Why does the guy who got the first gold medal for the US (Chad) skate with his mouth open?
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To breathe. He's going all out for over 6 minutes. I would be surprised to see anyone in speed skating who isn't breathing through their mouth.
805331
Did Kurt Angle think it was gay when he won the gold medal?\nIt takes strong men or willing to get hurt boys to do any type of wrestling, I wrestled at Cleveland high in seattle.....it was great and i am trying to get my sons to get into it.
249069
no idea.  it sounds like skateboarding tips though!
141256
Clapper Skates are used in the Speed Skating but sideways ski jumping? That's a new one on me.
110678
He's a great athlete and he's got class...listen to his interviews...he's got a personality that's great for the USA in the Olympics...and all the time...he's great...
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He's an incredible athlete.\n\nHowever, he accepted an 8-year ban from the sport in August, in conjunction with positive testing, along with cooperating with doping authorities.  His coach, Trevor Graham is under investigation for a broad doping consipracy.\n\nWhere there's smoke there's fire.\n\nHe's obviously not clean sadly.  One wonders how much of what he did was clean.  Sometimes athletes use banned substances just to heal faster.  Still, if it's banned, it's banned.
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I hope you're sending him hate mail... I don't think this guy really has any hockey skills, he just skates into people and takes them down.
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Freestyle Skiing\nThe word "mogul" comes from the Austrian word "mugel," which means "small hill" or "mound."\n\nFigure Skating\nMen's gold medal favorite Yevgeny Plushenko is the first and only skater in history to successfully land a quad-triple-triple jump combination in competition. \n\nCurling\nCurling is one of four winter Olympic sports contested indoors. The other three are hockey, figure skating, and speed skating.\n\nLuge\nGerman Luge master Georg Hackl will attempt to add to his legend and win a medal in his sixth straight games at Turin in 2006. Hackl is already the only athlete to medal in the same event in five straight games.\n\nNordic Combined \nNordic combined is one of three current Olympic Winter Games events in which the United States has never won a medal. (Biathlon and curling are the others.)\n\nSnowboarding\nAccording to the National Sporting Goods Association, U.S. consumers spent nearly than $270 million on snowboarding equipment in 2004. That's more than hockey and football equipment combined ($225 million).\n\nSkeleton\nAmerican Jennison Heaton won the first skeleton gold medal in 1928, beating his brother John, who took the silver, by one second. A 39-year-old John Heaton would win the silver again in 1948, finishing second to Italy's Nino Bibbia. American Jim Shea, Jr., won the men's gold in the 2002 return of the sport to the Olympics. \n\nIce Hockey\nIce hockey made its Olympic debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. The first Winter Olympics didn't take place until 1924.\n\nSpeed Skating\n American Shani Davis narrowly failed in his historic attempt to compete on both the long track and short track speed skating teams at the same Olympics but as the world record holder in the men's 1500 meters he will still be a favorite to medal in the long track events at Turin.\n\nAlpine Skiing\nAmerican skier and Turin gold medal threat Lindsey Kildow was awarded a cow by some local dairy farmers for her World Cup win in Val D'Isere, France in 2005. She had a choice between the cow or an additional $1,200 in prize money. She went with the cow.\n\nBiathlon\nThe first known biathlon competition took place between two Norwegian guard companies in 1767.\n\nBobsled\nIt's been 18 years since the Jamaican bobsled team made its debut at the Olympics. \n\nSki Jumping\nThe oldest man to receive a Winter Olympics medal is 83-year-old Anders Haugen. The Norwegian-American actually received his ski jump bronze medal 50 years after he competed in 1924 when a scoring error was discovered in 1974.\n\nWinter Olympics Through the Years\nThe Shea Family of Lake Placid, New York, is the first to produce three generations of Olympians. Father Jack, 91, was a double-gold medalist in speed skating, son Jim, Sr., was a U.S. ski team member at the 1964 Innsbruck Games, and in 2002 grandson Jim, Jr., won a gold medal in skeleton.\n\nAll-Time Medal Standings\nOnly two countries south of the equator have ever won medals at the Olympic Winter Games—Australia and New Zealand.\n\nWisconsin\nLegends Eric Heiden and Dan Jansen , as well as current stars Chris Witty and Casey FitzRandolph, are from the same U.S. state, Wisconsin.\n\nNorway\nNorway has won more gold medals at the Winter Games than any other country.
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It's something to support his wrist. If you remember a few years back, he missed about 60 games because of a wrist injury. He doesn't fight like he used to, and he's starting to get better feeling in his wrist why he's able to shoot the puck so hard.
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My guess would be that his years of binge-drinking and cocaine use have somehow effected his facial muscles, giving him a permanent smirk.\n\nOr maybe it is just an outward manifestation of his elitist, superior attitude?  \n\n""I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the President. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation."    -  Your President, George W. Bush
102880
Ain't he so much fun?  He sure has a bad case of foot-in-mouth disease.  I bet by now he has a bad case of athletes tongue
483316
He is HOT! And is an awesome skater!!
844342
My god I think you have a point! Did you see that vest top he wore to training as a coach on the UF3 series. It was the fruitiest top I have ever see! No straight guy would have worn it in a million years.\n\nHe probably enjoys jelly wrestling with Matt the Hammer too, gross, damn you for putting these thoughts into my head;)
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What would really psych out his opponents would be actually finishing a race. \n\nCan you be a little less of a jerk during your sports biggest event, Jeez. I just hope the sponsers all tell him to kiss off.
105376
He rides a Dynastar, they are his sponsor!\nhttp://www.snowboard-mag.com/img_assist/gen/1311
640010
He got the habit from batman and aquaman. :-)
128634
When will everyone see that it's NOT about the gold medal.  It's about team work, cooperation, working together.  It's about overcoming the 'me' thing that puts the individual above the 'greater' good.  I did see the interview - I too, was upset.  In my opinion, he was rude, arrogant and inappropriate.\nRead the Times article by:  Jemele Hill entitled:  Davis' Manner Impedes Message in the Tuesday, February 21 edition.\nSays it perfectly!