Let The European and North American Olympics Winter Games Begin

lal_truckee wrote:
Robert Swindells wrote:
On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 18:01:33 +0000, Mary Malmros wrote:

I also have to ask, what's the point of, for instance, Brazil having
an alpine skier in the Olympics? Alpine skiing means nothing in
Brazil; it means something in Austria and Norway and parts of the
USA. How meaningful is "inclusion" when the thing you're being
included in just isn't on your radar scope in the first place?

Pick a different country, Brazil has been building up their ski team for
several years now. They train in the Alps and Chile and race on the FIS
circuit.

And, as I said, it wouldn't hurt to have a Olympics connected
"qualifying race" for the "warm country" athletes. Since it would help
keep interest up during the development process.

Nah. What they really need is an announcer that cries out
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAL" when
their skier crosses the finish line.

//Walt