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Karen Cockburn named Canada's closing flag-bearer
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by Barry Artiste | August 24, 2008 at 06:42 am
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For a second there, I thought Carrot Top had a sister, could be wrong though.
I am of the mindset the Olympics today should reflect the sports of the Greco-Roman era, perhaps it is just me, but trampoline jumping, much like other "filler sports" are so much fluff, when trying to fill a venue and milk it for as long as possible.
What's next on the Olympic agenda? Synchronized Badminton? Hot Dog Eating Contests? Freestyle Square Dance Voguing? Rapper Contests?
The ancient Olympians of Greece must be shaking their heads on Mount Olympus and thinking WTF?
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=cba44809-211b-406f-b455-c6bc7715b90d (Photo Inset)CREDIT: Reuters Karen Cockburn with her silver medal.
She'll carry the flag for Canada at the closing ceremonies.
Karen Cockburn named Canada's closing flag-bearer
By Vicki Hall Canwest News Service
Saturday, August 23, 2008
BEIJING - Perhaps it's fitting that Canada selected a trampolinist to carry its flag at the closing ceremonies of the Beijing Games.
Especially at an Olympics in which Canada bounced back at the halfway mark, thanks, in part, to Karen Cockburn. The 27-year-old from Toronto won silver on women's trampoline to capture her third straight medal in the Olympic Games.
Cockburn won bronze at the 2000 Sydney Games and captured her first silver four years later in Athens.
She helped Canada roar to respectability in the medal standings after failing to win a single medal during the first week of competition.
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at 08:12 on August 24th, 2008
Thanks Mettacara, much appreciated
at 08:13 on August 24th, 2008
Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 08:17 on August 24th, 2008
Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff. That's my chuckle for the morning.
at 08:32 on August 24th, 2008
Thanks Criticon and Barbara for your comments and flag and dropping by, yeah, some may think I was mean, but hey nothing is sacred in comedy.
at 09:25 on August 24th, 2008
Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff. Both Countries can be proud this Olympics. Some how I missed the synchronized swimmers from Canada.. So in two years I can watch curling again... really miss the sport
at 11:07 on August 24th, 2008
Thanks AL, imagine Olympic curling, now there is a sport, which most would wonder about?
at 10:09 on August 24th, 2008
I don't get how people can make fun of Trampoline, yet accept diving as a sport. Have you even seen an event. They do far more complex maneuvers than divers, and they have to do 10 consecutive tricks, bouncing 30 feet in the air and if they mess up there is no soft landing. comparing jumping on a backyard trampoline to Olympic level trampoline rediculous
at 10:41 on August 24th, 2008
Trampoline is a legit sport... anything gymnastics-based is fairly hardcore: not only do they have to do it, but their faces cannot show any exertion! Synchronized swimming is even worse. The underwater cam sequences make me wince, and I used to have to do laps of eggbeater* holding up bricks and folding chairs, and wasn't even required to smile, just keep the bile from creeping too far up my throat.
(*Eggbeater: treading water using one leg at a time, for sustained height above the surface, explosive elevation when needed and a lifetime of aching knees)
at 11:06 on August 24th, 2008
Thanks Andrew and Jordan for your comments, all I am saying, it would be nice if the Olympics reverted back to the ancient times as they were meant to be, the same as Archery, sometimes you look at these bows and with sights, stabilizers and carbon arrows they are hardly recognizable. Or at least put a counting system in place for those who practice the traditional methods from the ancient olympics.