David Wallechinsky
David Wallechinsky
David Wallechinskyis an American populist historian and television commentator, the president of the International Society of Olympic Historiansand the founder and editor-in-chief of AllGov.com...
coaches competing medals opening people reality skeleton suddenly talking
The day after the opening ceremony, when suddenly you have people competing for medals in every event. ... It's like real reality TV. We're not going to be talking about skeleton coaches the day after the opening ceremony.
bad complaints-and-complaining decision fact final imagine second vote whining
I think this is a final decision for London. I imagine there could be some whining and complaining, but this was so definitive. The fact that they wouldn't even take a second vote at all is, I would say, a bad indication.
beyond event team
When you do a team event at an Olympics, it's beyond the individuals involved. It's the whole country.
Yes, you can, though. That's the point. If she had come up and said, 'Oh, gosh, I was doing what I always did and I really shouldn't have done that, oops,' it would have been over.
major problems
Adequate. They got it done, but nothing spectacular. No ambience, but no major problems.
given happen sports
In these two sports in particular, anything can happen on any given day.