The Official Olympics Thread

[broncofan]

It will be Canada versus the US for Hockey Gold this year!

[Beam&Coke]

USA Hockey crushed the Canadians!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Beam&Coke]

What happened to Jagr?

The US is taking the gold and isn't this how women are supposed to celebrate, on their backs drinking and smoking?



VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The women of the Canadian hockey team politely accepted their gold medals and waved to an adoring crowd. And then the real celebration began.

More than half an hour after they beat the United States 2-0 on Thursday, the players came back from the locker room and staged a party on ice -- swigging from bottles of champagne, guzzling beer and smoking cigars.

In a sport that Canada invented, there was never an option besides gold, and with it finally in hand, the home team let loose.

Meghan Agosta and Marie-Philip Poulin posed wearing goofy grins. Rebecca Johnston actually tried to drive the ice-resurfacing machine. Haley Irwin poured champagne into the mouth of Tessa Bonhomme, gold medals swinging from both their necks.

The celebration raised eyebrows at the IOC, which said it would look into the matter. Informed of the antics by The Associated Press, Gilbert Felli, the IOC's executive director of the Olympic Games, said it was "not what we want to see."

"I don't think it's a good promotion of sport values," he said. "If they celebrate in the changing room, that's one thing, but not in public. We will investigate what happened."

Poulin, who scored both goals, doesn't turn 19 -- legal drinking age in British Columbia -- until next month. The drinking age in Alberta, where the Canadian team trains, is 18. Photos showed Poulin on the ice with a beer in her hand.

Steve Keough, a spokesman for the Canadian Olympic Committee, said the COC had not provided the alcohol nor initiated the party.

"In terms of the actual celebration, it's not exactly something uncommon in Canada," he said.

While the committee does not condone irresponsibility, Keough said, "I think Canadians understand it's quite an emotional moment for our team. It was not our intention to go against any IOC protocols."

Not even uncommon at these Olympics. After Jon Montgomery won a gold medal for Canada in skeleton, he walked through the streets of Whistler guzzling from a pitcher of beer that he gripped with two hands.

American Scotty Lago, who won a bronze in halfpipe, voluntarily left the games after a photo surfaced of a woman kneeling below his waist to kiss the medal.

[keithlewis]

lol at that celebration comment.

Here are the Medal Standings as of today:

United States - 35
Germany - 28
Canada - 23
Norway - 21
Austria - 16
Russia - 15
South Korea - 14
China - 11
France - 11
Sweden - 10
Switzerland - 9
Netherlands - 8
Czech Republic - 6
Poland - 6
Italy - 5
Japan - 5
Finland - 4
Australia - 3
Belarus - 3
Slovakia - 3
Croatia - 3
Slovenia - 3
Latvia - 2

*several other countries have 1 medal so far!

[NWOWolfpack]

The US wins the medal count again..........................................

[NWOWolfpack]

Olympic Games, July 27th - August 12th - London 2012

[keithlewis]

USA WRESTLING RELEASES ONLINE DIGITAL MEDIA GUIDE FOR LONDON GAMES

Wrestling has released its first digital edition Olympic media guide for the 2012 London Games.

Designed by Manager of Communications Craig Sesker and put into an interactive digital format by TouchPoint Media, the media guide gives wrestling fans and media information on all 17 U.S. Olympians as well as historical information and interactive features, including video interviews with each of the U.S. Olympians.

The 74-page guide is also lists bios on each team leader and member of the coaching staff. Also included is a quick refresher of international scoring and rules for wrestling fans who may be unfamiliar with the differences between freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling and our American folkstyle wrestling.

Each style also features a quick breakdown of each weight class to give fans a quick look at who to watch for when each weight class takes to the mat from August 5-12 at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London.

Check out the interactive digital media guide by clicking here

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