02-11-2010, 18:06
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Military Olympians: Solider Shoots for Olympic First
Military Olympians: Solider Shoots for Olympic First
http://www.defense.gov//News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=57932
"SOLDIER HOLLOW, Utah, Feb. 11, 2010 – Army Sgt. Jeremy Teela has returned to the site of the best performance of his three-time Olympic career with sights set on becoming the first U.S. biathlete ever to win an Olympic medal........"
Go ARMY!
Curling anyone? The chicks are..........
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02-11-2010, 20:18
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That is very cool, and what a beautiful rifle!
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02-11-2010, 21:34
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I'm curious how the Europeans, especially from the Alps countries, are so unbeatable for the Americans.
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02-11-2010, 22:59
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European Biathletes
It's the pool of talent they can choose from. There may only be a few thousand biathelets in the US but biathlons in Europe are one of the most popular televised winter sports. Millions of people will watch a big race and kids actually want to grow up and be biathletes.
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02-12-2010, 11:45
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There are lugers from the AF in this Olympics. If I remember correctly a two man team, a female on a two person team, and another guy on a four man team. They just had a big write up about them, and the Biathelete in the latest AF Times.
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02-12-2010, 12:18
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Quote:
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That is very cool, and what a beautiful rifle!
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Agree. Very few things in life approach the beauty of a good match rifle. Very few things…
Ahhhhh……. 
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02-12-2010, 14:05
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And then you have the Canadians.... eh?
Canadian Female Biathletes
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02-12-2010, 21:29
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Here's a good site for the biathlon info at the games, better than the NBC one. I've seen that calendar by the way. It's very nice.
http://w w w.vancouver2010.com/olympic-biathlon/
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02-13-2010, 12:58
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Go Army!
Curling. Seriously. It's so not a sport. 
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02-13-2010, 13:21
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Ok, I could do a freaking biathalon. Sign me up. Do you think one of those ladies might teach me how to cross-country ski? 
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02-13-2010, 13:34
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Best of luck to all of our athletes.
Pretty cool to Soldiers representing the US in the Olympics.
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02-13-2010, 13:46
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This is the only winter Olympic sport I care about and I don't think NBC is going to broadcast it.
Seeing as how Biathalon was originaly a military sport, military rifles should be required for competition.
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02-13-2010, 13:49
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Curling. Seriously. It's so not a sport. |
More of a sport then figure skating and nordic combine. 
I need to date one of those female curling sweepers..... I bet she could clean my house like a demon.
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02-13-2010, 17:36
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Curling. Seriously. It's so not a sport. |
I’d rather watch curling than this wall-to-wall in-studio talking personalities coverage that NBC is putting up in the place of actual Olympic events. They’re repeating a profile piece in which a US Women’s hockey player gets a bucket full of cookies.
Biathlon is getting little mention. Magdelena Neuner missed gold in the 7.5 km Sprint by 1.5 seconds.
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02-13-2010, 18:10
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Competitive sweeping is serious business! 
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