Include South African Sports Confederation and Olympics Committee President, Moss Mashishi, among those who would rather not make medal predictions for this coming Beijing Olympiad. Here’s what he says on the prospective performance of South African Olympians: “We have avoided targets with specific numbers but hope to improve from one Olympic Games to the next. [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2008’
Quote of the Day: Australia’s Libby Trickett
On Olympic predictions and that kind of stuff: “I don’t think anyone can be placed as the favourite, because really that is what an Olympics is all about – people come out from the woodwork, people perform out of their (comfort zone).”– World 50m and 100m freestyle record holder Libby Trickett, Australia. Read more about [...]
The Torch in Australia
When did Ian Thorpe get old? Just asking.
Athletes Speak: "Boycotts Are Senseless"
Will the politicians calling for an Olympic boycott please shut up. Hear ye now the voice of the Olympian gods headed by our idol Sergey Bubka who certainly lived up to the “higher” part of the Olympic motto, “Faster, Higher, Stronger”. So the gods have spoken. Shut up already, you politicians who’re trying to gain [...]
Farewell, Ms. Colledge
AP report: BOSTON – Cecilia Colledge, an innovative figure skater who was the youngest athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics, has died. Colledge died at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, said Ben Wright, vice president of The Skating Club of Boston where Colledge was a teacher for nearly four decades. She was 87. [...]
