Bode Miller, a real phenomenon or just an Olympic bust?
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Anyone who can get throught the Olympic trials to be able to even get to the Olympics is awesome!   He has MANY World records and is there.. Hummm.. Makes him awesome to me...\n\nSuggestion:  You compete against him and win.  I would put major money on the fact you can't!
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Its all in the name. Trust me. The Olympics is all the sports with a Big Name...that's it.
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he is very talented for how little he is.  i for one am not a fan but i can appreciate his talents.  He was the only one that gave 100 percent in the olympics which is good in my book anyday.
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Yes, he and the officiating crew were pretty bad.  Even the announcers stated that they hoped it was his last game as a referee.\n\nI do not think it was a coincidence that they chose to card 2 US players out of the game - and that at least 1 US player will still be ineligible for the next must-win game against Ghana.\n\nI'll probably get rapped in the mouth for saying so, but this bias seems to be typical of the anti-American bias in many international sports (World Cup, Davis Cup, Ryder Cup, Olympics [especially Winter Olympic events], and many World Championship competitions).  The IOC even stated that part of its reasoning why it chose to eliminate softball and baseball from future Summer Olympiads was because these events were unfair to other countries due to the success of US teams.  The US has only won 1 or 2 baseball gold medals in the last 30-40 years.  But, I don't hear about the IOC applying this same reasoning to other events - especially "judges" events - dominated by one country or region.\n\nSo, don't expect this unfriendly atmosphere in international competition to change any time soon.  I'll get off my soapbox now.
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I could not find him in the Olympic database. What year? Spelling could be wrong.
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Outside magazine took a chance. Sometimes chances pay off, sometimes they don't. Reebok had something similar a few years ago. I don't remember the guys names, Dan and ?. One of them didn't even make it to the Olympics.
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It was an event of Olympic proportions. Dumpty diving for America that year, stood poised as the crowd waited in anticipation of the champion egg diver, but the 2 time gold medalist in the last Olympics was sabotaged by Britain as he began his bound. A sexy British egg diver from the female team caught his eye and broke his concentration as she winked at him, he lost his footing and smashed "forward" head first into pieces there on the platform. What a great tragedy for the American team.
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there are already pro atheletes in the Olympics.  such as basketball,  Hockey.
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I love the Olympics, it is something that for me shows the best of humanity. The world comes together, representing all nations and all walks of life, and in a friendly atmosphere competes as equals. \n\nWhen I heard it was coming to London, I was over the moon (until the very next day) and I still am. The Olympics is about more than money, we are privileged that it is coming to us and that the eyes of the world will be on our capital and our culture and everything that makes me proud to be British to celebrate something that, as mentioned above, I think is the best.\n\nI wont go as far as to say sod the cost, but I think the values it has are too easily overlooked when money comes into it. When you think of how much money is pissed away on welfare fakers who cant be assed to work as just one example, I think it is a small price to pay for greatness and for being a part of something that really matters
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I have an two articles you can read. One is from Wikipedia and the other is from the IOC Website.
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First of all, I'm glad to see that somebody else besides me would prefer the olympics to be a sporting event, and not a biography on obscure athletes.  I can't stand to watch the olympics, because they never actually show any sports.\n\nBut... to answer your questions, it won't be all focused on ice skaters in mini skirts.  There will also be advertisements every 4.5 minutes.
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Hjalmar Anderson. I confirm. Even with the silver and bronze medals nobody was near that
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It plays small role.  I wouldn't even go that far.\n\nSports turn attention from the serious matters.\n\nLike the first 10 mins of the news everynight during the olympics was just that, olympics.  \n\nLike nothing more important was going on.\n\nSorry man, I think if all the sports people took that energy to fixing shit, then they could play sports the rest of their lives when they are done.\n\nIf people took the time to know their politician's stats instead of some sports icon's, the world would be a better place, thats all.\nFucking idiots.
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I was watching Fox News this morning and the American snowboarder who got a gold in the halfpipe was talking about the music he was listening to.\n\nHe said most of the olympians were listening to hip/hop and rap. He said that he was listening to Led Zepplin and AC/DC.\n\nGood quality classic rock, apparently the best way to get psyched up for an olympic event-prior to winning a gold medal.
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While the World Cup doesn't interest me, I truly enjoy the Olympics.\n\nI don't care to watch every event, prefer individual sports. I do make a effort to see the opening and closing ceremonies.\n\nAs a young child, I learned about different sports, and some basic geography.\n\nI do agree, there may be some politics, some of the evils of the world are showing their ugly faces, but that is only a very small part of the overall.\n\nI still like to see it as a chance for the world's youth to compete and show their skills. For a couple of weeks every other year, the best of the best get to meet, no matter what country they call home.\n\nHowever I am afraid things are changing. Even the Olympics are being affected by the less than desirable human traits. Cheating appears to be happening more often, and that handful of people who would like to use it to make a political statement.\n\nThe commercialization drives me crazy. You see the Olympic logo attached to everything, however that is the lesser of the evils. Those companies do have to pay a lot of money to use it, and any money that is gathered honestly, beats the alternative.
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I think it's misrepresented because of its isolation from other continents. Sports are pretty international, but not current science or art really.
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Well, this debate will go on for a long time. For me, I feel as though it is wrong. But others will argue that there are many athletes who have used steriods, have not been caught and have been listed as record breakers.....my own opinion, let him break it, but do not record it in the record books.