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Olympic Outsider Podcast #5 - Wrapping Up Turin XX Part 1

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:39:54 -0800

Olympic Outsider Episode 5 - Wrapping Up XX Part 1

Host Dave Thorvald with Dan Funboy and buddy Lance wrap up the performances of Torino 2006 with emphasis on Team Canada's athletes.

Topics include notable Men's and Women's performances in Luge, Skeleton, Bobsled, Curling, Short-Track Speedskating, Long-track Speedskating, Alpine Skiing, Nordic Skiing, Biathlon, Freestyle Skiing, and Snowboarding. Plus banter on doping measures, police raids, sportsmanship, new sports, and herbal remedies.

This 38:18 long podcast is enhanced with 'chapters' for your listening convenience.

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(Somewhat Lame) Poll Results

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:58:24 -0800

The latest Poll idea was cool, but i forgot to include Snowboarding so (i ssume) that most votes counted in "something else" were for the omitted sport - ooops.

Beyond that, Short-track Speedskating was the popular pick with 25% of the 61 votes, followed by Ski Jumping (my vote) with 20% (12 votes), then "Something Else" (likely Snowboarding) 16% rounded out the top 3 picks.

Freestyle Skiing and the Sliding Sports (luge, bob, skeleton) tied for a strong fourth with 13% each while Longtrack Speedskating (11%) and Cross Country Skiiing (2%) rounded out the poll.

Any new sports you think should be added to future Winter Olympics?

Olympics Outsider Podcast #1 - The First Few Days

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:14:34 -0800

Olympic Outsider podcast features audio discourse and chatter the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics sports with emphasis on Team Canada athletes.

Host Dave Thorvald is joined by Mark Sommer to discuss recent noteworthy performances and remarks about the TV and other media coverage.

Topics include: Women's moguls and half-pipe, Chinese figure skaters, Latvian fans, Long-track speed skating and then all about the Men's hockey tournament including bold predictions.

Time:51:11

Olympic Outsider Episode 1

More results from Saturday and Sunday

Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:42:48 -0800

20Km W's Cross-country Skiiing

Estonia's Kristina Smigun opened the medal count for the former-Soviet, Baltic countries with a Gold in 15km pursuit Cross-Country (the race in which Canada's Beckie Scott finished 6th). Katerina Neumannova from Czech Republic took Silver finishing about a second behind while Russia's Evgenia Medvedeva-Abruzova scored the Bronze medal. Beside Beckie's 6th, Canada's Sara Renner of Canmore, AB., finished 16th in a discipline which saw numerous competetitors already suspended for 5 days for high blood hempglobin levels or something.