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tavernier

(14,392 posts)
15. Latvia threw a huge party
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 04:46 PM
12 hrs ago

for their silver medal luge winners! For years, every time the athletes parade came to Latvia, the network would go to commercial. These little countries with not such big purses are almost always zoomed over quickly. That or mispronounced.

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So then, a typical Winter Olympics. Wednesdays 14 hrs ago #1
the emphasis on how many medals a country wins is nauseating NoRethugFriends 14 hrs ago #2
I know bdamomma 12 hrs ago #10
Hubris. Pride goes before a fall. NewHendoLib 14 hrs ago #3
In 1968, Peggy Fleming NameAlreadyTaken 14 hrs ago #4
All Trumps fault. Srkdqltr 14 hrs ago #5
Yes. Trump has JINXED THEM. Captain Zero 12 hrs ago #12
Sports competitions are won and lost. MineralMan 13 hrs ago #6
household names lol. well in their households maybe. nt msongs 13 hrs ago #7
They are household names in rheir sports obamanut2012 12 hrs ago #13
How way-wee way-wee twad-jick! struggle4progress 13 hrs ago #8
When did the silver and bronze medals lose their value? tanyev 12 hrs ago #9
This comment bdamomma 12 hrs ago #14
When are silver and bronze mradals failures?! obamanut2012 12 hrs ago #11
Since you-know-who descended the escalator durablend 12 hrs ago #17
Latvia threw a huge party tavernier 12 hrs ago #15
Look to the positive side...Russia is NOT participating in this Winter Olympics. ProudMNDemocrat 12 hrs ago #16
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