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Armchair OlympianI am not a die-hard sports enthusiast, but confess I enjoyed watching the winter Olympics held in Turino Italy. It was nice to watch something positive and motivational for a modify and to delight in a lot of veritably aweinspiring and generous acts. I find the wide potpourri of sports showcased fascinating, proving there is a lot one may do in cold climates of winter! Consider the spectrum of sports. There are the a good deal of varieties of skiing. The downhill event has skiers reaching speeds of 140 kilometres per hour (87 mph), you get speeding tickets for going that fast in a car! Imagine what it takes to be a ski jumper as you try to imitate flight and defy gravity the longest once you are airborne. Picture the freestyle skiers who twist and turn in the air so fast I don't recognise how the commentators may describe their unbelievable aerial feats. The cross-country skiers have immense endurance, and a heap of stop to shoot rifles while attempting to manage their beating hearts and gasping lungs. We were witness to a newer Olympic event that debuted in Nagano in 1998, snowboarding. I think the snowboarders had the most fun creating their lexicon when they speak of a McTwist, Fakie, Duckfoot, an Ollie or a Nollie! Didn't it just applied to be Narly ... or was that suffer speak and I've just dated myself? There are those flashy speed skaters in their skin-tight outfits who fly around an oval ice surface at up to 60 kph (37 mph) battling G forces in the turns. The figure skaters pleasantly occupied us with their dance routines and inspiring jumps. They also showed immense grit when Zhang Dan a Chinese pairs figure skater had a spectacular fall which made any person looking at cringe. To our disbelief, this 20 year old got up, finished the routine, and won the silver medal. Awesome. We can't forget the curlers. A sport a good deal of find strange, but be grateful for the accuracy involved in curling your rock down a 44 meter (49 yard) ice surface and attempting to hit a bulls eye with two sweepers helping control speed and direction of a heavy stone, while you contestant is attempting to block you or knock you on each throw. Lots of yelling and physics accompany this sport! Imagine four Newfoundlanders winning the gold - talk regarding a party when they get home! There is the luge where, depending on the event, one or two people lie on their backs on a sled going down a tight twisty run ... feet first. You might think that is scary sufficient until you see those in the skeleton event, perchance appropriately named. These athletes go down a steep ice track, on a sled, that has no brakes, headfirst. Hmmm ... where do they find humans to do this? Then there is ice hockey. Grown men and women strap on boots with blades on the bottom, use curved sticks to shoot a hard rubber disk in the opponents net. This happens as they skate at up to 50 km per hour (30 mph) and shoot the puck at over 150 kph (95 mph) while determining the direction of travelling of around on ice. A shame both the NHL laden U.S.A and Canadian teams didn't even make it to the semi-finals. Perhaps too much talent, not sufficient "team". Over the 17-day period, 2,500 athletes from 85 nations competed for 84 medals in seven sports. We shared the pride of those on the podium as they smiled or cried as their national anthem played before the world. Two single acts at this twentieth Olympic Games stand out in my mind and will for some years. I applaud gold medalist Joey Cheek, the USA speed skater for donating his $25,000 bonus to Right to Play, an institution of former Olympic, Paralympic and professional athletes global who support using sport for development, health and peace. Good for you Joey, you are an inspiration to many. Perhaps the defining moment of the Games was when Sara Renner, a Canadian broke her ski pole in a cross-country team sprint event. A Norwegian coach gave her a pole to finish the race. She and teammate Beckie Scott went on to win the silver medal. To me this unselfish act defines sportsmanship and is hard proof the true Olympic spirit lives on. See you in Vancouver in 2010.
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At what winter olympic (2010) events will medals be handed out at the event? At what winter olympic (2010) events will medals be handed out at the event as opposed to at the victory ceremony at night? Will medals be staged and athems played at Richmond oval for speed skating and at Pacific Coliseum for figure skating or will they be deferred to the Victory ceremonies at night? There is a full schedule of the medals expected to be awarded each night (and the act who will be performing live) for the duration of the Victory Ceremony on the 2010 Vancouver official website. In short, the answer appears to be Victory Ceremony for speed skating and the venue for figure skating. However, your best bet is to check what days you plan to be at the Games and match it to what events they list as being awarded for the duration of the Victory Ceremony since the internetsite suggests that it could change. |
