Well, these Olympics have certainly been one of the most memorable of all time, but this is for both good and bad reasons!
One young Olympian sadly died before the games had even started after crashing during a training run on the luge course. This tragic event did cast a shadow over the Olympics at first. A minute’s silence was observed at the opening ceremony and the 21 year old’s Georgian teammates wore black armbands as a mark of respect.
Soon enough though, the competitive spirit kicked in, the tiny lack of snow problem was resolved (snow was shipped in!) and we were in for a fantastic few weeks of sport!
Along with some of my sport loving friends I have been glued to the TV every night watching the Olympics and I mean VERY late every night. I have the Canada-UK 8 hour time difference to thank for my recent lack of sleep! Even unlikely sports like curling have kept me interested, who would have thought a simple game of rolling weights on ice could actually be kind of… exciting!?
Snowboarding has always been my favourite of the winter Olympic events and they didn’t disappoint this time around either. The fast races down the Vancouver slopes were also amazing to watch and the painful looking falls suffered by some of the Olympians kept me at the edge of my seat.
We were very disappointed that Great Britain only managed to clinch one medal at these winter Olympics but at least it was a Gold one!
Without a doubt the host nation Canada overshadowed every other county competing, winning 14 gold’s altogether. It’s obvious that the Canadian team gave these games everything they had – they were under the most pressure but I think they performed incredibly in front of their home crowd who were keen to show their support very loudly!
I just hope that Team GB will shine as brightly when they compete in front of their home crowd in the London 2012 Olympics… watch this space!
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