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Biggest steal of the Olympics
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12/02/2002 01:46:13
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Sports
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Olympics
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>They skated for gold. The crowd gave them gold. It was a perfect run for 4 minutes and 30 seconds. They knew that had it.
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>...technically, they should had it.
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>As commented on national TV, it's probably the worst decision ever made on figure skating. I never seen such a ridiculous decision.
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>People are crying here and there across the country. The national TV will continue to talk about it for weeks. To us, they are the champions. They're just no question about it. Especially when the pair who won the gold made 3 mistakes in their run compare to a perfect run by the Canadian team who ended up with the silver in result of this unbelievable decision.
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>To us, Sale and Pelletier are true champions. Congratulations!

I feel for you Michel. I have seen this time and time again in baseball where one bad call decides the game. But the difference between baseball and the olympics is that in baseball the next day they go play again. With the olympics it will be four years before another try can be made.

The phrase 'I think you have been hosed' comes to mind.
Bret Hobbs

"We'd have been called juvenile delinquents only our neighborhood couldn't afford a sociologist." Bob Hope
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