Winter Olympics Thread

[Doobs]

Don't know if the thread title should be Legendary Dads. 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/feb/07/zoi-sadowski-synnott-father-sparks-joy-with-tv-interview-after-historic-gold-new-zealand-winter-olympics-beijing



I’m pretty fucking excited,” he said, after being asked how proud he was of his daughter. Earlier in the clip he had described the reaction of Sadowski-Synnott’s younger sister Illy as “fucking crazy. She went off the roof.”

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Sadowski-Synnott’s father has been a continuing source of amusement in his reaction, having told the website Stuff that, in her bid for gold, his daughter made many sacrifices. “Zoi sacrificed doing the dishes, mowing the lawns, cleaning her room and getting the vacuum out, she sacrificed all of those things,” he said.



 

[bergeroo]

Anyone else think that this view of the Big Air venue is absolutely amazing. Glad to see some brutalist concrete in the Olympics.

 

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