IOC says no commemorating athletes who died
Torah Bright is an Australian snowboarder who wanted to wear a sticker on her helmet honoring Sarah Burke, her friend who was
killed in an accident two years ago. The International Olympic Committee
said no, as you can see from Bright's posting above.
But the International Olympic Committee denied Bright's request based on
the strict bylaws related to equipment in the Olympic charter
prohibiting any "form of publicity or propaganda, commercial or
otherwise" except for the name of the manufacturer.
On Feb. 7, Bright posted the following on Facebook and Instagram: "I
ride with a Sarah sticker on my snowboard and helmet always. The IOC
however, consider Sarah stickers "a political statement" and have banned
them. WOW. Sarah is a beautiful, talented, powerful women, who's spirit
inspires me still. She is a big reason why skier pipe/slope are now
Olympic events."
IOC spokesman Mark Adams said the organization
has "huge sympathy" for friends of athletes who died performing their
craft but that the organization doesn't consider it appropriate to
acknowledge it within the competition.
"Absolutely we want to help
the athletes to remember her in some way, so there's all sorts of
things we can do," Adams said. "For example, we can help them if they
want to have a press conference in various places we can organize
something individually or collectively. We really feel that and think
she's an important person to be remembered.
"From our side we'd
say the competitions themselves, which are a place of celebration, are
not the right place in our opinion to really do that and we kind of like
to keep that separate but we absolutely will support any kind of
remembrance the athletes want to do."
Of course. Commercialization (by having brand names on your equipment), yes. 'Politics' (since when is an athlete killed in a skiing accident 'politics'?), no.
Oh wait. Of course. It's not hard to figure out why the IOC said no to Torah Bright (aside from her name). If they allowed her to commemorate Burke, someone might want to commemorate those pesky 11 Israelis who were murdered at the 1972 Munich games....
Labels: International Olympic Committee, Munich Olympic massacre, Winter Olympics
Oh my: Black widow Muslim suicide bomber may already be in Sochi
Chechen bombers apparently have a thing for sports events.
As you might recall, last April, two Chechen brothers set off two bombs at the Boston Marathon, killing five people and wounding hundreds of others.
Now, reports indicate that a 'black widow' Muslim suicide bomber from the same Dagestan region of Chechnya is reportedly in Sochi threatening the upcoming winter olympics.
Let's go to the videotape.
More after the video (Hat Tip:
Memeorandum).
Police in Sochi have launched an urgent search for a possible female
suicide bomber who may have already made it past the ring of security
set up for the Olympic Games.
Hotel employees in Sochi told ABC News that posters with pictures and
descriptions of a 22-year-old woman from nearby Dagestan were
distributed over the weekend by authorities and a similar flyer was also
seen posted at Sochi's airport.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Olympic Committee reacted to the revelation
by saying that the safety of Team USA is their "top priority."
"As is always the case, we are working with the U.S. Department of
State, the local organizers and the relevant law enforcement agencies in
an effort to ensure that our delegation and other Americans traveling
to Sochi are safe," spokesperson Patrick Sandusky said.
The woman featured on the wanted posters is identified as Ruzanna
Ibragimova, using the nickname Salima, the widow of a militant
reportedly killed in a shoot-out with police last year in Dagestan.
She is described as being affiliated with the Caucasus Emirate, the
terror group led by Doku Umarov that has threatened attacks against the
Winter Games in Sochi.
Ibragimova is described as having a 10 centimeter scar across the left
cheek, a pronounced limp, and a stiff left arm that doesn't bend at the
elbow.
Until the world takes Islamic terrorism seriously and stops pretending that it's something else, the world will continue to suffer from terror attacks.
Labels: Boston Marathon, Chechnya, Islamic terrorism, Winter Olympics
Messiah's times? Russia buying snow from Israel
The timing on
this announcement - which is apparently real - cannot be beat.
Russia will purchase snow from Israel for Sochi Olympic Games, internet
television Piter.tv informs.
According to the spreading news, Russia is going to buy snow-making
equipment from one of Israeli firms for appropriate snow cover for Sochi
Olympics in 2014.
The president of Russia’s ski association has already visited Israel for negotiations.
The
internet television site informs that in recent years, due to global
warming, all of Europe’s ski resorts more frequently buy snow making
equipment from Israel.
That's it: All BDS'ers off the ski slopes! Heh.
Labels: BDS, Georgia, Israeli high tech, Russia, snow, Winter Olympics
A sad day for Lindsey Vonn
American Lindsey Vonn has had to forfeit her Gold Medal.
The International Olympic Committee announced today that it has taken back the gold medal previously awarded to American skier Lindsey Vonn and given it to U.S. President Barack Obama.
Olympic officials said Obama deserved the medal more than Vonn because no one has ever gone downhill faster than he has.
Heh (Hat Tip:
Stephen D).
Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, humor, Lindsey Vonn, Winter Olympics
