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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 4:09 am
I can't even imagine all the emotions this poor gal is dealing with. LINK Grandfather of U.S. speedskater dies of heart attack in Turin TURIN, Italy -- The grandfather of U.S. short track skater Kimberly Derrick died of an apparent heart attack Friday night while in Turin to watch her compete in her first Olympics. It was not immediately known if Derrick would go through with her lone individual event of these games, Saturday night's 1,000 meters. "We are glad that her family members and teammates are here in Torino to offer her comfort and we will respect any decision she makes regarding her Olympic participation," said Katie Marquard, executive director of U.S. Speedskating. Darrel Edwards, 74, traveled from Memphis, Tenn., to cheer on his granddaughter, who also was part of the 3,000 relay team that finished fourth this week. Edwards' daughters, Patty Edwards and Holly Derrick (the skater's mother), were with him when he died at 6 p.m. Kimberly Derrick was told of his death and arrived about an hour later to be with her family. "All of us at U.S. Speedskating were heartbroken to learn of the passing of Kimberly's grandfather," Marquard said. "Kimberly is a spectacular young woman who is not only a talented skater, but also a wonderful person and teammate. The 20-year-old Derrick, of Caledonia, Mich., is a sophomore at Northern Michigan University. She hopes to be an elementary school teacher after her skating career is over.
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 8:14 am
That is sooooo sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 10:57 am
Kimberly is from my hometown (not a personal acquaintance), so this was our top news story yesterday. She has our most heartfel prayers as she competes today -- what a tragic memory to have attached to her Olympic experience. And wasn't it sweet of her grandpa to travel all that way just to see her compete?
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 10:40 pm
Wonder if Eeyoreslament, Karen, Miz or anyone else in Vancouver is planning to head over to the Library tomorrow morning to watch the flag hand-over? I think dh and I might go, cameras in hand.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 10:45 pm
I hadn't even heard about that, Yankee! I'm supposed to be at work tomorrow -- two blocks from the library... maybe I'll duck out and go check it out! What time is it at?
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 10:48 pm
Here's the story in the Sun today: http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=748a4ca1-87f6-4bd7-9a97-63b81ddbc3a7 Looks like the party starts at 10:30 AM, with the closing ceremonies around 1PM I believe. There's a story on CBC about the flag hand-over to Sam Sullivan
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Sunday, February 26, 2006 - 4:02 am
I can't. I work up at SFU tomorrow, from 12-6. :-(
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, February 26, 2006 - 9:23 pm
Now back to your regularly scheduled programs -- except.... I enjoy the figure skating and a few other sports, but I'm glad it's over. I don't watch the opening and closing. Waaaaay over the top productions. Except = Deal or No Deal for a week. I don't like it.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 2:11 am
Great article I found on the figure skating board. I don't know if it was shared here (didn't see it anyway, but that doesn't mean anything!). I see the article is actually a week old. It was hard to find, but Olympic spirit exists
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 6:00 am
I thought the closing ceremony was great last night. For the most part it was not over the top and just a real party time. I was shocked that some guy out of the crowd was able to reach the podium and grab the mic before being taken away by security. I guess there's a nut in ever crowd; I'm just glad he wasn't a dangerous nut.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 8:26 am
I thought the closing ceremonies were obnoxiously long. Blegh. And it bugs me that fewer and fewer athletes choose to stick around for them.
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Tweety
Member
04-14-2003
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 2:10 pm
I think it depended where you watched the closing ceremonies! CBC had full coverage, but it was long and boring with not much focus on the athletes and next to no commentary. NBC cut large segments of the ceremony, but gave a greater focus on the athletes and talked about what was happening on the stage. For me, the NBC coverage was much more enjoyable.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 2:18 pm
Actually, I agree with you Tweety. I watched both, and was surprised to find that I enjoyed NBC's closing ceremony coverage much more. They even focused even more on Vancouver 2010 than CBC did, I thought.
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 2:48 pm
I thought the closing ceremonies were great. As for athletes not sticking around. Some don't because they have world cup events very shortly after and must go to train right away for them. Others do not have the money to stick around. Some have family committments. The speed skaters all stuck around since they are staying in Europe since they have their world cup in only 3 weeks and it takes place in Holland. So they will take a few days off to relax in Europe then head to Holland and train. The Figure Skaters for the most part stuck around although they all have the World's coming up in less than 2 weeks which I believe are here in Canada this year? So it is up to each athlete and also what they need to do after the Olympics, whether they stay. For the most part though I noticed most stayed.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 3:02 pm
The hockey players needed to gets their butts back because they have games starting Tuesday! Many of them are not going to make it and the NHL is says they are docking their pay. Although, they are leaving the door open for the individual clubs to not dock them if they so desire. The agreement they signed in the collective bargaining agreement that allowed them to compete had a clause that said they would not miss any regularly scheduled NHL games. That doesn't help my fantasy team! I have too many Swedes! The Rangers have already announced that they are not going start Lundqvist! And the Sedin twins couldn't be any farther from Vancouver! And Detroit has FIVE players MIA! It's not looking like a good week for me! (And hubby thinks this soooo funny!)
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 6:50 pm
I spoke to a few people at work today, and all of them said the same thin as you guys. NBC had good coverage, and CBC sucked. I always stick with the CBC, because I don't really want to hear about the American side of things. I figured I'd get good coverage of the Canadian athletes. Seems I was mistaken. I lost interest in the CBC, and gave up. L Word and Grey's anatomy were more interesting (I was at work during the initial viewing).
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