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Russian women "too strong and big" for figure skating (Russian men apparently just girly enough)
Reuters ^
| 2/17/06
Posted on 02/17/2006 12:19:20 PM PST by presidio9
Russia has a string of young male prospects ready to plunder future Olympic gold in figure skating but top coach Alexei Mishin says his countrywomen are fit only to work on the railways.
"Russian women are not very good for figure skating," Mishin told Reuters on Friday. "They are good for building rail tracks in Siberia, for example. They are just too strong and big."
Mishin, a former medal-winning figure skater whose top pupil Yevgeny Plushenko won gold in the men's figure skating on Thursday, said he has a new generation under his charge ready to take over when the champion decides to quit.
"There will be another champion and he will be a great one," he said. "You'll just have to wait."
TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: 2006olympics; athletes; figreskating; figureskating; fruity; kournikova; olympics; rounders; russia; sharapovapancaketits; teddykgb
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To: Yardstick; lizol
Yeah. If only he could box.
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posted on
02/17/2006 2:58:24 PM PST
by
presidio9
("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K Virus -Only without the inconvenient deadline.)
To: presidio9
It's not necessary.
For him it's enough to stand, and wait until the opponent gets tired of hitting him. :-)))
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posted on
02/17/2006 3:13:34 PM PST
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: Gordongekko909
It's been my experience that Russian girls start off wicked hot... and tend not to age very gracefully.I've found the same with Asians and Mediteraneans.
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posted on
02/17/2006 3:27:16 PM PST
by
BostonianRightist
("Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice." ~ Senator Goldwater)
To: Gordongekko909
I'm actually watching it right now. It comes on a lot, but its kind of ironic that it is on now.
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posted on
02/17/2006 5:30:51 PM PST
by
Mr. Blonde
(You know, Happy Time Harry, just being around you kinda makes me want to die.)
To: lizol
85
posted on
02/17/2006 7:40:13 PM PST
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: presidio9
they're big and strong and he forgot to mention the hairy armpits.
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posted on
02/17/2006 10:26:59 PM PST
by
Coleus
(IMHO, The IVF procedure is immoral & kills many embryos/children and should be outlawed)
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