Huge upset: Germany wins pairs figure skating gold!

Oops, false alarm. Never mind!

NBCOlympics.com seems to be encountering some glitches with their email alerts system, which automatically notifies fans of competition results.

A Road to Torino blog reader passed along this email alert she received today announcing one of the more unlikely scenarios I could imagine -- that Germany won gold in pairs figure skating. Here it is:

From: NBCOlympics.com
To: screenname withheld@aol.com
Subject: NBCOlympics.com Alert
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 01:10:05 -0500 (EST)
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MEDAL ALERT
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NBCOlympics.com Alert
Germany (GER) won the Gold in Pairs in Figure Skating.
FULL STORY: <http://www.nbcolympics.com/figureskating_pairs/index.html>
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I'm as eager as the next person to let the Games begin, but NBC better cut down on the caffeine consumption over there. Way to give figure skating fans a heart attack!

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#4 Comment from oseajupiter
2/10/06 10:16 PM | Permalink

just watched the opening ceremony for the olympics, what happened to NO POLITICS, TELL YOUR COMENTATOR THAT INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES STANCES POLITICALLY ARE IREELEVANT AND TOTALLY INAPROPRIATE!!!!! THIS IS SUPPOSES TO BE ABOUT ALL COUNTRIES COMING TOGETHER AND PUTTING ASIDE DIFFERENCES IN THE NAME OF SPORT YOU GUYS BLEW IT!!!
#3 Comment from duk1e
2/9/06 1:02 AM | Permalink

I think this stems from a test they ran last night. Whilst on the site last night, I noticed that they were providing "live results" for certain events and were creating a new medal count to reflect those results (many of which, like that of the a German pair winning gold, were bizarre); soon thereafter, the "live results" and medal count disappeared.
#2 Comment from torinoelleEntry Author
2/8/06 10:05 PM | Permalink

hey psychoj - It could be that they filter out non-U.S. IP addresses. Due to rights fees paid to the IOC, they may be required to do that. Similarly some European broadcasters' web sites show live video of Olympic events online, but if you don't have a European IP address, it blocks you from seeing it.

That said, I have also tried to sign up for alerts from NBC and it hasn't worked for me as far as I can tell!
#1 Comment from psychojason32
2/8/06 9:44 PM | Permalink

The NBCOlympics.com e-mail system works? I have been trying for months to sign up for their news alerts, and I always get an "access denied" page. Is it because I live in Canada?

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