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Editor's note: Kip sho-

uld have submitted this , about 3 weeks ago, but si- nce he was too lazy, we di-

dn't get it until this week.

our apologies for it's som— ewhat dated subject matter.

Kip: "Better late than never, you guys."~

A thousand hellos to you all. This is me coming to you again by way of this- marvelous printed media. This week's subject is the Winter Olympics and whether or not they serve any pur—, pose. The World should do some serious thinking on the subject about whether to continue the games.

L, for one, really enjoy the Olympics. I only wish that we could see the World Championships every year instead of just one Olymp- ics every four. The olym— pics just completed did have it's highs and lows. Cathy Kreiner set the Al— pine Skiing World, plus CTV commentators, on their ears by upsetting Rosi Mittermeir. The Canadian and U.S. Bobsledding teams were clobbered once again. The U.S. finished somewhat higher gaining a 24th and a 20th whereas all the Ga- nadian team could get was a meager 30th. But this, is to be expected from a country that outnumbers Canada 220 million to 22 million. Did you see the competitors from Liechte— nstein? With a population of 26,000 (give or take an avalanche or two) they won several medals, including a couple golds, and just missed a few more. All I can say is that if Liech— tenstein ever takes up bobsledding, we'd better. be prepared to drop ano— ther notch.

I enjoyed reading the London Times which got quite critical of the poor performance of an inept British Ski Team. Out of 5 British skiers in the Alpine Events, not a single man even completed the Course. Four of them fell, and the best British shier (Which isn’t really saying much) almost finished but he missed a gate.

Did you know that Argen— tine had a team in the Win— ter Olympics? Did CTV ever show any Argentine compet— ing?

I also enjoyed watching the last competition in the men's slalom. He was a Hungarian and as he tr- ied to complete the course he was literally chased down the slope by Austrian spectators who were trying to grab the_slalom flags for souveniers. The Aust— rian spectators, many of whom did a much better job at handling the course, hounded the poor Hungarian Ithrough the entire run and must have_scared the hell out of him.

As for the Winter Oly- mpics in general, all I can surmise is that if the Russians were allowed to enter 2 Olympic teams, they would win twice as many medals.

And it's quite possible that we have seen our last Winter Olympics., They really serve no purpose2 as all the sports now have their oWn world champion— ships, so the Olympics no longer represents the ideal which it once held. The next OLympics should be placed in proper perspective even if Lake Placid New York can afford to stage them, which they probably will not. Austria bailed out Denver, Colorado in holding the 76 Olymoics. But no other Winter resort even bid for the 1980 games. So if Lake Placid backs out amid the conce— alment of commercialism and fear of terrorism that now pervades the games, the OlympiCS may be buried on ,the slopes of the Austrian Alps.

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