Nothing gets me feeling more patriotic than watching the Olympics every couple of years. This years games have been pretty exciting if you are an American. The emergence of China as an athletic and world power has given the USA an adversary that has been largely missing since the fall of Communism in Russia. Every day I find myself checking the Medal Counts and hoping we can hold them off.
Being an athlete myself I get pretty fired up watching these athletes compete. They dedicate their entire lives for a few moments of competition that will decide who is the best in the world. Only one can be the champion and all but three will leave empty handed. You can't help but be inspired by the hard work and dedication. I never thought I would jump out of my seat for a swimming event but that is what happened when Lezak had the swim of his life to beat out the trash talking Frenchies in the 4x100 relay. It's stories like these that make the games so entertaining. Watching Phelps dominate his events and chase history has been very entertaining as well. He is a freak of nature and an elite competitor. I am looking forward to the track and field events and seeing the USA Men's Basketball team reclaim the USA's spot as the best in the world. GO USA!
Saturday, August 16, 2008
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I'm quite proud of that freak of nature. :)
"web-presence" def. - noun something I never Thought I would hear out of Graham's mouth ..as in "yeah I started a blog to up my web-presence"
good to see you pal and good luck this fall
I think the cool thing about the Olympics is that these men and women are competing in relatively obscure sports like rowing and water polo, and therefore they seem to have a genuine-ness about them, much less of the cockiness that we sometimes see in the big name sports (not you, of course!).
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