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“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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

Winning an Olympic Gold Medal is an achievement in itself but to win back to back Gold Medals, 4 years apart is truly an amazing accomplishment. I woke up this morning to watch the end of the Gold Medal  Mixed Doubles Curling event where the Canadian team of Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris defeated the […]