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Renee CK

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What Would YOU Do?

if I were an Olympian- yadda dee da da da dee da da da da

(sorry, couldn’t resist the Fiddler on the Roof humor)

The Olympics start Friday.  Friday night will be the pagentry of the opening ceremonies. I’ll put aside the fact that I think the US should be boycotting the opening ceremonies citing that China has not met all of it’s requirements to host the Olympics... 

In the buildup to the games, I’m seeing these great commercials about amazing and inspiring Olympic feats.  It was in the 96 games here in Atlanta where Kerri Strug fell, hurt herself, then in order to win the games for her team, hurled herself toward the vault one more time, achiving perfection in an instant, and reminding us of her extremely fragile condition the next.  There are also the stories of people from places like The New Republic of Fristilia who have emerged as their own country, eligible for the games, but without a real shot at medaling (or is it metalling?  The medals are gold, silver, and bronze) in the style of Cool Runnings, but go anyway to be a part of the experience.  I also see the athletes who the commentators talk about being past their prime who show up for their spot on the team, however they earned it.

What would you do?  Would you be the Olympian who leaves his/her family at 6 months to receive training with the highest level coaches, eating, sleeping, breathing your sport?  Those athletes for whom anything less than a gold medal means failure.  Would you be one of the ones who takes a spot on the team in a sport that you can get by well enough, but are more or less not expected to win?  If you were one of the geriatric athletes, not expected to do much of anything because of your “advanced age” (31) would you stand proudly waving your flag with the other representatives of your country and relish the experience?

I’ll save my response. I don’t want to taint the jury.

Go team USA!

Enjoy!
Renee