faster, higher, stronger

[swatkat]

I ♥ the Olympics.

There are all these atheletes and swimmers and gymnasts, a lot of them practically children, and you know they've practised all their lives for this (while dreaming of Emil Zatopek and Nadia Comaneci) - to be in the Olympics. Most of them won't win medals, but it doesn't matter, because they're at the Olympics, and that's awesome.

♥

Comments

[jaybee65.livejournal.com]

Well, *know* is kind of an overstatement. "Have met and interacted with" is a bit more accurate. Still, though, it's exciting!

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's still 'knowing'. And still exciting!

[jaybee65.livejournal.com]

I don't think she's expected to medal at all (she came in second at the US Olympic trials), but I'll be rooting for her anyway. I'm always impressed and awed by anyone who would do endurance events anyway!

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

She's at the Olympics. That in itself is wonderful. And then she's running the marathon!!! It doesn't matter whether she wins are not - it's really cool that she's doing that in the first place.

[sk56.livejournal.com]

She's at the Olympics. That in itself is wonderful.

Absolutely. I'm a total sucker for the whole package, from the opening ceremonies to the wonkiest of badminton elimination rounds.

[jaybee65.livejournal.com]

Well...just as an update, in case you're curious: she wasn't able to finish the race! Both she and one of her teammates wound up dropping out because of injuries. In her case, she had whacked her knee on an Olympic shuttle bus (!) the week before, of all things, and 20 kilometers into the marathon, it got too stiff for her to continue. How frustrating that must have been, after coming all that way!

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

Oh! That's really unfortunate. You'd it'd be muscle strain or something, but whacking her knee on a bus?!! That's just sad. *sigh*