Comments on: Winning Olympic Family told to leave two members at home

By: Aqui_c

Aqui_c — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:55:54 +0000

OK, well finally they got what they wanted, and the committee behaved as everyone exptected.

By: Anni Poulsen

Anni Poulsen — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:34:44 +0000

As of 16:00 GMT today, this issue has now been resolved. See Good News for Olympic Family Tour Beijing.

By: Anni Poulsen

Anni Poulsen — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:51:40 +0000

Fair enough. I can’t really comment on who did what to win, so I’ll stay out of that discussion.
My beef remains with BOCOG, who, if it’s any consolation, seem quite happy with their decision judging from their lack of response.

By: Aqui_c

Aqui_c — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:31:06 +0000

I agree with You, that what the BOCOG is doing is not correct. But in the e-mail the family sent to me, they were saying “we are from a ‘poor’ country, we wont get as much clicks as someone from the US because our internet access is slower, etc.” So for me the message they were broadcasting was completely wrong, I think the aim wasn’t just beating another family criying for what we don’t have. The thing that bothered me was that they were complaining, not just trying to get more clicks, and that’s, unfotunatelly, so common here in Argentina.
That’s why I think it’s important to say the Comittee is doing “strange” things, but I don’t like the idea of supporting the argentinian family.