Canada stomp US in Women's Hockey at Winter Olympics but...
Canada stomped US 2-0 on Women's Ice Hockey today, but that was far from the story. The real story was the celebrations that took place after the victory. The Canadians women were seen smoking cigars and drinking alcohol in their celebrations after fans had left the stadium, which is a breach of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) rules. In fact one of the women were under the age permitted for alcohol consumption in Alberta, which is 19 years old.
However, we are already hearing that this type of celebration is acceptable given that they won. The Canadian officials have apologized for the incident, stating that the women should never have taken their celebrations from their locker room to the ice floor. Some journalists are saying that this is no big deal, as there were cases at the last Olympics of steroid use and blah blah blah.
I agree that people should celebrate when they win, especially against the US, but this is outrageous. What message are we sending to our young people seeing these images? Why would anyone be smoking cigars and drinking alcohol after a victory? If these are athletes, they should be practicing good lifestyles. Now I am not saying that one glass of wine is bad, but if you live in this country, people drink and get drunk, they don't just drink for fun.
The fact they apologized is a good sign, but this is after the fact. There should be some sanctions, but more than likely it will be swept under the rug. This is the norm when teams from US or Canada do things which go against the rules. If it was a team from Jamaica or a smaller nation it would be a big deal. But as the Jamaican sayings goes, "di worl no level"....
Danza Hyatt
Jamaica in cruise control against Trinidad
Jamaica needing to have an outright win against Trinidad in their WICB Regional First Class match were cruising at 348-7 at stumps in their first innings. Hyatt and Parchment both made centuries to propel the Jamaicans to a commanding total.
Powell and Bolt square off today at Gibson Relays
D-day for Gibson Relays
Today is the day for the Gibson Relays. The high schools and college teams will be in a keen contest to win their races. The Relays will be without Calabar High School, who withdrew one of their athletes from their as he was over age, which resulted in them receiving a one year ban. The organizers have said that this should not affect the overall competitiveness of the meet.
The highlight of the meet should come in the race between the Usain Bolt led Racers Club versus the Asafa Powell led MVP team.
However, action is always ripe in all the relay events at this meet. I'm looking forward to hearing the results or possibly watching it online on TVJ, but we shall see.
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