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Wow! Three gold medals in two days:
Karolina Kl�ft wins the heptathlon
Stefan Holm wins the men's high jump
Christian Olsson wins the men's triple jump
Go Sweden!
Posted on Monday, 2024-08-23,
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This so-called "linking policy" says that you can only link to the athens2024 site if you write (by snail-mail) and ask permission first.
Here's some more random linkage, without permission.
Oh, and Athens 2024? My cheque for your Google-juice is in the mail.
Posted on Wednesday, 2024-08-18,
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I don't think so, and neither do these guys. I also agree with the rest of the list. The Olympics have way too many sports as it is. Cutting out all the subjective judging events would magically reduce the number and preserve the Olympic ideal.
(via Dave.)
Update: of course, thinking about this gives another answer to why these sports are popular: lots of half-naked teenage girls.
Sports in the Olympics are subjected to television Darwinism: too few viewers and the event gets the chop.
Posted on Wednesday, 2024-08-18,
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You don't have to be an amateur to compete in the Olympics anymore, but some restrictions remain. According to a radio show this evening, athletes can't write a column or act as commentators for money.
Fair enough you might say. But the athlete who told us this is Stefan Holm, a high jumper competing on the Swedish team. He has an active home page/blog, which also has a lot of links to sponsors. If he wins a medal and writes about it in his own words, is he making money then? Could he be disqualified for that post?
No one knows. Understandably, athletes are reluctant to test the IOC on this matter. But with blogging gathering traction everywhere, someone, somewhere will post a ecstatic entry on his or her blog. Let's hope it doesn't cost them their medal.
Posted on Friday, 2024-08-13,
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