Why is this such a big deal?... am I missing something?
How the hell are you supposed to celebrate winning a Gold Medal? like this!
(from ESPN)
Women bring beer, cigars onto iceThe women of the Canadian hockey team politely accepted their gold medals and waved to an adoring crowd. And then the real celebration began. More than half an hour after they beat the United States 2-0 on Thursday, the players came back from the locker room and staged a party on ice -- swigging from bottles of champagne, guzzling beer and smoking cigars. In a sport that Canada invented, there was never an option besides gold, and with it finally in hand, the home team let loose. Meghan Agosta and Marie-Philip Poulin posed wearing goofy grins. Rebecca Johnston actually tried to drive the ice-resurfacing machine. Haley Irwin poured champagne into the mouth of Tessa Bonhomme, gold medals swinging from both their necks. The celebration raised eyebrows at the IOC, which said it would look into the matter. Informed of the antics by The Associated Press, Gilbert Felli, the IOC's executive director of the Olympic Games, said it was "not what we want to see. READ MORE
