the ioc was very generous in extending to us olympic torches, which we definitely considered to be an honor, but we have a whole team of athletes that are finished competing and are, you know, staring looking at an empty box and the unknown of the future and missing out on that olympic moment even if in the future we re able to have an amazing experience, it s not at the olympic games. it s not for the whole world to see. it s not, you know, the true culmination of their hard work and effort, blood, sweat and tears. we appreciate the fact that thomas bach, you know, took time out of his schedule upon our request to, you know, mainly the point was to hear our perspective as athletes, to hear that team u.s.a. was still craving that medal ceremony, that we wanted a resolution that would result in us receiving our medals here in beijing, but, you
empty handed. we have our empty medal box waiting in our room and we have no answer as to what the time line will be for the issue to be resolved. are you given anything, some kind of place holder prize or is it an empty box? the ioc was very generous in extending to us olympic torches, which we definitely considered to be an honor but we have a whole team of athletes that have finished competing and are staring looking at an empty box, the unknown of the future and missing out on that olympic moment. it s not at the olympic games, not for the whole world to see, not the true culmination of their hard work and effort, blood, sweat and tears. we appreciate the fact that thomas bach took time out of his schedule upon our request to,
president has offered a u.s. figure skaters olympic torches as holdover gifts. while they await a resolution of the doping case that s preventing them from receiving their silver medals. the u.s. finished runner-up to the russians in a team event last week. but the outcome came into question, after revelations that kamila valiyeva tested positive for a banned substance before the games. the court of arbitration for the support ruled kamila valiyeva could still compete in this week s women s event, which she leads, after monday s short program, while her case makes its way through the anti-doping system. the case will ultimately determine the status of the medals. the silver medal winning u.s. figure skating team could end up with gold if kamila valiyeva is disqualified. the next round in the women s figure skating is later today. meanwhile the u.s. women s ice hockey team settled for silver, against canada in the gold medal game. it marked the sixth time in the
The Festival of Suffolk torch has been revealed that will be making a 550 mile trip via rickshaws from Brandon to Ipswich in time for the Suffolk Show.