Your idle Olympics ponderings/musings...

[Leaper]

What would Nobunaga Oda think if he could see his X-great-grandson with his family name figure skating?

That's my big one. What are yours?

[C3]

The guy doing the commentary for the biathlon sounds exactly like Keith Olbermann. And the guy doing the commentary for the women's hockey sounds like Brian Williams (the NBC anchor, not the CTV guy).

[lisiate]

What would Nobunaga Oda think if he could see his X-great-grandson with his family name figure skating?

That's my big one. What are yours?

Huh, I had to look up who you were talking about - it's pretty cool really.

[Gangster Octopus]

Interesting story at the Wall street Journal about the descisions made in designing this year's Luge course (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704804204575069753617335586.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular) and the IOC response (http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2010/02/17/ioc-comments-on-wsj-investigation-into-luge-track/).

[twickster]

Where exactly is the skill in luge? What constitutes the difference between a great luger and a mediocre one?

[YogSosoth]

I wonder what all those figure skaters look like naked.

[enalzi]

I wonder if Lindsey Vonn is sick of people asking her if she's sick of people asking her about the last Olympics.

[enalzi]

*Lindsey Jacobellis

Although I'm sure Vonn feels the same way.

[notfrommensa]

I wonder what all those figure skaters look like naked.

Google "Katarina Witt" and "Playboy" and you will get an idea about one of them.

[suranyi]

Where exactly is the skill in luge? What constitutes the difference between a great luger and a mediocre one?

If there were no skill in luge, then the winner would be random. But it's far from random: The best lugers win time and again. Georg Hackl of Germany won the gold medal three Olympics in a row, then Armin Zoeggeler of Italy won twice in a row.

[PSXer]

is Al Michaels doing hockey?

[notfrommensa]

I get goose bumps when I see a gold medal winning Canadian get a medal and hear the crowd sing O Canada.

[runner pat]

Where exactly is the skill in luge? What constitutes the difference between a great luger and a mediocre one?

Controlling the sled over bumps. Remember, they hit over 90mph on those things and even a tiny bump can throw it off line. Choosing the correct line through a corner and not bumping the sides. The winner is sometimes determined by a few 1000ths of a second so even bumping a wall can be the difference between a gold and off the podium.

[Disheavel]

I was thinking today- why are there so many incredibly attractive athletes? And so very few unattractive ones?
Theories:
1. Excellent diet and far more endurance training than bulk or strength training
2. Younger athletes
3. I just like cold weather country types

[Robot Arm]

Do the U.S. curling teams always lose, or only when I watch?

[bup]

Should Shani Davis' nickname be Frozone (http://media2.newsobserver.com/smedia/2010/02/17/21/93-SPORTSOLY-SPD-LONGTRACK1MCT.embedded.prod_affiliate.156.jpg)?

[Daedelus]

What would Nobunaga Oda think if he could see his X-great-grandson with his family name figure skating?

That's my big one. What are yours?

I had this exact same thought when I saw him skate. I've also wondered how much it hurts to go flying into slush and ice at 70+ mph after watching the woman's downhill, and when/who/why the tradition for wearing Bedazzled spandex as your figure skating costume came to be.

Seriously. I don't get that last one.

[BobLibDem]

Would the US mens curling skipper choke on a teaspoon of oatmeal? Jeez, three easy shots to win in 24 hours and he blows every single one.

[Drain Bead]

I just now realized that Shani Davis doesn't spell his first name Shawnee.

[twickster]

Controlling the sled over bumps. Remember, they hit over 90mph on those things and even a tiny bump can throw it off line. Choosing the correct line through a corner and not bumping the sides. The winner is sometimes determined by a few 1000ths of a second so even bumping a wall can be the difference between a gold and off the podium.

How can they tell where they're going? do they memorize the course?

[Robot Arm]

How can they tell where they're going? do they memorize the course?If I was gonna go 90 miles-per-hour down an ice chute, I sure would.

[Hampshire]

I've decided that any events that are "score" based by judges are silly trick competitions that don't belong in the olympics. I'll give two passes though based on grandfathering them in, gymnastics and figure skating.
The rest need to go. None of this snowboard half-pipe, freestyle hotdog skiing, synchronized swimming, or even diving.
I want to see longest, fastest, furthest, highest competitions or head-to-head sports.

[Folacin]

I was thinking today- why are there so many incredibly attractive athletes? And so very few unattractive ones?
Theories:
1. Excellent diet and far more endurance training than bulk or strength training
2. Younger athletes
3. I just like cold weather country types

Probably because the traits that make for a good athlete make for improved genetic success (obviously, there would be outliers). You've been bred over generations to lust after star athletes.

The air-head blonde stereotype aside, I find that generally the more intelligent a person is, the more attractive there are also.

Joe

[runner pat]

How can they tell where they're going? do they memorize the course?

HowStuffWorks:The Luge (http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/snow-sports/luge3.htm)

From this prone position, with his head lifted only enough to have some idea where he's going, the slider navigates the twists, turns and straightaways with his body simultaneously tight and relaxed.

I imagine they do memorize parts as they do have practice runs.

[garygnu]

Should Shani Davis' nickname be Frozone (http://media2.newsobserver.com/smedia/2010/02/17/21/93-SPORTSOLY-SPD-LONGTRACK1MCT.embedded.prod_affiliate.156.jpg)?
The Pixar animators based Frozone's skating style on Davis's unique one with his swinging arms, so yes.

[twickster]

HowStuffWorks:The Luge (http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/snow-sports/luge3.htm)


Excellent link -- thanks!

[Shark]

If you saw the video of the poor french girl who fell over 20 feet from the start of the women's downhill, you might be asking yourself, "Am I going to hell for laughing at that?"

[notfrommensa]

I said this in the curling thread, but I was amused that there was a bald-headed guy who was "curling".

[garygnu]

I said this in the curling thread, but I was amused that there was a bald-headed guy who was "curling".
I was repeatedly amused, while watching the US-Germany men's match, by the announcers constantly using the full name of German skipper, Andy Kapp.

[suranyi]

How can they tell where they're going? do they memorize the course?

They absolutely do memorize the course. That's why they take training runs.

[Robot Arm]

Would the US mens curling skipper choke on a teaspoon of oatmeal? Jeez, three easy shots to win in 24 hours and he blows every single one.Do yourself a favor; do not watch the Denmark match.

[MovieMogul]

I was thinking today- why are there so many incredibly attractive athletes? And so very few unattractive ones?
Theories:
1. Excellent diet and far more endurance training than bulk or strength training
2. Younger athletes
3. I just like cold weather country typesBy several accounts, this does not go unnoticed by the athletes themselves, and I've heard that towards the end of the games, the Olympic Village turns into one giant international Sexapalooza.

[PatriotGrrrl]

The announcer just said something about the Chinese "strict snowboard training regimen".

I know snowboarding is an athletic sport that requires a lot of training but somehow the terms "strict regimen" and "snowboarding" just don't sound right together. :p
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[Freddy the Pig]

Curling women turn me on. It hardly even matters whether they're attractive or not.

[Gatopescado]

My wife calls Curling "The Ice-Tirades" 'cause of all the yelling and shouting.

Damn near wet my pants laughing at that.

[Robot Arm]

Curling women turn me on. It hardly even matters whether they're attractive or not.The vice-skip on the U.S. team is just staggeringly cute.

My wife calls Curling "The Ice-Tirades" 'cause of all the yelling and shouting.You have to yell, though. The ice has a pebbled surface, so the sliding rock makes kind of a rumbling, rolling sort of noise. The mics don't pick that up. With the crowd, the other games going on, and the sliding rock, you have to yell to be heard.

[Daedelus]

If you saw the video of the poor french girl who fell over 20 feet from the start of the women's downhill, you might be asking yourself, "Am I going to hell for laughing at that?"

QFT. Sorry I don't have anything more meaningful to add to this sentiment, but it's pretty much spot-on.

[Cyberhwk]

By several accounts, this does not go unnoticed by the athletes themselves, and I've heard that towards the end of the games, the Olympic Village turns into one giant international Sexapalooza.
This year's quota stayed steady from Bejing 2008 at 100,000 condoms (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2010/02/olympic-condom-count-holds-steady/1). Same raw amount, but more condoms per athlete due to lower participation in the winter games. Guess they have to keep warm somehow.


If you saw the video of the poor french girl who fell over 20 feet from the start of the women's downhill, you might be asking yourself, "Am I going to hell for laughing at that?"
That was bizzare. She just kind of fell over. :D

[flodnak]

Would the US mens curling skipper choke on a teaspoon of oatmeal?It's not his fault. He's just distracted by the Norwegian team's pants :p

[notfrommensa]

The vice-skip on the U.S. team is just staggeringly cute.

You have to yell, though. The ice has a pebbled surface, so the sliding rock makes kind of a rumbling, rolling sort of noise. The mics don't pick that up. With the crowd, the other games going on, and the sliding rock, you have to yell to be heard.

The Russian Curling Women are gorgeous.

[garygnu]

Women of curling with less clothing on: http: //www.anaarce.com/Calendario%20Curling/A-Curling%20Calendar.htm
This page identifies some of the models: http: //oglympics.com/2010/02/16/women-of-curling-fire-on-ice/

(links broken for being nsfw)

I wonder if anyone will do something similar with the men.

[Smeghead]

Who came up with the Danish womens' costume...er...uniform?? Miniskirts with black stockings? Yes, please.

[notfrommensa]

Who came up with the Danish womens' costume...er...uniform?? Miniskirts with black stockings? Yes, please.

any pictures?

[Smeghead]

Probably, but I'm not googling them while at work...

[Theodore Striker]

I would imagine that the NBC website will have pics from the events, you may want to look there, which should be very safe for work.

[Smeghead]

I don't think it lets you link directly, but go to nbcolympics.com, select Curling from the Sports menu, click on "photos", select the "Day 7 - Images from Women's Curling" album, and look at photo 16 of 23.

I've spent way too much time on this now.

[PatriotGrrrl]

I'm watching the skeleton...dunno whether I like that better than luge or not. I wanna see snowboarders go down that track, crouched & tucked like skateboard racers.

In a past life I used to do some wicked fast downhill skateboarding, but on a wide street where I could slow down if i wanted to.

[kenobi 65]

Was ice-dancer Tanith Belbin named after science-fiction author Tanith Lee?

[Darryl Lict]

I was thinking today- why are there so many incredibly attractive athletes? And so very few unattractive ones?
Theories:
1. Excellent diet and far more endurance training than bulk or strength training
2. Younger athletes
3. I just like cold weather country types
I'm pretty convinced it's wealth. Most winter sports are friggen' expensive. Parents have to make huge sacrifices or be pretty damn rich to support your kid's Olympic dream. Every time I go snowboarding, it's quite noticeably a more attractive crowd.

Also, a lot of our ideals of beauty are northern European. There's a huge number of blonde athletes.

And let's face it, you ain't going to be a world class female ice skater without being extremely attractive (yeah, I know there are exceptions) because you're less likely to pick up a coach.

[Darryl Lict]

Boy I can't believe how good dual sport athlete John Daly (http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=2533/index.html) looks. I know he's a pretty big guy and that probably helps him on the skeleton. I mean he used to look like this (http://southerngaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/john-daly-golfer.jpg).

[N9IWP]

As a recreational cross-country skiier*, I'm glad that NBC had non trivial coverage of it today. But I have to admit that it isn't the most exciting sport to watch.

I also wonder about people like Bill Demong, who made up a minute deficit in nordic combined. How would he do in a pure XC event? I know specialist will typically do better than multi-sport atheltes.

Brian
*did quite a bit whaen I was younger, just getting back into it

[YogSosoth]

I wonder what all those figure skaters look like naked.

Edit: I wonder what US Ice Dancer Tanith Belbin looks like naked!!

Pictures here. (http://images.tmuscle.com/forum_images/auto/r/350x0/9/0/90fa7-belbin_tanith.jpg) And here (yowza!) (http://backsidepotential.com/wp-content/uploads/tanith-belbin-black-boyshorts.jpg) :eek:

Curling women turn me on. It hardly even matters whether they're attractive or not.

I watched 3 hours of women's curling for the Russian team, and Eve Muirhead of the British team. Then I looked online and saw the Japanese and Danish teams. Holy hell! It's my new favorite sport!

[kenobi 65]

Edit: I wonder what US Ice Dancer Tanith Belbin looks like naked!!

Pictures here. (http://images.tmuscle.com/forum_images/auto/r/350x0/9/0/90fa7-belbin_tanith.jpg) And here (yowza!) (http://backsidepotential.com/wp-content/uploads/tanith-belbin-black-boyshorts.jpg) :eek:

I'll be in my bunk.

[Ellis Dee]

I watched 3 hours of women's curling for the Russian team, and Eve Muirhead of the British team. Then I looked online and saw the Japanese and Danish teams. Holy hell! It's my new favorite sport!Best was back in 2006. The US women's team was pretty much all hot chicks, topped off with the hot Johnson sisters Cassie and Jamie. I think I watched every minute of all of their matches, most of them losses. Too bad they couldn't curl for shit, but oh well. I think the US should maintain a policy of assembling curling teams of hot chicks regardless of ability.

HURRY HARD!!! Oh yeah...

[notfrommensa]

During a crucial time in the 10th end of the curling match between Canada and Great Britain, the crowd erupted in a spontaneous rendition of O Canada. It was quite a moment.

[salinqmind]

I was disappointed Johnny Weir did so badly, though he did look fabulous with his rose wreath. But I was really disappointed when Plushenko was trounced by a creepy flailing black spider.

[dzeiger]

Who decided that Tron is the appropriate inspiration for the Australian Short Track Speed Skating uniforms?

[infinitii]

Edit: I wonder what US Ice Dancer Tanith Belbin looks like naked!!

Pictures here. (http://images.tmuscle.com/forum_images/auto/r/350x0/9/0/90fa7-belbin_tanith.jpg) And here (yowza!) (http://backsidepotential.com/wp-content/uploads/tanith-belbin-black-boyshorts.jpg) :eek:



Not bad, but check out Finnish figure skater Kiira Korpi. Suomi!!!

[YogSosoth]

Not bad, but check out Finnish figure skater Kiira Korpi. Suomi!!!

And thus the mystery of why Figure Skating gets high ratings is solved :D

Come for the artistry, stay for the sexiness! ;)

[fruitbat]

Ok, I will be the one to say it. How is it that team number one for the US men's bobsled is fat guy and fatter guy? This is not standard for the rest of the competition, there are skinny athletic guys and then two guys who look like they wandered over from the pub to jump into the sled because it looked like fun.

Ok, I looked it up, Steven Holcomb 5'11 231. Inspiration to portly guys everywhere.

[sandra_nz]

I think my favourite bit of the Olympics so far has been the British commentary whilst watching the Ice Dancing. One couple danced with absolutely no commentary at all, except at the end where, after a bit of a pause, one of the commentators went 'Meh.'

Stay classy, British commentators!

[Beware of Doug]

Not bad, but check out Finnish figure skater Kiira Korpi. Suomi!!!Julia Sebestyén from Hungary for me. Szép nő! (http://www.stephenrademan.com/images/photos/Figure%20Skating/Skate%20America%202005/Ladies/Ladies%20Short/Julia-Sebestyen-242.jpg)

[Irishman]

I'm watching the Ice Dancing, and I notice that the first competition is the Compulsory Dance, where everybody dances the same sequence of steps to the same music. They chose the Tango Romantica as the dance.

I noticed that couples come in three types.

1. Actual couples who are dating each other.

2. People who are not dating their dance partner.

3. Siblings.


I've got to wonder how you sell the "romantica" part of that dance when your partner is your sibling, like the Kerrs. There are apparently four couples of siblings competing. What kind of a mindset do you get into on that? :eek:

Watched the second round tonight, the original dance. The Russian couple were bizarre. They chose Australian aboriginal as their dance motif, and not only music but costumes. They've received a lot of heat over their choice in the international competition coming into the Olympics, and a big deal has been made of them meeting with the First Nations and exchanging gifts. I wonder a lot of things.

1. Why is the First Nations' opinion important? I mean, yeah, they're like American Aboriginals and the idea of representing another culture kinda carries over, but really it's not their culture, either.

2. After the Compulsory, the Russians made a big show of putting on the blankets they got from the First Nations while waiting for their scores. I was annoyed by that, like it was a publicity move - an obvious and heavy-handed one at that.

3. Their dance program, they changed their costumes due to some of the previous criticisms, including lightening the "skin color" parts and subduing the body "paint". Okay. But I saw the program and I cringed through the whole thing. Advice to people - if you want to do a tribute to some culture you are not a part of, do it like the American couple Meryl Davis and Charlie White. They did an Indian (i.e. from India) dance, so they got authentic Indian clothing a took Indian dance lessons. Nothing in theirs was cringe-inducing, unlike the Russian pair that gave me shudders.

4. I wonder what the hell is wrong with Meryl Davis's head. It's just wrong. Looks like one of those digital sites you can morph your friends' faces into funny shapes.

[ekweizn]

4. I wonder what the hell is wrong with Meryl Davis's head. It's just wrong. Looks like one of those digital sites you can morph your friends' faces into funny shapes.

I was impressed that a member of the Na'vi was able to get American citizenship.

[Irishman]

Thinking about it some more, it's like someone grabbed her face and stretched it sideways at the eyes.

Damn, all these hot figure skaters are killing me. Tessa Virtue is tops in my book.
slide show
http://www.nbcolympics.com/photos/galleryid=433289.html#vancouver+tessa+virtuescott+moir


http://virtuemoir.blogspot.com/

[wolfman]

I've got to wonder how you sell the "romantica" part of that dance when your partner is your sibling, like the Kerrs. There are apparently four couples of siblings competing. What kind of a mindset do you get into on that?

Well at first I was thinking it might work better because a sister is the only way you are going to be able to avoid popping a very obvious chubby in your tights when the chick is rubbing you all over. Then I wondered how many of those guys that is even a issue for, orientation-wise.

[N9IWP]

Congrats to Bill Demong, chosen to be the Olympic flag bearer for the USA. He probably would have been my choice (1st US Nordic gold medalist)

Brian

[RealityChuck]

The main reason why I find the Winter Olympics less interesting than the Summer Games is that there is very little head-to-head competition: the Nordic races, hockey, curling, short track speed skating (IIRC, not long track-- there are two competitors, but they go against the clock), and one of the snowboard events. Everything else is against the clock or is judged.

Compare to the Summer games where all track events, swimming (except diving), basketball (and other team sports), boxing, wrestling, fencing, etc, are all head to head, or in heats.

You don't have moments like Michael Phelps winning that gold medal at the last fraction of a second; it happens, but one competitor is done before it even begins. That makes if far less interesting.

[BMada]

something that seems to be forgotten or I don't really know the answer to.

Do the referees get paid? They did a fantastic job in the Hockey gold medal game, and pretty much throughout the whole Canadian games i watched. Nothing was a terrible penalty or undeserved, the flow of the game was there. I thought they did a job of gold medallists. Do they get rewarded someway?

[ElvisL1ves]

Best quote of the Games (http://outofbounds.nbcsports.com/2010/02/post-283.html.php):

Norwegian silver medalist Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset, on his performance in the men's 4x10 cross-country relay:

"My name is Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset. I skied the second lap and I f----- up today. I think I have seen too much porn in the last 14 days. I have the room next to Petter Northug and every day there is noise in there. So I think that is the reason I f----- up. By the way, Tiger Woods is a really good man."

[elbows]

My favorite Olympic moments;

Watching the Indian luge team enter the stadium, during the parade of nations, in matching outfits like every other country. Even though they'd arrived without any and the local Indo Canadian community stepped in and made it happen, in very short order. Sweet.

Watching Rob What's his name's disabled brothers excitement, as his little brother won Canada's first gold medal on home soil. Listening to Rob credit his brother as his inspiration, over the years, was good, watching the embrace they shared, after the event, was just awesome.

Watching the Women's Hockey team take gold is always sweet, when I was a girl there was no hockey for us, y'know except in the street with your brothers. They will always mean something special for us, I think.

Watching Jasey J whatever is name was, finally winning a gold medal having taken every other award in his sport, in front of his wife and daughters on a BC mountain was very touching, I thought. He is old for his sport but he stayed competitive and it paid off.

Watching Joannie Blanchet (I'm sure I got that one wrong!) skate was totally inspiring, when she lost her Mom, suddenly a few days earlier. No one would have faulted her for pulling out, truly. But she put in an awesome performance, not perfect but enough to reach the podium. It was very moving.

Watching the Gold medal performance during the same event, the Korean girl was breathtaking. Her performance was perfection, smooth and elegant. She is so young, who knows what lies ahead. She was coached by Canadian Brian Orser who was denied a gold medal in his career. It was really something to watch him, watching her perform. I was tickled for him too.

The European co winner of the Terry Fox award, not wanting to be interviewed on camera as she didn't speak 'good English'. Saying she'd heard of him, spent an evening reading about him and was honoured to receive the award. She slid off the ski hill into a 15m ditch, got up and restarted and medaled, with several cracked ribs and a punctured lung!

Sidney Crosby's goal, enough awesome for generations to come. Dreams are made of this.

But I think my favorite moment might have been the men's skater, (sorry, can't keep the events straight), he'd been denied in the races they'd predicted he'd medal in. His girlfriend (can you tell I'm awful with names?) was also a skater and had already medaled. She was in the stands, as the race ends, she tears down to rinkside. He garners a gold medal performance and looks around for her in the crowd. Spotting her rinkside he skates over and, in one leap is up on the boards, as is she, in a remarkable and moving lovers embrace, even a little pat on the ass. It was freaking awesome, brought a tear to my eye.

On the last morning, the tv hosts had gone out onto the streets for opinions on passerbys favorite moments of the games, many were the ones I've mentioned. It went pretty much as you'd expect, red mittens, scarfs and olympic gear everywhere, rabid fans, pumped up, telling stories of the crowd exiting the women's gold medal hockey performance, spontaneously bursting into the national anthem, etc. Best of all, the people interviewed (it being almost dawn in Whistler at the time), were young and breathless with excitement and joy, lots of 'Go Canada', etc. And all but one, was clearly of some other original ethnicity, than waspy white. With glowing hearts indeed.

And there was something remarkably touching about hearing the anthem sung along to, at the awards ceremonies. All ragtag to start with, and loud, proud and one voice for the final verse. Watching the athletes sing along. It was a very rare show of nationalism for my country and I found it all really wonderful.

There were may other wonderful moments, but these are the ones that stand out the most for me.

Oh. And Neil freaking Young. Uh huh!

[BMada]

My favorite Olympic moments;


Watching Rob What's his name's disabled brothers excitement, as his little brother won Canada's first gold medal on home soil. Listening to Rob credit his brother as his inspiration, over the years, was good, watching the embrace they shared, after the event, was just awesome.


Watching Joannie Blanchet (I'm sure I got that one wrong!) skate was totally inspiring, when she lost her Mom, suddenly a few days earlier. No one would have faulted her for pulling out, truly. But she put in an awesome performance, not perfect but enough to reach the podium. It was very moving.


But I think my favorite moment might have been the men's skater, (sorry, can't keep the events straight), he'd been denied in the races they'd predicted he'd medal in. His girlfriend (can you tell I'm awful with names?) was also a skater and had already medaled. She was in the stands, as the race ends, she tears down to rinkside. He garners a gold medal performance and looks around for her in the crowd. Spotting her rinkside he skates over and, in one leap is up on the boards, as is she, in a remarkable and moving lovers embrace, even a little pat on the ass. It was freaking awesome, brought a tear to my eye.



Charles Hamelin is http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/athletes/charles-hamelin_ath1012972sP.html the one who skated to kiss his girlfriend Marianne St. Gelais.

Rob = Alexandre Bilodeau http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-freestyle-skiing/athletes/alexandre-bilodeau_ath1012843tY.html

Joannie Rochette http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-figure-skating/athletes/joannie-rochette_ath1012611Sh.html

[elbows]

Bmada, you rock!

[HotSmoke]

I bet Mary Carillo was pissed that they sent her all the way to the Arctic Circle to find Polar Bears and only spent 5 minutes on the story.
How come every Olympic athlete NBC profiled had some kind of horrible tragedy in their background?is that a pre-requisite to being on an Olympic team?

[garygnu]

...
How come every Olympic athlete NBC profiled had some kind of horrible tragedy in their background?is that a pre-requisite to being on an Olympic team?
No, it's only a requirement to be featured in a life-story vignette.

[HotSmoke]

The Danish team had the *brightest* uniforms I had ever seen in my life. They looked like traffic cones.