More Olympics...
Browse through this blog and you'll see bits and pieces of my love for my native country. How could I not? It's got great cities, famous entertainment industry (*cough - Victor's Hyori obsession - cough*), and fabulous food (though everybody is bound to think so about his/her own native cuisine).
But anyway, I shall just say that it gives me much pleasure to note that the WINNER of the Men's 1500 m Short Track in 2006 Torino Games is Hyun-Soo Ahn of Korea. Oh, and to sweeten that victory, the silver medal went to Ho-Suk Lee of Korea. Oh, American sportscasters and Ohno fans can whine all they want about how illegit the sport is if their star athlete is disqualified because of one fall. Well, Ohno's name is a four-letter word in Korea, thanks to the incident in the SAME event in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics when a Korean skater was disqualified after finishing ahead of Ohno.
But who really cares. The only event anybody ever watches is figure skating anyway. Gah, I heard about that Chinese pairs skaters who tried a quad and then the girl crashed into the boards. OUCH. But then she got up and was back on the ice a few minutes later. THAT's sportsmanship. Or sportswomanship.
But anyway, I shall just say that it gives me much pleasure to note that the WINNER of the Men's 1500 m Short Track in 2006 Torino Games is Hyun-Soo Ahn of Korea. Oh, and to sweeten that victory, the silver medal went to Ho-Suk Lee of Korea. Oh, American sportscasters and Ohno fans can whine all they want about how illegit the sport is if their star athlete is disqualified because of one fall. Well, Ohno's name is a four-letter word in Korea, thanks to the incident in the SAME event in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics when a Korean skater was disqualified after finishing ahead of Ohno.
But who really cares. The only event anybody ever watches is figure skating anyway. Gah, I heard about that Chinese pairs skaters who tried a quad and then the girl crashed into the boards. OUCH. But then she got up and was back on the ice a few minutes later. THAT's sportsmanship. Or sportswomanship.
posted by christie at 5:56 PM
1 Comments:
I congratulate the Koreans on their victories in the 1500m. But on the subject of 2002, the behavior of the Korean Olympic delegation--threatening to boycott the rest of the games, and all that other garbage--was absolutely appalling. Not to mention the death threats against Ohno. I mean, all the guy did was skate. I don't think we'll see the American delegation threaten to boycott and have too many American citizens make death threats against Hyun Soo-Ahn any time soon--because we just don't care that bad.
Personally, I find the short-track fun to watch, but the sport is ridiculous because the rules are so ill-defined as to what constitutes interference and what doesn't.
I don't care personally. I stick to my favorite sport: hockey.
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