The Winter Olympics are by far my favorite. There are so many events that I enjoy watching. My only problem is finding time to finish all this school work during that time. I loved watching the 1500m short track men's speed skating. When those two Korean's took each other out and Apolo Ohno and JR Chelski skated in for silver and bronze.. wow! I was impressed with JR Chelski's skating. This was his first competition since he put a severe gash in his leg requiring 60 stitches. Talk about courage, I am not sure I could get back on the ice after going through something like that. But then again if it is something I had been training for my whole life I probably would have too. I believe at 19 he is Ohno's heir apparent.
I am currently watching the men's biathlon. I have no idea how they can get their heart rates up so high from skating, only to have to calm down enough to shoot accurately. My heart goes out to these athletes that miss 1, 2 and 3 targets. Penalties are steep and I am sure heartbreaking. Brutal. Add in the crappy weather, my hats off to them for even finishing.
I leave you with .. GO
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