Another Olympics Done & Dusted.

All to do about one race every four years.

Firstly, I loved watching the various events and have even grown rather fond of other alpine disciplines especially seeing the freestyle snowboarders in action. How exciting was that to watch especially when Anna Gasser won gold. Great stuff and how trendy are these skiers compared to the other disciplines? Instead of tight tights, they wear baggy pants, voluminous scarves and helmets. New trend on the go I think.

During one of the heats they interviewed Anna Gasser's boyfriend who also competed but didn't make the cut. He hinted at the fact that he was glad the Olympics were over because it takes such a big chunk out of everyone's life. Two years of laser like focus and training which culminates in those few days of competing. Imagine having an off day, which can happen to everyone? Four years down the drain so to speak. On the other hand, that is what they sign up for.

It must be quite hard to manage the aftermath of winning a medal...media circus, no rest and great expectations. In a way it must be more stressful than competing. The same questions being asked day in and day out, and of course the next races have the added difficulty of everyone's expectations attached to it.

Just for fun, some of the interviewers poke their questions into the open wounds of a bad result, a missed gate or a fall. Bob and I often cringe at their nerve and audacity...

" So, why did you miss that gate? Aren't you good enough, haven't you trained enough or is the course too difficult for you? "

Imagine being asked these questions mere minutes after a not so good run...honestly, someone should tell the interviewer to cool it and start looking for other points to focus on...

Biggi