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A Bit Of Olympic Gerrymandering Required
I think we should create the flattest straightest course in the world for the Olympic Cycling road race. We should allow David Millar to compete. Then we would have Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins and David Millar for a train to … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Olympics
Tagged Bradley Wiggins, David Millar, Geraint Thomas, Manx Missile, Mark Cavendish
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Oh Canada!
The sight of the Gold medal winning Canadian women’s Ice Hockey team sat on the ice crushing beers, chomping on cigars and drinking Champagne from the bottle left me with one thought. Where can I meet women like that? Go … Continue reading
Julia Mancuso : Olympic Luck Good & Bad
Some will argue that the difference between a top performer at Olympics and a great performer is some indefinable class. It could well be desire. It could be just being better. It can also in many sports at the Winter … Continue reading
Posted in Olympics
Tagged Amy Williams, Julia Mancuso, Lindsey Vonn, Measuring Greatness, Shelley Rudman
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Amy Williams – The Anti Brit
The first non figure skating gold ever won for Britain was by Amy Williams who dominated the women’s Skeleton from start to finish. She led by 0.3 from the first run and extended that to 0.56 after 3 more runs. … Continue reading
Man Apologises To World For Having Sex
Why? No idea. Tiger Woods appears to be apologising to a lot of people he’s never met for acts that had no effect on them. You won’t catch Obama, Brown, Bush or Blair apologising for uprooting millions of lives but … Continue reading