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My Olympics
I've watched every Olympics, both summer and winter, since Atlanta 1996. Two of my favorite things in life are skiing and ice hockey, so I prefer the winter games, but only by a small margin. In 2006, I was lucky enough to visit Torino for the Olympics, where I saw Freestyle Skiing at Sauze D'Oulx and the 3-3 tie between USA and Latvia in Men's Hockey. Hopefully, my second time going to the Olympics will be in London in 2012!
Olympic Favorites:
- Team: USA because I'm American, but I also support Switzerland because that is where I went to school.
- Olympic Moment: USA winning ice hockey gold in 1980, even though I wasn't alive yet!
- Summer Games: Beijing 2008. I was traveling throughout the games, and I could only watch the events at bars, all of which were overrun by Australians (they are everywhere!). They talked a lot of smack about swimming, but luckily for me, Michael Phelps was absolutely dominant. I had the last laugh every night.
- Winter Games: Torino 2006, but only because I attended. As a television viewer, I really enjoyed the Vancouver games. The hockey tournament in 2010 was one of the best sports tournaments of all time!
- Summer Events: Football. Beach Volleyball. Basketball. Swimming. Golf (coming back in 2016!).
- Winter Events: Ice Hockey. Alpine Skiing. Freestyle Skiing. Curling. Short track speed skating.
- Summer Athletes: Jesse Owens. Muhammad Ali. Michael Johnson. Michael Phelps. Brian McBride.
- Winter Athletes: Shaun White. Ryan Miller. Jonny Moseley. Lindsey Vonn. Mike Eruzione.
- Olympic Mascot: Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat (Unofficial Mascot of the 2000 Sydney Games)
- Olympic Venue: Beijing National Aquatics Center. It's an indoor waterpark now!
