2010 Winter Olympics thread

[Tadao]

Chris Rudge, the CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee, plopped down at his daily morning media briefing here and got right to it.

“We’re going to have questions about Own the Podium,” he acknowledged. He then launched into an unprompted five-minute defense of the $118 million government-funded albatross on the Canadian team.

The much hyped program declared that the Canadians would win the total medal count at the Vancouver Games – a boast that was not just bold but struck many as rather un-Canadian.

[Colonel Flagg]

Originally Posted by Tadao

“We’re going to have questions about Own the Podium,” [Canadian Olympic Committee CEO Chris Rudge] acknowledged. He then launched into an unprompted five-minute defense of the $118 million government-funded albatross on the Canadian team.

The best quotation I saw came from Canadian columnist Cam Cole - "... we've essentially Blown The Podium".

EDIT: At least the podium was happy.