If AP writer Nancy Armour really believes that the Speedo controversy is much ado about nothing, why doesn’t she ask American athletes not to wear the LZR swimsuit. If it doesn’t make any difference in how an athlete performs, then why do they have to change suits?
Posts from ‘May, 2008’
Coming Up: Halil Mutlu vs. The Chinese
Turkish weightlifter Halil Mutlu is a three time Olympic gold medalist. He hopes to get another gold when he goes to Beijing in August. Who could stop him from getting his fourth gold medal? Chinese weightlifters who’ve been trying to out-lift him for years. Here’s a quote from Halil Mutlu about his prospects in Beijing: [...]
Dear Elvis Stojko
You will become our idol if you will also speak out for aboriginal rights before Vancouver’s 2010 Winter Games in 2010? Maybe you should also ask athletes to think about Canada’s treatment of Native Canadians before they participate in the Vancouver Games. If you will say something like that, we will be happy to include [...]
LZR Speedo Controversy Rages On
So long as there is doubt whether the LZR Speedo is giving unfair advantage to swimmers who use it, I can’t understand why FINA would continue to sanction its use. I also don’t understand why otherwise honorable athletes — I’m looking at you Americans and Australians — would be okay with using it. Whatever happened [...]
Missing in Action: Cuba’s Yurisel Laborde
Did she defect to the United States? Or did something bad happen to her that we still don’t know about? Yurisel Laborde is a Cuban judoka who won a bronze medal during the 2004 Olympics in Athens. She also boasts of two Judo World Championships gold medals which she bagged in 2005 and 2007. After [...]
