Toast 16,246 Posted July 30, 2018 To be fair, there's nothing in the thread title indicating that a distinction exists. Could a mod perhaps add "Summer" as a prefix to the title, for clarification? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,270 Posted July 30, 2018 Why do we have a general Olympics and a Winter Olympics? Shouldn’t they be one thread? Otherwise, a summer Olympics thread would make this one obsolete... EDIT: Or what Toast said... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,256 Posted July 30, 2018 Just now, Joey Russ said: Why do we have a general Olympics and a Winter Olympics? Shouldn’t they be one thread? Otherwise, a summer Olympics thread would make this one obsolete... EDIT: Or what Toast said... Ah, what hilarity we had when Sir Creep said exactly the same thing years ago!!! Which is exactly why we still have both threads.... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,256 Posted July 31, 2018 Death Notice for Michael Lapage, British Olympic rower and Silver medallist in the eights from the 1948 Games and DDP pick, aged 94: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/226097/lapage Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 874 Posted July 31, 2018 23 hours ago, Toast said: To be fair, there's nothing in the thread title indicating that a distinction exists. Could a mod perhaps add "Summer" as a prefix to the title, for clarification? Could also be in "interesting ways to die". Damn shame (she was a dike). Steel blue eyes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,256 Posted August 2, 2018 On 31/07/2018 at 02:34, YoungWillz said: Death Notice for Michael Lapage, British Olympic rower and Silver medallist in the eights from the 1948 Games and DDP pick, aged 94: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/226097/lapage Telegraph Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/08/02/michael-lapage-pilot-oarsman-obituary/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted August 11, 2018 Former Olympian and senior administration official of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) camp office, Iftikhar Syed has undergone angiography at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) on Friday following heart ailment. According to sources, the doctors will implant two coronary stents to open the blockage in his arteries. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,168 Posted August 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: Former Olympian and senior administration official of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) camp office, Iftikhar Syed has undergone angiography at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) on Friday following heart ailment. According to sources, the doctors will implant two coronary stents to open the blockage in his arteries. SC Dead cert and sure to obit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted August 11, 2018 9 minutes ago, drol said: Dead cert and sure to obit. Indubitably. August isn't the time to hold back such DDP potential, imho. Had I come across this after Halloween, it may not have made the press. Heart surgery/stents are pretty common, and unless there are extenuating circs I'd expect a 'full recovery' whatever that means. I'm sure my posting means he will get some play in 2019 DDP, even if just a couple teams. But if he exits that hospital he should be fine for the short term. If he doesn't, he won't see 2019 and no loss. The monthly DPs may take note though. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted August 11, 2018 Laszlo Fabian, a 1956 Olympic gold medalist and three-time world champion sprint canoeist for Hungary, has died. He was 82. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=hu&u=https://civishir.hu/sport/2018/08/elhunyt-fabian-laszlo-olimpiai-bajnok-kajakozo&prev=search Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted August 11, 2018 Mikhail Shakhov, a bronze medalist for the Ukraine in freestyle wrestling at the 1956 Olympics, has died. He was 86. https://ktelegram.com/died-ukrainian-olympic-medalist-mikhail-shakhov-24-channel/15236/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted August 11, 2018 Ronald Crawford, who represented Australia at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics in race walking, has died. He was 82. https://myaccount.news.com.au/sites/dailytelegraph/subscribe.html?sourceCode=DTWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&mode=premium&dest=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/southern-courier/olympian-ron-crawford-dies-aged-82/news-story/23eb041734e91cc00f0e506b764c2424?memtype=anonymous (Paywall site) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,256 Posted August 13, 2018 On 30/06/2018 at 06:12, alt obits guy said: Irena Szewinska, Poland's most decorated Olympic athlete has died. She was 72. https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/06/29/irena-szewinska-dies/ Telegraph Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/08/13/irena-szewinska-polish-olympic-sprinter-obituary/ Remigino snubbed so far.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,094 Posted August 14, 2018 Paralympian Equestrian Nicole Cullen dead at 38 from meningitis: https://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/5581469/paralympian-nicole-kullen-dies-aged-38-after-years-of-poor-health/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Kullen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted August 15, 2018 Zvonko Bego, a member of the 1960 gold medal-winning soccer/football team from Yugoslavia, has died. He was 77. https://hajduk.hr/eng/article/zvonko-bego-died-/6435 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 490 Posted August 16, 2018 Yelena Shushunova, who won 2 golds, a silver and a broze for gymnastics during the 1988 Seoul Olympics for the Soviet Union, has died aged 49. Preliminary cause of death is pneumonia. Russian language obit: http://tass.ru/sport/5462199 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted August 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, CastAway said: Yelena Shushunova, who won 2 golds, a silver and a broze for gymnastics during the 1988 Seoul Olympics for the Soviet Union, has died aged 49. Preliminary cause of death is pneumonia. Russian language obit: http://tass.ru/sport/5462199 English obit: https://www.macon.com/sports/olympics/article216787175.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,552 Posted August 16, 2018 8 hours ago, CastAway said: Yelena Shushunova, who won 2 golds, a silver and a broze for gymnastics during the 1988 Seoul Olympics for the Soviet Union, has died aged 49. Preliminary cause of death is pneumonia. Russian language obit: http://tass.ru/sport/5462199 I had huge crush on her back in the day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted August 28, 2018 Tina Fuentes, a Spanish synchronized swimmer who won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics as part of the artistic swimming team, has died. She was 34. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=https://www.20minutos.es/deportes/noticia/fallecimiento-tina-fuentes-natacion-sincronizada-3425638/0/&prev=search Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,168 Posted August 28, 2018 1 hour ago, alt obits guy said: Tina Fuentes, a Spanish synchronized swimmer who won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics as part of the artistic swimming team, has died. She was 34. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=https://www.20minutos.es/deportes/noticia/fallecimiento-tina-fuentes-natacion-sincronizada-3425638/0/&prev=search She did not. Her team came 4th. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted August 28, 2018 It was such a nice story and someone had to ruin it with facts. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted August 28, 2018 4 hours ago, drol said: She did not. Her team came 4th. Wikipedia (my ever unreliable source) initially listed it as a silver medal. At least she's still on topic for the thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted August 28, 2018 More importantly, who were the partners? Let's see the synch now. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,168 Posted September 2, 2018 On 17/08/2017 at 23:22, Sir Creep said: Imagine the DDP point festival! Rio Olympian Ian Lariba has been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), her family disclosed Tuesday. In a statement released by DLSU Sports, Lariba’s family shared that the 22-year-old Lasallian paddler will undergo treatment this week after seeking blood donors to help her cause late since last week. SC Dead 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted September 2, 2018 40 minutes ago, drol said: Dead Disallowed for the alt.obituaries deadpool. Oh well. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
