CBC: IOC looks into celebrations by [Canadian] women's hockey team

[tuvor]

Canada's Marie-Philip Poulin (left), Kim St-Pierre (middle) and Charline Labonte (right) drink beer on the ice after the Canadian women's team defeated the U.S. in Thursday's gold-medal game. (Scott Gardner/Canadian Press)

The International Olympic Committee will investigate the behaviour of the Canadian women's hockey players who celebrated their gold medal at the Vancouver Games by drinking alcohol on the ice.

Several Canadian players returned to the ice surface at Canada Hockey Place roughly 30 minutes after their 2-0 win over the U.S. on Thursday night. The players drank cans of beer and bottles of champage, and smoked cigars with their gold medals draped around their necks.

Gilbert Felli, the IOC's executive director of the Olympic Games, said he wasn't aware of the celebration until informed by an Associated Press reporter.

"If that's the case, that is not good. It is not what we want to see," he said. "I don't think it's a good promotion of sport values. If they celebrate in the changing room, that's one thing, but not in public."

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http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/hockey/story/2010/02/26/sp-hockey-women-drinking.html

Maybe if they'd been chowing down on Big Macs™ and chugging Coca-Colas­™, it would've been acceptable?

[caraher]

1. Are the Olympics "dry?"

Hockey and beer? Where's the scandal?

[Kingofalldems]

2. Homer Simpson would be proud of them.

[joeybee12]

3. Much ado about nothing...why don't they ACTUALLY investigate their stupid luge track?????

:mad:

[MrCoffee]

4. The IOC needs to pull the stick out of its collective ass

Hey, Gilbert Felli,IOC executive director of the Olympic Games, how about you STFU?

[DaveinMD]

5. so they celebrated like all champions do

the corrupt IOC should go get bent.

[JimboDem]

6. F! the IOC and double standard.

Congratulations Canada.
:toast:

[Lucy Goosey]

7. Did you make that image? If so, I think I love you.

:loveya:
I think their offence was "drinking and gloating while female."

As an unladylike Canadian woman, I'd like to thank you for posting this.

:toast: