Some Olympic Thoughts

[kitmerlot_1213]

My favorite Olympic moments—thus far :)

1.  I adore Bob Costas.  He is unbelievably suave and completely cool and I’d marry him if he’d have me:):)

2.   I hope for the next Olympics,  NBC remembers the Jordyn Wieber debacle and that they stop choosing one athlete to overhype because when the person fails and doesn’t deliver, they won’t be floundering around, completely unprepared because all of their stories are focused on one girl.

3.  I love that Aly Raisman came along and quietly kicked gymnastic ass and took home three medals, two in the event finals.  Personally I think she should have gotten the bronze in the All Around Competition, but Russia’s Aliya Mustafina was rather awesome too, so it’s all good.  And in your face NBC.

4.  I hope that once Russia’s Viktoria Komova goes home, she’s able to relax and realize that the world didn’t end because she and her team didn’t win gold in the team or all around finals.  She was crying like she’d gotten a cancer diagnosis as opposed to winning a silver. 

5.   Did I mention that I adore Bob Costas? :)

Comments

[kapuahi.livejournal.com]

My favourite moment has a tiny bit of backstory. I was once upon a time a Gymnastics and Trampolining judge, as a result I worked at the 1994 world Gymnastics Championships and met and became friends with the then Bulgarian Men's Gymnastics team. My favourite moment was watching two of my 'boys' as they were known at the World's at this games. Iordan Iotvchev still a gymnast, and Krasimir Dunev (Atlanta games High Bar silver Medallist and now Head Bulgarian Coach). Iordan is 39 and he might not have medalled but with about two weeks training under his belt he made the finals and might not have completely stuck his landing but to see the joy on his face when he didn't completely miss it either made the games for me.

To see them all so heartbroken when they don't get gold breaks my heart, and that joy at finishing, not perfectly but tidily was a breath of fresh air.

[kitmerlot1213.livejournal.com]

That is an awesome Olympic moment--just being able to compete is a reward onto itself.