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Originally Posted by charlene
Well except for that former canuck, now aussie who should have been given a gold medal for poutiness..lol
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he actually had the same look even when he won the gold 4 years ago...someone said they call him the iceman...anyhow, i think they should just have flat out speed contest for moguls and get rid of the jumps thrown in with that subjective judging and degree of difficulty stuff...anything with judging usually leaves room for second guessers
i wish we could have kept begg-smith in canada and instead declined to have that Aussie producer of the opening and closing ceremonies(cardboard cutouts and inflatables, etc)...even though $40M is a small budget, that is a lot of my money paid to see mostly a bunch of lip synching and flicking flashlights in the crowd
...except for the athlete parade (costless), anthem and olympic hym during flag passing, i think it's all a waste of funds and i'm sure glad we didn't spend the $350M that Beijing did for their big shows...i'm not much of a fireworks person and i even cringed then laffed when they were set off inside the hockey arena after women's and men's final victories...save that crap for Raptor games or Disney magic eves
i never complained when canada didnt finish in an 'acceptable' spot at prior olympics...i think there are only a few folks who are consistently at the top of their league in these events and for the rest it seems anyone could win on a given day under given conditions...there is no disputing the chinese gal is the best figure skater, i'd say the canucks controlled the puck (doesnt always make you the best team or guarantee victory though) most of the tourney, the canuck men's curlers, dutch skaters, vonn on the slopes, those korean short trackers, etc, etc.... my idea of a good skating race is the one they have around the canals of the netherlands...the first book i read independently was hans brinker and the golden blades (or something to that effect)...someday i'd like to see Ottawa area get the games one day, maybe they could have a real 'long track' race on the Rideau canal where everyone starts at once and you can tell who is actually winning....btw, that short track stuff seems just plain dumb and beggin for controversy...curling is actually the only thing that's cut and dried, no controversy...that is until they start allowing full body contact while one's opponent is sweeping
well, good luck london and soshi, can't wait to read the press you will be getting
