This is my favorite Olympic factoid of the day: During the 1920 Olympic Ladies figure skating competition, American Theresa Weld (who won bronze) was warned by the judges for making jumps "unsuitable for a lady," because her skirt rose to her knees. The horror!
23 players were selected for the U.S. hockey team, back on New Years Day. Only three of those players have previously played in the Olympics, which probably has to do with the fact the U.S. failed to win a medal at the last Winter Olympics in 2006.
In 2006, the U.S. Olympic team had 23 known minority athletes (out of 211) competing at Turino, which was more than double the number of minority athletes in Salt Lake City and four times as many who competed in the Nagano, Japan and Lillehammer, Norway games, held in 1998 and 1994, respectively. Minorities on the U.S. team are among the best in their sports, including short track speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno and long track speedskater Derek Parra.
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Great facts once again...I would also add that Shani Davis is an African-American speedskater who excels in his sport, and was actually the first African-American to win an individual gold medal in the winter Olympics!
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Just want to add this blog has given me so much enjoyment these last 70 odd days Thanks! Sure makes waking up in spokane more enjoyable Go Sasha!
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