Today, as we celebrate the opening of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, I am proud to announce a contest of Olympic proportions.  Kosmo is going head-to-head with John from LivingWithBalls.com in a fantasy Olympic contest.

The basic rules are:

You can have 12 athletes on your team.  The following limitations apply:

• No more than two athletes from any one discipline (the disciplines are in the left hand column below)
• No more than six athletes from any continent
• An athelete can consist of a single individual or a pair

Each person also selects two teams.  A team is defined as any group larger than a pair.

Scoring is as follows:

• Gold medal = 10 points
• Silver medal = 5 points
• Bronze medal = 3 points

Check back during the Olympics for updates.  The Soap Boxers will be on the ground in Vancouver on the couch in Iowa bringing you coverage of the games as they unfold.

Without futher ado, the picks:

Alpine Skiing	Lindsey Vonn, USA Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway	Lindsey Vonn, USA
Biathlon	Helena Jonsson, Sweden	Helena Jonsson, Sweden
Bobsled	Lange/Kuske Germany
Cross Country Skiing	Ola Vigen Hattestad, Norway	Justyna Kowalczyk, Poland Petter Northus, Norway
Curling	Canada	Canada
Figure Skating	Evan Lysacek, USA Kim Yu-Na South Korea
Freestyle Skiing
Hockey	Russia
Luge	Armin Zoeggeler, Italy	Erin Hamlin, USA Armin Zoeggeler, Italy
Nordic Combined		Jason Lamy Chappuis, France
Short Track	Lee Jung-Su, South Korea	Apolo Anton Ohno, USA Wang Meng, China China, 3000M relay
Skeleton
Ski Jumping	Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austria
Snowboarding	Shaun White, USA	Shaun White, USA
Speed Skating	Shani Davis, USA	Shani Davis, USA Sven Kramer, Netherlands

BOLD indicates that an athlete is on Team Kosmo as well as Team Balls.  Between the two of us, we’ve managed to pick an athlete in 13 of the 15 disciplines.

Who are you keeping an eye on in Vancouver?

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Kosmo is the founder of The Soap Boxers and writes on a variety of topics. He is also the author of two books. Mountains, Meadows, and Chasms is an anthology of short stories and Sell Yourself Short is a guide for novice short story writers. Both titles are available for the Kindle.

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