Athletes, next time, curb your enthusiasm
3/3/2010 3:33 AM
We're all for athletes celebrating their victories, particularly following an event such as the Olympics, which happen just once every four years.
But in this digital age, where images of the even the most private of moments turn up overnight for the world to see, athletes should try to use a little discretion.
Canada's women's hockey team spent all day Friday apologizing after its celebration following its 2-0 Thursday night win in the championship over the United States spilled out of the locker room and onto the ice at Vancouver's Canada Hockey Place.
Photos emerged on the Internet of players, some of whom are underage even under Canada's less-restrictive drinking rules, pouring alcoholic beverages into each other's mouths and posing in front of Olympic logos with booze and cigars in hand - all with gold medals dangling from their necks.
So instead of continuing to bask in the glory of their victory, the players spent the next day explaining their actions.
Of course, not all the Olympic celebrations have been made public, at least not yet.
According to the Vancouver National Post, health officials in Vancouver last week called for an emergency shipment of condoms for athletes in the Olympic village.
This after officials had already provided 100,000 free condoms to the roughly 7,000 athletes and officials at the games. In case your math is a little slow, that works out to about 14 condoms per person.
But as of last Wednesday, those supplies started running dangerously low.
Obviously, some celebrations are being done in private - at least that's the hope.
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