I’m sure Germany‘s Alexander Grimm, gold medalist in the Olympic Kayak K1, isn’t the first one to bite his gold medal in Beijing but this is the first photo I saw of a medal biter. It’s good to know that the good old tradition of Olympic medal biting is alive and well and won’t go [...]
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The Flag Bearers: Poland’s Marek Twardowski
Poland’s flagbearer Marek Twardowski boasts of 20 European and world championship medals. He hasn’t won an Olympic gold yet but he might win one in Beijing. Poland Related:Poland’s Witold Woyda: Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist, 69 Photo source: msport.gov.pl
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 [...]
