The Lounge 2

[Signman]

Trivia:
During the 2012 London Games, the Olympic Village required 165,000 towels for a bit more than two weeks of activity.

Now is this because of incessant rain or what?

Don't know mate, sounds really intriguing though.

 

[looker-on]

What is the story behind the Jamaican bob sleigh team and their participation in the 1988 Winter Olympics?

Heating the runners?

 

[looker-on]

Trivia:
During the 2012 London Games, the Olympic Village required 165,000 towels for a bit more than two weeks of activity.

Now is this because of incessant rain or what?

Was it sheer waste because they didn't expect anybody to use a towel twice as in many hotels?

 

[Richie]

Heating the runners?

George B. Fitch, who was the Commercial Attache for the American embassy in Kingston from 1985-86, suggested that Jamaica should begin competing in the Winter Olympics and is quoted as saying, "You got great athletes and a great athlete should be able to do any sport."[4] After seeing a local pushcart derby, Fitch and businessman William Maloney proposed the idea of a Jamaican bobsleigh team as it played well to the strengths of Jamaicans in sprinting.

 

[Richie]

Who is this:

 

[Signman]

Is she a freestyle swimmer.

 

[looker-on]

Those deep-set eyes. Dara Torres?

 

[Richie]

Those deep-set eyes. Dara Torres?

Good work Thomas. She attended no fewer than 6 Olympiads and medalled in most.

 

[looker-on]

Good work Thomas. She attended no fewer than 6 Olympiads and medalled in most.

Yes, that's why you couldn't avoid noticing her sooner or later.

 

[looker-on]

Who might this be?

Guido Cedani (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

 

[Richie]

Who might this be?
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Guido Cedani (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Is he German.

 

[looker-on]

Is he German.

No, Ukrainian. He was a famous sprinter and once thought to be the "white hope" amidst black competitors.

 

[Signman]

Don't know... only other white bloke that I can think of that was a great sprinter was Allan Wells from the UK.

 

[looker-on]

OK, that guy was Valeriy Borzov.

 

[Signman]

 

[Richie]

OK, that guy was Valeriy Borzov.

I did not know him either. Recall Allan Wells Pete.. wasn't he Irish or was it Welsh.

 

[Signman]

Pretty sure Allan Wells was Scottish Craig.

 

[Richie]

Pretty sure Allan Wells was Scottish Craig.

Spot on Pete. Born in Edinburgh.

 

[Signman]

 

[Signman]

Who is this.