The Olympics: Vancouver 2010

[KitKat]

I figured I might as well be the one to start this year's Olympics thread, since I'm living right in the middle of Olympic madness right now. (Seriously, it's insane....everywhere I go, there are hordes of people wearing their national colours, more than a few wearing flags as capes, and every public TV set must be tuned in to the live coverage of the games).

So, any athletes you're cheering for? Games that you plan to watch for sure? Predictions of who is going to win events or come away with the most medals?

Did any of you watch the opening ceremonies? My coworker went to the final dress rehearsal on the day before, and said it was pretty spectacular. It's a shame though that the Georgian luger died that morning. Not the best note on which to start the Olympics. Props to the opening ceremonies people for last-minute including tributes to him. Check out clips of the opening ceremonies here.

Edit:
I also just came across this story of anti-Olympics rioters smashing store windows. Really protesters, give it a rest. The time to protest against the Olympics is when a city is making a bid to host it. Now that it's here, there's nothing that's going to stop it, and all that's going to happen is that the rest of the country is going to get annoyed. Heck, I bet all the visiting countries will be annoyed too. But the games are not going to be stopped. I think they should just give it a rest, and focus on changing things that are in their power to change rather than being a nuisance.