What makes the Olympics so magical?
I’ve been thinking about this question today. What is it about the Olympics that sets it apart from any other sporting event? Sport is typically enjoyed by a select group of people. But the Olympics brings in viewers who’d never venture near a game of football or rugby. Why is this?
I loved it that the start of the Premier League season was completely overshadowed by the Olympics. The over paid footballers relegated off the front and back pages of the the newspapers as British Olympians made all the headlines.
It is amazing how you get sucked into the Olympics. You switch it on and you nearly switch over as it’s some random sport you don’t know anything about. And yet, before you know it, you’re screaming at the tele, desperately urging your team on. I love it!
The Olympics is able to bring out the absolute best of the athletes. World records crumble every time. People put their bodies on the line like never before. It’s puts the football world cup to shame on that front.
What about you? What makes the Olympics so magical for you? (If it does, of course!)
August 18th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
For me it’s one simple thing…it’s the WORLD! The whole world represented in one place…not to fix anything…not to argue…not to kill each other. Just to show off their strengths.
On Saturday we were watching the women’s marathon, and I said, “Look everyone, the women of the world are running together!”. What a perfect picture. All of these countries had their women running together towards the goal. It gave me chills. It was the biggest number of countries represented in one sport I had seen up to that point.
I so love the Olympics! You’re right, we have no training in most of the sports represented, but I find myself cheering for whoever is winning. It really doesn’t matter what country. I just feel so excited for them. They have worked so hard to get there, and they reached their goal.