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Congrats John. I'm sure we are all very proud of our athletes, as we should be.

One of the US athletes I'm most proud of is one who didn't even win a medal. She's only 16. Mirai Nagasu took 4th place in the women's figure skating. It was her first Qlympics. And the highest scores she's ever gotten. She was thrilled. You would have thought she had won gold by her reaction. She skated beautifully and flawlessly.

I don't like it when an Olympic athlete gets silver or bronze and they act as if they've failed! To be labeled as second or third best in the world must really suck! LOL.

All of them should be proud to get to represent their country in the greatest sports competition in the world. And we should all be proud of them, medals or not.

Bob



Bob: My wife and I watched Mirai skate, and were very impressed and inspired by her behaviour after - it was so nice to see someone so joyful at having improved on her personal best and not be disappointed at not winning gold.

As for our hockey teams, I'm quite aware that the ladies have virtually been trading first and second spot for years. They are so closely matched that it's really a toss-up as to which team will win at any given time.

Actually the same thing applies to the men's teams (USA and Canada). There are people here that are smiling smugly, but in truth we have no right to do so - there should have been two gold medals for hockey because those teams are so close. Look at the overall results; first game US 5, Canada 3; second game Canada 4, US 3. They tied in wins, with an edge to the US in goals for/against. If it was a seven game series, it would be a crap shoot.

Glenn

PS - and that "own the podium" crap has many of us ashamed and disgusted.

Last edited by Glenn Kolot; 03/02/10 11:10 PM.