The Olympics Blog » France http://theolympianblog.com How Much Money Do Olympians Make? | London 2012 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:15:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Olympic Results: Steeve Guenot Bags Gold Medal for France http://theolympianblog.com/olympic-results-steeve-guenot-bags-gold/ http://theolympianblog.com/olympic-results-steeve-guenot-bags-gold/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:48:00 +0000 bill http://theolympianblog.com/?p=316 Aha, another flag waver. Steeve Guenot, like the Georgian flag waver I blogged about earlier, certainly earned the right to wave his country’s flag [or mini-flags in this instance].

Steeve (did the civil registrar misspell his name when they had him registered?) won the gold medal in Greco-Roman Wrestling [66 kg.] making French President Nicholas Sarkozy very happy indeed.

Photo source: chinadaily.com

]]> http://theolympianblog.com/olympic-results-steeve-guenot-bags-gold/feed/ 0 Olympic Medal Results: Alain Bernard’s Happy Scream http://theolympianblog.com/olympic-medal-results-alain-bernards/ http://theolympianblog.com/olympic-medal-results-alain-bernards/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:13:00 +0000 bill http://theolympianblog.com/?p=313 This is Alain Bernard’s happy version of The Scream. If I won an Olympic gold medal like he did, I will also be screaming like crazy. There’s no screaming [at least not the joyful kind] for Australia’s Eamon Sullivan [he of the Rice and Sullivan love team] because he had to settle for the silver medal.

This is France‘s second gold after Steeve Guenot’s gold medal winning performance in wrestling.

Photo source: beijing 2oo8

]]> http://theolympianblog.com/olympic-medal-results-alain-bernards/feed/ 0 Quote of the Day: France’s Eunice Barber on Boycotting Beijing 2008 http://theolympianblog.com/quote-of-day-frances-eunice-barber-on/ http://theolympianblog.com/quote-of-day-frances-eunice-barber-on/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 11:35:00 +0000 bill http://theolympianblog.com/?p=139 Eunice Barber’s quote of the day:
I am against the boycott, I am against the badge. Boycott is not for the athletes. What we have to boycott are the people signing million of euros in business contracts. France has no lesson to give to China. There are so many Blacks and Arabs who get burnt up in France and the so-called humanitarians don’t stand up (for them).

Do you understand these people who call themselves humanitarians and who are violent with those carrying the torch?

Eunice Barber is a two-time heptathlon and long jump world champion. She was born in Sierra Leone and acquired French citizenship in 1999. According to a Reuters report Barber once complained she had been a victim of police brutality and racist abuse when arrested for driving on a closed road outside Paris.

]]> http://theolympianblog.com/quote-of-day-frances-eunice-barber-on/feed/ 0 Quote of the Day: Josselin Henry of France http://theolympianblog.com/quote-of-day-josselin-henry-of-france/ http://theolympianblog.com/quote-of-day-josselin-henry-of-france/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:33:00 +0000 bill http://theolympianblog.com/?p=48 French shooter Josselin Henry (photo above) on his gold medal win during the recently concluded Good Luck Beijing 2008 ISSF World Cup: “We often practice in rainy days, so today’s rainy weather did not affect my performance.”

Good for you, Josselin. Are you hoping for another rainy day in August?

Photo source: Rompres

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