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Originally posted by AznSAE
question: do the athletes have to pay for their own trip to turino (plane tickets, housing, etc)? or is that paid for?
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I think the country's Olympic committee pays for their trip. I know they are the ones that furnish all of the clothing the athletes wear. (at least that is what I am to understand. May be different depending on the country.)
But...on the same lines...who pays to send the families over to be with their children? I am sure the friends pay their own ticket (I know that the speedskater up for 5 Olympic gold medals Chad H. - can't remember his last name for the life of me - has over twenty supporters in Torino to support him.
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Originally posted by AznSAE
also, what is the difference between the luge and skeleton events? they look the same to me. this morning i saw a preview for 2-man luge, umm thats kind of....yeah
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Did you see the "Today" show segment with Matt and Al trying the luge (only a short, couple of turns section) this morning? Yeah, looks like Matt drew small straw on that one.
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