With the closing of the Vancouver Winter Olympics the world has now looked away, looking now towards Russia for 2014..but wait..is that all? Is it over? To many it is. I however say its not, as the paralympics starts up.
Problem I think for most fans of sport is they are not as big into sports as they think. They are just into specific sports, or specific things. We for instance have a top quality junior hockey team in town and tickets very reasonable. But people want to see the elite and so numbers are generally low to these events. Same with the Olympics. They want to see the elite..the fastest, strongest. Not those who tried the hardest or sacrificed the most.
The paralympics is no less inspired though. No less exciting to me. The members of our national team, like other national teams have made commitments to excellence and should be properly recognized by government, news sites and the people themselves, rather than be a fringe deal. In some ways, I think this Paralympics in Vancouver may set a new standard in this. But we have a long way to go.
http://www.ctvolympics.ca/paralympics/index.html
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