03 August 2012

U-S-A



Who doesn't love the Olympics? Seriously. Every four years, during the Summer Olympics, there is a feeling of intense patriotism around the whole world. I guess technically it's every two years, but for some reason, I feel like it's more prevalent during the summer Olympics. Names like Gabby Douglas and Michael Phelps can be heard everywhere and you can hear people talking about back handsprings and the breast stroke way more than any other time of the year. Most importantly, it's fun. It's fun watching sports you previously knew nothing about (gymnastics), or sports you have a connection to (track).

Here are some things the Olypmics has made me realize:

- Dreams really can come true.
 I just love seeing the passion and determination every single athlete has during their events. It's hard to not get teary eyed when you see them win their race or get the gold. It's truly amazing to see their life-long dreams that they have been working toward come true. 

- I am terrible at geography.
Yeah, I probably can't find majority of the countries competing on a map. It's bad. I'll be the first to admit it. I am terrrrrible at geography. Maybe I'll make it a personal goal to be better at this by the next Olympics. The athletes are training for their events and I'm training to be good country finder.

- I can't really name the country that belongs to the flag.
I test myself sometimes when I watch the Olympics on TV. I'll spot a flag and try to guess what country it belongs to. I'm not very good. I can get some major ones like France, Italy, Australia, and Japan, but other than that I'm pretty much stumped. 

- I wish we watched more obscure sports.
Why do we wait four years to watch gymnastics on TV? Maybe that's what makes it so exciting, we anticipate it for four years and it's fresh in our minds. It never ceases to amaze me what these athletes can do. Every single event I watch I find myself thinking - and oftentimes saying out loud, "wow, how did they do that?"

I'm really looking forward to all the track events to start. I especially love watching the high jumping since that was my event in high school. These people jump so high, it's crazy.


What is your favorite event to watch in the summer Olympics?
Which do you prefer.. summer or winter?

 PS. Check out these reallllly cool swimming pictures!



 

11 comments:

  1. I love watching gymnastics! And in the winter I love figure skating.
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  2. I'm terrible at geography too. You could put a map in front of me and I still wouldn't be able to find some countries... lol! As for Olympics I enjoy gymnastics and swimming most. I also love seeing world records getting broken in any sport.

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  3. I watch the Olympics only for the women's gymnastics. I could care less about any of the other sports, haha.

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  4. I have been totally swept up by the gymnastics girls - love!

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  5. I've been obsessing over the Olympics all week. I've talked about it in at least four posts. Ooops!

    I've never cared about gymnastics or swimming until watching the Olympics this year and I have been die hard cheering for all of our girls! (Way more into the women's than the men's.) It's gotta be the novelty of it only happening every four years, I don't get this stoked about college basketball usually and I love me some college basketball!

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  6. I have always LOVED the Olympics!! I prefer summer Olympics, I think just because I have more time to watch them with school being out. This year, I had a baby the week before they started. it's awesome because I'm home and basically not sleeping, so I get to watch it all!! :)

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  7. I have always LOVED the Olympics!! I prefer summer Olympics, I think just because I have more time to watch them with school being out. This year, I had a baby the week before they started. it's awesome because I'm home and basically not sleeping, so I get to watch it all!! :)

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  8. Visiting from Hollie Takes Notes! I like the winter Olympics, because I love watching all the winter sports! Especially now that I live in colorado, so we thrive on that stuff. PS. You are GORGEOUS, girl!

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  9. I actually love all the track and field events :)

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  10. haha I can relate to all those things you said. My favorite is summer Olympics for sure! Go team USA!

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  11. I prefer summer, but love winter too. I love gymnastics, swimming and track & field the most.

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