Used in a multiple choice question, the Top 8 Olympic Hopefuls are:
A. Eight people who hope we boycott Sochi 2014 in protest due to the passing of anti-homosexual laws (umm ... hey Russia -- have you not ever watched figure skating?)
B. Eight people who hope we boycott Sochi 2014 in protest due to the general Chill War that has returned between Obama and Putin (umm ... see the unfolding Armageddon Pre-Show being planned right now for Syria and its environs for proof of this new reality).
C. Eight people who hope we boycott Sochi 2014 out of concern that the Dagestanians will strike again (ummm ... Boston Strong, yo!).
D. Mikaela Shiffrin, Shaun White, Elana Myers, Meryl Davis and Charlie White, Max Aaron, Heather Richardson, Ashley Wagner and Gracie Gold (ummm ... I know that's technically nine folks, but Meryl and Charlie sport together).
E. Just another way to refer to the sports that are hoping to return to the 2020 Summer Games (the final vote is due in September): soft/baseball, karate, roller sports, squash, sportclimbing, wakeboarding, wrestling or wushu (ummm ... what the heck is wushu?).
You probably guessed it -- it's a trick question of sorts. Both D and E are correct (if you allow for the accounting accommodation listed in the parenthetical of answer D). And A, B and C are probably also mostly correct, although the thought is that more than eight people are behind the suggested boycotts (and yes, there are quite a few different reasons offered for doing so).
No one's asking for my opinion -- but the first pictorial representations of the Olympics seemed to be sweaty naked men rolling around in hopes that one of them wins and gets to wear something pretty in his hair, so it seems that Russia's laws are clearly an affront to the Greeks, as is kicking wrestling out of the competition. [By the way, rumor has it that the wrestlers are fighting back, and may even change the rules and regulations to make them easier to understand and/or retire singlets in favor of UFC-style sartorial selections.]
Anyway -- that's just my two drachmas ...
THE SOURCE OF THE NAMES IN ANSWER CHOICE D (JUST THE AMIS):
http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/athletes-to-watch-at-2014-winter-olympics-in-sochi-1360189113-slideshow/figure-skating-u-championships-photo-050904323--spt.html
NOW I DON'T FEEL SO BAD-IT ONLY WAS RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONALLY IN 1990:
http://wushu.stanford.edu/whatis.html
TOLD YOU -- MORE THAN 8 WANT TO MOVE IT TO VANCOUVER:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/petition-relocate-2014-olympics-vancouver-reaches-66-000-043807648.html
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