soc on the Radio !

[Kace]

Heard soc on Morning Ireland this am talking about upcoming world skiing championships. They had various members of the Ireland Team on.

Good luck in the Slalom !!

moved to off topic

[Wildhound]

What's this got to do with 'Other Cars'?

Good luck soc!

[Dilogoat86]

Good luck indeed soc. The Irish are certainly up and coming! Tennis player getting past 1st roud, Irish in the skiing championships. I'm geting more and more impressed by how far above our weight we punch.

[soc]

ah cheers lads - there's 6 of us heading out in total - 2 girls in bobsleigh, 1 guy doing skeleton (lying on a tray and barrelling down a bob sleigh track at 140kph), 1 doing cross country, and 1 male & female in alpine skiing.

It was well wierd yesterday doing the official photo-call - standing around baggot street bridge outside the canadian embassy posing with skis - got some really funny looks

[Sebastian]

2 girls in bobsleigh,

Are by any chance these 2 ?



HAHA From Youtube.com

[soc]

Nope but that was hillarious

[optical illusion]

I'm sorry I'm completely lost, what do you do?

[CJ]

I'm sorry I'm completely lost, what do you do?

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6096

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11004

[soc]

Here's some shamless self-promotion - if you're bored grab an IT on Saturday and check out the magazine

[CJ]

Here's some shamless self-promotion - if you're bored grab an IT on Saturday and check out the magazine

Shane, I know you've already scanned in the offending article, post it up

CJ

[soc]

Here's some shamless self-promotion - if you're bored grab an IT on Saturday and check out the magazine

Shane, I know you've already scanned in the offending article, post it up

CJ

Heh, I saw an advance copy but wasn't allowed take it out of the building (unfortunately).

[soc]

Here's some shamless self-promotion - if you're bored grab an IT on Saturday and check out the magazine

Shane, I know you've already scanned in the offending article, post it up

CJ

Here ya go - http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/mag ... 44572.html

[Bernard]

For posterity


Best of luck.

[CJ]

Great article Shane, best of luck in the competition. What date will you be competing, any idea if its being televised?

CJ

[soc]

Great article Shane, best of luck in the competition. What date will you be competing, any idea if its being televised?

CJ

I'm on the 27th - doubt any irish channel will pick it up as I'd say I'll be a middle to back marker depending on conditions of the course. It might be on Eurosport but I think we're 8 hours behind so it'd start at 1am

[Kace]

Was just checking the Slalom results and saw that the event doesn't start until Feb 27th.

Also noticed that Shane was once a Dublin Junior Hurdler

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-alpine-skiing/athletes/shane-o-connor_ath1029340Nv.html

[soc]

Was just checking the Slalom results and saw that the event doesn't start until Feb 27th.

Also noticed that Shane was once a Dublin Junior Hurdler

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-alpine-skiing/athletes/shane-o-connor_ath1029340Nv.html

Yup, U21 in 1994, beaten by a wexford team which included rory mccarthy and damien fitzhenry.

[Kace]

Read closely Shane - reason I posted this was that the site said you were a junior hurdler - as in the running and jumping type

Anyway - tell us about your Olympic experience. What were the most memorable things / moments for you on this once in a lifetime journey ?

[soc]

Read closely Shane - reason I posted this was that the site said you were a junior hurdler - as in the running and jumping type

Ahh, doh

Anyway - tell us about your Olympic experience. What were the most memorable things / moments for you on this once in a lifetime journey ?

It was totally insane - so many highlights it's almost difficult to remember them all.

The opening ceremony was amazing - walking out into the arena and hearing a full stadium cheer for Ireland was cool. Dunno how many people but I'd guess at 60k+ and Ireland definitely got one of the loudest cheers.

Living in the athletes village was cool, free food 24/7, games rooms, top class gym, mini hospital, etc and everywhere you'd go the staff treated you like you were someone special - there was astonishing respect for the athletes no matter what country you came from.

The public attention was flattering and I can see how the guys who live and breath this can develop massive egos - we were constantly stopped for photos and autographs just because we were athletes (even though most people wouldn't know us from adam). People used to come to the training slopes just to take photos of us training - i'm back in Ireland a week and it still feels pretty strange to be totally normal again - it's easy to get used to and take for granted the special treatment

The race was pretty incredible - I've never been more nervous than before both my runs. It was borderline anxiety. But at the same time it was really, really exciting. And crossing the line after each run brought massive relief and a huge degree of satisfaction not to mention the obvious bursts of euphoria.

I carried the flag at the closing ceremony which was a really proud day for me and the ensuing concert after all the speeches was cool -

Some of the best memories are probably the race itself along with the pride that was obvious in my family. Also we met a massive number of Irish people over there and it was fantastic to see flags flying at the opening and closing ceremonies and also the race.

I have to get all my photos and video online and when I do I'll post a link.

[mcgon1979]

congratulations man. Really enjoyed reading that. I can imagine the buzz there for the whole thing was fantastic. well done!

[cullen5998]

Well done man, fair fecks to any irish man who gets to the winter olympics

[CJ]

Well done Shane, you have good reason be proud of your achievements

CJ

[soc]

Well done Shane, you have good reason be proud of your achievements

CJ

Cheers lads

[soc]

One of my favourite photos from the Olympics

[soc]

Finally I managed to get a copy of my race on video - quality is poor but that's down the dodgy piracy involved - think laptop, sliverlight player and camcorder

And yes, the visibility was that crap!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23TFl9JBVaY