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To: UnsinkableMollyBrown
I know that all who come to the Olympic games have as a dream to win a medal....and after these days of watching some of the Olympic shenanigans, with people bellyaching about the outcomes, people lodging protests, judges perhaps cheating, and some of the Olympians themselves, being very ungracious, its great to read a good, heart warming story...

Here we see a team, poor in money and in things, but rich in their wish to compete...they probably knew they had no chance to medal, but still came in the hopes of at least making a good showing, and competing to their very best ability...

This reminds me of the man from Thailand, who competed in I think cross country skiing, and had no real chance, yet he competed...or the young man from Nepal, who also competed in these winter Olymics, with no real chance of a medal, yet fulfilled a dream to just complete...and he did, coming in I think 82nd out of 83 in his particular sport, which I do not remember...

For all the unfortunate wrangling, and greed, and cheating and poor sportsmanship we always wind up seeing at any given Olympics, a story like this one, and stories of lesser known athletes who compete out of love of sport, these are the stories, which more than the others give a true reflection of what the Olympics should be, rather than what they have become...

5 posted on 02/22/2002 2:49:47 PM PST by andysandmikesmom
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To: andysandmikesmom
#5......... And who could forget the skijumper EDDIE from England.
25 posted on 02/22/2002 6:42:14 PM PST by Great Dane
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To: andysandmikesmom
You betcha!
42 posted on 02/22/2002 10:00:22 PM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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