Project Olympics – The Net Cam and other innovations
Custom Curling sticks by Paterson Composites helped propel Canada to a Bronze medal at the 2018 Paralympics.
Project Olympics – Coping with Change
Change can be very challenging for many reasons. When I came back from the 2008 Olympic Games, I literally stayed on the couch for about a month. First was the mental exhaustion of having participated in a unique event and second was the uncertainty of what to do next. There was not motivation to go […]
Project Olympics – What Now?
“What now” was a question I faced almost daily after the 2008 Olympic Games. My internal response what that I had no idea … my external response was that I was going to get a job and pay off my debt. I knew in my heart that the first job I was in was going […]
Project Olympics – My Favourite Moments
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 part of that infrastructure is your family. […]
Project Olympics – Closing Ceremonies – It’s a party!
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 Closings have very […]
Project Olympics – Losing to Win Silver
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 […]
Project Olympics – How do athletes change countries
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 […]
Project Olympics – Behind the scenes of an Olympic Medal win
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 […]
Project Olympics – Olympic Lingo
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 […]
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is …
The founder of the modern Olympic Movement, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, is quoted as saying “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.” Achieving personal best in anything that you do, including if you compete in the Olympic […]
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