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Hi,

do not forget:
Our Australians are at the Winter Olympics that will take place in Vancouver on February 12–28. Due to this event Australia will be empty.

In German / In deutsch: Olympische Winterspiele 2010 in Vancouver

Up to now the AOC (Australian Olympic Comitte) nominated the following athletes:

Biathlon:

Alex Almoukov


Bobsleigh:

Duncan Harvey
Duncan Pugh
Jeremy Rolleston
Anthony Ryan
Chris Spring


Speed Skating:

Sophie Muir


Freestlye-Skiing:

Dale Begg-Smith
Ramone Cooper
Scott Keller
David Morris
Britteny Coke
Jacqui Cooper
Lisa Gardner
Katya Krema
Lydia Lassila
Bree Munro
Jenny Owens


Luge:

Hannah Campbell-Pegg


Shorttrack:

Lachlan Hay
Tatjana Borodulina


Skeleton:

Anthony Deane
Melissa Hoar
Emma Lincoln-Smith


Ski-Alpin:

Craig Branch
Jono Brauer


Alpine Skiing:

Paul Murray
Ben Sim
Ester Bottomley


Snowboard:

Damon Hayler
Torah Bright
Scott James
Holly Crawford
Ben Mates
Stephanie Hickey
Alex Pullin
Johannah Shaw

Translation of German topic by another author.

Hi!

Luge:
For Australia Hannah Campbell-Pegg will take part for the woman competition.
For Italy Armin Zöggeler will take part for the men competition. I know Armin Zöggeler due to some summer-holiday in Trentino-Alto Adige (Italy) in the early 1990s. We lived at his family. Our room was near the room of Armin. It is nice there in Trentino-Alto Adige.

Hi,

the most chances for an Olympic Medal for our Aussies are in the sports: Snowboard, Shorttrack und Freestyle-Skiing. In all the other ones we do not have special illusions, because they will get last positions. But we may see some surprises.

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Hi,

in Europe you may see the Games at Eurosport in different languages via satellite in the free-TV.

In parts of Europe and in German language you may see the Games at:

• ARD
  ARD HD
  ZDF
  ZDF HD
  Eins Festival
  ZDF Info
  Eurosport HD (Pay-TV, different countries in Europe)

Local free-TV stations will broadcast in you prefered language.

I you receive the UK-beam of Astra2 at 28.2°E in your region, than you may be interested in the BBC broadcasts of "BBC interactive". I do not know if the BBC HD channel broadcasts. This are the technical data to receive via satellite:
Freq.: 12441 Vertikal / Transponder 38 / Format: DVB-S / Symbolrate: 27500 2/3
Your receiver will list this 7 channels Stream-0 to Stream-6 as data and you must change them to TV.

More information about the UK broadcasts at Lyngsat:
http://www.lyngsat.com/astra2b.html

The German public TV stations ARD and ZDF will broadcast this Games for the very first time in HD (720p).

Like every big event there will be lot of satellite-traffic for all the TV station broadcasts and to distribute the signal from Vancouver all over the world. Lots of the signals will be crypted but there might be someone to see free.

More international information about live-satellite-feeds at Satelliweb:
http://www.satelliweb.com/index.php?sec ... &langue=en

Hi,

to receive the TV-feeds via satellite, the following websites may be interested for you:

• http://www.rolisat.de
  http://forum.transponder-news.de/showthread.php?t=17087
  http://www.satclub.pl/przekazy-feeds-f169.html
  http://www.satelliweb.com/index.php?sec ... &langue=en

Hi,

as the Forummaster I also have the responsibility to bring sad news.

We mourn together with his family and his friends.
The 21 year old Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritaschwili had an accident at the training on the ice and died. We wish his family and his friends all our cordial condolence.

Consciously I wrote this without a link into the internet news magazines.

Hi,

all events with the Australian team are listed in our Australia-Calendar:
http://www.erlebnis-australien.info/calendar/

All times are given in MEZ/CET/Central European Time!

Hi,

1st medal for our Aussies!

Dale Begg-Smith wins the silver medal in Freestyle-Skking Silber. He (!) is the the most successful Australian at the Winter Olympics in history!

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Markus wrote:1st medal for our Aussies!

Dale Begg-Smith wins the silver medal in Freestyle-Skking Silber. He is the the most successful Australian at the Winter Olympics in history!

Translation of German topic by another author.

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Markus wrote: She is the the most successful Australian at the Winter Olympics in history!

She?

Hi!

jumbuck wrote:

Markus wrote: She is the the most successful Australian at the Winter Olympics in history!

She?

He, she, it?
Sorry!

wow ...
congradulations !
and you did a great job !

Hi!

gjy993404 wrote:wow ...
congradulations !
and you did a great job !

Thank you!

You are welcome in our forum!
Nice to see you here.

Hi,

in the Medal Tally now (2010/02/16 16:00 GMT/UTC):
1st Switzerland (3 Gold)
...
4th Germany (1 Gold, 3 Silver)
...
13th Australia / Estonia / Poland (1 Silver)

Here you find the complete Medal Tally:
http://www.olympics.com.au/countryTally