I have been watching the Olympics on and off since they started. Luckily, I didn’t watch the opening ceremonies! I don’t watch USA basketball or women’s soccer. But many of the competitions have been awesome. Last night the two that I enjoyed most were the Men’s 1500m won by American Cole Hocker when he went from 5th place to beating the World Champion in the last 300 meters in Olympic Record time!
My other from last night was the women’s 200m. American Gabby Thomas won going away and was spectacular! This young lady is special. She graduated from Harvard University with degrees in neurobiology and global health as an undergraduate, and then in May 2023 she finished her Master’s degree in epidemiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Gabby is beautiful with one of the prettiest smiles I have ever seen!
But, what was my favorite thing about these 2 sports stars? After the races, they found their family and friends in the stands and celebrated with them, and were given American flags. They each draped themselves with the flag and ran around soaking in the experience and the cheering crowd! In their interviews they were so happy to win gold for their family, their team, and their country! This was really heart warming for me considering how some athletes have acted in the past.
Check out their videos below, and be sure to watch them until the end so you can see their interviews. You will have to copy and paste the titles below in YouTube to view them. They won’t let me link the actual video.
Larry
“Cole Hocker emerges on top of a loaded men’s 1500m field | Paris Olympics | NBC Sports”
“Gabby Thomas gets her long-awaited gold medal in women’s 200m | Paris Olympics | NBC Sports”
My other from last night was the women’s 200m. American Gabby Thomas won going away and was spectacular! This young lady is special. She graduated from Harvard University with degrees in neurobiology and global health as an undergraduate, and then in May 2023 she finished her Master’s degree in epidemiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Gabby is beautiful with one of the prettiest smiles I have ever seen!
But, what was my favorite thing about these 2 sports stars? After the races, they found their family and friends in the stands and celebrated with them, and were given American flags. They each draped themselves with the flag and ran around soaking in the experience and the cheering crowd! In their interviews they were so happy to win gold for their family, their team, and their country! This was really heart warming for me considering how some athletes have acted in the past.
Check out their videos below, and be sure to watch them until the end so you can see their interviews. You will have to copy and paste the titles below in YouTube to view them. They won’t let me link the actual video.
Larry
“Cole Hocker emerges on top of a loaded men’s 1500m field | Paris Olympics | NBC Sports”
“Gabby Thomas gets her long-awaited gold medal in women’s 200m | Paris Olympics | NBC Sports”
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