We’re only twenty days away from the start of 2008 Summer Olympics, so have you caught Olympic fever yet?
For today’s Open Forum Friday, let’s talk about your favorite Olympic sports, athletes, memories, or why you believe the world comes together for three weeks to celebrate our common ties.
Feel free to go off-topic in this post by discussing other sports, non-tennis players, or almost anything you wish, as long as it is about the Olympics.
To start things off, here is my mini-list!
Favorite Olympic Memory: Watching Kerri Strug land her second vault at the 1996 Summer Olympics, which helped the USA Gymnastic team win the gold medal.
Favorite Olympic Sports: Swimming, gymnastics, tennis
Favorite Olympic Event: Women’s 400m IM (swimming)
Non-Tennis Athletes I’ll Be Cheering: Amy Hoff, Natalie Coughlin, Aaron Peirsol, Michael Phelps, Paul and Morgan Hamm, the Lopez siblings
Best Opening Ceremony: The 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Favorite Part of the Olympics: The Parade of Nations
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Favorite Olympic Memory: Lindsay Davenport winning the singles gold medal In 96 as she wasn’t expect to and it was the making of the rest of her career.
Favorite Olympic Sports: Swimming,tennis basketball anything with aussies in it.
Favorite Olympic Event: Aussie women in any swimming event. gold medal game for the women’s basketball.
Non-Tennis Athletes Libby Trickett and the aussie swimming team, Our basketball team and all the aussies.
Best Opening Ceremony: The 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney (biased I know)
Favorite Part of the Olympics: Watching the under dog win against the odds.
I enjoy hearing the individual stories of olympians…their families, their practice routines, trials they endured…the road they traveled to get to the olympics.
I like diving, the equestrian events, men’s track, and gymnastics…I can skip the beach volleyball. Table tennis at the Olympian level is always an amazing feat too. I prefer winter olympics over summer, but both are great to watch.
I’m thinking we may know a couple of folks in the parade of nations representing Guam…that will be special.
I am a believer in Jesus Christ and so I also like to hear the stories of athletes that put Jesus Christ first in their lives and how He has used sports in their lives.