senortout
02-16-2010, 12:36 PM
excerpt from Winter Olympic events, copied from today's news sources, follows............
The surface here has been carved up more by the skaters’ tongues than their skate blades. They have variously described it as “humbling” and “worker ice” because of its frostiness, painting a picture of a course perhaps better suited for plow horses than thoroughbreds. After the first event, the men’s 5,000 meters on Saturday, the United States Coach, Derek Parra, said he planned to ask that the ice be resurfaced twice (instead of once) during the two longest events, the men’s 10,000 meters and the women’s 5,000 meters, to stave off frost buildup.
The slow ice, he said, can prove a great equalizer, allowing stronger, heavier skaters to bull their way to the top of the podium.
wow.....I didn't know there was parimutuel wagering on these events.....
senortout
The surface here has been carved up more by the skaters’ tongues than their skate blades. They have variously described it as “humbling” and “worker ice” because of its frostiness, painting a picture of a course perhaps better suited for plow horses than thoroughbreds. After the first event, the men’s 5,000 meters on Saturday, the United States Coach, Derek Parra, said he planned to ask that the ice be resurfaced twice (instead of once) during the two longest events, the men’s 10,000 meters and the women’s 5,000 meters, to stave off frost buildup.
The slow ice, he said, can prove a great equalizer, allowing stronger, heavier skaters to bull their way to the top of the podium.
wow.....I didn't know there was parimutuel wagering on these events.....
senortout