Gotta Hand it to the US Olympic Committee
J.C. Watts Enslin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Winter_Olympics_medal_table
With a number of days to go, the US has won something like 26
medals...and not just in the new, "X-Games" type sprots either.
Jon
BillyZoom
What do they have to do with it?
Dan Bretta
in athletes participating in the non-X-Games type events...IOW how
many of these skiers like Bode Miller got interested in skiing from
snowboarding? Maybe this is too simple minded, but put a couple of
skis on Shaun White and give him a year to practice the aerial jump
and I bet he'd be one of the best out there.
Dan
J.C. Watts Enslin
It directs the various sponsorship money to selected athletes and
sprots that give them the most bang for the buck. It manages all the
facilities where the athletes train. They pretty much have everything
to do with it.
Jon
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As well as doing active recruiting in sports like bobsled and luge
BillyZoom
Have you ever been an international athlete in an Olympic sport? They
do exactly *SHIT* for you until you are on the Olympic Team (which may
be a few weeks before the Olympics). Sure, they do stuff that needs to
be done, but they DO NOT develop the talent.
J.C. Watts Enslin
> On Feb 24, 4:48 pm, "J.C. Watts Enslin" <jens...@charter.net> wrote:
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> > On Feb 24, 3:34 pm, BillyZoom <medav...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Feb 24, 4:27 pm, "J.C. Watts Enslin" <jens...@charter.net> wrote:
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> > > > In 1988, the US won six total medals in the Calgary Winter Games
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> > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Winter_Olympics_medal_table
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> > > > With a number of days to go, the US has won something like 26
> > > > medals...and not just in the new, "X-Games" type sprots either.
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> > > What do they have to do with it?
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> > It directs the various sponsorship money to selected athletes and
> > sprots that give them the most bang for the buck. It manages all the
> > facilities where the athletes train. They pretty much have everything
> > to do with it.
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> Have you ever been an international athlete in an Olympic sport?
Yes.
Jon
Dan Bretta
They need more former Husker football players on the bobsled team.
http://bobsled.teamusa.org/athletes/curt-tomasevicz
Dan
Chris Bellomy
THE LEGENDARY JON ENSLIN is reborn!
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Well, Balzac IS in Canadia, you know....
stephenJ
we do have to keep in mind that there were a lot fewer medals awarded
back then (138 total), whereas this year there will be about 260 awarded.
but even adjusting for that, we're obviously doing much better than we
did in 88.
the real leap came between 98 and 02. In 98, we won 13 medals, about
what we'd been averaging as a % of medals won, and then on home ground
in 02 we won 34 medals, and followed that up with 25 in Torino.
A sequence of 34-25- now at least 27 in 2010 is unprecedented for us.
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Dan Bretta
Dan
stephenJ
apparently.
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Go Big Sled!
Kyle T. Jones
LOL!- that was really good, CHTW.
Chris Mihos
Enslin the Eagle. He RAWKED!
BillyZoom
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How did the USOC help you? They never helped me or any of my fellow
athletes. I know what they say they do.
lein
Look at the snowboarders, that will answer your question.
Solnichka Kardex: Sock-o-rama!
How'd they do in 2002?
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Shelly Brown, the pusher for Canadia's silver medal sled, was also a
Cornhusker
deem...@aol.com
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> On Feb 24, 4:27 pm, "J.C. Watts Enslin" <jens...@charter.net> wrote:
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> > In 1988, the US won six total medals in the Calgary Winter Games
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> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Winter_Olympics_medal_table
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> > With a number of days to go, the US has won something like 26
> > medals...and not just in the new, "X-Games" type sprots either.
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> > Jon
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Interesting - thanks
deem...@aol.com
The USOC is a joke. What has helped our Olympic teams is the fact
that many of the athletes can make money from pro tours and/or
sponsorships. Corporate and foundation sponsors also help a lot....the
athletes used to have to line those up themselves...not sure if the
USOC is now helping there.