Be sure to remember that if Italy falls down three or four times, no matter how pre-determined the outcomes were, they cannot win the gold. Only the silver. But not, I repeat NOT the gold.
I don't know anything about Ice Dancing :) I just assumed it was a different version of Ice Skating. So actually, anybody who wants to enlighten me, feel free. :-)
Pardon my zinger, but this will prove NO THING to NO BODY.
Perhaps "prove once and for all" WAS a tad strong. How about "lend credence to the theory"?
EDIT: Just read that the IOC awarded a gold medal to the Canadian pair (they'll share it with the Russians) and suspended the French judge, on which the IOC had evidence of collusion. Gotta give the IOC kudos this time - I didn't expect anything to happen at all. A definate step in the right direction. And that should be the end of all my bitching which I'm sure everybody's sick of. Thanks for putting up with it! :)
More geopolitical(cosmopolitical?) than anything else, but kudos to the European Space Agency for going ahead with ion propulsion: Europe readies to shoot for the moon LONDON (AP)