The Olympic Games

The relative quiet of a wet, cool summer has been assuaged by the 2008 Olympics. It is interesting to note new developments in the sports. The changes in scoring, rules, and new events provide some challenge to keep up. The new faces, and old, and the challenges faced to get to Beijing. Some, like Anna Rice, are balancing personal and sports lives.

At the age of 51 I have watched a few Olympic games. It strikes me that there is more to learn in losing than in winning. How painful it is to hear over and over again in painful interview after painful interview from journalists who do not seem to be able to find a new question other than, "How disappointed are you?"

Surely, they can find something positive. Surely they they can let these athletes know how proud we are that they are 10th or 20th IN THE WORLD. Family members have given up much to ensure that these athletes have managed to find the energy, the willpower and the financial means to go to the Olympics. I want to learn what they have learned, not to visit a trite question of disappointment. With all the wisdom and expertise of those who have covered Olympic Games have we not learned something about that? Life is a journey, not a destination. Our Canadian Olympic Team is a great one.

BTW
Is it just me, or does Mr. Majumder, in our CBC coverage, seem trite and diminishes the spirit of the games? We are spending big bucks to see an otherwise clever comic trivialize the 29th Olympic Games and diminish the culture and spirit of China?