Winter Olympics memang cocok buat negara2 belahan bumi utara macem skandinavia, ama Kanada. Di Summer Olympics mereka gak banyak bicara. Kalah saingan ma China, Australia, ma yang laen. Tapi di Winter Olympics mereka benar2 nambang emas(meski jumlah medali yg disediain seperempat lebih sedikit daripada jumlah medali Summer Olympics kayak di Beijing 2008, atau Athena 2004).
2010/3/1 Delfiars <[email protected]> > > > Biasanya kita sangat menunggu berita dari event-event besar seperti PD, > Olimpiade, dll ... > Tapi untuk event besar yg namanya event musim dingin, kita di Indonesia > memang tidak terlalu aware, bahkan cenderung menganggap tak ada. > Perkecualian mungkin untuk Olimpiade musim dingin yg ada kasus Nancy Kerigan > vs Tonya Harding, kasus yg sadis .... meski kemudian si atlet mengakui bahwa > dia tak tahu menahu akan aksi (eks?) suaminya itu ... > > Untuk Olimpiade musim dingin yg baru saja berakhir di Vancouver, Canada, > ada beberapa moment penting yg patut diperhatikan ... > Diantara moment tersebut, gw mencatat 2 yg paling melekat di ingatan yaitu > : > 1. Meninggalnya seorang luger (atlet luge - sejenis kereta luncur) asal > Georgia yaitu Nodar Kumaritashvili karena menabrak tembok pada saat latihan > ... Gila aja tuh panitia, olahraga meluncur yg bisa meluncur (pernah gw > denger) sampai 120 kmph itu tapi faktor keamanannya nggak dipersiapkan > dengan maksimal ... Kok bisa atlet terlempar ke tembok dan tewas, bahkan > sebelum si atlet bertanding ... Parah bener ! > 2. Atlet putri Korea yg bernama Kim Yu Na menjuarai nomor paling bergengsi > putri yaitu figure skating (nomor yg dulu mempertemukan Nancy Kerigan dan > Tonya Harding) dengan hasil yg luar biasa. Nilai yg dicatatkannya sangat > jauh diatas para pesaingnya dan nilai tersebut adalah rekor baru ... bagi yg > pengen liat aksi Yu Na bisa liat di Youtube.com ... Kim Yu Na, the Bond girl > ... > > Secara berita, berikut gw cuplik 2 berita dari event tersebut, berita > setelah event tersebut selesai, gw cuplik dari Yahoo! Sports (in English) : > > ========================================================================= > > Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:34 pm EST > > The 10 most memorable moments of the Vancouver Games > By Chris Chase > > The 2010 Winter Olympics officially ended Sunday night, capping an > up-and-down 17 days of competition in Vancouver. Fourth-Place Medal looks at > the 10 most memorable moments of the Games. The mix of positives and > negatives suggests that history will regard the Vancouver Olympics as a > flawed success. > > 1. Joannie Rochette skates two days after mother's death. Canadian figure > skater Joannie Rochette found out her mother died just 60 hours before she > was set to take to the ice in the women's figure skating competition. > Fighting tears, Rochette skated a nearly-flawless performance last Tuesday > night. When her program ended, she cried on the ice as the hometown crowd > delivered a rousing ovation. It's a moment that could only happen at the > Olympics. Years from now, long after most of the memories from Vancouver > have faded, the image of Rochette bending over at the knees in tears will > prove to be the most enduring image from these Games. > > 2. Crosby's OT goal gives Canada a hockey gold. The host nation won 14 > golds in Vancouver, but only one of them truly mattered. Some are already > calling Sunday's gold medal hockey game between Canada and the United State > one of the best games the sport has ever seen. > > 3. The death of Nodar Kumaritashvili. Tragedy struck Vancouver hours before > the Games were set to begin. A Georgian luger was killed during a practice > run, sparking a debate about athlete safety and whether the IOC was pushing > the "swifter, higher stronger" motto too far. > > 4. Lysacek outduels Pluschenko for figure skating gold. The Russian still > insists his was the better performance, but everyone watching knew that > Lysacek's long program was deserving of gold. The 24-year-old Illinois > native became the first American man to win gold since Brian Boitano in > 1988. > > 5. Vonn and Mancuso's spat. The two most decorated American skiers in > history won a combined four medals in Vancouver, including a surprise 1-2 > finish in the downhill, yet it was an on-course spat that provided the > pair's most memorable moment of the Games. With skiers going off every > minute from the gate, Mancuso unknowingly began while Vonn, who skied the > previous run, was receiving medical attention following a crash. Mancuso's > great start was negated and she had to race later in the competition when > course conditions had worsened. She finished 18th in that run, cried at the > bottom of the hill, used her Twitter account to complain about getting > flagged and rekindled the debate about how frosty the relationship is > between the rivals. > > 6. Korean wipeout leads to American medals. There was nothing between three > South Korean short-track speedskaters and a clean sweep in the men's > 1,500-meters final. Nothing except themselves, that is. Two Korean skaters > tripped each other meters from the finish line, opening the door for two > Americans,Apolo Anton Ohno and J.R. Celski to sneak onto the podium. > > 7. Sven Kramer's gaffe. Speedskating's biggest star made one of the biggest > mistakes in the sport's history when he failed to switch lanes during the > 10,000-meters race and was disqualfied. Kramer's coach had erroneously told > him to stay in the same lane on the 17th of 25 laps. The Dutch superstar had > dominated the field, winning by four seconds and setting an Olympic record. > > 8. Kim Yu-Na flirts with perfection. There's no such thing as a perfect > score in figure skating. If there were, South Korea's Kim Yu-Na would have > been close to it in Thursday's long program. Some say it was the best skated > Olympics ever. And Kim Yu-Na was well above above the rest. > > 9. The broken cauldron. Vancouver's Olympics began with a thud. Four > torchbearers were to light four intertwining cauldrons at the end of the > Opening Ceremony, but one of the torches failed to rise from the ground as > planned. It was a major embarrassment for organizers. Awesomly, the > Canadians opened Sunday's Closing Ceremony with a self-depricating > acknowledgement of the gaffe. A mime "fixed" the broken arm and then spurned > torchbearer Catriona Lemay Doan lit the cauldron that had eluded her 17 days > before. > > 10. U.S. becomes nordic combined powerhouse. Never before had an American > won a medal in the Nordic combined events. In Vancouver, the red, white and > blue brought home four. Bill Demong andJohnny Spillane went 1-2 in the long > hill competition and the relay team earned a silver. > > ========================================================================= > > Winners and losers: Canadians steal show > By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports > 10 hours, 8 minutes ago > > VANCOUVER, British Columbia - After nearly three weeks, the Winter Olympics > are over, and the world's obsession with the Games will go on hold until the > summer of 2012, when the circus will hit London. > > It's been eventful trying to deliver the news, with varying degrees of > success: I investigated whether the sport of curling was doomed due to the > world's supply of granite. I asked a man from the Netherlands why he skated > in a skeleton outfit. I tried to find Swedish women to talk about Tiger > Woods. I met athletes who deserve at least a sliver of the attention Tiger's > mistresses receive. > > I wrote a column about a father who lost his son, a daughter who lost her > mother and a sport that lost its way, playing a part in an athlete losing > his life. I covered a lot of hockey. > > I saw Shaun White fly, Apolo Ohnopass and Bode Miller deliver. I watched > Kim Yu-Na skate. I watched as her mother couldn't (nerves). I sawJoannie > Rochette prove to be one tough skater. I saw Wayne Gretzky carry a torch in > the rain and drive down the street in the back of a Silverado. I climbed up > the mountains in Whistler and watched a Canadian hockey game in an > out-of-control basement bar down by the harbor. > > I didn't come close to seeing everything. Or even most of everything. But I > did see a lot, and as the torch goes dark, here are my winners and losers (a > relative term) from the memorable Winter Olympics in Vancouver. > > WINNER: The Canadian people > > These Olympics began poorly. There was a lack of snow. There were events > that had to be rescheduled. There was the tragic death of luger Nodar > Kumaritashvili. There were embarrassing Opening Ceremony gaffes and the dumb > decision to hide the Olympic cauldron behind high chain-link fencing. > AndCanada's bold medal goals stumbled out of the gate. > > But a funny thing happened. The people kept cheering. The athletes kept > trying. And the Olympics, which too often are about a cold bureaucracy, > about rules and arguments and pumped-up nationalism, somehow returned to the > people. So what if the plans were going bad? There was no need to give up. > Let's grab a drink and watch some halfpipe. > > A week into the games, with everyone still wringing their hands, a Canadian > skeleton racer named Jon Montgomery came out of nowhere to win a gold medal. > It was the epitome of unexpected excellence. Afterward, he walked through > the streets of the mountain village of Whistler, still holding his helmet, > with a television camera rolling. Unprompted, a passing woman handed him a > pitcher of beer. Without breaking stride, he grabbed it, chugged it and the > entire mood seemed to change. > > It was a purely Canadian moment. It was perfect. > > The people kept flooding the downtown streets and the mountain squares. > Without tickets, they gathered to watch on giant televisions. They > celebrated victories. They shared tears of disappointment and mourning. They > rallied behind their hockey team and their bobsledders and their > snowboarders and anyone wearing the red and white. Night after night they > found something to go wild about. They just wanted to be a part of it, a > part of something bigger than themselves, a part of the unique heights where > spirits can soar when enjoyed in a group. > > It wasn't just here or up in the picturesque mountains. The video images > came of bars going crazy in Toronto and Timmins, in Calgary and > Charlottetown. Suddenly this country that had never embraced the enthusiasm > of the Games the way some others have was showing the world how it's done. > Impromptu singings of the national anthem rang through the streets late at > night, at karaoke bars, at curling matches. > > You can't wash away the tragedy of the luge track, but outside of that, you > can't stage a better Olympics. The city is beautiful. The venues are modern. > The transportation is efficient. But this wasn't about logistics. In the end > it's the people that power the movement. The Canadian people pushed these > games back from the brink of disaster and right off into history. > > LOSER: Vancouver Organizing Committee > > It was obvious they had built a sliding track in Whistler that was too fast > and too challenging. Luge athletes were complaining from the start of > practice. Then Nodar Kumaritashvili died when he was ejected from the track > and into a steel pole. They slowed the luge track, yet then watched > bobsledders struggle to make it down later in the Games. > > Later, documents, emails and other smoking guns became public that showed > concern about the track from officials, including those within the > International Luge Federation. Luging is a dangerous sport, but there is no > need to make it this difficult. The death of Kumaritashvili should be used > to improve safety going forward. It was a terrible and unfortunately lasting > moment from these Games. > > WINNERS: The athletes > > Not one doping disqualification at the Games. Enough said. > > WINNER: Bode Miller > > His partying in Turin left him without gold, silver or bronze (although he > may have won blonde). But the New Hampshire native returned at age 32 as a > father sporting a more mature attitude. He wound up stealing the spotlight > in the Alpine sports, winning a bronze in downhill, a silver in super-G and > a surprise gold in the super-combined. It was potential finally reached. > > LOSER: Cheryl Bernard > > She was poised to be one of the breakout stars of the Games, one of the > most unlikely "it" girls to ever emerge from the Olympics. Since when does a > 43-year-old insurance broker from Alberta who curls turn so many heads? > Bernard was a sensation. Then the Canadian Curling Cougar had two shots to > bring home gold for Canada. She promptly blew both of them. It was a huge > disappointment in a sport passionately followed here. > > WINNER: U.S. Alpine team > > Despite dealing with poor weather, delayed events and plenty of infighting > drama, once the USA skiers hit the slopes the troubles went away. As a team > they set a United States record for medals in one Olympics with eight, > including two golds. The next closest competitors were Norway and Austria, > each with four. > > LOSER: Sportsmanship > > The snit between Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso was immature, ridiculous > and unnecessarily distracting. Both are great athletes who had memorable > Olympics. Instead, the news cycle spun with tales of jealousy, Twitter > snipes and obvious hard feelings over who was getting more attention. None > of it ever should have boiled to the surface. > > WINNER: Johnny Weir > > No one is better at demanding attention than the men's figure skater. > Throughout the Games he found ways to garner headlines - declaring he was > getting death threats from anti-fur activists, moving in with Tanith Belbin, > even holding a press conference so he could attack ignorant comments from > Canadian television personalities. > > But he was more than just hype. Weir skated exceptionally well and backed > up his wild outfits with intelligence and humor. He proved he has crossover > appeal to almost all Americans. > > LOSER: Fashion > > The Norwegian men curled in checkered pants. The American snowboarders had > baggy jeans - where is General Larry Platt when you need him? In men's > figure skating there was a skeleton costume, a sailor and a farmer. Johnny > Weir sported "male cleavage." The hot items on the street were silly red > mittens with a white maple leaf on the palm. Somehow they tricked Wayne > Gretzky into wearing them. You couldn't buy them anywhere. > > We'll be trying to explain the fashion at these Games for years to come. > > WINNER: Chad Hedrick > > The long-track speedskater from Houston found himself in pointless battles > with Shani Davis in Turin, only to come to Vancouver, like Bode Miller, with > an improved attitude. He wound up winning two medals and acting with class > and spirit. He wasn't just here for himself; he provided needed leadership > on a young silver-medal-winning pursuit team. > > LOSER: Shani Davis > > This is a close one, however. He did win gold in the 1,000 meters and > silver in the 1,500, and he accounted himself at times with far better > manners - although he could be a bear at points. He's a moody guy and that's > fine. But his refusal to skate in the team pursuit likely cost the U.S. a > gold medal. Since the event came after all the individual competitions, he > can't say it was going to distract or hurt him there. He remains an enigma - > a talented enigma. > > WINNER: Charlie White > > Not only did he and partner Meryl Davis win a silver in the ice-dancing > competition, the rumor is he's now datingTanith Belbin. Not a bad month. > > WINNER: Joannie Rochette > > In a testament to the strength of human will and determination, the > Canadian figure skater shook off the unexpected death of her mother and not > only competed but won bronze. Her short-program performance, after which she > broke down in tears, left Pacific Coliseum with few dry eyes. She > immediately became an international symbol of emotional courage. > > "I would have liked to inspire people for another reason, but that's the > way it is," Rochette said. > > WINNER: Petra Majdic > > The Slovenian cross-country skier entered the Games as a favorite to win > two medals. Then she crashed in a training run, falling off the course, down > an embankment and into a small creek, where she landed hard on some rocks. > She broke four ribs and suffered a punctured lung. Only she didn't quit. She > not only competed, she won a bronze medal. > > LOSER: Gerard Kemkers > > They take long-track speedskating seriously in Holland, and Kemkers is one > of the most prominent - and highly paid - coaches there. His latest prodigy > was Sven Kramer, who was well on his way to winning the nation's 100th gold > medal with a strong performance in the grueling 10,000-meter race. Then > Kemkers inexplicably told him to switch lanes at the wrong time and caused a > disqualification. It was an unheard-of gaffe. > > "It's a coach's responsibility," Kemkers acknowledged. "This is a > disaster." > > WINNER: Kim Yu-Na > > The South Korean figure-skating sensation was absolutely brilliant in > capturing gold by a huge margin. Her world-record combined score of 228.56 > merely offered a numerical confirmation to what everyone saw - an > effortless, glorious performance by a rare talent. > > WINNERS: Mirai Nagasu and Rachael Flatt > > The two American teens didn't medal, but both accounted well for themselves > at the Olympics. Nagasu offered a lively free-skate performance that > thrilled the crowd and earned her a spot in the skating gala. Flatt skated > well and was a picture of class off the ice, even getting accepted to > Stanford while in Vancouver. > > LOSER: Alexander Ovechkin > > The Russian hockey star arrived at the Games in a brooding mood. Gone was > the loveable, quotable, accessible star of the Washington Capitals. In was > the new Russian Bear, Ovechkin taking on the cold, all-business mood of his > nation's team. It was actually pretty cool. > > Then his absolutely loaded team delivered a heartless performance against > Canada in the quarterfinals, losing 7-3.Russia had predicted it would win 40 > medals at these Games, and one of them was expected to be hockey gold. They > wound up with just 15 and hockey was an embarrassment. The latter falls on > Ovechkin. > > WINNER: Bill Demong > > So how good was this guy's month going? First he was named the Team USA > flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony, an unusual honor for someone who > participates in the low-profile Nordic combined. Then Demong proved the > choice genius by going out and becoming the first American to win gold in > the event. > > This was good. Even better came at a party after the victory, when he > grabbed a microphone, got down on one knee, pulled out a ring and proposed > to his girlfriend, Katie Koczynski. She said yes. > > LOSER: Lindsey Jacobellis > > After her hot dog maneuver cost her a gold medal at the women's snowboard > cross in Turin, the Olympic PR machine sold a new-look Jacobellis. She was > more professional and a better snowboarder and destined for gold. Instead > she performed poorly and didn't handle the fallout very well. Another > disappointing Games for a woman who certainly can do better. > > WINNERS: Shaun White and Torah Bright > > These are the world's two best halfpipe athletes, the American man and the > Australian woman pushing the fledging competition to new levels. Bright > recovered from a poor performance early to deliver the run of her life, > landing the "switch backside 720," which features a blind landing that her > opponents can't manage. White hit the "McTwist 1260," another groundbreaking > maneuver that no one else was able to match. The two didn't just rule the > halfpipe, they advanced it. > > WINNER: Jeret "Speedy" Peterson > > In Turin he was thrown out of the Games for punching out a friend. He's > spent his life dealing with personal demons, alcohol issues and sexual > abuse. He almost committed suicide. But he got himself straightened out and > came to Vancouver, where in aerial skiing he landed his nemesis leap, the > Hurricane. He hadn't hit it in three years. When he did, he won silver, the > culmination of a difficult journey. > > WINNER: Curling > > Six thousand fans packed the suburban curling venue here for three sessions > a day. Ticket brokers worked the sidewalks with marked-up prices. Beer > flowed liberally inside. Fans rang cowbells and sang songs. Both the men and > the women were hailed for their sex appeal. It was wild. > > Or how about this? What other sport could offer this sentence: The Danish > women's skip, who is a part-time topless model, broke into tears because the > Canadian crowd was too rowdy. > > This isn't your father's curling anymore. The sport received wall-to-wall > television coverage in Canada, the United States and China, the latter a > rising power. Long mocked as shuffleboard on ice, curling suddenly was cool. > It's the unlikely breakout sport of the Olympics. > > LOSER: Evgeni Plushenko > > The Russian figure skater landed a quad in his competition, something Evan > Lysacek, the American who edged him out for gold, didn't. This didn't sit > well with Plushenko. He both complained and belittled Lysacek. "You can't be > considered a true men's champion without a quad," Plushenko said, claiming > the sport "regressed" with Lysacek's victory. Disappointment is one thing, > but at some point you have to show at least a moment of class. Plushenko > failed to do it. > > LOSER: Jacques Rogge > > Plushenko's comments showed zero respect for his opponents. At the Beijing > Olympics, Rogge, the IOC president, ripped Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt for > just such a thing when Bolt threw up his hands in celebration before > crossing the finish line. "That's not the way we perceive being a champion," > Rogge attacked. > > When asked for comment about Plushenko's antics, Rogge defended the skater > to the Los Angeles Times. "I think he was very disappointed, obviously, and > sometimes in disappointment, you express things you wouldn't express at > another time." > > There is one difference in these cases. Plushenko hails from a wealthy, > powerful country. Bolt doesn't. Rogge would never attack a Russian (or > American or Chinese) athlete the way he did with Bolt. With the stuffy, > elitist IOC, it's always the same game. Power protects power, and when a > suit like Jacques Rogge needs to act tough, you know who is going to get > called out. > > WINNER: Hockey > > Sidney Crosby and Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in an epic, > overtime final that showcased the heart-pounding sport at its very best. The > roller-coaster finale is one reason hockey itself is the big winner. The > tournament was played at an exceptionally high level, and the skill on > display was unlike almost anything seen before. > > The Canadian fans packed neutral games and offered a colorful backdrop. > Both the Canadian and American teams captured their country's imagination > and delivered record television audiences - not to mention a dramatic and > memorable gold-medal battle. The NHL isn't suddenly going to leapfrog the > NFL in the States, but it should get a boost from this tournament. If Ryan > Miller and the Buffalo Sabres are coming to town, now you know it's worth > checking out. > > It's a way of making the Olympics last into the spring. > > ========================================================================= > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ HAPUS BAGIAN EMAIL YG TIDAK PERLU SEBELUM ME-REPLY. ========================================================== Milis Tabloid BOLA Untuk KELUAR DARI MILIS INI. Kirim Mail kosong (tanpa subject) ke alamat [email protected] ==========================================================Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolaml/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolaml/join (Yahoo! 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