The Bashing Olympics

This years winter olympics are being held in Vancouver, Canada. It is the XXI annual winter olympics so far. Viewers will be seeing sports such as curling, snowboarding, figure skating, and alot more. In the opening ceremony, the West Coast was unable to view it because of a tape delay. During the opening ceremony, one of the arms of the olympic torch didn't rise, making Catriona LeMay Doan, speedskater, stand awkwardly while her three companions lit the flame. As of today, the United States are in the lead with the most medals earned with 24, and Germany is second with 16. Shaun White is one of the well known snowboarding champs. He won a gold medal while doing a Double McTwist 1260. Some of the olympic sports are unsafe and could result in death. On February 12, a man named of Nodar Kumaritashvili died while practicing before the opening ceremony. He died while going 90mph, because he lost control of his sled, slamming into steel poles down the luge. Being in the olympics takes alot of practice and hard work. Apolo Anton Ohno yawned before his races. Television viewers were amazed as to the yawn that was made by Ohno. The yawn did not make a difference in his performance, because he won with a bronze medal. Bode Miller is a skier winning a super-combined first gold medal. He conquered a tricky course, while thinking of how it reminded him of being a kid going down the slopes. Lindsey Vonn, despite her injury, grabbed gold in the downhill ski and also took a bronze in the Super-G. Vonn injured her right shin, going 65mph down an icy bumby mountain. Evan Lysacek upet Evgeni Plushenko capturing a gold medal during figure skating. He was the first U.S man to win the gold medal in figure skating since Brian Boitano in 1988. All these good athletes are very entertaining to watch, but I think when an athlete gets an injury it should not be played over and over on television.
My thoughts on the winter olympics are interesting, because I don't like to really watch the olympics. I like some sports, for example curling, bobsledding, and figure skating are the most fascinating to me. Others might love to watch the olympics everyday for two weeks. Overall, I appreciate every athlete on what they do and accomplish. It is fascinating to watch them win gold, silver, and/or broze medals.