Olympic Pool - Bet on the winners!

Ok, so SI has predicted the winners of the 2006 Olympic xc ski races.
Can you do better than them? We'll see!

XCOttawa.ca has setup a little pool for fun and a few minor prizes. (No
Rick Tochett's here!)

All are welcome to submit their entries and see how they do. Every
entry is eligible for the prizes.

See: http://www.xcottawa.ca/articles.php?id=406

Best of luck!

Craig@xcottawa
www.xcottawa.ca

For the Pursuits and Team sprints, do not put too much hope in the following
athletes, since their high haemoglobin values got them benched for the next
5 days...

FIS MEDIA INFO

Torino 2006: Eight start prohibitions issued due to too high haemoglobin
values registered in FIS pre-Olympic testing

Pragelato, 9th Feb, 2006/ -- In the course of the pre-competition blood
testing carried out by
FIS in Torino whereby all Cross-Country and Nordic Combined Athletes will be
tested prior to
their first competition at the Olympic Winter Games, the following athletes
have today been
issued with a start prohibition for five consecutive days due to too high
haemoglobin values:
Sean Crooks (CAN), male
Sergey Dalidovich (BLR), male
Jean Marc Gaillard (FRA), male
Aleksandr Latzukin (BLR), male
Natalia Matveeva (RUS), female
Kikkan Randall (USA), female
Evi Sachenbacher (GER), female
Leif Zimmermann (USA), male

This prohibition from participating in the competition(s) is not a sanction,
but is considered to
serve to protect the health of the Athlete. Consequently, no disciplinary
measures will be
taken.

In the two days of testing, 224 Athletes have been tested. The total number
of Cross-Country
and Nordic Combined Athletes participating in the XX Olympic Winter Games is
330 and 63,
respectively.

A start prohibition results from the process that is defined in the Article
B.4.2 of the
Procedural Guidelines to the FIS Anti-Doping Rules:
"If an Athlete shows a haemoglobin value that is equal to or exceeds the
values of 16.0 g/dl
for ladies and 17.0 g/dl for men after two consecutive measurements, the
Athlete will be
notified by the representative of the Jury that he/she is not allowed to
start any competitions
for five consecutive days, including the day on which the test took place:
e.g. if the blood test
takes place on Monday the Athlete will not be permitted to start again until
Saturday (and
then only subject to the results of a new blood test, as defined in Article
B.4.5)."


"Craig Storey" wrote in message
...
Ok, so SI has predicted the winners of the 2006 Olympic xc ski races. Can
you do better than them? We'll see!

XCOttawa.ca has setup a little pool for fun and a few minor prizes. (No
Rick Tochett's here!)

All are welcome to submit their entries and see how they do. Every entry
is eligible for the prizes.

See: http://www.xcottawa.ca/articles.php?id=406

Best of luck!

Craig@xcottawa
www.xcottawa.ca

Originally Posted by Craig Storey

Ok, so SI has predicted the winners of the 2006 Olympic xc ski races.
Can you do better than them? We'll see!

XCOttawa.ca has setup a little pool for fun and a few minor prizes. (No
Rick Tochett's here!)

All are welcome to submit their entries and see how they do. Every
entry is eligible for the prizes.

See: http://www.xcottawa.ca/articles.php?id=406

Best of luck!

Craig@xcottawa
www.xcottawa.ca

Great,
I'll sign up sure thing. Sounds like a great thing. Nothing like betting on cross-country skiing.