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Au revoir Vancouver

Monday, March 1, 2010

I'm not as much of a Winter Olympics fan, but it is time to pay homage to those athletes who won and those that came home empty handed.

Two highlights from what I did catch these last 2 weeks:

1) The U.S./Canada game which really proves that Olympic hockey is 30x better than the NHL.

2)  Kim Yu-Na's Gold in Figure Skating (don't judge me). I think it was the Korean cellphone ads that won me over.

Two Lowlights

3) German luger David Moeller breaking his tooth while biting his silver medal. The play on words is too priceless.

4) On his way to Gold and 8 laps away from an Olympic record in the 10,000-meter speedskate, Dutchman Sven Kramer was disqualified from the competition after his coach told him to get in the wrong lane. (I think I might have to fight my coach if he did this to me)

Honarable Mention Lowlight

5) German speedskater Patrick Beckert turns off his phone and misses a chance to compete after several skaters pull out.

(I think I might have to smash my cell if I did this to myself)

Up above is a great vid that is not from Vancouver, yet surely will bring a smile to your face.

Props to GQ.

 

R.I.P. Malcolm XPresident Carter?
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I'd give an honorable lowlight to the US women's short track skating team who after finishing last by almost a lap celebrated like they'd actually won the race when they got the Bronze thanks to the disqualification of the South Korean team. The closing ceremony production number was priceless, BTW. Dancing Mounties, giant inflatable beavers, a human hockey puck - how can you beat that? ed.
 
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Or how about the Canadian Women's hockey team that celebrated their victory over the Americans in the gold medal game in high style but poor taste with champagne and cigars on ice... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/26/canadian-hockey-celebrati_n_477...
 

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