The Best of Sportsmanship..

[Marykaa]

Thank you, Norway!

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"The Albertans won the first surprise medal of the Torino 2006 Olympics for Canada thanks to Haakensmoen, a Norwegian coach, who watched Renner bust her left ski pole during the sprint relay finals as she passed his position on course.

As a result of handing her his pole, combined with a massive move by Scott to haul in the lead pack again after the tag, produced a pair of Olympic moments for the ages.

But the gesture likely cost his Norwegian skiers a medal as they finished in fourth place. "

that's so sweet!

[Q.]

That's a GREAT story!!! Hope we hear about it more in the media.

[ODB]

Thanks for posting that on my site too Mary. It's a great story. The Olympics Rock!!!

[Marykaa]

ODB Yeah.. we have to pass around the "good" news.. it is so rare !

[nyguy]

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Where is ninja? Cmon, am I the only one?

[Iamjennmedic]

LMAO I can't believe I missed that!!!! I must be tired!

[BFG]

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ha ha Nyguy you is such a perv lmao yes I giggled too

what a great story tho Maty ta for sharing

[Marykaa]

NYGUY
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Now each time I ski I'll be thinking of that instead! thanks! LOL

[oxymoron]

I didn't read about that - great link.

[I. Kay]

*Meanwhile, American skier John Doe also made his own pole the center of attention. Moments before crossing the finish line for the gold medal, Doe turned to face the opposition, lifting his right pole as if it was his middle finger, in the traditional "bird sign", a serious insult. In so doing, Doe lost track of where he was on the track, and crashed headfirst into the coaching staff of the Libyan volleyball team, who had come to scout for the next summer Olympics.

"It wasn't meant to be an insult," said Doe afterwards. "I was just trying to scratch my nose, that's all."

[K-Court]

Norway rocks! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[ninja]

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I'm here..........

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