Yeah what strategy, what skill, what cunning, everyone knows that when
the money is split between the favourites, bet on the long shot.
----- Original Message -----
From: Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, February 18, 2002 9:39 am
Subject: Re: Ice Dreams
> You beat me to the punch, Josephine. I was going to bask in a
> little reflected glory. For those behind on the story, Australia's
> first ever Winter Olympics Gold came when every other competitor in
> the skates final fell over, leaving only the hapless Australian
> standing. He was otherwise skating very last. But it gets better...
> his luck held all the way through the semi finals (where two people
> fell down in front of him, getting him into the finals and gold medal
> glory) and the quarter finals (where he came third, but went to
> second place and the semis when the original 2nd was disqualified).
>
> It's one of the funniest things I've ever seen. And will no doubt
> pass into folklore...
>
> Best
>
> A
>
> >Now _this_ is poetry
> >
> >(poetry in motion?)
> >
> >http://theicedream.i7.com.au/
> >
> >
> >I quote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On five laps to go
> > H.G.: "You were at the rear of the field
> >here, what were you
> > thinking Steven?"
> > Steven: "Well I went in with the same
> >plan as the
> > semi-final, which was to sit at the back
> >and hope that there
> > were a lot of collisions."
> > H.G.: "And here you are, following that
> >plan to absolute
> > perfection. You've got three laps to go,
> >are you still thinking
> > anything can happen?"
> > Steven: "No, I'm thinking my legs are
> >hurting and I'm
> > probably going to finish fifth."
> > H.G.: "You seem to be dropping off here,
> >but none of us had
> > given up hope on you because it's short
> >track and you're in
> > the final. You come to two laps to go and
> >it does look as if
> > your race might be over, but noooooo.
> >Here we go. Your
> > pedal to the metal, there goes a bit of
> >argy bargy, the
> > Canadian's out, Ohno's out, and look
> >who's there."
> >
> > On the competition
> > Roy: "Were you tempted, Steve, to stop
> >and help them up?"
> >
> > H.G.: "And if that was the case, you
> >wouldn't have had the
> > momentum or the ability to stop before
> >you crossed the line,
> > you would have had to crossed the line
> >pull up and go back
> > and pull them across the line. How did it
> >feel when all that
> > happened in front of you?"
> > Steven: "It was very scary, I guess.
> >Everyone went down in
> > front of me and I was like, 'Oh my God, I
> >think I just won'."
>
> --
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