QUEST FOR COMPENSATION DIES BEFORE IT EVEN STARTS
Athletes in fury as offhand comments spoil promising compensation chanceWith the increasing number of injuries on the luge in the Torino Winter Olympics a number of athletes had their hopes of compensation ruined at the hands of the British medical team.
Lugelist Anne Abernethy had been quoted as saying that the design of the course may be at fault and was secretly aranging a group claim against the ruling body of the games, the IOC, earlier today. However, this evening she was quoted as saying that she was "bloody furious" at allegations made by the British medical team officer, Dr. Richard Brudgett. She added that the eminent medic "knew little of the sport" and was "a bit of an arse all-round".
The row centers around a claim made in yesterdays Guardian. The doctor made this statement;
Sources close to Abernethy were quoted as saying that though she enjoyed the witty British sense of humour she thought the doctor concerned might want to try the event before dismissing it as "Inherently dangerous"."Certainly one of the responsibilities of the doctors involved is just to make it as safe as we possibly can." Then he adds, dryly, "though we are limited by the fact that they're hurtling down a tube of ice."
Excreted by Mrs DC @ 4:29 PM
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Do these same doctors fob everything off like that?
"Oh, it's a heart attack. Whaddaya want me to do about it?"
"It's a car accident. What did you expect?"
"He drank turps. You expect me to do somthing about it I suppose."
... But they do have a point...
Yeah, I think that complaining about the course being dangerous when you are luging is kind of like moaning that the fall scares you because it's too fast when you go skydiving.
If you don't like the heat, get out of the freezer.
No, no! You've got it all wrong. It's "if you can't stand the heat in the changing room, get out of the kitchen." It is according to Kevin Keegan, anyway.
Just so you know, my love affaire with the weather dude is marching forward nicely.
I'm glad. Scattered golden showers, is it?
Ahh keegan. The mightiest of all sporting philosophers.
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