Olympic Fever
I love the Olympics, I always have and I always will. As a young girl, I remember being excited whenever the Olympics were happening. I was about 7 years old when the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics happened and I remember watching many of the different events. I love both the Summer and Winter Olympics and have my favourite events for each. In the Summer Olympics, I love watching swimming and track. In Winter Olympics, I love speed skating, figure skating, snowboarding, bob-sledding; OK, really, I love them all!
I have been very excited about Vancouver 2010 for the last couple months. Before the Olympics started the Olympic flame was carried across Canada by thousands of people, some famous athletes but mainly by ordinary Canadians. I wish I could have been one of the lucky torch bearers. When the Olympic Flame was in Montreal I went to the Old Port of Montreal to celebrate. It was a very cold night but it was very exciting to see the flame so close and to see the excitement of the crowd and of the torch bearers. I have added some pictures that I took that night.
I think that most Canadians have Olympic Fever right now. At work, at school, with friends or even on the bus, everyone is talking about the Olympics. It was exciting when Canada finally won its first Olympic gold medal on home soil. Canada has won many gold medals at Olympics in different countries but never before in Canada .
The best part of the Olympics is hearing the stories about different athletes and their struggles to become an Olympic athlete. I always cheer for Canada but I also love hearing the stories about athletes from different parts of the world and cheering for them too.
Are you watching the Olympics? How many medals does your country have? What is your favorite sport to watch?
Also if you want to hear more about the city of Vancouver here is a link to the episode that Maura and I did last year.
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No Matter What
09/25/2009 - 1:14 am
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Hello everyone!
We are experiencing some delays uploading our next episode. We have some interesting ones coming up…including the expressions to be handy and to bite off more than you can chew. For those of you who wrote to us asking to know more about Canada, we also have an upcoming episode about Vancouver.
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02/28/2010 - 5:00 am
What I liked most about the Olympics, is that they made the “Marmot” as a mascot…to warn people that it’s an endangered specie losing her natural environment by the hands of human beings….
I also like Bob sledding.
03/5/2010 - 4:01 pm
I didn’t know that. I think using the mascot to raise awareness about endangered species is awesome! Thanks for sharing that!
03/10/2010 - 10:43 pm
Hi I’m Japanese and live in Japan. I couln’t watch it this time because of study. But I like that mascot beside her. it’s cute. Vancouver looks beautiful. I like it. ohh Seems that Japan won no gold medal. but 3 sliver, 2 bronze ones. Congratulations! Canada was the number 1 in the Olympics. great!