Saturday, February 27, 2010

Hubertus von Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Mexico had one athlete in the winter games: Hubertus von Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 51. He's a German prince. He placed 78th out of the 81 skiers who finished in the Giant Slalom (34 seconds behind the winning run). While the oldest athlete competing in Vancouver may not have won any medals, he's definitely one of the most entertaining competitors.


He designed his own outfit because he believes that most of the ski suits have no inspiration and are kind of boring. Agreed.

His approach to the Olympics:
"The main part was looking good," he said. "Having style. Don't look at the time, but have style and look good in the suit. I think I won for artistic impression. It's a pity we get no marks for that, like in figure skating."
I wish he was right about the figure skating part. If that was actually the case Johnny Weir would have won, no contest.

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