Wednesday, November 11, 2009

93 Days

Before I get to what you all (like all 5 of you) have come to see, I'd like to start off with a little Olympic news. First of all, 2006 Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen announced a couple of days ago that she will not be competing at Skate America, a prelim/warm-up event to the National Championships where she will be vying for a spot on the US Olympic team. This news did not shock me at all, in fact, I would not be surprised if she just quit the entire season. She should just bow out now, gracefully, because my guess is she wouldn't make the Olympic team anyway.

Also, since the announcement that the Colbert Report will sponsor the US speed skating team, some speed skaters have started wearing the Colbert Nation logo on their skating suits. Apolo Ohno has yet to be seen wearing it.
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/.a/6a00d8341c60fd53ef0120a67503e4970b-pi

OK, so back to the whole 93 days thing...

For the 2008 Olympics, China created Olympic stamps with the faces of 93 Chinese table tennis champions
http://en.beijing2008.cn/bocog/sponsors/headlines/n214249914.shtml

In a consumer research poll conducted in '98, '99, '00, unaided brand awareness for the Olympic Rings was 93%, proving that the Olympic Rings are famous and have enormous licensing value.
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/journals/njtip/v3/n2/6/#note14

Frantisek Capek, the 1948 Olympic Champion in canoeing, died at the age of 93.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2008-01-31-1535910723_x.htm

2 comments:

  1. I <3 this blog post. See, I can be supportive when you prove yourself. :)

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  2. where do you fine this stuff? awesome facts. i love learning new things. too bad about sasha...right?

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