brem writes / asks Is 25 Medals Goal For Canada Realistic? and has a dPoll going. Well, at first I immediately went there and clicked YES (naturally – Go Canada Go!) .. but then I got to thinking ..
25 Medals for Canada? Where are we going to get 25 medals?
I should say that in my general community of friends and online contacts, sure – we are proud of ALL our Canadian Athletes (maybe a little more with the 5 Winnipeggers in Torino) and we are quite happy if they just perform to the best of their abilities to …read more

I mentioned in an earlier post titled “Greetings From The Curling Tag” .. that there are 13 “NOC”’s (National Olympic Committees) competing in Olympic Curling games.
Here’s a little more “Curling 101” information that might be of interest to you!
* There are 13 NOC’s competing in the 2006 Olympics. They are:
CAN – Canada; GBR – Great Britain; ITA – Italy; NOR – Norway; SUI – Switzerland; SWE – Sweden; USA – United States
The above 7 countries have both Men and Women’s curling teams competing. In addition to that, there are 3 additional countries / NOC competing so each Men’s and …read more

In an event missing nearly 12 athletes for blood doping, Kristina Smigun won Estonia’s first gold of these Olympic Games.
Kristina Smigun of Estonia skated to gold in the women’s 15-kilometer pursuit Sunday, the first cross-country event since 12 athletes were suspended from the sport for failed blood tests.
World Cup leader and favorite Marit Bjorgen of Norway dropped out before the midway point of the race with a stomach problem.
The field was also without Salt Lake City gold medalist Evi Sachenbacher of Germany, one of the skiers suspended this week for high levels of hemoglobin in their blood.
“It was a clean …read more