Comments on: The Quick 10: 10 Incidents (Other Than Boycotts) That Shook the Olympics

By: Alan G

Alan G — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:00:14 +0000

What about “1936 – IOC awards Olympics to Nazi Germany”?

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:47:30 +0000

The murder of 11 people =/= Tonya Harding. You can do better.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:38:55 +0000

The list in in chronological order, not in “most shocking” order.

Wasn’t it the ’84 Olympics when American runner Mary Decker got tripped — maybe accidentally, maybe not — by Zola Budd? For some reasons those names are still in my memory all these years later.

By: C Bird

C Bird — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:47:31 +0000

I wonder what the odds are of Prague hosting an Olympics any time in the near future. I work in a hotel here and the closest an Olympics was to this city was in Turin in 2006.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:47:18 +0000

How is murdering 11 people not the no. 1 most shocking or “shakiest”?

By: å…‹èŽ±å¤«

å…‹èŽ±å¤« — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:19:27 +0000

. . how many repeats of number 8 are we likely to see this year?

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:41:04 +0000

Clicking to your horse is illegal in dressage (the non-jumping sport). Its easier to teach a horse to go forward from a verbal command / noise than a muscle cue. You have to communicate to the horse with body language only. However, if you are jumping your horse you can yell, sing, or talk as much as you like to your horse.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:37:45 +0000

I might also bring up the Paul Hamm accounting scandal in 2004, the bombing in 1996, and the eternal second of the 1972 basketball final vs. Russia.

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:35:41 +0000

Clicking to your horse is illegal in the sport of dressage (the none-jumping sport). The horse must obey your body signals – not verbal. Its very easy to teach a horse to go faster from a clicking noise, but much harder to get him to obey a slight muscle tension. However, you can click, yell, or talk as much as you want to your horse if you are jumping.

By: kani

kani — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:27:31 +0000

Jen, yes you are right about Tanya Harding. The Olympic Committee let her skate after being threatened by a lawsuit(the wimps). The showdown between Harding and Kerrigan got HUGE ratings and ignited a big interest in Women’s Figure Skating. Ultimately, Oksana Baiul won the gold and Nancy Kerrigan came across as a bit of spoiled brat. Cameras caught her making snide comments about Baiul when the medal ceremony was delayed. The ceremony was delayed because no one had expected Baiul to win and they couldn’t find the music for the Ukrainian national anthem.