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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThose British gymnasts will be drinking free pints
for years to come. First team medal (a silver) in men's for 80 years.
Whoops - they got the Bronze after an appeal by the Japanese team was upheld. Still, jolly good and all that.
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Those British gymnasts will be drinking free pints (Original Post)
hifiguy
Jul 2012
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Mike Eruzione probably hasn't had to pay for a beer since 1980 when he captained
brewens
Jul 2012
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brewens
(13,621 posts)1. Mike Eruzione probably hasn't had to pay for a beer since 1980 when he captained
our gold medal hockey team. I'd still buy him one for that! I never liked sending our pro athletes to the games. I think we should have stuck with the college guys at least in basketball. It's so much more awesome when they pull one off.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)2. Poor Ukrainians, they got booted from the podium when Japan appealed.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)3. Not as many as the Brazilians
Do you have any idea how many is a Brazilian?
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)4. Subjective sports should not even be in Olympics
n/t
GodlessBiker
(6,314 posts)5. Wow. That would cut out a lot.
Winter Olympics, too? All skating (except speed skating)?