Toronto Mike

Olympics

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24 Hour Confusion

Prior to writing this entry regarding the Olympic games in Turin, I checked out CBC's broadcast schedule to learn when the opening ceremonies would be taking place.  It's clearly marked Feb 10 01:00 which I immediately interpreted as one in the morning.  Only this morning did I see "pm"
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Turin 2006

At 13:00 our time tomorrow, the opening ceremony of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games will be held in Turin, Italy.  As I did during the 2004 games in Athens, I'll be following our fellow Canadians and writing an entry celebrating every medal we earn. I'm most excited, obviously, about
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Turin or Torino?

Turin is the host city of the 2006 Winter Olympics, taking place February 10 to 26, 2006.  With Canada aiming for another gold medal in men's hockey, Turin has been on my mind lately.  Or is it Torino? Turin is the english name of the Italian city of Torino.  Traditionally,
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Ilanaaq

Organizers of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games unveiled their Olympic logo over the weekend.  It's called Ilanaaq and it's an inukshuk, a symbol deeply rooted in Inuit culture.  You can see it here. Some like it, some hate it.  A colleague just told me it looked like something his kid
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2006 Turin Olympics

On February 15, 2006, defending gold medalist Canada will play Italy to open the 2006 Turin Olympics hockey tournament.  It just feels nice to see an important hockey game on the schedule that won't be threatened by labour strife. Whether NHL players will participate or not isn't yet known because
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How We Fared

The second week in Athens for our Canadian athletes certainly was better than the first week.  We finished with 12 medals which is only two less than we collected four years ago in Sydney. I'd feel a great deal better about our performance if some of our best chances hadn't
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Disgusting

Some asshole decided he was bigger than the final athletic event of the Athens Olympics and grabbed the marathon race leader with just five kilometres remaining.  The race began in the town of Marathon, northeast of Athens, 47.2 kilometres from the Olympic Village, following the ancient route Athenian soldier
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Bad Dream Team

The American men's basketball team in Athens was the heavy favourite to win gold heading into the summer Olympics.  This team hadn't lost a game in the Olympics since 1988 and was stacked with NBA stars.  Who was going to beat the Dream Team? As it turns out, beating the
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Gold For Kyle Shewfelt

Canada has earned it's fourth medal of these Olympic games. Kyle Shewfelt captured the gold medal in the floor event in men's gymnastics.  It's our first-ever Olympic artistic gymnastics medal and our first gold medal in Athens.
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Disappointing

Canada entered this weekend with two medals and a great deal of hope.  We were expected to easily double and possibly triple that count by the end of competition on Sunday.  We always excel in rowing and our Men's Eights entered the Olympics with a two-year unbeaten streak and was
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Ron Bensimhon

It's day five of the Summer Olympics and the most recognizable Canadian participant thus far is Ron Bensimhon.  Bensimhon sported a blue tutu and jumped into the Olympic Aquatic Centre pool during the men's synchronized three-metre springboard event on Monday.  He was arrested on charges of "interrupting the Games". This
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