OLYMPICS

SO CURRENTLY THE 2016 SUMMER OLYMPICS IS BEING HELD IN RIO, BRAZIL. MY DAD HAS BEEN WATCHING ALMOST ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT CATCHES HIS EYES. MYSELF ON THE OTHER HAND SWIMMING, TRACK AND FIELD, AND TAEKWONDO OF COURSE, PLUS ALL THE RANDOM STUFF THAT IS AROUND. WATCHING IT ALL REALLY MAKES ME THINK... COULD I HAVE MADE IT INTO THE OLYMPICS IF I KEPT AT A SPORT??? THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS... YES!!! THATS BECAUSE IM AMAZING AND TOTALLY SKILLED IN EVERYTHING. THE LONG ANSWER IS REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT SPORT... THERES SOME IM BETTER IN, SOME THAT I DONT EVEN PLAY, SOME I SUCK IN, AND SOME I DONT CARE FOR... SWIMMING AND TAEKWONDO WOULD BE THE OBVIOUS CHOICE AND PROB HIGH JUMP AND LONG JUMP FOR TRACK. I WAS GOOD BACK IN THE DAY... CAUSE IM OLD NOW... BUT IF I REALLY KEPT AT IT... INSTEAD OF GOING TO SCHOOL, GOING OUT, MAKING FRIENDS, PARTYING, AND ALL THE OTHER RANDOM STUFF, I PROBABLY COULD HAVE MADE IT. I HAVE A FRIEND THAT ACTUALLY MADE OLYMPICS AND EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NATIONAL CHAMPION OR LIKE TOP RANKED IN THE COUNTRY, OR RANKED HIGHLY ON THE WORLD STAGE, IT DOESNT MEAN THAT IT WILL TRANSLATE ON THE OLYMPIC STAGE. USUALLY IT DOES, BUT SOMETIMES IT DOESNT. THAT IS WHY IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, ALL THE WORLD RECORDS ARE SO MUCH FASTER AND HIGHER THAN THE OLYMPIC RECORDS. THATS CAUSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND REGULAR EVENTS ARE HELD ALL THE TIME, WHERE AS OLMPICS IS ONCE EVERY 4 YEARS. SO YOU ONLY HAVE A CHANCE TO BEAT IT ONCE EVERY 4 YEARS. THE ONLY REASON YOU HEAR OLYMPIC SO MUCH MORE IS BECAUSE IT ISSSSSSS EVERY 4 YEARS, AND BECAUSE THEY MAKE THE BIGGEST THING OUT OF IT. EVERYONE IS WATCHING, THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING, EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT IT. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS... NOT SO MUCH... UNLESS YOURE INTO IT. SWIMMING I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN BEAT IN, TAEKWONDO I PROBABLY COULD HAVE MADE IT, LONG JUMP MOST LIKELY, AND HIGH JUMP EASY. THEN AGAIN... WITH ALL OF LIFE HAPPENING, HOW WOULD I HAVE MADE THAT WORK? MANY ATHLETES HAVE A DAY JOB AND IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE IT TO THE OLYMPICS. THE TIME AND EFFORT AND MONEY THAT IS NEEDED TO GET YOURSELF TO THAT LEVEL IS NOT EASY. ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE ARE THOSE WHOS SOLE JOB IS TO GO TO THE OLYMPICS AND WIN... AKA CHINA AND PLACES. EVERYONE DOES IT FOR THE SPORT THAT THEY LOVE. I PROBABLY COULD HAVE DONE FENCING AND SHOOTING TOO BUT NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN AMAZING AT SOMETHING BUT NEVER GET THE CHANCE TO TRY IT. I REALLY WISH I KEPT UP WITH SOMETHING... ESPECIALLY SINCE I KNOW I CAN TAKE ON ALL THE PEOPLE THERE RIGHT NOW. BESIDES ALL THAT... CANADA DOESNT HAVE THE SUPPORT SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR ATHLETES WHO SOLE PURPOSE TO TRAIN AND WIN. THEY HAVE REGULAR JOBS AND ALL THE REST OF THE STUFF I MENTIONED ABOVE. ITS HARD ON THEM. CANADA SPONSORS THEM SO LITTLE AND WHEN THEY WIN, THE GET SO LITTLE AS WELL AND JUST GOES BACK TO WORK THE NEXT DAY. PEOPLE WHO WIN IN OTHER COUNTRIES ARE TREATED LIKE HEROES AND ARE GIVEN WHATEVER THEY WANT. CANADA IS TOO EXCITED WHEN THEY SEE A MEDAL... OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE 10 TIMES THAT OF WHICH WE HAVE. YOU KNOW WHAT... IM GONNA GO TRY FOR THE OLYMPICS :) START TRAINING AND BY 34 IL BE THERE HAHA. HEY, WHO KNOWS... STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. NOT TO MENTION THERE ARE A LOT OF ATHLETES WHO ARE OLDER TOO LOL.

I WAS ALSO GONNA SAY THAT EVERYTHING I SAID UP TOP REALLY CAN RELATE TO EVERYTHING ELSE AND IN LIFE IN GENERAL. THATS FOR ANOTHER TIME. IM TIRED, GONNA GO SLEEP.

RT