THE BIGGEST WINTER OLYMPICS IN MODERN HISTORY JUST FINISHED.
OVERALL A HUGE SUCCESS. PLENTY OF THRILLS, EXCITEMENT, UPSETS, THE EXPECTED, AND THE WARMTH OF SPORTSMANSHIP.
SOME OF THE CANADIAN CORRESPONDENT TV PEOPLE WERE ASKED WHAT THEY FOUND ABOUT THIS OLYMPICS, AS THEY MOVED AROUND, INTERVIEWED, WENT OUT AND WALKED AND TALKED TO THE AVERAGE PERSON.
THEIR COMMENTS WERE VARIED AND INTERESTING, FROM ONE OLD COUPLE SAYING MAYBE PRESIDENT PUTIN COULD BUILD SOME BETTER APARTMENTS FOR THEM AND OTHERS, LIVING CLOSE BY.
ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT TALKING TO THE ATHLETES, AND KNOWING THAT FOR MOST OF THEM THEY ARE COMPETING ALL THE TIME IN WORLD EVENTS, AGAINST THE SAME PEOPLE, SAME FACES; SO THE QUESTION WAS "WHAT MAKES THIS OLYMPICS DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER WORLD COMPETITIONS?"
THE ANSWER WAS "SEEING THE OLYMPIC FLAME, KNOWING THIS WAS THE EVENT OF ONE TIME IN FOUR YEARS."
I WAS IN A STORE THIS EVENING AND WAS ASKED BY ONE YOUNG LADY CLERK IF I WAS UP AT 5 AM TO SEE THE CANADIANS MEN WIN THE HOCKEY GOLD. I SAID, "WELL YES I NEVER WENT TO BED; I WATCHED ONLY THE FIRST PERIOD, BUT ON HEARING THAT THREE OF THE VERY BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD, FOR SWEDEN [WHO PLAY IN THE NORTH AMERICAN NHL] WERE NOT ABLE TO PLAY FOR SWEDEN, FORWARDS, GOAL SCORERS, NOT PLAYING FOR REASONS NOT FULLY EXPLAINED, BUT FOR ONE, WHO HAD A MIGRAINE HEADACHE. I FIGURED IF CANADA COULD NOT WIN SOMETHING WAS VERY WRONG WITH CANADIAN HOCKEY, SO I WENT TO BED."
AND SURE ENOUGH WITHOUT SWEDEN'S TOP FORWARDS. SOME OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD, THEY SCORED NO GOALS. CANADA WON, OVER A MUCH WEAKENED TEAM.....BUT THAT IS THE OLYMPICS, SOMETIMES ALL GOES WELL FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR TEAM, SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT.
SAFETY FOR EVERYONE WAS HELD DURING THESE GAMES.
A SPECTACULAR OPENING AND CLOSING.
SOME WONDERFUL EXCITEMENT IN MANY OF THE EVENTS.
SOME PODIUM SWEEPS, MAYBE MORE THAN AT OTHER TIMES.
AS STATED SOME REAL FINE SPORTSMANSHIP SHOWED HERE AND THERE IN SPECIAL WAYS AT TIMES.
SOME NICE HUMILITY SHOWED HERE AND THERE.
ALL POLITICAL, AND OTHER "WHATEVER" STATEMENTS ABOUT WHATEVER, BLOTTED OUT, AS IT SHOULD BE, WITH WORLD SPORT. WHAT WOULD THE "GAY" PEOPLE SAY OR THINK IF A WHOLE BUNCH OF "HETEROSEXUAL" PEOPLE/COUPLES WALKED ABOUT WITH SIGNS OR FLAGS STATING PRIDE IN HETEROSEXUAL LIFE. IF FREEDOM IS GRANTED FOR ONE ON SUCH MATTERS WHY NOT THE OTHERS, AND BEFORE LONG, A SPORTS ACTIVITY LIKE THE OLYMPICS WOULD BE A SOUNDING PLATFORM FOR ALL KINDS OF GROUPS, FOR ALL KINDS OF IDEAS, BELIEFS, IDEOLOGIES. JUST STOP AND MEDITATE FOR A MOMENT ON ALL THE GROUPS OUT THERE, WHO WOULD LOVE TO MAKE THEIR STAND NOTICED BEFORE EVERYONE TUNED INTO THE OLYMPICS AROUND THE WORLD.
SPORTS ON A GLOBAL SCENE, IN THIS DAY AND AGE, SHOULD BE NONE-POLITICAL, NON-RELIGIOUS, NON-ANYTHING BUT JUST THE SKILL OF SPORTS, EVERYTHING ELSE LEFT AT HOME. THE ONLY EXCEPTION, WHEN A COUNTRY HAS A GOVERNMENT THAT IS ACTING LIKE HITLER AND THE NAZIS, THEN THE OLYMPICS SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM.
YES IT WAS A GOOD OLYMPICS, HAD MANY LATE NIGHTS, CAN NOW GET BACK INTO MY REGULAR LIFE AGAIN. BUT LOVED IT ALL.
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