They’re American, except in the Olympics (then they are Mexican)

Posted on: June 30th, 2008
Filed Under: [ Tomás' Picks ] [ People ] [ Sports ] [ Blogante Essentials ]
Tags:
HispanicTips has 43,143 stories & 115,000+ visitors a month.
Check out today's 86 stories - Knowledge is Power!

“Giovanni Lanaro was born in Los Angeles, grew up in La Puente, attended Cal State Fullerton, and coaches and trains at Mt. San Antonio College. Yet, when the torch is lighted during opening ceremonies this summer at the Beijing Olympics, the world’s sixth-ranked pole vaulter will be with Mexico, not the United States.

“I will always compete for Mexico,” said Lanaro, whose mother was born there. “I will never compete for any other country.”"*

*From: http://www.latimes.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish

Stumble it! | | AddThis Feed Button

Other posts that may interest you

The Big Olympics & Little Peru

Trying to Watch the Olympics in Peru

USA's Steven Lopez unafraid to pursue perfection - taekwondo in the Olympics

NBC Coverage of Olympics leaves Puerto Ricans wanting

Mexico’s Olympics Coverage: My God, What Is This? - a hand puppet (El Compayito) shot up and started telling jokes about gymnastics. And the two correspondents started giggling.

U.S. Wrestler Completes a Journey From Poverty - Henry Cejudo

After arduous journey, Javier Molina makes it to Beijing

Did You Know? 41-year-old Dara Torres became the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic silver medal

41-year-old Dara Torres leads US to silver

Spanish sport's poor reputation for insensitivity towards racial issues has been further harmed by an advertisement in which the country's Beijing Olympic basketball teams make slit-eyed gestures.

2nd Espisode of Ylse (not an ad but a Latina's web show) --»

Blogente

View latest posts of some of these at Blogente.com

If you are a Hispanic/Latino blogger who posts regularly and wants your link on 71,000 pages contact me.

Event Calendar
September 2008
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930  

Full Event Calendar

Upcoming Events

  • : 2008 Alma Awards
  • : second annual Emerging Faces in Hispanic Advertising Conference
  • : The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) - 29th Annual National Convention & Business Expo
  • : Indiana University Latino Alumni Association announces reunion
  • : 10th Strengthening & Valuing Latino/a Communities in Iowa Conference Nuestro Tapiz de Colores: Weaving the Threads of Our Past, Present, and Future
More Search Options

Search in Best Categories

Use HispanicTips' Internal Search - Entire Site

Use Lijit to Search Site + Blogente

Search Using Google

Check us out!

Feedback Form