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[edit. "unprecedented": aksherly, it's the 4th time double-gold has been awarded)
Really?? Wow. Have you a link?
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Oh I wish I had Bean's number we'd celebrate with a big Canadian yahoo!!!
Seriously, I've never seen so many Canadians in such a tizzy. Well, as much as Canadians can be in a tizzy. Strongly worded letters were being sent out and people were quite angry, well maybe not angry but definitely miffed, well o.k. not miffed, grumpy, politely grumpy, oh all right...I did hear my Granny say "dang it" on Wednesday.
All kidding aside guys, thanks for the support. We had so many people from all over the world cheering us on it was heartwarming.
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really? have you got a link?No, it's just a mention in the Netscape Homepage news story. It is the fourth time the IOC has awarded a second gold medal.There's a search for a rainy day! 
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I read of one such case:
There was such an award in synchronized swimming at the 1992 Olympics, when Canada's Sylvie Frechette was belatedly awarded a gold medal after it was learned a judge made a mistake entering his mark into a computerized scoring system. The correct score would have left Frechette tied with the original gold medalist, Kristen Babb-Sprague of the U.S.
[verbatim; text easily found by google]
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In the 1932 Olympics, Stella Walsh won the 100-meter spint over Canadian sprinter Hilda Strike. However, in 1980 Stella Walsh was killed during a robbery and at the coroner's inquest, "it appeared that Stella was an anatomically correct male."
When Hilda Strike was reached for comment, she was asked if she felt she deserved the gold, or if she would pursue the issue with the International Olympic Committee. No, Hilda replied, I don't think so. When we went out on the track that day, I accepted that field and raced against them. That was what happened that day.
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>Yeah, looks like a second gold medal will be awarded, so as not to strip the Russian pair of theirs.
what a two-faced, weak-kneed response.
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tsuwm: what a two-faced, weak-kneed response.
I fully agree with you, tswum, that its proper to make a vigorous, tumultuous response to injustice, even a seditious one (as here) if necessary. I'm pleased you can be so worked up about such a matter.
Query how that relates to
tsuwm: it's generally fruitless to argue about values, be it ... the latest test match unless it's just for the sake of argument, which ... searching not seditiously for intent
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Just announced : the gold will be awarded to Sale and Pelletier at the end of the figure skating competition.
Hope they get the anthem and all the bells and whistles! Heard an interview with Sale and Pelletier in which Sale said she missed having the medal and the National Anthem at the time.
New judges for the pairs event ... suspect French female judge (allegedly "pressured") is suspended.
AU CANADAHOORAH!
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max,
if the voting by one judge was unduly influenced, and if I were Olympic tsar (or czar) [someone is], I would throw out that judge's vote, recalculate the scores, and award the medals accordingly. but then, nothing is simple.
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