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Lighten up Francis
It's a show, nothing more and nothing less. Waiting for Kim Jong Un to descend from the sky and into things. Now that would be entertaining. Imagine the ratings |
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(A blood test for her showed some above-the-limit values on reticulocytes, but no actual performance enhancing drugs had been found.) This lead to her missing the qualification for the 2010 Olympics. A long and messy series of legal actions evolved with many verdicts, appeals etc. There were, as always are, expertises and counter-expertises, among them a long-term study on her intitative that came the conclusion she had a heredetary blood anomaly. I believe finally she didn't succeed. The sports authorities, both the german and international ones, left the impression they really wanted to get rid of her, including trying to kick her out of her employment as a police officer (in germany, many athletes are sort of "state-funded by having jobs at the police, the customs office, or the army). In the wake of the lawsuits and the accompanying drama, she suffered health consequences as well. Today, she's running her own training outfit independent from the german speed skating team.
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That was the best. If I heard it right, Fourcade said that if you don't like Biathlon after that, you never will!
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That was an amazing race !
I’ve been more impressed this year with NBC’s coverage of the games. Maybe just because I’ve had more time to watch.
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Yes she is, i think the fact that there is love amongst the swedish n norweigan racers certainly help the "ppl" to feel the same way. Björgen is a beast. Stina got time still to become our champion .) Kallas stage was unbelivable again just like the last olympic (which is perhaps a top 5 sporting moment for me). |
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Agree with you about Tirico and really agree with you about them not trying to insert artifical feeling human interest stories. There’s plenty of good contests to watch, except maybe ice dancing.
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Ok, so what events should the winter olympics add?
Some sort of Alpine Touring event, where you skin up a hill and then race down a Super G course? Fat biking and/or cyclocross?
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Maybe something like the Ski to Sea race held around Bellingham, WA.
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Ice fishing!
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You could do worse than Olympic Snow Shoveling. Total watt mania. Lots of ways you could set it up— how much weight in snow you can shovel onto a scale in x minutes, or time to clear a regulation “Olympic driveway.” Lol. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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