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August 27, 2008

Delicious and very cool: The Science of Slushies

The Australian Olympic team's sport scientists spent over a year perfecting electrolyte infused slushies to help their athletes try and beat the Beijing heat and the competition according to a pre-Games article that appeared in the Taipei Times. “It is a concentrated way to eat ice.
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August 26, 2008

Looking Back on Beijing: Accurate Predictions

Now that we have 20-20 hindsight we can have some fun and check out just how accurate some pre-Games predictions were. One that was amazingly accurate came from a BBC article about how a group of academics put together a mathematical model to predict how many medals a country would win in the Olympics.
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August 26, 2008

Wilbour Kelsick: Final Thoughts on Beijing

In the last few weeks you have been reading my thoughts about the Beijing Games. Well what more is there to say? In summary, I can say these were the best games I have ever been to, and I have worked at five Olympic games.
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August 25, 2008

Incredible Olympic Photo Gallery

Click here to visit the Boston Globe's Beijing Photo Gallery wrapping up the 2008 Summer Games featuring great shots like one below of Bolt breaking the 200m world record.
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August 25, 2008

What is The Future of Olympic Athlete Funding?

Cam Cole has an excellent article titled "Time To Show We Care" in today's Vancouver Sun which looks into just how much funding our amateur sport athletes receive versus other countries. Doesn't it strike anyone up there at that COC head table, as the organization does its post-Games post-mortem news conference, how
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August 24, 2008

Wilbour Kelsick: On The Lighting Bolt

For those of us who have experienced thunder storms, or I should say Caribbean thunder storms, you know that Lighting never comes in one bolt. Don’t fool yourself; there will be many more “Lighting Bolts” coming out of Jamaica.
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August 24, 2008

Wilbour Kelsick: On The Olympic Green Park

It’s 5:30 am and I am awake. I guess I had enough sleep. My mind is partaking in a few Olympic events – wondering, analysing, comparing previous Olympic venues with Beijing.
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August 23, 2008

Science Pushes Human Limits To New Records

37 world records and counting.
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August 23, 2008

Dr. Jack Taunton with the latest from his Beijing experiences

Just in from long period in the Doping Control Station at the Mountain Biking venue. It has been very hot and humid and a number of riders have succumbed to the heat. A leading Swiss rider collapsed with heat stroke and was taken to the Village Polyclinic.
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August 23, 2008

Wilbour Kelsick: The Jamaican Olympics...”Man pass de baton nor!!!”

The “Jamaican Olympics” that what my 280lb therapist friend with hands of steel said to me a few days ago. And yes, he is referring to the great successes that the Jamaican team is having in track and field.
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