Infrastructure bills are great, arenSA国际影视传媒檛 they? Help to build roads and bridges and things like that to improve our lives. Of course we all know theySA国际影视传媒檙e nothing more than an avenue for some politicians to stick earmarks in to make the pork barrel even bigger.
ThereSA国际影视传媒檚 one of these massively-inflated pieces of legislative crap thatSA国际影视传媒檚 about to pass in the U.S. and it is littered with these personal pet projects which have absolutely nothing to do with infrastructure at all. Just a mish-mash of absolute horse manure all around which confirm the following: politics, at its core, is rotten.
Anyway:
Why not share?
You know my views on winning. ItSA国际影视传媒檚 what matters, especially at the highest level. Your sixth-place finish may as well have been a last-place finish because you donSA国际影视传媒檛 get the big trophy, or at least you shouldnSA国际影视传媒檛 get a big trophy, no matter how much you cry about it how you participated.
Which is why this little deal from the Summer Olympics in Tokyo is something ISA国际影视传媒檓 completely OK with because it meant people won.
If you missed it, the menSA国际影视传媒檚 high jump ended in a tie because the two men wanted it to. Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy were the only two left and faced the prospect of competing in a jump-off to determine the Olympic champion on Aug. 1. An official told them what was going to happen but Barshim asked if they could simply share the gold medal together. The official said it was possible if both agreed. Tamberi was more shocked than anything when Barshim extended his hand and offered to share top spot with him.
Hey, why not? If youSA国际影视传媒檙e the only two left and it means you both go home with a gold medal, do it. I donSA国际影视传媒檛 know if I would because I would have to really like the person ISA国际影视传媒檓 planning on sharing it with to do that. Otherwise, ISA国际影视传媒檓 jumping until I bury the other guy. But it was obvious these two were friends and it made for a really nice moment.
Mutaz Essa Barshim is officially one of my new favourite athletes.
You would move, too
Equestrian show jumping is one event ISA国际影视传媒檝e always enjoyed watching simply because I grew up watching Ian Millar ride Big Ben to so many great moments. ISA国际影视传媒檓 also quite alright with Big Ben being in CanadaSA国际影视传媒檚 Sports Hall of Fame. But there was a slight problem over in Tokyo with the show jumping competition there and it all comes down to gate no. 10.
If you had seen show jumping, you would have seen a large life-like effigy of a sumo wrestler which greeted the horses arse-first. You would have also seen several horses simply refuse to take the jump and their riders claimed that it was the sumo mannequin which was the cause of it all. If you know anything about show jumping, you will know that a refusal to take a jump comes with it penalty faults and that can play havoc with a riderSA国际影视传媒檚 time SA国际影视传媒� thereSA国际影视传媒檚 a set time in order to complete all obstacles on a course.
The reason that the sumo was out there was because it was part of a dedication to Japanese features; other features included a kimono, a miniature temple and items from the Tanabata festival but it was the sumo that caused the most heartburn to riders. And if you saw a giant something in a mawashi (loincloth) that you werenSA国际影视传媒檛 expecting to see, you would be a bit afraid as well.
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Good Idea: Celebrating a win.
Bad Idea: Celebrating a win and blowing out your ankle.
We go back to the boxing ring in Tokyo for this one but it wasnSA国际影视传媒檛 anything cannibalistic this time.
No, this involved IrelandSA国际影视传媒檚 Aidan Walsh, who decided he would celebrate his win over Merven Clair of Mauritius by launching himself in jubilation. Great. HeSA国际影视传媒檚 happy. Only problem is when he came down, it was on an awkward angle and there went his ankle.
Luckily for Walsh, it was just a sprain but it was apparently so bad that he failed to show up for his medical check before his scheduled semifinal against Pat McCormack of Great Britain. HereSA国际影视传媒檚 the thing: even though Walsh didnSA国际影视传媒檛 fight in the semifinal, allowing McCormack to advance directly to the gold medal match, he still got himself a bronze medal because in boxing, there are two bronze medal winners. I donSA国际影视传媒檛 know why.
Anyway, Walsh can go home and tell all of buddies that he won a bronze medal and you can be sure it will involve some sort of tale about how he showed that other guy.
Until next time, folks SA国际影视传媒�
