After many days of spring-like weather, last Thursday evening gave us this. It was gone by the weekend. Crazy weather.
Yes, I'm a day late. I watched the Canada vs. USA gold medal game on Sunday and enjoyed a few too many beers celebrating Canada's victory. :)
Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts
Monday, March 1, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Week 28 - GO CANADA GO!
At the start of every hockey season, I get out the Ottawa Senators flag and hang it on the wall behind the TV. We have a large Ottawa Senators blanket that is folded in half and placed on the back of the couch, with "Ottawa Senators" facing outward. A small Stanley Cup is placed somewhere in the room. This year it happens to be on the CD rack beside the TV. This is all done with my wife's blessing. She's as much of a fan as I am. In fact, she may be a bigger fan because she knows all of the players' jersey numbers. Oh yeh, we also wear team jerseys while watching the game.
For tonight’s Team Canada vs. Team U.S.A. Olympic game I got out the Canada flag and hung it on the wall in an attempt to bring some good mojo to the team. It didn't help. Maybe I was too late.
Anyway, thanks to the Olympics for my Week 28 Project 52 inspiration!![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=1d52e838-f5bc-443f-86eb-f10d6972dd58)
For tonight’s Team Canada vs. Team U.S.A. Olympic game I got out the Canada flag and hung it on the wall in an attempt to bring some good mojo to the team. It didn't help. Maybe I was too late.
Anyway, thanks to the Olympics for my Week 28 Project 52 inspiration!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Cheating at the Olympics? Never!
This is actually the first time I've heard or read about this, as I haven't really been following the Olympics that closely. Yeh, shame on me.
In a nutshell, it has been alleged that certain Chinese gymnasts at the Beijing Olympics do not meet the minimum age requirement of 16 set by the IOC, and are actually 14 years of age.
A blogger, Stryde Hax, did a little research of their own and came across some official documents, cached from the General Administration of Sport of China web site, that appear to back the allegation, and has posted some screen shots of their research in the event that the cached documents suddenly disappear, as the original documents already have. You can read the blog entry here. Check it out and decide for yourself. It certainly reeks of something, and it's not sushi.
Also, as requested, I have taken a couple of screen shots and posted them here. The more the merrier!
You can also read a little more about the controversy on He Kexin's Wikipedia page.
Why isn't the IOC doing anything about it?
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In a nutshell, it has been alleged that certain Chinese gymnasts at the Beijing Olympics do not meet the minimum age requirement of 16 set by the IOC, and are actually 14 years of age.
A blogger, Stryde Hax, did a little research of their own and came across some official documents, cached from the General Administration of Sport of China web site, that appear to back the allegation, and has posted some screen shots of their research in the event that the cached documents suddenly disappear, as the original documents already have. You can read the blog entry here. Check it out and decide for yourself. It certainly reeks of something, and it's not sushi.
Also, as requested, I have taken a couple of screen shots and posted them here. The more the merrier!
You can also read a little more about the controversy on He Kexin's Wikipedia page.
Why isn't the IOC doing anything about it?
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