Comments on: Winter Olympics Update: Winning, Whining and a Naughty Photo

By: Anya

Anya — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:48:47 +0000

Motheralice, yeah I have no interest in whiners either!

I didn’t watch more than a minute or two, but it seems the final hockey game for the gold was one for the ages. Sidney Crosby got to be the hero. I am happy for Canada.

By: motheralice

motheralice — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:54:21 +0000

I’ve watched many of the events this time around and I have to say that, in addition to the sheer bada$$ery of the athletes, one of the biggest things I’ve noticed are all the crashes. It seems like these courses (especially the alpine ski runs) have been super hard on all these folks. I’ve been pleased to see that for the most part the competitors all have good attitudes and have been graceful in their wins and losses. It’s a shame that the whiny ones get any attention at all.

By: Lily@IW

Lily@IW — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:12:17 +0000

I watched part of the ice dancing, but missed the show of the Russian performance. I will have to catch it online.

It took me a minute to understand why Scotty Lago would have been asked to leave. Not the best way to get caught, but not inexcusable. Then I read it was medal, the girl is fooling around with! I get it. That’s too bad he was seen doing that, it was a dumb thing for him to do. Looks like an accurate depiction of the perks.

By: Samantha@IW

Samantha@IW — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:22:17 +0000

Plushenko made a fool of himself. Surely he will look back with embarrassment- he shouldn’t need reminding that not everyone can win 1st place, he isn’t 5! Its absurd. I don’t know what he thought his tantrum would accomplish.

I can’t remember his name or where he’s from- but did you see the gold medalist who threw a fit and asked an American reporter “Are you stupid?” bc she got his name wrong? Ego!

By: Erin@IW

Erin@IW — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:18:02 +0000

I’m not sure the podium was big enough to fit Plushenko and his ego all at once. His routine was not as polished as the Americans and, thus, he lost. One quad jump isn’t going to make up for it.
I agree those outfits were terrible. A lot of people are upset about the Canadian’s winning the gold in ice dancing. I didn’t watch Ice dancing so I couldn’t tell you what I thought but, yeah, a lot of whining all around.