I've admitted it on here before, but I LOVE the Olympics. I love the interesting stories about each of the athletes and their individual journey to make it to that kind of athletic level; I love the thrill, the stress and excitement of each event; and I love watching the excitement and joy the winners experience and my heart goes out to those who missed out on a gold by just a hair. It's pretty incredible how hard these athletes train for just seconds of competition -- and it is all or nothing -- they either give the best performance of their lives, or it's all over, just like that.
Highlight for me so far:
MOGULS. Both the mens' and womens' freestyle mogul competitions were amazing this year. I had the opportunity to see a world cup competition right before the Torino Olympics in Park City, UT and ever since then, the moguls have been one of my very favorite events. This year was insane. I've never seen a mogul competition come down to speed so much (it only counts for 25% of the score), but this year, it was all about the speed. In order for the women to be in the hunt for a medal, they were needing a time of about 27 seconds and the men needed under 24 seconds. Crazy.
Even though a Canadian guy won the gold this time, I was happy for him. He was the first Canadian man to win a gold medal in a "home" Olympics EVER. Good for him.
See what I mean? It's so exciting. History being made.
July
8 years ago
