Although the summer Olympics are my personal favorite, particularly because I am a swimmer, I still love the Winter Olympics too. I remember Athens 2004 summer Olympics fondly because I was in labor with Maxwell. But, tonight was an unforgettable night as well.
The end of the evening concluded with two unbelievable performances on the ice. The first was that of Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin. Just two years ago in the Wolrd Championships Tatiana took a horrible fall to her face when Maxim lost his footing and accidentally dropped her. But tow years later, they eagerly yet cautiously took the ice at the 2006 OlympicsTheir free skate performance to "Romeo and Juliet" was nothing less than magical. This pair was so in sync with their movements, landing such difficult elements with ease. They were definitely the audience .
The second pair was Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao of China (no relation), who started off their performance with a nasty fall. Zhang Dan missed her landing crashing her into the wall, she quickly hopped unto her feet but could not skate. After talking with her coach and trainers they finished their performance from where they had left off and it was nearly a flawless performance.
I always cry when the medal winners are on the podium but this time the tears came before hand, knowing how hard both teams had worked, the trials they have been through, and to have achieved something most of us dream of.
2 comments:
I haven't seen any of the figure skating but Sunday night I stayed up late to see the Men's snow boarding. America's "the flying tomato" won!
Although I don't typical care much about the Olympics, the two performances you mentioned were pretty touching, especially the Chinese pair continuing after the fall. Amazing that they took the silver even with that huge mistake.
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