Notes from the Past

Nothing much ever changes in the Olympics, so I might run some old posts:

How to improve Men`s Figure Skating

Watching biathlon, which combines cross country skiing and rifle target shooting, it occurred to me that the way to make men`s figure skating a little less twirly is to combine it with that ultimate regular guy sport, paintball. Each competitor would get one shot at the rival of his choice:

Scott Hamilton: “And now Plushenko`s going to try his quad toe loop. Here he goes –“

SPLAT

Scott Hamilton: “Johnny Weir has shot Plushenko!”

Dick Button: “Right between the shoulder blades at the top of his jump. Plushenko did a complete face plant in the ice.”

Plus, aesthetically speaking, large random splashes of paint could only improve the competitors` costumes.