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Posted: 2/15/2002 9:14:08 AM EDT
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I'm glad the Canadians are getting a Gold Medal. I watched the event and felt they skated their program perfectly.
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Posted: 2/15/2002 9:17:32 AM EDT
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There should only be one gold medal handed out. The Russians should honorably give back their gold medals cause they know they weren't the best team on the ice that night.
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Posted: 2/15/2002 9:22:53 AM EDT
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Makes it pretty difficult to find any meaning whatsoever in any of the results now. We know they're rigged.
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Posted: 2/15/2002 9:26:58 AM EDT
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Is this another Don King production?
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Posted: 2/15/2002 9:27:36 AM EDT
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I don't know why anyone even pays attention to the Olympics any more. They are as corrupt as the various "charities"--Red Cross, United Way, etc. [rolleyes]
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Posted: 2/15/2002 9:28:45 AM EDT
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I'm glad that the Canadians are going to get a second gold. I don't know the difference between a toe-loop and Lutz, but they look pretty good to me.
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Posted: 2/15/2002 9:30:00 AM EDT
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This is why I don't believe ice skating is a valid olympic "sport." It doesn't matter how FAST you are. It doesn't matter how STRONG you are. It's all based on subjective judging. Only on the opinions of judges. I feel the same way about ski jumping. Ski jumping should be about how far you jump, and if you make the landing correctly. I believe (and I could be wrong on this) that they now award "style points" to ski jumping? WTF is that? I guess that in the next summer olympics, they'll award style points to the long jump? Maybe the pole vault? Bah. I haven't been a big fan of the winter olympics anyway (except maybe for the hockey).
-Gloftoe |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 9:32:49 AM EDT
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If the IOC cares about reality, they ought to just throw out the marks from the stupid French judge and redistribute the medals based on the resulting total scores.
Two gold medals in one event? What the hell is that? |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 9:41:22 AM EDT
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Why don't we just give [i]everybody[/i] a medal. That way it would be nice and [i]fair[/i], just like the [b]Special Olympics[/b].
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Posted: 2/15/2002 9:45:30 AM EDT
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Quoted: If the IOC cares about reality, they ought to just throw out the marks from the stupid French judge and redistribute the medals based on the resulting total scores. Two gold medals in one event? What the hell is that? If you throw out the marks from the French judge, the Russian and Canadian pairs were tied. That might be the logic for two gold medals. Two of the same medals have been awarded in other events where the competitors were tied. In fact it happened in one of the cross-country skiing events in this Olympics. They have an odd number of judges in figure skating to prevent that from happening, but... |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 9:59:18 AM EDT
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the facts:
both the canadians and russians now have gold metals. they fired the french judge (f*ck yeah!!) jamie sale is hot ------------------------- as has been put on many posters before: canadian chicks kick ass! this message has brought to you by ian inc. OffRoad |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 10:31:34 AM EDT
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Quoted: I don't know why anyone even pays attention to the Olympics any more. They are as corrupt as the various "charities"--Red Cross, United Way, etc. [rolleyes] The Olympics, NCAA, Red Cross, United Way and the Mafia are all organizations. However, of the five listed, I would only trust the Mafia ! [X] |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 10:43:42 AM EDT
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Quoted: jamie sale is hot ------------------------- OH YEAH! [sex] |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 10:58:28 AM EDT
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Quoted: If the IOC cares about reality, they ought to just throw out the marks from the stupid French judge and redistribute the medals based on the resulting total scores. Two gold medals in one event? What the hell is that? What you fail to understand here is that taking the gold from the russians would destroy their little self esteamies! Kinda like how in govt (read public)operated schools now, we don't give out letter grades, we can't harm the self-esteam of the morons who can't do the work. Another demonstration of injustice. The russians should be STRIPPED of the medal, and it should go to the Canadian team with an APOLOGY! What a wonderful example of "fair-play" for "the children". Just another perversion ..... |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 10:55:12 AM EDT
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Yay! Good for them! Yup, Jamie is HOT! [:P] She looks a little like Nancy Kerrigan but better! They're doing a press conference on FOX News right now.
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Posted: 2/15/2002 11:02:51 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: If the IOC cares about reality, they ought to just throw out the marks from the stupid French judge and redistribute the medals based on the resulting total scores. Two gold medals in one event? What the hell is that? If you throw out the marks from the French judge, the Russian and Canadian pairs were tied. That might be the logic for two gold medals. Two of the same medals have been awarded in other events where the competitors were tied. In fact it happened in one of the cross-country skiing events in this Olympics. They have an odd number of judges in figure skating to prevent that from happening, but... There are substitute judges watching the event, if they had done this right, the frenchie would have been disqualified for corruption, and the sub vote counted instead. See my post above about the two golds..... |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 11:03:02 AM EDT
[#17]
So, will the Canadians also get to keep the Silver medal they were given?
medcop |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 11:05:13 AM EDT
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What a wonderful object lesson.
When you get don't what you want, bitch and whine and complain really loudly until you get it. In all of this whining about the French judge people seem to have missed that other judges also graded the Russian skaters as better than the Canadians. There is NO WAY the Russian skaters should lose their medal once it was given to them - unless they were shown to have cheated or used doping. I guess I'm happy that the Canadians also got a gold, just so we don't have to listen to every single canadian whine for the rest of history. Maybe they should institute instant replay, so that every single person in every single event that ever disagrees with any judges opinion on anything can complain about it as well. No wonder our society is going to hell. All we are teaching our children is that if you don't get what you want, or if you don't suceed in life, then there are two options: PISS AND MOAN, or SUE. Didn't I hear about some lawsuit where people want to sue fast-food places like McDonald's in the same way cigarette companies were sued? Okay - I'm done ranting now. [;)] |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 11:09:01 AM EDT
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good question medcop.
how des the silver and bronze work? how are they going to be passed out? will canada be the first country to win a silver and gold in the same competition, with the same 2 people at the same time in one try??? double cool! OffRoad |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 11:17:05 AM EDT
[#20]
Hell, with the exchange rate in Canada right now, as soon as they cross the border that gold medal will only be worth the price of the silver one. LOL. Seriously, I'm glad to see them get it.
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Posted: 2/15/2002 11:21:20 AM EDT
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I'm happy for my Canuck friends.
My problem is with this Liberal bedwetter attitude of NOT having the cahones to strip the SECOND PLACE team of their gold medal. In life, ONLY ONE person / team can be number 1. Eveerybody else is whatever coems after # 1. Its like these little leagues where "we don't keep score - everybody is a winner." [puke] |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 11:22:44 AM EDT
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Quoted: This is why I don't believe ice skating is a valid olympic "sport." It doesn't matter how FAST you are. It doesn't matter how STRONG you are. It's all based on subjective judging. Only on the opinions of judges. So you think we should get rid of Boxing, too? I mean, if you don't win by KO, it comes down to judges. (Look at 1988, btw, where the American boxer beat the crap out of the Korean, but the Korean still won...) You'd also have to ditch Diving and Gymnastics, which by their very nature require subjective, rather than objective scoring. I feel the same way about ski jumping. Ski jumping should be about how far you jump, and if you make the landing correctly. I believe (and I could be wrong on this) that they now award "style points" to ski jumping? WTF is that? I guess that in the next summer olympics, they'll award style points to the long jump? Maybe the pole vault? Bah. I haven't been a big fan of the winter olympics anyway (except maybe for the hockey). This I agree with you on. "Well, he went five meters further, but the other guy LOOKED COOLER doing it, so he'll get the gold." For the same reason, "Moguls" bugs the hell out of me... these people ski down a hill over these bumps.. takes alot of agility and stimina to do that, and it's a timed sport--great! But then they have these two jumps, so you can spin around in a circle or whatever, and get judged on it. And now all of a sudden, whoever's fastest doesn't win... you've got "time points" now. WTF? Give me purity of sport, where whoever is stronger, faster, or more skillful will win and save judging for those sports that don't have any other quantifiable metric. |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 11:25:15 AM EDT
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WTF! You guys actually care about ice-skating? I knew it all along: underneath the tough exterior, you are all sensitive, warm, fuzzy wusses!
Sorry, gotta get back to watching curling. My kinda sport - You don't need no stinking strength, stamina, speed, power, or height. EVERYONE CAN BE AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST! It's a great "sport" or what? |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 11:27:48 AM EDT
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Quoted: This is why I don't believe ice skating is a valid olympic "sport." It doesn't matter how FAST you are. It doesn't matter how STRONG you are. It's all based on subjective judging. Only on the opinions of judges. I feel the same way about ski jumping. Ski jumping should be about how far you jump, and if you make the landing correctly. I believe (and I could be wrong on this) that they now award "style points" to ski jumping? WTF is that? I guess that in the next summer olympics, they'll award style points to the long jump? Maybe the pole vault? Bah. I haven't been a big fan of the winter olympics anyway (except maybe for the hockey). -Gloftoe I agree! To me the best style is the one that gets you the furthest. Distance should be the only criteria that the ski jump is judged on. Sports are activities where there are rules that determine how someone wins, for example points scored, goals scored, distance traveled, time elapsed, etc. In figure skating you can't keep track at home how someone is doing during their competition. It's too subjective. I think the reason they awarded the Canadians a gold is to smotth over public opinion so that we all forget about it. Now there is no controversy. After these games are over, they can go back to status quo, avoiding the massive overhauls of the Olympics that are needed to get rid of the corruption. How many of us are going to remember this event in 4 years. We would be more likely to remember it if the Canadians had really been burned and never gotten a gold. This French faggot is going to get a slap on the wrist and sent home while the corruption continues until the next big, unmistakeable screw-up occurs. |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 11:30:13 AM EDT
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Quoted: Give me purity of sport, where whoever is stronger, faster, or more skillful will win and save judging for those sports that don't have any other quantifiable metric. yeah baby!!!!!!! Dueling with pistols at 10 paces - the next Olympic sport. With a VERY clearcut winner. [}:D] |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 11:32:49 AM EDT
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2 gold medals in one event...that shows that it is not a sport. I'll stick to curling, thank you very much.
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Posted: 2/15/2002 11:33:04 AM EDT
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Quoted: WTF! You guys actually care about ice-skating? I knew it all along: underneath the tough exterior, you are all sensitive, warm, fuzzy wusses! ? Nah, man - our wives make us watch it. Seriously. Except for the ones where the chicks skate. [:D] |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 12:04:27 PM EDT
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What's not to like?
A good looking babe with her legs up in the air! [:P] [img]http://www.ne.jp/asahi/acp/soramame/favorites/gsfinal01/pairs/jamie_ex2.jpg[/img] [img]http://tracyveronika.50megs.com/photos/salepelletier00worlds.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.canoe.ca/SlamSkating2001WorldsImages/mar21_11-cp.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.ifsmagazine.com/images/July_Aug01/PS/ps4.jpg[/img] |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 12:11:41 PM EDT
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Do we have beautiful women up here or what?
I'm glad that the IOC did what was right. Although I question why the Russians were allowed to keep theirs. Isn't that defeating the purpose? Oh-well. The olympics have turned into a commercial,endorsement free for all anyway. |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 12:15:47 PM EDT
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Quoted: yeah baby!!!!!!! Dueling with pistols at 10 paces - the next Olympic sport. With a VERY clearcut winner. [}:D] On a more serious note, I WOULD like to see IDPA/IPSC type shooting in the summer games... or at least something a little more exciting than smallbore / airgun. How about we get the guys from Accurate Reloading to sponsor an olympic shooting event centered around the .577 T-Rex... whoever sustains the least amount of bone and muscle damage takes the gold... [:D] |
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Posted: 2/15/2002 1:47:58 PM EDT
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I am glad the Canadians got the medal they deserved, but there will always be an * on the results in this competition. Even if the judges voted their conscience that night, there will always be a taint.
I watched the reaction on the faces of the Russians when the Canadians finished their routine. I think deep down, the Russians felt the Canadians were better that day. I am not big on ice skating (except hockey), but having watched both routines several times, I feel the Canadians skated better. Yes, Jamie Sale is a total hottie. [:P] |
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