....com/6ln24m 23/08/2008 / HUMAN RIGHTS Athlete marks first protest action over Tibet Weightlifting China http://observers.france24.com/en/content/pologne-crane2-mjpg The supposedly burning issue of...eve of Games' close, a single athlete expressed his support for Tibet. Poland's weightlifter Szymon Kolecki shaved his head. CONTRIBUTORS Team Observers "It was a symbol" Szymon ...
...? I am fascinated by his size 14 feet. Steroids, drugs, that sort of thing I expect. I hope not, he sure doesn't have that certain steroid-y bulked-up look that the weightlifters and baseball players have. Also, the Olympic Committee has to be extra diligent to make sure the steroid and drug hoopla doesn't happen again ... they test everyone before and after the races. Phelps even ...
...determining what is the threshold of "overweight". Usually some fairly arbitrary BMI figure is plucked out of mid-air, which leaves many serious athletes - especially body-builders and weightlifters - classified as overweight, while they are certainly neither unfit nor obese. Alternatively there is a statistical viewpoint, in which approximately 50%% of the population are underweight and ...
michael adams wrote: So near, and yet so far. In the 1948 London Olympics, the Empress Hall Earl's Court was used for the boxing preliminaries, and for the wrestling, weightlifting, and gymnastics. Earls Court is being used for the Volleyball in 2012
..., it was the athletics that attracted the greatest interest. So football and cycling are minority interest sports? In Olympic terms, yes. Then there's also swimming, hockey, judo and weightlifting. Snore. There seems to be some sort of effect by which in many places people see the Olympics as a track and field meet with some other stuff going on around it. So I'm ...
... - even in the ancient Olympics, it was the athletics that attracted the greatest interest. So football and cycling are minority interest sports? Then there's also swimming, hockey, judo and weightlifting. There seems to be some sort of effect by which in many places people see the Olympics as a track and field meet with some other stuff going on around it. So I'm quite ...
... yesterday and how many watched today's events? Saw a few snatches of the opening ceremony. So far I've watched six footie games live, the men's cycling road race, some weightlifting by a bunch of tiny and very scary women, and a bit of the rowing. I'd guess the opening ceremony accounts for less than 2%% of what I've watched so far. Then you're ...
... the opening yesterday and how many watched today's events? Saw a few snatches of the opening ceremony. So far I've watched six footie games live, the men's cycling road race, some weightlifting by a bunch of tiny and very scary women, and a bit of the rowing. I'd guess the opening ceremony accounts for less than 2%% of what I've watched so far. Then you're missing ...
... watched the opening yesterday and how many watched today's events? Saw a few snatches of the opening ceremony. So far I've watched six footie games live, the men's cycling road race, some weightlifting by a bunch of tiny and very scary women, and a bit of the rowing. I'd guess the opening ceremony accounts for less than 2%% of what I've watched so far. -- eric Live fast,...
....co.uk> wrote in message news:g7icct$oep$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk... Am I the only one who erroneously though that one of the London Olympics had been held there? So near, and yet so far. In the 1948 London Olympics, the Empress Hall Earl's Court was used for the boxing preliminaries, and for the wrestling, weightlifting, and gymnastics. michael adams ...
