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 [...]
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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 [...]
Ronaldinho on Barcelona
This must be Ronaldinho’s true sentiment regarding Barcelona’s reported plan to prevent his participation in the Bejing Olympic Games. Boo, Barcelona. Dog in a manger indeed.
Dude Fight: Adam Van Koeverden vs Elvis Stojko
They’re not really fighting but they’re also kind of fighting. Contradictory, eh? If you remember our earlier post, we reported that Elvis Stojko, a two-time figure skating Olympic gold medalist, urged Canadian athletes to boycott the Beijing Olympic Games in the name of human rights. Adam Van Koeverden, world and Olympic kayak champion, is having [...]
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 [...]
