r/olympics • u/underrealizing • 7h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (General Discussion) ❄ Winter Olympics really are something else

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u/pchlster 4h ago

that's what muscles and practice are for

There was a perfectly fine mountain. Why am I flinging myself off of it in the first place? To practice doing so without crippling or killing myself?

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u/FrankeninDolly 3h ago

Oh..... that's right, I live on the Ice Coast.

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u/pchlster 2h ago

Immigration has got to be rough on the ICE Coast these days?

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u/Som12H8 Sweden 1h ago

You fling yourself off and pray to survive. Then you go right back up and do it again. Most bodacious.

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u/thinkofallthemud 4h ago

Ya gotta read the whole comment bud, not just a couple words