Even if the ceremony was indeed a toned down version, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Zhang Yimou didn't dissapoint. With little he got he made a spectacular lightshow event, focusing not only on China, but including everyone on this planet, with a broader international theme. Imagine if this was a full blown ceremony, with the talent of Zhang Yimou it would have been guranteed quality spectacle! My compliments Zhang Yimou! Thank you for giving us 2 splendid Olympic Ceremony shows, you have eternalized yourself with your artistic creativity!
I am from the tropical country and never seen experience cold below 15 degrees Celsius. Don't talk about 0 degress nor negative degrees. My awareness of the winter Olympics started when the 4 hypocrite colonist countries voice their boycott against China winter Olympics. Thanks to them I watch the opening ceremony of Beijing 2022 winter Olympics. It was GREAT!. Now I am looking forward to the coming events.
Some of these sports are huge, biathlon is as an example the second biggest tv sport in Germany after football. Just to name one country. Most eurocountries winter sports is big. Except maybe spain, portugal, Greece uk, ireland. For me, there isnt anything better then watching winter sports.
is it really the second biggest sport in Germany? that's a shock to me! I would have thought that it was handball, motorsport or basketball! how interesting! its been really fun to learn about the winter sport movement since I moved here, I must say! really enjoying learning more!
@@olasjoberg2111 ahhh Eddie! my one claim to fame for this year's competition is at least we beat you guys one time... today in the curling😅
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Short track skating and speed skating is actually quite different. Short track is four skaters in the same lane not seldom (by accident) pushing another skater off the ice and is the sprint, while speed skating is more of a marathon or a 10 000 meter race. Usually, a speed skater won't do short track and vice versa.
@@JustaBritAbroad It's even more different, short track is done in a normal hockey rink, hence the name, while the normal speed skating is in a big rink, I think the same size as a normal track and field... field..
I have to say that both short track and long track sprint distance 500 and 1000 meters. The very long on short track is 3000 meters and on longtrack it is 10000meters. Örjan explained it good with the feeling of deference between them! I would say that nothing is more awesome then skating shorttrack! The speed through tight turns and with many other competitors is a reel adrenaline flushing.
Sandra Näslund, in skicross - has dominated thus far in the World Cup. Should have a good chance here... The both Biathlon-teams. The cross country skiing-team ladies. Nils. The swedish hockey team! Yeah, this will be interesting upcoming weeks! 🙂
Every winter, certain Swedish men buys snacks by the truckload, paints swedish flags on their faces and put on comedic viking helmets... "Winter is coming."
It was great fun watching Swede Walter Wallberg win the moguls. I always watch the winter Olympics, especially figure skating. I hope Sweden does well!!! (: (: (:
The only thing about it is the inauguration. Whereof it's only one thing I would like to watch, or rather HEAR. Dimash Kudaibergen is one of the performing artists. If you never heard about him, or heard ABOUT him, but never heard HIM singing, you SHOULD right after this video type "Dimash Stranger" or "Dimash SOS" or "Dimash Unforgettable Day". You have never heard a voice like his, never heard anyone using his entire voice apparatus like he does. Don't let the fact he's from Kazakstan repell you, neither that he is a mega star Kazakstan, China, Russia and other countries around that region Sold out The Barclays Center in NY, performed in several European countries, London, England is one of them. You won't be bored... 6 octaves, And four-five, if not more, singing styles.
Isn't every Olympics expected to be Sweden's most successful ever? I have this feeling that I've heard the Swedish media say that before soo many Olympic games...
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I can see why, its certainly a beautiful time of year🤩we've got a little dusting of snow up here in Östergötland, but I don't think its going to come to much!
@@JustaBritAbroad All is well. I don't get any notification when you post a new video. I am not obsessed by the Winter Olympic Games! Then, I am not a typical Swede. :)
It never crossed my mind that The Winter Olympics is not as popular as The Summer Olympics worldwide, but it's not surprising when you think about it. Personally I'm not interested in sports, so it's not a big thing for me. When it was send at Sveriges Television and TV4 I used to watch the opening ceremony and figure skating, one of the very few sports I appreciate. But I watch very little TV and don't find it worth the money to pay for additional channels, so nowadays I'll have to manage without it. It's not a big deal, but I can feel a bit like an outcast at times during these weeks. ;-)
oooh I hadn't thought about watching the Opening Ceremony, I might have to check it out! I'm sure you wont miss too much though, you can just catch up on the highlights on TH-cam instead ;) but I know what you mean!! that was me during the skiing world cup... couldn't stop hearing about it and yet I had NO idea what was going on😅
Just the other day I read an article that the IOC wants to even out the two games in size and viewership. They're considering moving several indoor sports like handball, basketball, perhaps table tennis, gymnastics, wrestling, boxing and all the other martial sports from the summer games to the winter games. Hey, they could move the swimming from summer to winter as well, but perhaps that would take too much focus from the real winter sports. Nothing is decided yet and I suppose 2026 is too soon but perhaps for 2030 or at least 2034?
What? Talking about weird winter sports and not mentioning curling in that segment? :) You had a bit odd "must sees", both Kalla and Nilsson might compete in a few events when the better athletes need the rest, both of them are pretty much there to fill up in case someone gets sick and we need an alternate for the relays or something like that. Sandra Näslund in skicross might be something for you to watch, big favourite and the sport is non stop action. And also the three different curling events, Sweden and GB (Scotland) are among the big favourites in all of them, there is some rivalry going on there. :)
haha I was already giving the curling a mention later on, so I felt like I shouldn't pick on it twice😅 thanks for the tip off about Näslund though, I'll keep a look out!
I am not too surprised with the third one ski and shot targets. I am only surprised that it was not the Finns that made that activity because of the Finno-Russo Winter Wars in the past.
So you mention luge, but not the totally crazy sceleton, which is just the same as luge, but you go head first! As for biathlon, it’s really a perfectly “constructed” sport, since the athletes really have to balance the two completely opposite parts. Too much effort put into the skiing will mean a lot harder time at the shooting range.
yeah I missed the skeleton!! just found out about it from another comment...scary stuff😱😱 I wonder how you get into that sport without fearing for your life😆 and good point, its really fun to see how the biathlon tests them to their limits in two completely different ways!
@@BarbaOlof Yeah, I just read on Wikipedia that both luge and skeleton origin from St. Moritz but skeleton has a very strong British origin, based on Cresta sledding so clearly at least some Brits have enjoyed riding downhill head first for a couple of centuries, one generation at a time.
@@BarbaOlof might be as close as we come to winter sport, that's for sure, but its definitely not something that's widely supported or followed in England😅
You aren't wrong. Though, this time people are less than thrilled due to the, shall we say, "on-going situation"? Most people who I have talked to are in agreement, we shouldn't have sent anyone. BUT hell, it's happening, so we will all be benched. Which part are you looking forward to the most? Or will you watch it all, as is the norm (even if you don't actually care about what is going on, hahaha). Banger of a video, as always! Oh, and you should get a small winter outfit for your monkey, fits the theme! ;)
good point! I thought about that angle when I made the video, but I thought it was perhaps better to keep things light and in line with my channel's usual content😅 thanks for watching though, glad you enjoyed it!! aww I love that idea!! I'll have to find someone to make him one hehe
@@JustaBritAbroad Oh most deffo. No fun with gloomy videos, especially as you have a very upbeat channel, so it would just be out of place. Oh, and personally I like all if not most ski events, and the hockey as well.
@@JustaBritAbroad Well, it is actually the scottish team... but in the olympics the various UK teams are united. In fact the scottish mixed team are most likely to win the gold medal. But the mens and the womens competion are a different matter!
I didn't even know there were olympics coming up. Now I know I have to close my ears for a couple of weeks at the fika table. ;) Sincerely, your atypical Swede.
@@JustaBritAbroad Ja jag gillar snabbare sporter. Sedan så följer jag bara sport som utövas av kvinnor och då för landslaget i olika sporter. För kvinnor presterar bättre och vinner mer än män. Tar man sommar OS i Peking så var det bara kvinnor som tog medaljer. När det gäller Fotboll så är damerna bättre än herrarna och har kommit mycket längre. Sedan som min pappa sade gällande fotboll EM och VM, det går bara att titta på damfotboll, för herrarna bara filmar, och det räcker med att en motståndare är nära en spelare så ramlar han och rullar iväg. Det händer inte i damfotboll.
It seems that you got more swedish, then usual, it could only be explained by the darknes and cold at this season.. and watching swedish TV? Its a remedy for this, especialy in your age.. get a girlfriend! Sweden is a winter sport nation, and there is priorities, beat Norway in skiing and Biathlon, beat the finns in ishockey, beat the Scotts in curling, and the Dutch in skating! And downhill.. after Stenmark, everyone know that sweden is the best nation, its more about if any other nation gonna get medals!
come on Stig, have you not been watching my videos long enough by now to know that I've already got a Swedish girlfriend?! 😉that's the reason I'm here, after all😆haha but funny that you thought that I was more Swedish than usual in this video! will be fun to see if Sweden lives up to those goals and priorities that you've pointed out though!
My Per hates winter, hates the outdoors, and despises sports. He prefers to be indoors, especially in the cold of winter. Add these to his dislike for Swedish Meatballs, his hatred of coffee, and the fact that he dislikes any outdoor activities, especially in winter and my sweet little swede is the most un-Swedish Swede I've ever come across hahaha. So why does he stay in Sweden? He's a young thing that cannot leave his mother LMAO.
I wish we, as a nation had boycotted it but since we didn't, I will. I love it and will watch all of the winter sports and especially when Swedens national Hockey Team is playing but not this Olympics. I think it's a disgrace that it's even taking place and I do judge every single athlete that agreed to participate. We used to stand for something.
Even if the ceremony was indeed a toned down version, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Zhang Yimou didn't dissapoint. With little he got he made a spectacular lightshow event, focusing not only on China, but including everyone on this planet, with a broader international theme.
Imagine if this was a full blown ceremony, with the talent of Zhang Yimou it would have been guranteed quality spectacle! My compliments Zhang Yimou! Thank you for giving us 2 splendid Olympic Ceremony shows, you have eternalized yourself with your artistic creativity!
Skidskytte, the Nordic version of the Californian Skeet Surfing.
As an international student from China to Sweden, hope both countries good luck
to you too Chao!
Best olympic opening ceremony EVER!
it sure was creative, wasn't it!
Great vid! Never know how interesting the winter games are!
Thanks Alwyn! fun to hear that you thought so!!
I am from the tropical country and never seen experience cold below 15 degrees Celsius. Don't talk about 0 degress nor negative degrees. My awareness of the winter Olympics started when the 4 hypocrite colonist countries voice their boycott against China winter Olympics. Thanks to them I watch the opening ceremony of Beijing 2022 winter Olympics. It was GREAT!. Now I am looking forward to the coming events.
Sweden is kinda good at the winter olympics.
Sooo... bronze medal game in curling? How did it work out for GB? ;)
Also...almost time to try semla with beska droppar? ;)
Some of these sports are huge, biathlon is as an example the second biggest tv sport in Germany after football. Just to name one country. Most eurocountries winter sports is big. Except maybe spain, portugal, Greece uk, ireland. For me, there isnt anything better then watching winter sports.
UK hade the eagle :) but thats that.. :)
is it really the second biggest sport in Germany? that's a shock to me! I would have thought that it was handball, motorsport or basketball! how interesting! its been really fun to learn about the winter sport movement since I moved here, I must say! really enjoying learning more!
@@olasjoberg2111 ahhh Eddie! my one claim to fame for this year's competition is at least we beat you guys one time... today in the curling😅
Short track skating and speed skating is actually quite different. Short track is four skaters in the same lane not seldom (by accident) pushing another skater off the ice and is the sprint, while speed skating is more of a marathon or a 10 000 meter race. Usually, a speed skater won't do short track and vice versa.
well there we go, I've learned something new today!! thanks for sharing Örjan!
@@JustaBritAbroad You should check when Steven Bradbury (AUS) won the gold medal in 2002 on the 1000 meters short track skating!
@@anderszapac One of the greatest athletes in the history of the Winter Olympics.
@@JustaBritAbroad It's even more different, short track is done in a normal hockey rink, hence the name, while the normal speed skating is in a big rink, I think the same size as a normal track and field... field..
I have to say that both short track and long track sprint distance 500 and 1000 meters. The very long on short track is 3000 meters and on longtrack it is 10000meters. Örjan explained it good with the feeling of deference between them!
I would say that nothing is more awesome then skating shorttrack! The speed through tight turns and with many other competitors is a reel adrenaline flushing.
Sandra Näslund, in skicross - has dominated thus far in the World Cup. Should have a good chance here... The both Biathlon-teams. The cross country skiing-team ladies. Nils. The swedish hockey team! Yeah, this will be interesting upcoming weeks! 🙂
its going to be really fun to see how Team Sweden get on - as you say, there's some big highlights on the way!!
Every winter, certain Swedish men buys snacks by the truckload, paints swedish flags on their faces and put on comedic viking helmets...
"Winter is coming."
Rooting for Hector and Näslund from 🇭🇷
it'll be interesting to see how they get on🎉😬
@@JustaBritAbroad Well 🥇🥇
It was great fun watching Swede Walter Wallberg win the moguls. I always watch the winter Olympics, especially figure skating. I hope Sweden does well!!! (: (: (:
wasn't it just!! fun to hear you're following along Freeman!
The only thing about it is the inauguration. Whereof it's only one thing I would like to watch, or rather HEAR. Dimash Kudaibergen is one of the performing artists.
If you never heard about him, or heard ABOUT him, but never heard HIM singing, you SHOULD right after this video type "Dimash Stranger" or "Dimash SOS" or "Dimash Unforgettable Day".
You have never heard a voice like his, never heard anyone using his entire voice apparatus like he does.
Don't let the fact he's from Kazakstan repell you, neither that he is a mega star Kazakstan, China, Russia and other countries around that region
Sold out The Barclays Center in NY, performed in several European countries, London, England is one of them.
You won't be bored... 6 octaves, And four-five, if not more, singing styles.
wow really? what a range, sounds incredible. I'll have to check him out. thanks for the recommendation Anna!
@@JustaBritAbroad I came across him just a couple of weeks ago. MESMERIZED!
Isn't every Olympics expected to be Sweden's most successful ever? I have this feeling that I've heard the Swedish media say that before soo many Olympic games...
interesting Rasmus! perhaps you're on to something though, as I do recall reading similar reports about last year's summer OS too!!
We have the Winter Olympics sometimes here in Canada.
yeah I think I remember! will you be watching this year?
@@JustaBritAbroad I honestly, don’t know lol. Most of my days are filled with learning Swedish or Russian for the most part.
@@MDobri-sy1ce haha I can relate... to the Swedish part at least!
I love the winter. And somehow, i don't have any snow down here in Kristianstad
@@MDobri-sy1ce is there a problem with my new name or something, cause i don't care
@@Chisszaru Actually, no, I like it.
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@@MDobri-sy1ce still don't care. There's others who can fill in after you, so not a loss, and i don't speak Russian, so i care even less
I can see why, its certainly a beautiful time of year🤩we've got a little dusting of snow up here in Östergötland, but I don't think its going to come to much!
Will watch the most but offcourse cc skiing is the most important as a swede
interesting! not hockey or skiing? :-)
I love your video!
thanks Bosse! nice to hear from you again🤗🤗 hope all is well!
@@JustaBritAbroad All is well. I don't get any notification when you post a new video. I am not obsessed by the Winter Olympic Games! Then, I am not a typical Swede. :)
It never crossed my mind that The Winter Olympics is not as popular as The Summer Olympics worldwide, but it's not surprising when you think about it. Personally I'm not interested in sports, so it's not a big thing for me. When it was send at Sveriges Television and TV4 I used to watch the opening ceremony and figure skating, one of the very few sports I appreciate. But I watch very little TV and don't find it worth the money to pay for additional channels, so nowadays I'll have to manage without it. It's not a big deal, but I can feel a bit like an outcast at times during these weeks. ;-)
oooh I hadn't thought about watching the Opening Ceremony, I might have to check it out! I'm sure you wont miss too much though, you can just catch up on the highlights on TH-cam instead ;) but I know what you mean!! that was me during the skiing world cup... couldn't stop hearing about it and yet I had NO idea what was going on😅
Just the other day I read an article that the IOC wants to even out the two games in size and viewership. They're considering moving several indoor sports like handball, basketball, perhaps table tennis, gymnastics, wrestling, boxing and all the other martial sports from the summer games to the winter games. Hey, they could move the swimming from summer to winter as well, but perhaps that would take too much focus from the real winter sports.
Nothing is decided yet and I suppose 2026 is too soon but perhaps for 2030 or at least 2034?
What? Talking about weird winter sports and not mentioning curling in that segment? :)
You had a bit odd "must sees", both Kalla and Nilsson might compete in a few events when the better athletes need the rest, both of them are pretty much there to fill up in case someone gets sick and we need an alternate for the relays or something like that.
Sandra Näslund in skicross might be something for you to watch, big favourite and the sport is non stop action. And also the three different curling events, Sweden and GB (Scotland) are among the big favourites in all of them, there is some rivalry going on there. :)
haha I was already giving the curling a mention later on, so I felt like I shouldn't pick on it twice😅 thanks for the tip off about Näslund though, I'll keep a look out!
I don't watch Tv much anymore so, I might end up missing the Winter Olympics lol.
haha fair enough, catch the highlights on TH-cam😅😬
@@JustaBritAbroad Most likely that’s what will end up happening.
@@MDobri-sy1ce or just stick around here instead? 😉😅
@@JustaBritAbroad Yes, I believe, I will keep doing that!
I am not too surprised with the third one ski and shot targets. I am only surprised that it was not the Finns that made that activity because of the Finno-Russo Winter Wars in the past.
haha yeah its not so strange once you know the background to it, is it!
Perhaps the Finns did fire their guns without stopping first, unlike the Norwegians?
So you mention luge, but not the totally crazy sceleton, which is just the same as luge, but you go head first!
As for biathlon, it’s really a perfectly “constructed” sport, since the athletes really have to balance the two completely opposite parts. Too much effort put into the skiing will mean a lot harder time at the shooting range.
yeah I missed the skeleton!! just found out about it from another comment...scary stuff😱😱 I wonder how you get into that sport without fearing for your life😆 and good point, its really fun to see how the biathlon tests them to their limits in two completely different ways!
@@JustaBritAbroad I thought Skeleton was “your” sport. GB got a gold by Amy Williams 2010 in Vancouver.
@@BarbaOlof Yeah, I just read on Wikipedia that both luge and skeleton origin from St. Moritz but skeleton has a very strong British origin, based on Cresta sledding so clearly at least some Brits have enjoyed riding downhill head first for a couple of centuries, one generation at a time.
@@BarbaOlof might be as close as we come to winter sport, that's for sure, but its definitely not something that's widely supported or followed in England😅
@@anderszapac interesting!! we've clearly warmed up too much now, because there's bearly any ice left to be sledding down hill haha
I haven’t sen a single minute of it... before and not going to now.
interesting! me either, well, that's not true actually. I saw 15 seconds of the curling today, but that's the most I've seen ever. does that count?😅
I guess it will be 20 medals
I'm excited to see how close you are ;)
You aren't wrong. Though, this time people are less than thrilled due to the, shall we say, "on-going situation"? Most people who I have talked to are in agreement, we shouldn't have sent anyone. BUT hell, it's happening, so we will all be benched.
Which part are you looking forward to the most? Or will you watch it all, as is the norm (even if you don't actually care about what is going on, hahaha).
Banger of a video, as always! Oh, and you should get a small winter outfit for your monkey, fits the theme! ;)
good point! I thought about that angle when I made the video, but I thought it was perhaps better to keep things light and in line with my channel's usual content😅 thanks for watching though, glad you enjoyed it!! aww I love that idea!! I'll have to find someone to make him one hehe
Add that its not on svt and the timezone is bad.
@@JustaBritAbroad Oh most deffo. No fun with gloomy videos, especially as you have a very upbeat channel, so it would just be out of place. Oh, and personally I like all if not most ski events, and the hockey as well.
Might watch some Curling. Otherwise not very interested.
did you watch today's?! I didn't even know us Brits had a team😅
@@JustaBritAbroad Had no idea they'd started already. :-/
@@JustaBritAbroad Well, it is actually the scottish team... but in the olympics the various UK teams are united. In fact the scottish mixed team are most likely to win the gold medal. But the mens and the womens competion are a different matter!
I didn't even know there were olympics coming up. Now I know I have to close my ears for a couple of weeks at the fika table. ;) Sincerely, your atypical Swede.
haha come on Robert, you didn't even know?!😅 I at least knew, even if I'm not following😆 but then again, I'm glad I was able to warn you ;)
Det jag kommer att titta på när det kommer till OS, är Damlandslaget i ishockey, samt då Skricross.
jaså? vad kul! ishockey är roligt att kolla!
@@JustaBritAbroad Ja jag gillar snabbare sporter. Sedan så följer jag bara sport som utövas av kvinnor och då för landslaget i olika sporter. För kvinnor presterar bättre och vinner mer än män. Tar man sommar OS i Peking så var det bara kvinnor som tog medaljer. När det gäller Fotboll så är damerna bättre än herrarna och har kommit mycket längre. Sedan som min pappa sade gällande fotboll EM och VM, det går bara att titta på damfotboll, för herrarna bara filmar, och det räcker med att en motståndare är nära en spelare så ramlar han och rullar iväg. Det händer inte i damfotboll.
Sweden is the best
go Team Sweden!
It seems that you got more swedish, then usual, it could only be explained by the darknes and cold at this season.. and watching swedish TV?
Its a remedy for this, especialy in your age.. get a girlfriend!
Sweden is a winter sport nation, and there is priorities, beat Norway in skiing and Biathlon, beat the finns in ishockey, beat the Scotts in curling, and the Dutch in skating!
And downhill.. after Stenmark, everyone know that sweden is the best nation, its more about if any other nation gonna get medals!
come on Stig, have you not been watching my videos long enough by now to know that I've already got a Swedish girlfriend?! 😉that's the reason I'm here, after all😆haha but funny that you thought that I was more Swedish than usual in this video! will be fun to see if Sweden lives up to those goals and priorities that you've pointed out though!
现在科技越来越发达，比赛越来越公正。北欧人的确有很棒的冰雪运动项目的天赋，加油😊
中国也在努力中！
冬奥会的帅哥真多😁
Nice to see Taiwan represented in the comments.
My Per hates winter, hates the outdoors, and despises sports. He prefers to be indoors, especially in the cold of winter. Add these to his dislike for Swedish Meatballs, his hatred of coffee, and the fact that he dislikes any outdoor activities, especially in winter and my sweet little swede is the most un-Swedish Swede I've ever come across hahaha. So why does he stay in Sweden? He's a young thing that cannot leave his mother LMAO.
Wait what? Olympics? First thing I hear about it :P
apparently? must be one of these new Netflix originals? ;)
@@JustaBritAbroad Naah for real, had no idea it was now. :O
To not mention ice hockey is kind of un-Swedish :D
hahaha good point! thought i'd do a separate video about ice hockey sometime you see😉
Well, so far 1 Gold/day to Sweden. 😁
not bad huh!
@@JustaBritAbroad as expected?😁😁
As The Last Olympics that i watched as being 20's
I Won't Forget This Moment
its actually the first Winter Olympics I'll have experienced, so I'm excited to see what it brings!
🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
🤞🏻🥳😄
I wish we, as a nation had boycotted it but since we didn't, I will.
I love it and will watch all of the winter sports and especially when Swedens national Hockey Team is playing but not this Olympics.
I think it's a disgrace that it's even taking place and I do judge every single athlete that agreed to participate.
We used to stand for something.
I don't care at all. There are other things that catches my attention... Kan inte tänka mig något mer ointressant än sport.
haha jaså? ingen sport alls för dig? imponerande!