2018 Winter Olympics thread

[Türküm]

Iran will be sending two competitors:

Mohammad Kiadarbandsari(Men’s Slalom)



Foroush Abbasi(Women’s Slalom)

[Payam_Ali]

We also have Samaneh Beyrami Baher and Seyed Sattar Seyd, both in Cross-Country skiing.

[Rooyintan]

Beauties arrived few days ago.

[Homa]

Wow, I am so proud of the Iranian team. The German commentary was Ofcourse talking about politics. And I have to be honest, I was touched when she looked to the Iranian flag and was so touched that her eyes have been filled with tears.

This is gheyrat and pure love for your country.
I am absolute proud.

[Payam_Ali]

Great article about Samaneh Bayrami Baher

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/iran-female-skier-blazes-trail-pyeongchang-180208102412038.html

[Homa]

For those who have not seen the Iranian team during the opening ceremony:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W-tu4ddN1iE

[Paradigm]

What was the deal with Iran's team members not receiving their Samsung Olympic phones? I saw the flag-bearer very emotional on the opening day. I doubt there was a connection to the mix-up.

[Payam_Ali]

What was the deal with Iran's team members not receiving their Samsung Olympic phones? I saw the flag-bearer very emotional on the opening day. I doubt there was a connection to the mix-up.

As I understand it, Samsung didn’t give phones to athletes from North Korea or Iran in order to comply with international sanctions against those two countries

[kia]

https://www.romper.com/p/who-is-the-iran-flag-bearer-samaneh-beyrami-baher-was-overcome-with-emotion-8184869

[GoIran]

The Winter Olympics is despressing. Most of the medal winners are from first world countries. It's all about the money.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Winter_Olympics_medal_table

[Mr Pouya]

The Winter Olympics is despressing. Most of the medal winners are from first world countries. It's all about the money.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_W...cs_medal_table

Of course. Literally all winter-sports are for rich people.
I went on a cheap student snowboarding trip to the french alps for 5 days and it cost me over 1k!

[Nokhodi]

Of course. Literally all winter-sports are for rich people.
I went on a cheap student snowboarding trip to the french alps for 5 days and it cost me over 1k!

Hear hear.
I thought most winter sports were an excuse for rich people not to have to compete with the poor.

[Team Melli Fan]

Of course. Literally all winter-sports are for rich people.
I went on a cheap student snowboarding trip to the french alps for 5 days and it cost me over 1k!

Hell yeah, snowboarding's really fun. I'm on my university's ski & board team and we compete against fast racers from all around the US, some of which are Iranian-Armenians. If Iran were to snatch up these athletes from all around the world like the hockey team, we'd have a decent showing at the Winter Olympics in the years to come.

[irani8perspolis]

Hell yeah, snowboarding's really fun. I'm on my university's ski & board team and we compete against fast racers from all around the US, some of which are Iranian-Armenians. If Iran were to snatch up these athletes from all around the world like the hockey team, we'd have a decent showing at the Winter Olympics in the years to come.

The Iran Ski Federation is much like all other Iranian Federations unfortunately, very poorly organized and managed

[Persian-Pride87]

Germany killing it so far. 15 medals and 9 are GOLD. They have more gold medals by far than the next country (Norway with 6).

Gotta admire Germany.