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Wish I had a DVR. So much coverage I will miss due to work. :(
You know, I was thinking...it's an interesting statement that Iran chose a woman to carry the flag in the parade of nations. For a country who isn't expected to medal, who your flag bearer is means a lot.
I would imagine it would be easier for Islamic women to compete in winter sports, because with the exception of figure skating, you're covered head to toe, often with padding, anyway. Dress restrictions aren't going to be a hinderance like they tend to be in track and field. This of course all an aside from the fact that it doesn't snow in the Middle East.
Before they started showing the men's 5000m long track SS, they had a little uninformative snippet about the Dutch being nuts about speed skating. They showed the arena from Torino and the sea of orange...I tried to spot myself, but no such luck.
I don't even know what got aired on tv for the last Olympics. In Germany the coverage was not stop sports- I remember watching the qualifying rounds for Nordic Combined starting with the guy ranked like 80th or something like that.
I wonder if this lady is back this year. If not, I hope she passed on the hat to a worthy enterouge member.
Only 1/2 hour until prime time coverage. Woot!
You know, I was thinking...it's an interesting statement that Iran chose a woman to carry the flag in the parade of nations. For a country who isn't expected to medal, who your flag bearer is means a lot.
I would imagine it would be easier for Islamic women to compete in winter sports, because with the exception of figure skating, you're covered head to toe, often with padding, anyway. Dress restrictions aren't going to be a hinderance like they tend to be in track and field. This of course all an aside from the fact that it doesn't snow in the Middle East.
Before they started showing the men's 5000m long track SS, they had a little uninformative snippet about the Dutch being nuts about speed skating. They showed the arena from Torino and the sea of orange...I tried to spot myself, but no such luck.
I don't even know what got aired on tv for the last Olympics. In Germany the coverage was not stop sports- I remember watching the qualifying rounds for Nordic Combined starting with the guy ranked like 80th or something like that.
I wonder if this lady is back this year. If not, I hope she passed on the hat to a worthy enterouge member.
Only 1/2 hour until prime time coverage. Woot!