Joxer Moment.
Feb. 18th, 2002 01:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
logansrogueA lot of people (especially in America) probably can't believe the result of the Men's Short Track race at the Winter Olympics on the weekend. The media here in Australia are going crazy making a ridiculous Herculean Hero of speed skater Steven Bradbury, where-as I prefer to think of him as a doofus of a Joxerean Hero. You know the kind of hero. He's Bilbo Baggins, about to get eaten by three trolls and by sheer *luck* alone, lives because they're too busy arguing to notice the sun rising to turn them to stone. They're the hero that threw the stone amongst the warriors grown from dragons teeth, and watched them half kill each other and ignore him. He's the element that has lived through history as the dearly loved unlikely hero.
A lot of people probably think that Bradbury doesn't deserve the medal. Even Steven Bradbury himself seems to think he doesn't really deserve it. I say - he does. He had an approach to the race, and it worked. There was thought and well - a hell of a lot of luck - behind the tactic, and shit, it worked! God bless him!
From the ABC:
Brisbane skater Steven Bradbury has created history by becoming the first ever Australian to win a gold medal at the winter Olympics.
Bradbury took gold in the men's 1,000 metre short track event, beating the previous australian best of bronze set by Zali Steggall in Nagano in 1998.
In one of the most bizarre races in Olympic history, Bradbury was well back in fifth and last position going into the final turn before the finish line,
But the leading skater, American Apollo Anton Ono, was touched by the Chinese skater, who was in second place and attempting to pass.
Both skaters fell and the Korean and Canadian skaters behind them crashed into the leading pair and all four slid off the track leaving an open line for Bradbury, who pumped his arms in victory as he crossed the line.
The judges held a short deliberation and decided to let the result stand.
The American and Canadian managed to slither across the line to claim the minor medals.
I'll never forget Ohno reaching feebly for Bradbury's ankles. The little bastard looked ready to trip him, the shitter. Thankfully, it didn't work, and I have a new hero. ^_^
Baby, Joxer lives.
A lot of people probably think that Bradbury doesn't deserve the medal. Even Steven Bradbury himself seems to think he doesn't really deserve it. I say - he does. He had an approach to the race, and it worked. There was thought and well - a hell of a lot of luck - behind the tactic, and shit, it worked! God bless him!
From the ABC:
Brisbane skater Steven Bradbury has created history by becoming the first ever Australian to win a gold medal at the winter Olympics.
Bradbury took gold in the men's 1,000 metre short track event, beating the previous australian best of bronze set by Zali Steggall in Nagano in 1998.
In one of the most bizarre races in Olympic history, Bradbury was well back in fifth and last position going into the final turn before the finish line,
But the leading skater, American Apollo Anton Ono, was touched by the Chinese skater, who was in second place and attempting to pass.
Both skaters fell and the Korean and Canadian skaters behind them crashed into the leading pair and all four slid off the track leaving an open line for Bradbury, who pumped his arms in victory as he crossed the line.
The judges held a short deliberation and decided to let the result stand.
The American and Canadian managed to slither across the line to claim the minor medals.
I'll never forget Ohno reaching feebly for Bradbury's ankles. The little bastard looked ready to trip him, the shitter. Thankfully, it didn't work, and I have a new hero. ^_^
Baby, Joxer lives.