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[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Eric Heiden took 5 gold medals in the 1980 winter Olympics for speed
skating.  He also competed in bicycling after that.  I remember watching
one of his races in the mid 1980s in which the commentator, speaking
about how the first cyclist in a group would "draft" for the ones
following, said Heiden was "breaking wind for the ones who followed."

Not up there with kissing balls, but funny to me at the time.

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> http://www.snopes.com/humor/lists/olympics.asp
> "None of these quotes originated with the 2004 Olympics in Athens,
> however -- similar lists with somewhat differently-worded entries
> attributed to other people (and featuring some non-Olympic sports)
> were circulating as far back as 1999, particularly in Australia during
> the run-up to the 2000 Olympics in Sydney."
>
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Victor Steinbok
<aardvark66 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > This is trending viral on Google+ (and possibly elsewhere):
> >
> > > Top 9 Comments made by commentators at the 2004 Olympics
> > >
> > > Here are the top nine comments made by NBC sports commentators
during
> > > the Summer Olympics that they would like to take back:
> > >
> > > 1. Weightlifting commentator: "This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I
saw
> > > her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing."
> > >
> > > 2. Dressage commentator: "This is really a lovely horse and I
speak
> > > from personal experience since I once mounted her mother."
> > >
> > > 3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: "I owe a lot to my parents, especially my
mother
> > > and father."
> > >
> > > 4. Boxing Analyst: "Sure there have been injuries, and even some
deaths
> > > in boxing, but none of them really that serious."
> > >
> > > 5. Softball announcer: "If history repeats itself, I should think
we
> > > can expect the same thing again."
> > >
> > > 6. Basketball analyst: "He dribbles a lot and the opposition
doesn't
> > > like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces."
> > >
> > > 7. At the rowing medal ceremony: "Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of
the
> > > IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew."
> > >
> > > 8. Soccer commentator: "Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like
they've
> > > got eleven Dicks on the field."
> > >
> > > 9. Tennis commentator: "One of the reasons Andy is playing so well
is
> > > that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and
kisses
> > > them... Oh my God, what have I just said?"
> > >
> > > Here are more excellent accidental jokes from sports commentators:
> > > http://bit.ly/MMiYBa
> > >
> > > #Sillyness
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