Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/16

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Subject: [Leica] OT (Totally): Netherlands and swimming and the Olympics
From: kargue at sympatico.ca (Kevin Argue)
Date: Mon Aug 16 05:53:28 2004

Adam- Greg is right if you want general Olympic coverage you need to turn to
CBC in Canada. NBC and Costas will give you biased coverage that includes
excuses and apologies for their performances and it will be tape delayed.
CBC broadcasts throughout the day.

Kevin Argue
Canada

> From: Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 22:07:41 -0700
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] OT (Totally): Netherlands and swimming and the Olympics
> 
> I'm thrilled to see the Netherlands continuing to gain ground as a
> world swimming power.
> 
> Perhaps someone on this list can tell me how this came about? It's a
> joy to watch the skill and technique and the excellent conditioning.
> 
> I follow swimming, not as a fan but as a swimming official in the US.
> My interest in the sport isn't very nationally oriented - I just like
> to watch people excel.
> 
> So if there's some insight you might add, I'd sure enjoy it.
> 
> I'll add that I was priviledged to have one of this year's South
> African gold-medal winning relay team in the 4 x 100 freestyle relay
> share Thanksgiving at our house 4 years ago (before he was a power.)
> It's fun to have that connection.
> 
> I also like watching the Olympics without the Cold War politics. I
> only wish I saw more general competition and not so much a focus on
> the US teams. Perhaps it works that way in every country though?
> 
> Adam
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