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Feb. 19th, 2002 09:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jazzfishSkeleton racing in the Olympics (requires registration with the NY Times site)
it's a lot like luge. only more dangerous.
"At one news conference, a reporter asked [US team member Jim] Shea why he had called the sport the 'Champagne of Thrills.' He said that was not what he said. 'Actually, I call bobsled the "Champagne of Thrills,"' he said. 'Skeleton is the "Moonshine of Thrills."'"
"[US team member Lincoln] Dewitt remembers his first run, in 1997. He remembers approaching a curve and thinking, 'I have no concept of the physics that are about to be involved.'"
busy yesterday, and must go to class soon. will report on weekend later.
it's a lot like luge. only more dangerous.
"At one news conference, a reporter asked [US team member Jim] Shea why he had called the sport the 'Champagne of Thrills.' He said that was not what he said. 'Actually, I call bobsled the "Champagne of Thrills,"' he said. 'Skeleton is the "Moonshine of Thrills."'"
"[US team member Lincoln] Dewitt remembers his first run, in 1997. He remembers approaching a curve and thinking, 'I have no concept of the physics that are about to be involved.'"
busy yesterday, and must go to class soon. will report on weekend later.
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Date: 2002-02-19 06:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-02-19 11:10 am (UTC)http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/sport_explainers/skeleton_events/