Olympic streaker was a chicken

Well, … he had a chicken… a strategically placed rubber chicken.

Pinerolo Palaghiaccio, about an hour outside of Torino, was rocking for today's bronze medal match between the U.S. and Great Britian. Even IOC President Jacques Rogge was in the packed house.

Any doubt that curling has arrived was removed when the event was interrupted by a streaker.

During the fifth end break (curling's version of halftime and/or a seventh inning stretch), a large and not-too-muscular guy ran out across the sheet. Nothing on except for the obligatory online gambling ad and a strategically-wrapped rubber chicken.

USA skip Pete Fenson had a chuckle, and so did Rogge. Less amused was chief referee Keith Wendorf, who tackled the offender.

An umpire mercifully covered him with a coat and he was led out of the arena by the Italian polizia.

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