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CaptainCrunch · 08-18-2004, 02:51 PM

Random thoughts on the subject

How much can we really expect in the summer Olympics? It's winter here all the bloody time. Do they have a national outcry in Australia when they can't even qualify in "men's ice hockey"? The Argentinians are awful at bobsled -- how much soul searching goes on down there about a lack of bobsled funding?

We went from being a very competitive and very good swimming nation, to a terrible swimming nation. We went from having some of the best sprinters in the world (Ben Johnson dosen't count) to having nothing. You can't tell me that we can't have top notch indoor training and stock them with good athletes. And besides we ain't exactly a winter olympics power either.

Like someone said, the Olympics are entertaining for two weeks, then it's back to reality (sorry to any Olympians that might be reading this). Last week I was wondering why some triathlete was getting so much coverage compared to all the others and then I read the article and oh yeah he won a gold medal last time.

We're raising a next generation of slackers, so why try. It would be nice to have athletic role models outside of hockey that we can actually look up to, not somebody who was estatic that they finished 58th in a race but hit a personal best. Raise the damn bar

The whining gets a little tiresome. "I have to work a real job and I can't swim all day every day it's a disgrace". Umm, boo hoo hoo?

08-18-2004, 02:51 PM	#12
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	Random thoughts on the subject How much can we really expect in the summer Olympics? It's winter here all the bloody time. Do they have a national outcry in Australia when they can't even qualify in "men's ice hockey"? The Argentinians are awful at bobsled -- how much soul searching goes on down there about a lack of bobsled funding? We went from being a very competitive and very good swimming nation, to a terrible swimming nation. We went from having some of the best sprinters in the world (Ben Johnson dosen't count) to having nothing. You can't tell me that we can't have top notch indoor training and stock them with good athletes. And besides we ain't exactly a winter olympics power either. Like someone said, the Olympics are entertaining for two weeks, then it's back to reality (sorry to any Olympians that might be reading this). Last week I was wondering why some triathlete was getting so much coverage compared to all the others and then I read the article and oh yeah he won a gold medal last time. We're raising a next generation of slackers, so why try. It would be nice to have athletic role models outside of hockey that we can actually look up to, not somebody who was estatic that they finished 58th in a race but hit a personal best. Raise the damn bar The whining gets a little tiresome. "I have to work a real job and I can't swim all day every day it's a disgrace". Umm, boo hoo hoo? __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!