enjoy watching swimming, gymnastics and volleyball in the summer Olympics.
ReplyDeleteI can't decide if I would rather compete as a curler or as a luger - they both look really fun.
Go Canada Go!