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...their first week, the Vancouver Olympic Games looked well on their way to a gold medal in winter calamity--tragedy on the luge track, slush on the downhill course at Whistler and drenching rain on Cypress Mountain that eventually washed away the standing-room spectator zone, costing organizers around $1.4 million in refunded ticket sales. The signature snafu may be this: the Canadians couldn't make ice. A men's speed-skating final had to be halted for more than an hour because two ice-resurfacing machines were in various degrees of breakdown--sort of like the Games themselves. Still...
...strap up those laces and channel that inner Yu-na Kim. Even if gold is a bit out of the reach, ice-skating is an excellent study break...
...saying this because of the photographs of a few Canadian female hockey players sipping champagne (and chugging Molson) on the ice after winning the gold medal. Those images, however, seem to encapsulate the spirit of the host country. Throughout the Olympics, drunken revelers have overrun the streets of Vancouver. Local hospitals are reporting spikes in emergency-room visits for alcohol-related sicknesses and injuries; most of the intoxicated patients are males between the ages of 15 and 24. In Whistler, the partyers have turned what should be a cozy village into rows of frat houses in need of soundproofing...
Vancouver is lucky it hasn't turned into a nightmare. After Canada beat Slovakia on Friday, thousands of people spilled out of the bars and onto Granville to celebrate. "F___ the U.S.A.," a Canadian fan yelled, anticipating Sunday's gold-medal game against the Americans. As I dodged one oblivious celebrant who almost poked my eye out with a Canadian flag, I bumped into another who was stumbling down the street. I asked a police officer, who was carrying a flask he had just confiscated, if his fellow officers were finding a lot of booze in the streets. "One [officer...
...precautions. For example, liquor stores, which normally stay open until 11 p.m., are required to close at 7 p.m. on the nights the Canadian hockey team plays. Still, if the fans were so boozed for a semifinals win over Slovakia, imagine how they'll behave if Canada clinches a gold medal against the U.S. on Sunday night. Or even worse, imagine if Canada loses. Things could easily get out of hand. Canadian fans in Vancouver need to root hard for their hockey team. Their sanity, and safety, may depend...