A country that takes sports a little too seriously
March 2, 2010 3 Comments
Amazingly it’s not America this time.
We have 35 people on the hockey team. Let’s go to Red Square and dispatch with them all.
-Vyacheslav Bykov, coach of Russia’s Olympic hockey team
Those who are responsible for training for the Olympics must take responsibility. They must have the courage to submit their resignation. And if they do not have this resolve, we will help them.
-Dmitri Medvedev, president
I would not have survived gym class in Russia. Ironically, I derive around three-quarters of my ancestry from there.
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Maybe, instead of worrying about hockey, Medvedev (and Putin)should focus on bringing democracy and real (rather than crony) capitalism to Russia. . .
i guess he’s forgetting about the proverbial no “i” in “team”
hehe