Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Those Were the Days - A Look at Colombian Cycling Today


Rigoberto Uran gave Colombia it's 12th medal in Olympic competition history.

There’s little doubt that Colombian cycling has had their best year in recent history. Miguel Ángel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli), Carlos Betancur (Acqua & Sapone), Cayetano Sarmiento (Liquigas), Nairo Quintana (Movistar), Fabio Duarte and Darwin Atapuma (Colombia-Coldeportes), and Sergio Henao (Team Sky) all had great seasons.

But the real star of Colombian cycling this year was, of course, Team Sky’s Rigoberto Uran. The young Colombian had an outstanding Volta a Catalunya, where he won a stage, he took the young riders' classification in the Giro d’Italia, he gave Colombia a silver medal in the London Olympics and toped off the season with a victory in  the Giro del Piemonte and a podium in Lombardia.

Monday, July 30, 2012

Let's play a game: Olympic Athlete or convicted felon?

In the spirit of the Olympics, let's play a fun game I named OLYMPIAN OR FELON?

It's easy to play and it's intended for the whole family. Except gramma, cuz she smells funny.

I have posted a series of pictures and you will guess if the individuals in the images are successful, celebrated Olympic cyclists, or convicted felons. Write down your best guess and check the answers all the way at the bottom. Feel free to post your results in the comments section. Good luck!


a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

g.

h.

i.

j.

k.

l.

m.

n.

o.


Scroll down to see the answers.














ANSWERS:

a. Olympian
Laura Brown (Canada)
Women's Team Pursuit

b. Olympian
Hersony Canelon (Venezuela)
Men's Team Sprint
Men's Sprint
Men's Keirin

c. Felon
Collin Campbell (San Diego, CA)
20 years for child pornography

d. Olympian
Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
Men's Sprint
Men's Keirin

e. Felon
Lance N. Anderson (Springfield, MO)
Shot a police officer

f. Felon
Bradley Gellert (Tampa, FL)
Felony domestic battery by strangulation.

g. Olympian.
Judith Arndt (Germany)
Women's Individual Time Trial
Women's Road Race
Women's Team Pursuit

h. Felon
Jennifer Delfrome (Garden City, IA)
Assault with a deadly weapon

i. Olympian
Jack Bobridge (Australia)
Men's Omnium
Men's Team Pursuit

j. Felon
Terry Antonio Smith (Jacksonville, FL)
Three counts of first-degree murder

k. Felon
Mark Gonzalez (Boise, ID)
Aggravated assault

l. Olympian
Malgorzata Wojtyra (Poland)
Women's Omnium

m. Olympian
Shane Archbold (New Zealand)
Men's Omnium

n. Felon
Stephen Howard (Topeka, KS)
Larceny by embezzlement

o. Olympian
Sergey Borisov (Russia)
Men's Keirin
Men's Team Sprint