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Archive through February 24, 2006

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Jan
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08-01-2000

Monday, February 20, 2006 - 1:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
Drugs found in Olympics raid

Mon Feb 20, 11:49 AM ET

VIENNA (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors found more than 100 syringes and 30 packs of drugs, including asthma drugs and antidepressants, in a raid on Austrian
Winter Olympics bases, an Italian prosecutor told Austrian television.

They also seized devices for blood testing and blood transfusions in the raid on Saturday on the country's biathlon and cross-country teams, Austrian state television ORF said on its Web site on Monday, quoting Turin prosecutor Raffaele Guariniello.

ORF also quoted another Turin prosecutor, Marcello Maddalena, as saying the raids were coordinated closely with the
International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Maddalena said officials tried to avoid disturbing the athletes too much.

"But a raid is a raid," ORF quoted Maddalena as saying. "You cannot announce it in advance, nor can you put on your velvet gloves."

Yahoo

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Monday, February 20, 2006 - 10:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Latest on Mayer!!!!!!!!!!! They have Mayer in a Psychiactric ward now as they are afraid he will commit suicide and also when they took him into custody he apparently was quite psychotic. He had hit one of the Italian officer's with his car, it was not just an attempt. The officer will be okay, his leg was just badly bruised. Looks like he will be spending quite some time in Italy (unless they extradite him to Austria and try him there) in prison on drunk driving charges, assault on a police officer as well as possesion of drug and blood doping paraphanalia which was in his car.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 7:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
Good sportsmanship lives and breathes in Turin. I don't know if this was talked about before but, if it was, well it is well worth repeating.

I am not aware if any USA coverage was given to the tremendous good sportsmanship displayed last week by the Norwegian cross country team in the Cross Country Women's Sprint. Canada won a silver in this race but we would have been out of the running for a medal if not for a Norwegian coach.

One of our sprinters broke a pole near the start of the race and her hopes were just about dashed - but immediately one of the Norwegian coaches on the sidelines handed his pole to her so that she could continue to race.

What makes this even more poignant is that , while Canada finished second, Norway finished 4th. If the coach had not displayed this sportsmanship, Canada would have been off the podium and Norway would have had a bronze.

So next time you see a Norwegian, buy him/her a beer from me :-):-):-)

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 7:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Wow, that's a great story, Jan! I didn't happen to see anything about it, but my watching has been a bit sporadic. I sure hope they replay that, more than once!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 8:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Very interesting thing happening in Hockey. The Swedish coach is actually talking about throwing their last game so that they won’t have to play Canada or the Czech’s in the first round of the playoffs!

This has caused a considerable upset.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 9:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
sadly, Jimmer, the controversy will be because he dared to admit it. Let's face it, it happens all the time in sports, no????

PS i have decided that all day today i will end all of my olympic posts with

All Hail to Norway

for their display of good sportsmanship last week :-):-) (see my post above for an explanation)

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 12:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Barely keeping tabs on the Olympics but gotta admit to really enjoying the chat in this thread. As Spock would say, FASCINATING!

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 8:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
All Hail Norway!

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 11:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
How sad that the shady Hedrick couldn't give a congratulatory hug to his teammate, Mr. Davis. What a sad, sad man he must be, with his bad caps on his teeth and his bad attitude. It must be sad to be all artifice like he is. Maybe he should learn something about personal responsibility. Mr. Hedrick is like an even more vulgar version of Tonya Harding.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 6:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
LOL Tish. I hope Davis gets the Wheaties cereal cover.

Jenhavins
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08-23-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 6:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jenhavins a private message Print Post    
It is a shame that the guy I originally picked as my official USA Olympic Boyfriend at the very beginning (it was a tossup between him and the real cute gold medal snowboard guy) is so gripy and bitter. Chad seems like he is not even appreciative of any medal other than gold. To me that is immediate grounds for a breakup.

I hope Davis gets a Nike commercial, a big old parade, and huge pair of Golden Clogs from the Dutch.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 8:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
I just found a great internet site with LIVE Results as the sports happen. If anyone is interested it is the English version of the Official Site


by the way, I just have to mention that NBC has a terrific Medal page online - click on any flag and it brings you to a map of that country with every fact you ever wanted to know about it. I applaud their web designer!!

Jenhavins
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08-23-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 8:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jenhavins a private message Print Post    
Thanks Jan!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 11:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Great websites. Thanks Jan!

Jan
Moderator

08-01-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 11:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
yay especially that Torino official site one. If you click on "Live Results" (upper right area) you get scores for whatever is happening right this instant. And if you leave the page open, the page updates itself as each competitor performs. For instance I am "watching" the results of the women's aerials as they happen!!!!

Tweety
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04-14-2003

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tweety a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the site, Jan. Now I can follow the Men's curling!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 3:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
local take on the Hedrick and Davis...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/3676395.html

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 5:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Like I said before -- they sound like a couple of toddlers I know!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 3:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Yep, I don't think either one is more virtuous than the other.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Friday, February 24, 2006 - 8:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
YAY for the women!!!

Canadian women rule Olympics
Medal tally exceeds any other country

Timing, equal funding get some credit
Feb. 24, 2006. 01:00 AM
JIM BYERS
SPORTS REPORTER

TURIN, Italy—The official medal standings do not make the distinction, but unofficial tallies reveal a surprising story: Canada's women Olympians are No. 1 in the world.

A bronze yesterday for Shannon Kleibrink's curling foursome took Canada's record-breaking medal haul to 19, with 14 of them won by women. No other country's women have won as many.

German women have 13 medals, Russian females 10 and no other country is close. American women have just seven medals.

Some say the Canadian women's results speak to the sports opportunities available here.

"I think Canadians are simply more progressive," said Chris Rudge, chief executive of the Canadian Olympic Committee.

"Some European nations haven't seen fit to give women the same role."

Former Olympic rower Marnie McBean, in Turin to help run the Canadian athletes' village in the mountain resort of Sestriere, pointed to equal funding for both genders in Canada.

"When you put money into any program it will improve. In Canada, if we fund a men's program we generally fund a women's program, too."

`It might be a matter of them being mature, experienced athletes.'

Dr. Julie Stevens, Brock University

The unquestioned Canadian star of the Olympics is Cindy Klassen, the Winnipeg speed skater who has already won four medals, the most ever by a Canadian at a single Games. She has as many medals as the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Great Britain put together.

The women have won nearly three times as many medals as Canadian men, in contrast to the three previous Winter Games when each gender shared the total roughly equally. Nobody seems quite sure why Turin has proved an exception.

McBean said it might simply be a cycle. When she competed, Canadian women rowers took the lion's share of Olympic medals, but the Canadian men were much stronger in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Karen Lofstrom, executive director of the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity, pointed out that Canadian women who had been favoured to win medals here came through in competition, while several high-profile Canadian men did not.

"It might be a matter of them being mature, experienced athletes and the Games coming along at the right time in their careers," said Dr. Julie Stevens, a professor of sport management at Brock University.

The Canadian men have good opportunities to correct some of the imbalance in the remaining three days of competition. The men's curling team will win a gold or silver today and further medals are expected in short-track speed skating and the four-man bobsleigh.

But then again, the women may not be done yet.

Klassen will go for an unprecedented fifth medal in a single Games in tomorrow's 5,000-metre speed skating race.


Toronto Star

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, February 24, 2006 - 9:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
That is great! I get so frustrated when the Olympic games end because all of these wonderful athletes (mostly the women) disappear for four years.

I used to watch a lot of the big professional league sports (Hockey, Football, Baseball, Basketball) but I've lost most of my interest in them over the last few years.

I wish that the "Olympic" sports could somehow get a higher profile in-between Olympics.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Friday, February 24, 2006 - 9:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
yeah me too jimmer. I saw one of our former gold medal winners on TV last night talking about how people think you become a millionaire if you win gold - but he is still poor and still fighting for sponsorship. :-(

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Friday, February 24, 2006 - 7:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Most of you probably know about my attachment to the drum and bugle corps activity. At the 1980 Lake Placid Games, the 27th Lancers Drum and Bugle Corps performed in both the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

A member of the corps shared her experiences in an article on the Drum Corps International website. Thought I'd share it with you. Its interesting to read of a behind the scenes experience in that kind of arena!

HERE'S the article. Enjoy.

Nancy
Member

08-01-2000

Friday, February 24, 2006 - 8:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
cool who--I've had the pleasure of seeing the Lancers perform here in my home-town and I love them :-)

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Friday, February 24, 2006 - 11:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Yay for our Canuck Ladies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!