Olympics success or failure?
Written by Joyce L Chow & William Hoehne February 25,2006
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Olympics failure or success?
Casualties this week
Medal Count
Olympics failure or success?
At this games as of the last day we are expected to win any medals the US team will walk away with 25 medals. Our team had a total of 34 in the last games and was favored to do at least that well this time.
Teams were more evenly matched in this games then in the last. And there was more of a me first attitude on the American team then the last games team. Was 25 medals a failure, not if you ask all those teams that finished below the US team.Was it what was expected ,no.
In other words it was sort blah. Not a success and not a failure. The lack luster coverage of the games by NBC represented this blah attitude. Not great, not what was expected.
Maybe if we have realistic expectations and a team that remembers they are a team representing this country the next games will be not blah.
Casualties this week
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2006 - A U.S. soldier in Iraq died yesterday, and Defense Department officials have announced the identities of seven U.S. servicemen and an Air Force civilian killed in action this week. A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier died of non-combat related injuries yesterday, officials said. The incident is under investigation, and the soldier's name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Defense officials announced the following identities of Operation Iraqi Freedom casualties: - Marine Corps Cpl. Matthew D. Conley, 21, of Killen, Ala., died Feb. 18 when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Ramadi, Iraq. Conley was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Cpl. Conley's unit is attached to 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
Sgt. Charles E. Matheny IV, 23 of Stanwood, Wash., died in Baghdad on Feb. 18, when a roadside bomb detonated near his Humvee. Matheny was assigned to the Army's 704th Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Air Force civilian employee Daniel J. Kuhlmeier, 30, of Omaha, Neb., died Feb. 20 in Baghdad when a roadside bomb struck his convoy. Kuhlmeier was assigned to Detachment 204, 2nd Field Investigations Region, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Almar L. Fitzgerald, 23, of Lexington, S.C., died Feb. 21 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, of wounds suffered in a roadside bomb explosion Feb. 18 in Iraq's Anbar province. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit is attached to the 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
Four U.S. soldiers died Feb. 22 in Hawijah, Iraq, when a roadside bomb detonated near their Humvee during a patrol. All four soldiers were assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky. Dead are: - Staff Sgt. Gregson G. Gourley, 38, of Salt Lake City, Utah; - Sgt. Rickey E. Jones, 21, of Kokomo, Ind.; - Pfc. Christopher L. Marion, 20, of Pineville, Mo.; and - Pfc. Allan A. Morr, 21, of Shiawassee County, Mich.
Medal Count
Germany Eleven Gold Twelve Silver Six Bronze
Germany Eleven Gold Twelve Silver Six BronzeUnited States Nine Gold Nine Silver Seven Bronze
Canada Seven Gold Ten Silver Seven Bronze
Austria Nine Gold Seven Silver Six Bronze
Russia Eight Gold Five Silver Eight Bronze
Norway Two Gold Eight Silver Nine Bronze
Switzerland Five Gold Four Silver Five Bronze
Sweden Six Gold Two Silver Five Bronze
South Korea Six Gold Three Silver Two Silver
China Two Gold Four Silver Five Bronze
Italy Four Gold Six Bronze
France Three Gold Two Silver Four Bronze
Netherlands Three Gold Two Silver Four Bronze
Finland Five Silver Three Bronze
Czech Republic One Gold Two Silver One Bronze
Estonia Three Gold
Croatia One Gold Two Silver
Australia One Gold One Bronze
Poland One Silver One Bronze
Ukraine Two Bronze
Japan One Gold
Belarus One Silver
Bulgaria One Silver
Great Britain One Silver
Slovakia One Silver
Latvia One Bronze
