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Once every 2 years I get insanely excited! Why do you ask? THE OLYMPICS!!!
As you all well know the Winter Olympics have recently ended but there was no shortage of drama, scandal or medals for the USA!! Now let's start with one of the biggest stories of the Olympics ...that one lone ring not expanding in the opening ceremony. Now when I saw it I noticed but didn't loose sleep over it. However with so much riding on this games I'm sure Putin wasn't jazzed.
Next was the scandal that was the speed skating results. The United Dtates is known for its superior speed skaters but we didn't seem to be performing in the manner we are used to. With skaters like Shaunie Davis and JR Celski ( guaranteed to earn gold medals) it was upsetting ( for me, it was gut wrenching) to watch them fall short of their record speeds and not make the podium. So what does the USA do? We request to go back to the uniforms they wore prior to the Olympics ( in actually found out that the olympic suits weren't tested to the extent they should have been...come on USA step your game up!!) as a result we earned silver in the team relay but other medals were hard to come by since we had already fallen far behind before the uniform change.
Fortunately our ice dancing due earned a well deserved gold medal but that was soon overshadowed by a gold medal in women's figure skating when Russia earned the gold medal with a sub par performance ( it has recently come to light that the winner allegedly knew one of the judges and that same judge is married to a Russion Olympic committee member, in addition to having been suspended from judging several years ago for fixing the winter Olympic Games several years back) A TRAVESTY I TELL YOU...TOTALLY TRAVESTY!!! The silver medalist was ROBBED!!!
But overall I loved every minute if the games. I feel like the Winter games don't get enough love and I'm here to share that there is at least one person , who has an obsession with the games that is unparalleled ( ME!!!!)
Did you watch the games? And if not... what was on TV that was soo important that you missed it?!? Yes I'm looking at you!!
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Haha, I love your enthusiasm here! That Meryl Davis, she's something else. I can't figure out what it is about her that throws me off, but they were definitely spectacular! The commentators said the Russian who won gold had more difficulty but didn't perform as polished as the silver medalist, whereas the silver medalist was more polished and elgegant but didn't have as much difficulty. Just thought I'd throw that out there. I wasn't very dedicated to the Winter olympics so don't hate me! =) hahaha
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