Cat Olympics-Doping Scandal!

James: Terrible news today, Lisa. It seems some of our Canadian Cat-hletes have found themselves accused of Doping!


Lisa: That's right, James. While the Human Olympics currently appear to have been run clean, the Cat Olympics are being rocked with this drug scandal! A series of pictures allegedly taken during the Cat Olympics show Cat-hlete Persephone with what appears to be containers of CATNIP!


James: Persephone has not confirmed at this time whether she was aware of the camera at the Cat Olympic residence, though the pictures suggest she was.


Lisa: Yes, James. In fact, detailed examination of the series of photos suggest she may have been trying to hide the evidence when she realized the camera was there.


James: Indeed, Lisa. While it's not clear yet that these photos were taken at the Cat Olympic Residence, or when, it is doubtful Persephone will be allowed to keep any medals she won.


Lisa: And there's worse news in this story. Jack, long known to be an anti-nip advocate, appears in at least one of the photos, and allegedly appears to be be partaking of the drug!

James: Shocking, Lisa! And disappointing, after their strong showing at this years Cat Olympics. So far, Persephone has been dodging the press and has declined to make any statements.

Lisa: Thank you, James. We'll being staying on top of this story and will keep you informed of further developments. We'll be right back!

Cat Olympics-Exhibition Hiding

YAWWWWWN!!!

::licklicklick::


Hey, Persephone! Wake up! I think we're done with the Synchronized Snoozing event! It's time to go Hiding!


YAWWWNNN!!! What? Ok!


What?!? The Olympics are over?!? We slept through the rest? YAWWWWWWWWWWN!! Darn! Guess we'll have to do the Hiding as an Exhibition Event!


I'll go first! I'm really good at hiding!

La, la, la...not doing anything 'spicious up here....


I'm going to try hiding here!


OTW: Jack, will you stand up please?


OTW: This demonstrates the value of not being seen...

(Jack: It's ok, I didn't blow up! I have a stunt dummy!)

Did we at least win the Synchronized Snoozing for doing it so long?

I don't know, I just woke up.


Looks like we got a 'bronze' in something...

Hisssssssssss....

Cat Olympics-Synchronized Snoozing

James: And we're back Lisa! Now we're going to look at what's been happening at the Synchronized Snoozing event at The Island Cats, where Canadian Cat-hletes Jack and Persephone have already launched into their Short Routine, as we saw before the break.

Lisa: Michael, can you take us through a replay of what happened at the Snoozing arena?


Michael: Yes, Lisa! Well, Jack and Persephone had just finished Round 2 of their Boxing/Bare Paw Fighting match and were expected to begin Round 3 when Jack jumped back onto the couch-ring. Jack looked to be trying to maximize on his feigning of nonchalance by starting a mutual grooming with his sistercat Persephone. We were expecting a lightning ear-bite, when Jack stunned the crowd by turning away!


A good yawn-and-stretch on Jack's part, with Persephone getting in a few maintenance licks on her hind leg, and Jack settled near her on the pillows!


And without another meow, they launched right into their Synchronized Snooze Short routine, with a magnificent identical Curled-in-a-Ball, lasting a whole Half Hour! It was a shocking development, but no-cat can handle the sudden event change like these two crowd favourites! It was a flawless performance!

Lisa: Michael, what about the highlights from the earlier Synchronized Snooze Long Routine? I understand that took place yesterday during their first Boxing event?


Michael: That's right, Lisa! During their previous, spectacular Boxing event, Jack and Persephone mixed in a Synchronized Snoozing Long Routine in a deconstrucing box! There were elements of snoozing in unison all along, like when they were both leaning on opposite weakened sides of the box, but it was near the end when they really started to show their snoozing form! After a quick background check of Jack's round back, Persephone settled in to the opening, and Jack quickly joined her in a side-by-side starting position.


Their choice to outfit their box with a Comfy Blanket really helped them here, and the falling-apart box gave them plenty of room to maneuver.


Persephone started them off with an extravagant yawn.


And they quickly settled into a Side-by-Side Side-Lying with curled under paws.


About 20 minutes later they switched places and shifted into a Reverse Yin-Yang


Slowly, over the course of about a hour, Jack rolled over and they both rotated a quarter turn in opposite directions, ending up in the very challenging-in-a-small-space End-to-End Mirror-Image Curled-in-a-Ball! Jack may have lost a few points on the inability to quite fit his booty IN the box, and hanging out over the desk, but this was a strategic decision on his part. You will remember it played a major roll in the final collapse of the box in the Boxing event!

And there you have it, Lisa; James. Yet another wonderful Cat Olympics performance from these dynamo Cat-nadians!

James: Thank you, Michael! And I don't think we're done see these two compete! I hear later today they may be trying for gold in the Hiding event, and Persephone is considering a solo attempt at the curling competition! We'll be back after this!

Cat Olympics-Boxing/Bare Paw Fighting

Lisa: And we're back! We're still at the Boxing Event over at Sparkle the Cat's diary. And we're waiting with baited breath for Jack and Persephone's second attempt at Boxing Gold!

James: That's right, Lisa! We really shouldn't have had the sardines for lunch! Breathmint?

Lisa: Thank you, James! Jack and Persephone are going for a more classic approach to the Boxing event this time, and since they're cats who follow no rules but their own, they're combining the Boxing Event with the Bare Paw Fighting event at Milo and Alfie's blog!

James: Let's go to Michael, who's stationed couch-side for this thrilling event! Michael?


Michael: Thanks, James! Well, here we are, we're just waiting as Jack and Persephone get ready to go! Oh! Looks like they're just going to go for it! Jack is taking an offensive posture right from the start! Look at that face! He's been in this couch ring before and he's feeling confident!


Persephone's got her back down though, and her paws are at the ready! Ears back and watching close! Jack's raising his paw, looks like he's going for a left-whap to start...


Yes, it's a left-whap! But Persephone's taking this lying down! She's not just going to let him smack down all over her! Her paws are up and ready to whackity!


Persephone's no easy opponent today! She's determined to hold the pillow ground! Looks like Jack has reconsidered his strategy! He may be thinking of moving to his patented 'Huge Paw of Damocles' maneuver, something that's worked for him so often before!


Wait! Jack has lowered his left paw! What's he thinking? Where's he taking this fight?


And up comes Jack's right paw! He's going for his off-paw strike! This is a bit unusual for him! He's definitely always favoured his south-paw! Is he thinking the angle's better? Persephone seems pretty confident and calm!


No! No, she's just lying in wait! Jack goes for the right-whap and Persephone's there to counter him with a 1-2 ear-whacking! Look at her form! Look at her upper body strength! But Jack's powerhouse right-whap is too much for her! He knocks her down and she's on the carpet!


Round 1 goes to Jack, and his Mighty Man-cat Paws!


Oh, and it looks like we're headed right into Round 2! They show no fear or observance of the Bad Cat Water Bottle signal! Jack's decided to close in on his opponent! I think he's going for the illegal ear-bite! There's no ear-biting in Boxing!!! This round is pure Bare Paw Fighting! Persephone's going for the two-paw whackity that worked so well for her last round!


It's not working! It's not getting Jack to back off and circle! She's switching up to a straight-paw push! Jack's pulling back his head...looking for an opening... he knows he's got to get around her paws if he wants to get in a good sister-routing ear-bite!


Oooo! Jack's feigning casual nonchalance! Nonchalance at this point is a risky move! He has to be hoping to catch her off-guard with a lulling-into-false-sense-of-security! Can he pull it off with Persephone so clearly still pushing?

She's easing off on the pulled back head...


No! No, she's not going to leave him an opening! She's got the back paws in on the act, and she's giving him a hearty bunny-kick! And the claws have come out! She's threatening his nose with them! They're really pushing the no rules claws today!


Jack is backing off! He's backing off! Persephone's bunny kick has turned into a definitive hind leg push and she's forcing Jack away!


He's conceding the round! Oh! Oh! This is a stunning turn of events! A brilliant play for Persephone! Jack is moving off to the other side of the couch ring!


Persephone takes Round 2!! Let's see if she can keep up the momentum in Round 3! What an upset that would be!


Wait! What's going on? Can it...? Yes! Yes, it is! Unbelievable! Round 3 has been called on account of a sudden Synchronized Snoozing event!

James, Lisa, looks like it's back to you! This is going to take a while!

Lisa: Thank you, Michael, for the play-by-play of this unbelievable event! What a stunning victory in Round 2 for the undercat, Persephone!

James: Yes, Lisa! Jack had better come back post-snooze with a new game plan and ready to work for his win if he wants to hang on to his title!

Lisa: We'll return shortly with coverage of the Synchronized Snoozing event! Please stay with us!

Cat Olympics-Boxing

Lisa: Well James, it's time to move on to the Boxing Event over at Sparkle the Cat's diary. Multi-sport champions and House Panther Cat-hletes Jack and Persephone are appearing in this event as well!

James: That's right, Lisa. This is another event that Jack has specialized in for many years, and has taught his skills to his sistercat and team-mate Persephone.

Lisa: It seems they have an unusual entry for this event! They've decided to follow Fin's lead on the Boxing event!

James: Yes, they intend to Sit-In-A-Box. Or rather, lie in it! Together!

Lisa: In fact James, they intend to Destroy the Box, by lying in it! We go now to Michael, who's standing by box-side for the details!


Michael: Thank you, Lisa! Yes, Jack and Persephone have entered an unusual form of 'Boxing' for this event! Box Deconstruction! They have chosen a sturdy form of box, one that used to hold food service trays, I believe. A comfortable but roomy fit for one, a tight squeeze for two!


They have also chosen to outfit their box with the finest of woolly blankets for greater competitive comfort!


Here they are at the start of their 'boxing' event. They've managed to squish both of their substantial cat-hletic booties into the box. You can see the strain on the box corner under Jack's nose and over on the far side by Persephone's tail already but it's holding up admirably well despite their best initial efforts!!


Jack is wearing his game face! It's ON! Oh, it looks like that near corner is ripping already! And is that back side tilting out?


It's a bit hard to see from this angle, with the desk being the same colour as the box, but it looks like that whole side by Jack and Persephone's booties is GONE! And Jack is certainly wasting no time in making the most of the box's weakness, curling up like that and pushing in the corner with his head!

Persephone's holding up her end of the competition in fine form herself, giving some extra lean to the side Jack's pushing, as well as slumping heavily on the far side!


Yes! Yes, we're correct! That whole side of the box IS gone! That is a pair of very focussed cat-hletes! They're leaning away from each other, each taking on one of the already weakened sides, and it looks like Jack is doing a little string catching practice while he's there!


And that's a second side gone! This is an impressive boxing entry! They're clearly checking out the possibilities with great determination!


Oh no! Looks like they may have a bit of trouble with that last corner! Despite that truly impressive sprawl Jack's got going, and the pushing Persephone's doing with her ample posterior, it seems the rip in final corner has split and torn horizontally! That's going to make it MUCH harder to tear it down to the base!


They're going for it! They're make a truly tremendous push to make that last tear and finish off the box! Look at Jack lean! He's paw-pushing with all his might! Persephone's got his butt! She's leaning into his booty lean!


And you can see that box side going! Persephone's curling into a ball for maximum effect, and Jack's going all out with a last massive effort by curling end to end with Persephone, getting leverage with his booty off the desk! They're even getting some synchronized snoozing worked in!

And there it goes! The box is finished! Another spectacular performance by Canadian Cat-hletes Jack and Persephone!


James: What's next for these superstars of the Cat Olympics, Michael?

Michael: Later today, they take on a more conventional Boxing/Bare paw Fighting match, and tomorrow both a long and short program in synchronized snoozing! We're watching Cat Olympic history in the making here, folks! The Canadians are determined to sweep the podium! Back to you Lisa! James!

James: Thank you, Michael, for that thrilling coverage! It looks like the cat-hlete team of Jack and Persephone are also planning the destruction of a yet sturdier box, there! A Kiwi box no less!

We'll rejoin Cat Olympic coverage in a few moments! Please stay tuned!