DenisO Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 I hadn't picked up on this before I saw some of the commentary at the Lederer yesterday but in case anyone else is unaware, Sheri is Captain and Fred is coach of the USA team at the Olympiad in Istanbul. Congratulations! - a great honour and well deserved. I wish you both and your team lots of success but not too much B) as I shall be rooting for a European victory this time. Denis :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 In the world olympiad,,, european victories are sort of the normal result.... Of the previous 11 events France has won 4 timesItaly has won 4 timesPoland has won once And only twice has non-european teams wonThe USA won once, in 1988, andBrazil won once, in 1976 ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 In the world olympiad,,, european victories are sort of the normal result.... Of the previous 11 events France has won 4 timesItaly has won 4 timesPoland has won once And only twice has non-european teams wonThe USA won once, in 1988, andBrazil won once, in 1976 ben I was looking over the rosters... I'm guessing that Italy is going to walk away with the prize this time arround. A number of the European teams (Poland, Norway) are missing some of their stronger players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikos59 Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Yes, Italy is probably an overwhelming favorite thistime, although they have disappointed their fansmore than once in the recent past. However, without Hamman or Helgemo, it is difficult to see who could stop them now. I did not know about Fred and Sheri,I wish them any luck. Bear in mind thatthis US team has a strong European flavour, withtwo ex-Europeans (three if we count Zia:-) in theteam. nikos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Thanks for your good wishes, Denis and others. Don't sell this USA team short. It is not unlikely that they will eventually face Italy in a knockout match and, in my view, it is also not unlikely that USA would win such a match. If any of you are going to be in Istanbul. Please try to find Sheri and me (it shouldn't be too hard) and say "hello". Always (actually an overbid - usually more accurate) nice for us to meet BBO members in "real life". There is a good chance that I won't be able to make any forums posts or respond to e-mail between October 20 and November 6. If there is something you really want me to see, I suggest you send or post it after November 6. Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uday Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Or, rather than pile up stuff for poor fg, email it to poor uday@ instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecepal Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 Good Luck in istanbul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanrover Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 Hi Fred, when you are working with super-duper players, what does Team Captain and Team Coach entail? Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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