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October 21, 2007 12:52 AM | Related Categories: People,sport

Taken during the Rugby World Cup 2007

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A quick question: If this photo was taken in Switzerland, which team was the crowd cheering for? Was there a Swiss rugby team in the competition?

What's the biggest sport in your country?
In Sillypore, it's swimming, table tennis (ping pong), sailing and shooting.

Table tennis came the closest to an Olympic medal when a Sillypore national player missed out on a Bronze in 2000 Sydney.

Sillypore has only 1 Silver medal to date, from the 1968 Rome Olympics.
# Posted By Photolicious | 10/22/07 7:21 AM
This was an Argentina game - but I forget who the opponents were. Not Switzerland. Switzerland does ok for a small country in sport, probably because there are a lot of facilities here and people like to keep in shape. Recently tennis has been to the fore with Martina Hingis and of course Roger Federer. Cycling has also been a top sport - Fabian Cancellara is the World Cycling champion (time trial) for the last two years and KAren Thurig was womens champion two years ago. Natascha Badmann has won the Ironman Triathlon event (womens) for 6 out of the last 9 years. In the world cup the Swiss football team progressed past the group stage and were knocked out of the last 16 by Ukraine without having lost a game or conceded a goal in normal time. The Swiss are also among the top curling teams in the world (men and women), curiously along with another small country, Scotland. Tom Luthi was 125cc Motorcycle world champion, but has dropped back a bit recently moving up to 250cc. Marcel Fischer beat the chinese to win the mens epee fencing gold in Athens 2004. However the sport the Swiss really want to do well in is skiing, but the arch rivals Austria have dominated for the last few years. Although the Swiss are top in snowboarding
# Posted By Richard | 10/22/07 7:55 AM
Les Argentins ont joué la France. Ils les ont "pulvérisés". Les deux fois. Je ne suis pas allée voir le match, j'ai laissé mes deux fils y aller. Le plus jeune joue au rugby, il a vu les deux matchs de la France contre l'Argentine et nos deux défaites.
L'ainé nous avait offert les billets, je trouvais normal qu'il aille voir le match.

Il faudrait considérer le niveau atteint et non celui où on a échoué. La France est allée en demi finale elle a joué la petite finale. L'Ecosse a été en quart. C'était inespéré.
L'Angleterre a été en finale et pourtant quelle déroute le premier match contre les Africains du Sud !
Malheureusement, l'histoire ne retient que la victoire. Les supporters devraient soutenir leur équipe SURTOUT dan la défaite...
# Posted By cergie | 10/22/07 11:24 AM
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