It was yet another ordinary day in my world. Get up, go to work, work, run errands, go home.
But on the other side of the world, it was an extraordinary day for Canada's Olympic Team.
Earlier this week, during a cross-country sprint, a Russian skier went down in a crash. He tried to get back up to finish the race, but it was clear that one of his skis was broken. Out of nowhere, one of the Canadian coaches ran out onto the course with a ski, helped the skier into it, and sent him off to the finish line. This act of kindness alone made me proud that Canada's team is made up of people who look beyond the competition to demonstrate real olympic spirit of respect and humanity.
Well, you can just imagine how blown away I was when I heard today that Denny Morrison won a silver medal in the Speedskating 1000m event BECAUSE his friend and teammate Gilmore Junio volunteered to give up his qualifying spot to Morrison, who had missed qualifying because he fell during the qualifiers in December.
Gob. Smacked.
And not only did Junio give up his spot to Morrison, but when Morrison raced today, Junio was watching down front, cheering and beaming with pride for his teammate.
Seriously, if the Olympics gave out awards for complete and total awesomeness in the sport of humanity, Canada would have a strong lock on it.
Go Canada!
...Wish you were here.
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