Becoming Better Every Day
While the performances are amazing, my favourite moments from the Olympics come from watching the families of the athletes - their excitement and emotion as they watch their athlete compete. An athlete's journey is not a singular one. There is an entire infrastructure around you and the strongest …
[Read more...] about Project Olympics – My Favourite Moments
The Closing Ceremonies are the party for the athletes. It is a celebration of the 3000 people who are the Olympic Athletes from 2018. It is a lot less structured than the Opening Ceremonies that has many formal aspects to it - Flag raising, Torch lighting, speeches and oaths being taken. The …
[Read more...] about Project Olympics – Closing Ceremonies – It’s a party!
Losing to win a silver medal is always a tough thing to do. The athletes in team sports whose competition ends with the loser winning the silver medal - makes them seem to be bad sports if they are not happy to have won. At the Olympics, everyone is perfect - it is simply a different layer of …
[Read more...] about Project Olympics – Losing to Win Silver
After watching the Canada / Korea Hockey Game, there were lots of comments about the number of players who were North American by birth and how did they get to be on the Korean Olympic Hockey Team. Well, the answer is ... it depends. The National Olympic Committees are the ones who name people to …
[Read more...] about Project Olympics – How do athletes change countries
It is quite the whirlwind once you become an Olympic Medalist. I was not lucky enough to have won one myself but was fortunate enough to be around behind the scenes with a number Canadians who did win medals - what a ride! Here is a taste of the behind the scenes of an Olympic Medal win. Once …
[Read more...] about Project Olympics – Behind the scenes of an Olympic Medal win
Here are a few tips to make you sound like you know what you are talking about with respect to the Olympics. First, an Olympian is always an Olympian. You are never a past, ex, or former Olympian. You can say 2008 Olympian (that's me) or 1964 and 1968 Olympian (that's my Dad) but you are always …
