Remember the ridiculous statement made by an IAAF fat cat, a.k.a Peter Weiss, regarding Oscar Pistorius’ possible participation in the Olympics? It was totally uncalled for and it sounded like Mr. Weiss was trying to pressure South Africa to not include Pistorius in their relay team. Pistorius is now mulling legal action against the IAAF [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2008’
The Money Report: Slovenia’s Olympic Incentives
If you are from Slovenia who wins an Olympic gold medal in Beijing, how much financial incentive will you receive from grateful authorities back home? Here’s the figure released by the Slovenian Olympic Committee: Gold medalist: 39,350 euros (62,920 U.S. dollars)Silver medalist: 30,400 euros (48,609 dollars)Bronze medalist: 21,450 euros (34,298 dollars). Gold medalists in team [...]
Gyorgy Kolonics, 36
Our condolences to the family and friends of Hungarian canoeist Gyorgy Kolonic, who passed away yesterday. His fans are making tribute videos to Gyorgy and I’m uploading one such video here. Here’s a report from the AP of his untimely death. Two-time Olympic canoeing gold medalist Gyorgy Kolonics died Tuesday after collapsing in his canoe [...]
Rohanee Cox Goes to Beijing
Meet the newest member of our Dara Mama Club: Australian basketball player, Rohanee Cox. Here’s some info about Rohanee from olympics.com.au: During the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) season in 2000, Rohanee Cox suffered severe anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) damage to her left knee. The injury looked sure to end her basketball career when two [...]
Pistorius Saga: The Wise Words of Pierre Weiss
Jesus H. Christ. It sounds like those grumpy athletic officials really, really dislike Oscar Pistorius. How can you explain the following statement by IAAF General Secretary Pierre Weiss: The decision by CAS (the Court of Arbitration in Sport which allowed Pistorius to compete with able-bodied runners) applies to all athletics events. But if he runs [...]
