Is it luck or a curse that causes German speed skater Daniela Anschutz-Thoms to finish in fourth place? Not once, not twice, but fifteen times in the Olympics, the World Championships, and the European Championships. At each competition, medals are awarded to the top three only. It happened again in Vancouver.
Anschutz-Thoms will have one more chance at a medal, in the 5,000 meter race next week. Link -via Digg
Right up until the last lap, Germany's unluckiest Olympian looked set to break the mold and grab silver in the women's 3000 metre speed skating race.
But eventually the 35-year-old fell short, losing out on third place by just three hundredths of a second.
No matter how hard poor old Daniela tries, she just can’t escape fourth place.
Anschutz-Thoms will have one more chance at a medal, in the 5,000 meter race next week. Link -via Digg
hmmmm
http://site.despair.com/images/dpage/ineptitude03.jpg
http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=2125/index.html
Olympic gold medalist in 2006 in team pursuit
... That's one more gold medal than I'll ever have.
The really unclucky guy was buried in Georgia yesterday.