Michelle Smith and Bill Clinton (top) at the Atlanta Olympic Games, article from the Irish Times (above) in 1996
Pat Hickey speaking at an Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) function after the 1996 Olympic Games.
Really good times.
Earlier: Calling It
Meanwhile, in 2004..
OLYMPIC FOCUS : Sailors’ bonus plan shelved (Irish Independent 2004)
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Comment.
also funds should be withdrawn from athletes who have not hit minimum targets. One of our olympians hadn’t competed all yet travelled to the games in Rio and came last in her heat. surely a waste a plane ticket, economy class or not!
well in fairness, someone has to come last in the heat. If an athlete can hit the A or B standard then they deserve a chance to go. Not sure what you mean by the athlete hadn’t competed. They hadn’t raced this year? Or Hadn’t reached the A standard?
*whispers* they have the same face
This will haunt my dreams.
Image now seared into my retinas
Good old Michelle. Now an officer of the court of course! That’s great isn’t it!
Everyone is entitled to start over.
Did she give the bonus back, I wonder?
She kept the medals.
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+5
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She never tested positive for banned substances before, during or after the games.
Yea but she poured whiskey in her ‘b’ sample. Maybe she just fancied a dram and was confused.
Aye. She’s VERY odd. No idea how good she is at her job, though.
And Frank Flannery has his fingers in this scandal as well.
Better than a cigar, I suppose.
zing :)
“She never tested positive for banned substances before, during or after the games.”
That’s another thing she has in common with Lance Armstrong.
And we all know Lance is a SAINT.
Being next to Bill Clinton is bad for your health.. check out the state of Hillary lately
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXXy4bvCHFE
Media peoples…literally ‘don’t forget your shovel if you want to go to work’