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May 3rd, 2008 — Australia
We got a lot of hits blogging about Canada’s Olympic uniform so let’s blog about the outfits of the other Olympic teams. Maybe we should stick to Olympic fashion if that’s what it takes to be world famous? Joke joke.
Anyways, here’s the uniform of Australia’s Olympic team which was unveiled last February. For some reason, this set of uniform reminds me of Leonardo Caprio’s “Catch Me If You Can”; you know, that movie where Leonardo’s a pilot (or a pretend pilot) running away from authorities.
May 3rd, 2008 — Athletics, Drugs
The list of Olympic dopers keeps on getting longer.
From the New York Times:
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May 3rd, 2008 — Boxing
When Olympic gold medalist, boxing icon, and pretty boy Oscar de la Hoya goes home to East LA to fight Steve Forbes, will he finally get the respect (if not the love) of his town mates who rejected him years ago? We think he will.
But don’t worry Oscar, even Jesus was rejected by his town mates. If you still get boos rather than cheers, just stomp your feet and say, “I’m outta here.” We believe though that your people will love you this time around.
May 3rd, 2008 — Mexico
The infighting among Mexico’s sports officials which we blogged about earlier has not prevented Mexican athletes, 66 of them to date, from qualifying for the Olympics.
Mexico is aiming to send 85 athletes to Beijing which would be lower than the 114 athletes who competed during the Athens Olympiad where Mexico bagged four gold medals, two silvers, and two bronzes.
May 3rd, 2008 — Russia, Tennis
Haha. We like it when our favorite athletes get surly like our favorite cantankerous aunt.
Sharapova, the most popular tennis star (yeah she’s more popular than Roger Federer), is criticizing the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) for forcing her to do a four hour commercial shoot a day before a tennis tournament. She’s also asking her fans to vote on what she should do.
Here’s the statement published in her website:
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May 3rd, 2008 — Drugs, Greece, Weight Lifting
Argh. Drugs. Bad news for weightlifting and the Olympic movement in general. Bad news for the Greek Olympic team in particular.
A DPA Report: A second doping test on a group of 11 Greek weightlifters who initially tested positive for banned substances was also found to be positive, making the athletes unlikely competitors for the upcoming 2008 Beijing Olympics, reports said Friday.
