tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post34709977753276803..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Korean wins gold in speed skatingmatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-26349781802861705852010-02-23T15:53:43.901+09:002010-02-23T15:53:43.901+09:00The four-skater wipeout you discussed is particula...The four-skater wipeout you discussed is particularly famous in Australia, because that wipeout directly contributed to our first-ever gold medal in the Winter Olympics. Indeed the name 'Steven Bradbury' has become synonymous with success attained through the failure of others; for example winning a game by default because the other team failed to show up on time. "Looks like we just pulled a Bradbury."<br /><br />Just a little trivia.baekgom84https://www.blogger.com/profile/10946430337992708995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-7936831531415367492010-02-22T11:46:31.169+09:002010-02-22T11:46:31.169+09:00You can find the picture in this report on AES goi...You can find the picture in <a href="http://kushibo.blogspot.com/2010/02/aes-will-bring-crackdown-to-vancouver.html" rel="nofollow">this report on AES going to the low-quality English teacher source itself</a>, Vancouver. ;)<br /><br />Is the woman Korean? Well, <a href="http://www.outsports.com/forums/index.php?s=d4ea68ac39c4edb768dfbe74312a4040&showtopic=41914&view=findpost&p=392825" rel="nofollow">some have speculated it's Michelle Kwan</a>.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-54934613868549864352010-02-21T21:10:57.044+09:002010-02-21T21:10:57.044+09:00Scotty Lago getting his medal kissed by a Korean f...Scotty Lago getting his medal kissed by a Korean female(below the waist...<br />http://www.tmz.com/tag/scotty+lago/<br /><br />Is this worse than Englishspectrum gate? He doesn't teach English on the side does he?<br /><br />If Scotty Lago was half Japanese can you imagine what would happen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-2928039359125802262010-02-21T21:01:30.633+09:002010-02-21T21:01:30.633+09:00Sorry, here it is...
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT...Sorry, here it is...<br />http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/02/20/lago.snowboard.pictures/index.html<br /><br />I saw a tv report/picture and she looked Asian, could be Korean. I think the pic is being hidden, must be a very important female kissing Scotty Lago's bronze medal below his waist. He has left the Vancouver voluntarily.<br />Congrats, Apolo Anton Ohno for doing something no Korean short track skater will ever do!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-50578433006398279612010-02-21T20:28:11.534+09:002010-02-21T20:28:11.534+09:00Is the woman Korean, I can't find the pic on t...Is the woman Korean, I can't find the pic on the net now but I saw a tv report and she looked asian...?<br />http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/02/20/lago.snowboard.pictures/index.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-48329979492300449022010-02-18T23:01:00.627+09:002010-02-18T23:01:00.627+09:00Exit86,
Yes, what is Korea doing in the Winter Oly...Exit86,<br />Yes, what is Korea doing in the Winter Olympics anyway? They compete year after year in the same events.<br /><br />The men are too masculine to compete in figure skating whether with a partner(dance) or alone, and too feminine to compete in downhill skiing, not to mention the game of hockey.<br /><br />Is there any Koreans competing in snowboarding/halfpipe?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-85090512596183778342010-02-18T21:52:58.084+09:002010-02-18T21:52:58.084+09:00Such silliness over something the rest of the worl...Such silliness over something the rest of the world couldn't care less about. What the heck is short track speed skating anyway???<br />Looks to me like a bunch of dorks<br />dressed up like blue Kermit the Frogs on ice. Let's put those boys in a hockey ring and see who survives!Kamizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10821079570827821359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-71052251144062468762010-02-18T08:39:13.984+09:002010-02-18T08:39:13.984+09:00This is probably a reason Samsung and Lee, Kun-hee...This is probably a reason Samsung and Lee, Kun-hee can do anything they want in the eyes of the IOC...<br />http://www.olympic.org/en/content/The-IOC/Members/Ms-Anita-L-DEFRANTZ/?articleNewsGroup=-1&articleId=76859<br />Let my quote an excerpt..."And for the first time ever, Samsung makes the WOW technology platform available to the general public for Vancouver 2010 allowing fans from around the world to download and install the Public WOW Application to receive up-to-the-minute information, including real-time Games progress,<br />medal standings and more on their Samsung mobile phones."<br /><br />I'll have to go into my local LG Telecom store in Seoul and see if I can get "up-to-the-minute information," in English? Someone might think there isn't a connection between LG and Samsung but when I had a problem with my phone in the past I had to go to a Samsung service center to get it fixed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-52723085765510970622010-02-17T17:34:02.904+09:002010-02-17T17:34:02.904+09:00Nice point bringing up the reference to Koreans...Nice point bringing up the reference to Koreans' general Olympic behavior and the boxing incident.<br /><br />Shouldn't they be happy that they took the gold? Here's my two cents on my <a href="http://bennosgg.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/apollo-ohno-koreans-hate-that-guy/" rel="nofollow">Korea/America blog.</a><br /><br />Cheers.camp0400https://www.blogger.com/profile/08147502853082438341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-91115496148037258192010-02-17T12:23:52.290+09:002010-02-17T12:23:52.290+09:00The Korean short track teams should be banned, if ...The Korean short track teams should be banned, if not, the entire event should be. Korea usually dominates/wins most medals but still whines and crys almost constantly during events no matter what. It's time for the IOC to act. Why isn't more attention brought upon male coaches beating teenage Olympic hopefuls/athletes? Of course the link below isn't the first time this has happened...<br />http://www.cbssports.com/olympics/story/7877340Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-45953633451446349992010-02-17T01:17:00.672+09:002010-02-17T01:17:00.672+09:00Weirdo dude in toronto. Where is Zanta now?<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByebGXKVDe0&feature=related" rel="nofollow">Weirdo dude in toronto</a>. Where is Zanta now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-83132455812836212922010-02-16T20:57:08.920+09:002010-02-16T20:57:08.920+09:00I'm interested to see Lee Jung Su's commen...I'm interested to see Lee Jung Su's comments on this race.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14874034304338002691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-43231559815501667172010-02-16T19:13:05.358+09:002010-02-16T19:13:05.358+09:00Calling for International Olympic Committee Crimin...Calling for International Olympic Committee Criminal Record Checks on people like Lee, Kun-hee(former Chairman/CEO of Samsung) who are allowed to participate in Olympic Medal Ceremonies.<br />http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/12/116_58119.html<br />Apolo Anton Ohno and J.R. Celski were both let down by the United States Olympic Committe(USOC) and the International Olympic Committee(IOC). I couldn’t believe it when I saw Lee, Kun-hee walk out and give flowers or whatever he gave to the 3 medal winners of the 1500m Short Track Race. After all the hard work Olympic athletes put in they get awarded by having a big-time criminal come out and give you something/shake your hand etc…Appalling, I’m calling for people to contact their homeland Olympic Committee and the IOC http://www.teamusa.org/contact_us/ngb<br />Or an IOC member i.e.<br />http://www.olympic.org/en/content/The-IOC/Members/Ms-Anita-L-DEFRANTZ/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-34070668441333228492010-02-16T09:15:36.131+09:002010-02-16T09:15:36.131+09:00The incident so enraged Koreans that some say he c...<i><b>The incident so enraged Koreans that some say he contributed to instigating anti-American sentiment in South Korea.</b></i> <br /><br />I think it was a symptom of, not a cause of, the anti-American sentiment that was going on in 2002. It was just a perfect storm crap, precipitated in particular by the "Axis of Evil" comment which had a lot of Koreans <i>freaked out</i> that there would be a war with North Korea — started by the Bush. <br /><br /><i><b>but then considering the reliance of the media on what netizens (who could all be the same person, for all we know - that's not really an exaggeration of how the internet panic that fanned the 2008 Mad Cow protests came to be) </b></i> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/03/09/super-comment-tribe-driving-korean-cyber-opinion-joongang/" rel="nofollow">How right this may be</a>:<br /><br /><i>During that period, 41,944,832 people visited Naver News. Of these, 350,545, or 0.84 percent, left at least one comment. This means that less than one person in a 100 who read a piece of news leaves a comment. And of those that left comments, the 11,878 members of the “Super-Comment Tribe,” who write on average over 70 comments a month, left 2,212,813 of the 4,373,306 comments that were left during the 10-day period. In other words, they were responsible for 50.6 percent of the total comments from the survey period. The Super-Comment Tribe might make up only 3.4 percent of commenters, but they form the “hub” that manufactures Internet opinion. Yonsei University psychology professor Hwang Sn-min said, “That comments are driven by a minority of netizens means it’s hard to consider them representative of Internet opinion.”</i><br /><br />At any rate, the KT report notwithstanding (and Brian got it very wrong with part of his criticism about Yonhap and KT, I think most Koreans who care about this are mostly pointing the finger at 이호석, not 오노.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-20891584907166540112010-02-16T07:34:20.959+09:002010-02-16T07:34:20.959+09:00They took down the video.They took down the video.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com