We are talking about POSSIBLE doping or about her coach being so nasty to little kid?
@neonorchid I'm not gonna write this again, but you can read my comment about "ugly coach who made everyone cry with her attitude toward her athlete" in Shiffrin thread. I still think if she wouldn't be Russian noone, and certainly not IOC president, wouldn't spend a second on such "case". But that's just my opinion about this. Not to mention, it's thing between Russian (not even Chinese) coach and Russian (not even Chinese) athlet, pretty much unrelated to China, except that it happened at Olympics held in China. Or do I understand right, that this would be perfectly fine thing, if it would happen in 2026 when Olympics would be in Italy?
We are talking about POSSIBLE doping or about her coach being so nasty to little kid?
Lance Armstrong
...apparently you missed my point.Never heard about the president of IOC or the president of UCI criticizing Lance's coaches at US Postal for being too harsh on the boy. Did I miss something?
...apparently you missed my point.
Samples were sent out in December, yet Swedes were too busy to handle them in 2 months, but they just found time to handle them in. oddle of Olympics.Thibk about timing as you wish, but I have my opinion about this timing.
Anyone know what vertical spacing distance was on the gates in the team races? Sure looked short.
Finnish Skier Suffers 'Frozen Penis' During Cross-Country Event at Beijing Olympics
A Finnish skier competing in a cross-country event suffered the strangest malady of the 2022 Beijing Olympic: A frozen penis.www.rollingstone.com
Ouch! Frozen 3rd pole!
Reuters notes that, somehow, this isn’t the first time Lindholm’s penis has froze mid-race
Ok, seriously - this has happened to him more than once?Finnish Skier Suffers 'Frozen Penis' During Cross-Country Event at Beijing Olympics
A Finnish skier competing in a cross-country event suffered the strangest malady of the 2022 Beijing Olympic: A frozen penis.www.rollingstone.com
Ouch! Frozen 3rd pole!
He needs some Gore-Tex Windstopper in the right places with some chemical hand warmers.
Yeah, just like Tiger WoodsGu's going to be just like any other Stanford freshman. Sure, she is!
I wanna know where she's paying her income tax?I have heard very recently that her annual income was {past tense} estimated to be $35Mil, largely Western luxury brands now being sold in China. Now, after the medals, the guesstimates are perhaps TWICE that.
I doubt she will qualify for tuition assistance/scholarshipsYeah, just like Tiger Woods
I wanna know where she's paying her income tax?
That was my first thought … no sympathy for the second timeOk, seriously - this has happened to him more than once?
@Primoz, I have heard much the same. I have heard over and over about how wonderful the people were. How well most everything was planned and executed. I did hear some comments that suggest that they felt "walled off" from a lot of the real Beijing. Like some of what might be considered "bad" of offensive was essentially hidden. I don't think that's unique to this OWG's.
I DID hear a lot of frustration about the alpine ski racing. Almost all due to the weather....largely the wind. And how the climate affects snowmaking and course prep. The delays, etc. Some bitching that things were "not fair." Heck, these are outdoor sports and they did their best. I did hear, over and over again that the venues they created....literally out of rock....were just amazing. Which I guess is what's leading to "talk" of it becoming a regular WC venue {that and the size of the Chinese market.}
When my fellow Americans bitch about the weather and the alpine races, I chuckle and say that but for a great tailwind in the Canyon pushing RCS, we might have closed the games with ZERO alpine medals.
No fan of China, politically, economically, etc. But it seems to those who were there for the games, that it was pretty special.
As a counter point: might be worth doing whatever it takes to influence / prompt your agency to get you credentialed for Italy which may be more geographically similar and covid free like the 94 games.@Tony Storaro this will probably sound super weird to most of you, but I'm not really typical sport fan. To be honest, I would say I'm not sport fan at all. I love sport, and I love skiing, as it's simply big part of my life, and if I couldn't ski anymore, I could probably say, life without skiing is not worth living, but I have been in one or the other role to so many races and competitions, including World championships, but never Olympics, that I honestly don't have any wish to stand there and watch people race.
In these 2 years of covid times and with this related millions of restrictions, I'm much less around WC tour, and to be honest, I don't miss it at all. I miss seeing all those friends I have there, but with most of these guys I'm good enough friend, that we regularly meet also out of ski rooms and race courses, so I catch up with them elsewhere... or I join them on training and get few nice turns between their training gates myself, like I did few weeks ago in Kranjska Gora on some of their last trainings before leaving for Beijing. With less of me being on WC tour, it means I can ski way more myself, and it's certainly not bad thing to have about 70 days on snow by middle of the winter
So while I would still like to experience Olympics in some sort of official role, I have no wish to be part of this as spectator. But in all these years, I realized that it's not going to work to do it the way I would want to. I know that my times of athlete, coach or serviceman are long gone, and as photographer, I'm not in right position for such huge event, that agency for which I freelance will pick me over their staffers. Sure there's still 4 years until then and things might change, but I don't really count on that. I'm fine with this, and I don't feel bad because of this (anymore)
Exactly! Stuff some insulation down there! I know then there’s be a lot of talk about the stuffed suit, but better than frostbite!That was my first thought … no sympathy for the second time
That was my first thought … no sympathy for the second time