The Ameri-lympics (Page 2)

 Me too.

like other people said before, the CBC is also super canada-centric.  only natural, so i watch it when i get tired of hearing about americans .

 my olympic moment was 1988, janet evans winning the 800m free.  i remember making up a song about her and singing it to myself as i went to sleep that night.  somehow the song became also about america in general and so my song was about janet evans and abraham lincoln.  haha.

Heavier weight goes faster when sliding downhill.  It has the potential to be another fat man's sport.  Like being a golfer.  Or baseball pitcher.  If Nascar guys didn't have to climb in the window, they'd be fat too.

Yeah -whats up with the NASCAR interuption?  Like you can't watch that just ANY Saturday of the year?

For her sport it was the biggest moment on the biggest stage and that's a tough time to learn that you don't talk the talk if you can't walk the walk.  A small part of me felt bad for her but more of me wondered if she got what she deserved.  What an exciting race!  That one girl who shot off the curve and through the fence?  Crazy!  That's a sport I could watch over and over again.  Although it might be more fun if the contact was more encouraged.  They could even carry sticks.  Snowboard Cross Jousting!

lol, it's like roller derby on show!

now that should be an olympic sport 

I agree, but just to add a little cynicism to the moment -- the pole was too long!  Renner cooked up that hill with a break in her pace!  It was an awesome moment.

 I don't know,  the snowboard mindframe seems to be go big or go home.  Playing it safe, being conservative just doesn't seem to fit the snowboard culture.  She did what she did - she's a young, very good snowboarder, it was the natural reaction, I think. 

I think folks ought to give the poor girl a break. Her explanation on NPR suited me just fine. She said she did it for fun. She was having a blast and that's why she does it. So she blew it royally... that's her issue and hers alone.

Likewise, I don't completely agree with the "do it for yourself" only approach.  If that were the only consideration, why do we put so much emphasis on the Olympics?  Wouldn't an X-Games be just as intriguing if it were all about the individual? 

Derek Redmon of Great Britain at the 92 Barcelona Games.    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/espn25/story?page=moments/94

Now this is a Father.

EDDIE "THE EAGLE" EDWARDS

here's an interview with him:

http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-41-1322-8081/sports/calgary_olympic_games/clip8

 Yes it does.  It reminds me too of the football player that ran an 80+ yard return, started his celebration dance at the 7 yard line, and fumbled at the 4 yard line, losing the ball to the other team.