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Hello. I will be posting here news about Ireland Olympic team in Torino 2006.
I will also be posting athletes in the olympics!:)

TEAM IRELAND: (That has so far been confirmed)

David Connoly: Skeleton
Kirsty McGarry: Skis
Thos Foley : Skis
Rory Morrish: Skis


Atleast 2 more Confirmations to come by Monday night.

Ireland has a Winter Olympic's Team...

http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/IDF/ATH/X01_IRL_1.html

Only the ones I mentiond have been confirmed to be takeing place in the olympics according to the Irish Olympic Council

Ireland has a Winter Olympic's Team...

Its small and we have never won a medal but I still push for them.
We are said to have a good chance at a medal with David Connley

I hope they get one then! Just no gold! They are all going to team GB! lol:cool:

I hope they get one then! Just no gold! They are all going to team GB! lol:cool:

No way! Most golds will go to either Germany or Norway!

canada pwns all:mp5:

Should be good to watch. I say go Ireland!

"The Irish athletes for Turin are all Olympic first-timers and will be managed by Clifton Wrottesley (chef de mission) who brings huge experience from his previous Olympic and World Cup exploits for Ireland.

The Opening Ceremony of the Games will take place in the Olympic Stadium (former home of Juventus FC), Turin, on Friday February 10th.
The Irish flag bearer will be downhill skier Kirsty McGarry (age 20) from Dalkey, Co. Dublin. "

From the Ireland Olympic Council

Good luck to Irish team. As for medal prospects, not much of a chance.

Good luck to Irish team. As for medal prospects, not much of a chance.

I think we have an ok chance with David Connoly. We missed a medal with skeleton by a quarter of a second in salt lake.

I think we have an ok chance with David Connoly. We missed a medal with skeleton by a quarter of a second in salt lake.

Not much margin in the Winter sports really is there? Sometimes comes down to .1 or .01 seconds.

Not much margin in the Winter sports really is there? Sometimes comes down to .1 or .01 seconds.

always..I never liked the winter games as much as the summer. Even tho all those sking events are interesting. And I like the parade of nations insummer and winter.

http://www.olympicsport.ie/medals.html

Here is a list of Irish medals won.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuff91
I hope they get one then! Just no gold! They are all going to team GB! lol


No way! Most golds will go to either Germany or Norway!

i suspect that Salt Lake big winners will win again-:cool: USA:cool:

TEAM IRELAND: (That has so far been confirmed)

David Connoly: Skeleton
Kirsty McGarry: Skis
Thos Foley : Skis
Rory Morrish: Skis


Atleast 2 more Confirmations to come by Monday night.

well thats a bigger team then I thought they had.

i suspect that Salt Lake big winners will win again-:cool: USA:cool:

well salt lakes big winners where Germany.

Im sure america will do good. But not the best. They never do best in winter olympics

Now summer they and russia are very close. Ever since the USSR broke apart the Us leads in medals in summer.

Im sure america will do good. But not the best. They never do best in winter olympics

Its always germany.

Norway? Do they do good? I really dont know.

Ireland has a Winter Olympic's Team...

I concur. What do we know about snow? Whenever we get any it's enough for one small snowball fight in each town.

I got this info.
Rory Morrish, who competes in the 15km cross-country event, has become the first Irish athlete to enter the Olympic Village in Sestriere. Having successfully completed the Delegation Registration Meeting (DRM), Chef de Mission, Clifton Wrottesley, cleared the way for the Irish team to enter the Olympic village and compete in the XX Winter Olympic Games in Torino

3DAYS TO GO!!!

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LATEST NEWS:
KIRSTY IS IRELANDS FLAG BEARER AT WINTER GAMES

“I’m absolutely thrilled to have the honour of carrying the Tricolour at the Opening Ceremony. It will be the proudest moment of my life and I will share the excitement of the occasion with my fellow team members who will all be doing their best for our country on the world’s greatest stage for winter sport”, she said.
The Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games will take place in the Olympic Stadium (former home of Juventus FC), Turin, on Friday next February 10th and the honour of being Ireland’s flag bearer and leading the Irish team into the Olympic Stadium in the Parade of |Nations goes to downhill skier Kirsty McGarry (age 20) from Dalkey, Co. Dublin.

She follows in the tracks of her sister Tamsin who was the first woman to represent Ireland at a Winter Olympics and who was the Irish flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics of 2002.

Kirsten has been skiing from the age of two and competing from the age of nine. Since finishing her education in Rathdown School, Glenageary, in 2003 (with 520 pts and the school prizes in French, Biology and Business) Kirsten has become a full-time ski racer, competing on the Europa Cup circuit and in competitions as far away as New Zealand.

She represented Ireland in the World Junior Championships in 2001, 2004 and 2005: in the European Youth Olympics in 2001 and in the 2005 World Ski Championships.

She keeps fit by working out in a gym in Loughlinstown when not on the ski slopes of Europe. An avid U2 fan, she relaxes by listening to her iPod and texting her many young fans and friends world-wide.

“On the day, success is 80% mental,” says Kirsten. “After three runs on the downhill warm up course, I’ll have two runs on the Olympic course, each lasting about one minute. I’ll negotiate from 45 to 60 ‘gates’ at speeds of up to 60km per hour”

Torino 06 is Kirsten’s Olympic debut and she will be really happy if she gets into the Top 40 of her events at the Games as she is using the experience as an important stepping-stone towards the Winter Olympics of 2010 in Vancouver. Ski racers tend to peak in their mid to late twenties.

Whatever happened to Schwarzbacher-Joyce and the Lord who takes part in the Luge for Ireland?

Whatever happened to Schwarzbacher-Joyce and the Lord who takes part in the Luge for Ireland?

That was the skeleton. You know, the one where you hurtle down an icy tunnel on your chest, on top of a tea tray, your chin being 1.34 inches above the ground.

Ah, testosterone- who loves ya baby...

Ireland Olympic team is complete.

David Connoly: Skeleton
Kirsty McGarry: Skis
Thos Foley : Skis
Rory Morrish: Skis
Patrick Rayski:Skis
Ciaran Lee:Skis


So we are all ready for the opening ceremony tommorow and Kristy Mcgarry will have the honor of holding Irelands flag in the opeing ceremony! A Honor for all athletes!

Well thats great!

Ireland Olympic team is complete.

David Connoly: Skeleton
Kirsty McGarry: Skis
Thos Foley : Skis
Rory Morrish: Skis
Patrick Rayski:Skis
Ciaran Lee:Skis


So we are all ready for the opening ceremony tommorow and Kristy Mcgarry will have the honor of holding Irelands flag in the opeing ceremony! A Honor for all athletes!

GO IRELAND!!!

I am excited about the olympics too!

We have a team?! No way! Maybe I'll use that as an excuse for not studying for my Pres! No seriously yay!

If we ever got gold I would seriously doubt that there wasn't some form of 'cheating' involved. Such a shame. I'd rather we won nothing, than have our only winners turn out to be frauds.

Considering the work the drugs would have to do to get us a medal, we could still qualify for some form of award - a nobel prize in chemistry for instance.

Well you have to be proud of our Summer record!

WOW! was thja a good opening ceremony or what!

So , The olympics are over tommrow. Ireland got no medals and I am happy they are over! They have been hogging the telly! Ill watch the closeing ceremony tommorow and ill be over! See you in Bejing 2008!