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14th February 2013, 12:36 #21
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Originally Posted by Mark.
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14th February 2013, 13:23 #22Originally Posted by D-Type
Look at the link below, it is the world championship divisions;
World Championships
As you can see there is a fairly large spread around the world when it comes to represented countries.
From huge established ice hockey nations like Canada, Sweden, Finland, USA, Russia, Czech Rep and Slovakia
to much smaller nations, like Mongolia, Australia, Greece, United Arab Emirate, Turkey, Croatia....
Do you still claim that ice hockey is only played in a few countries?...Funny how ev'rything was roses when we held on to the guns...
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14th February 2013, 14:04 #23
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My wee high school from my wee town sent a few guys to the Olympics in wrestling .
We had a coach who had wrestled in the Olympics , so he knew how to get it done .
There were only a couple of years when there were enough of the big farm boys to field a football team , but there was always enough muscle for enough good hard sparring partners .
It's sad that any original sport says goodbye , especially one that epitomizes the struggle , man to man , that is the sole of the Olympic movement .
Alas , it , given it's very nature , will be only a hotbed for controversy , as any sport potentially "enhanced" by doping , is a liability for the games , and sadly , it's earning potential for the hosts .
You don't want a doping scandal to overshadow your opening ceremony now , do you ?
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14th February 2013, 14:24 #24
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Originally Posted by D-Type“If everything's under control, you're going too slow.” Mario Andretti
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14th February 2013, 14:53 #25
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So.......how long before they add Speed Texting, and will it be part of the summer, or winter games?
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14th February 2013, 16:40 #26
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Olympian Pretorius arrested for murder
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/sp...rica.html?_r=0May the forza be with you
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14th February 2013, 20:05 #27
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Ok maybe ice hockey has a wider following than I thought. Nor does it have a high profile world cahmpionship so maybe it's OK to have it in the Olympics.
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16th February 2013, 23:39 #28
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Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
It's all about marketing and money, forget the spirit of the Olympics, it died a slow death.Michael Schumacher The Best Ever F1 Driver
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18th February 2013, 07:53 #29
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19th February 2013, 17:02 #30
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What a sad case. Wrestling is one of those sports that always should be part of olympics, not such crap as synchronized swimming. The olympics are getting more and more pathetic as time goes by.
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