After Dutch speedskater Sven Kramer won the gold medal in the men’s 5000 meters on Monday, an unprepared NBC reporter asked him to identify himself. This is what happened.
She never stood a chance.
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Canadian police have apprehended a “suspicious” individual reportedly “infatuated” with Vice President Joe Biden after the man tried to enter Biden’s seating area during the Winter Olympics’ opening ceremony.
From The Vancouver Sun:
A man allegedly carrying false accreditation slipped through security measures at the 2010 opening ceremonies in Vancouver and got within 12 seating rows of U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden before he was arrested, Olympic policing officials have confirmed.
The man — who police say was not carrying any weapons — was stopped Friday by RCMP before he entered the VIP section containing Biden and others after he was identified as “suspicious,” said Joe Taplin of the Olympic Integrated Security Unit.
He was quickly ushered into a nearby hallway where he tried to run away, but was again apprehended by uniformed police.
RCMP Assistant Commissioner Bud Mercer told CTV News the man had an “infatuation” with the vice-president.
Taplin said the man used either false accreditation or ticket to slip past Olympic volunteer ticket checkers at the venue. He also managed to get through a police-supervised airport-style screening section.
Earlier that day, Nodar Kumaritashvili’s deathly accident took place, so it makes sense why officials chose to release this news at a later time. Given the tension, all the Olympics needed was a report stating an unidentified man slipped through security and approached the United States’ second-in-command.
The Olympics have always been a place where crazies like to make their politically-motivated statements, so I’m happy Biden wasn’t harmed.
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Despite battling an injured right shin, American Lindsey Vonn took home the gold medal in women’s Olympic downhill on Wednesday. Downhill is the first of five races that Vonn plans to compete in during the Winter Games.
From Yahoo! Sports:
Vonn was hurt Feb. 2 during pre-Olympic practice in Austria and had hardly skied over the past two weeks.
Still, as the two-time defending overall World Cup champion and the winner of five of the six downhills this season, she was an overwhelming favorite.
Vonn increased her lead at the first three checkpoints, although she lost nearly two tenths on the bottom after getting knocked off balance as she went over a small bump just before the finish.
What’s remarkable about Vonn’s performance is not only was she injured, but due to bad whether in Whistler of the past week she and the other competitors also only received one downhill training session, which was before the race. Plus, the course was extremely bumpy so for her to still win a gold medal despite having to overcome several obstacles is impressive.
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According to The Vancouver Sun, blocks of VIP seats for the 2010 Winter Olympics remain unfilled during various competitions.
With tickets going for a premium and people wanting to attend Games, Vanoc’s ticketing vice-president Caley Denton said there is no reason why there should be empty seats during the 2010 Winter Olympics. But at a number of competitions this weekend there were conspicuous blocks of empty seats, irritating spectators and prompting a few to complain to the media.
Getting people into as many seats as possible was one of the major promises Vanoc made after the 2006 Turin Games, which suffered from a high degree of absenteeism. Cameras panned over large blocks of empty seats set aside for sponsors and International Olympic Committee guests, leaving the impression the events were poorly attended.
In the years since, Vanoc has carefully controlled access to that seating, whittling down numbers and telling sponsors and IOC groups that they have to make sure they use the seats allocated for them.
Wow. Even those with primo seats don’t know when they’re supposed to watch the Olympics.
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Athletically speaking, in this case. During her training run on Monday, American downhill skier Lindsey Vonn had the fastest time on the track’s upper section. Vonn is trying to overcome a bruised shin.
From FOXSports.com:
The women will ski the bottom section later Monday, following the conclusion of the men’s downhill race — the first Alpine competition at the Vancouver Games. Vonn finished in 1 minute, 30.75 seconds, which was 0.39 seconds faster than teammate Julia Mancuso.
Vonn bruised her right shin during practice in Austria on Feb. 2. She stayed off skis for more than a week, but tested the injury — with encouraging results — in an unofficial slalom training run Sunday.
The shin was a little tender Monday morning, but that was to be expected. And it didn’t seem to hurt her skiing.
“After skiing four runs of pretty good intensity slalom on salted snow, with the conditions the way they are here now, I think even if you had healthy shins, you’d probably have a sore shin today,” said Thomas Vonn, who serves as a coach and adviser to his wife. “She’s happy to be where she’s at, as opposed to where she was a couple of days ago.”
This should quell any fears that Vonn won’t compete. The United States is currently atop the leader board with eight total medals (two gold, two silver, four bronze) and Vonn’s presence should add to that count.
The women’s downhill race is scheduled for Wednesday.
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