Witnify Blog http://blog.witnify.com Just another WordPress site Fri, 21 Mar 2014 02:29:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Winter Olympic Games Olympics Favorite Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards on His 1988 Ski Jumping Experience http://blog.witnify.com/?p=18001 http://blog.witnify.com/?p=18001#comments Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:24:23 +0000 http://sb2.witnify.com/sb3/?p=18001 Continue reading]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKTlZ7_ax0E?rel=0

Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards discusses how he started his career in ski jumping and why he believes he became so popular with the British public after competing in the 1988 Winter Olympics. Edwards was the first competitor to represent Great Britain in ski jumping at the Olympics. He finished last in both the men's 70 and 90 meters, but his failures made him popular around the world as the lovable underdog.

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A post-competition response from: American figure skater Debi Thomas, German skater Katarina Witt, American skater Caryn Kadavy, and Canadian skater Elizabeth Manley. Thomas made some mistakes during the Ladies' Long Program, which she discusses in this video. She went on to win the bronze medal. Manley went home with the silver and Witt finished in first place with the gold medal for Germany.

The 1988 Winter Olympics, or the XV Olympic Winter Games, took place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada between February 13 and 28.

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