Farewell Winter Olympic Games 2010

The 2010 Winter Olympics have come and gone. In the beginning that glitch in the opening ceremonies had people thinking of what more could go wrong? Then, a slippery track and a lack of experience on it claimed a life. R.I.P Nodar Kumaritashvili. Now, we all had something to be concerned about. As the games began, things started to look up and everyone started concentrating more on the events and supporting their countries. The way that the games were meant to be celebrated!

There were tons of ups and downs for the athletes, but there could only be one GOLD medal awarded for each event (unless there's a tie, but that's another story). I'm impressed with the amount of coverage that curling received. So many people had no idea what it was or why it was a part of the games. In the end, I think that a lot more people have learned about curling and found it to be quite entertaining and intense. I would like to send out big Congratulations to Yu-na Kim for winning the figure skating event in record fashion and to all of the other medalists for my host country South Korea. 대한민국!!!

Now to my country that I so dearly love and supported throughout these games...Way to go! We walked away with 37 medals (the most of any other country). Shaun, Apolo, Bode, Lindsey, and the Men's and Women's Hockey teams, these were your games and you all made us proud!! We didn't win all of the medals that we set out to or win all gold, but "an Olympic athlete is as close to a super hero as we get"! With that being said, you all are all champions in my eyes. Congratulations to all of the participants and medalists from all over the world. You have done yourselves and countries proud by competing on such a GRAND stage. Bravo!