Sunday, February 18, 2018

A refreshing Olympic story

Without any question, my favorite Olympic moment happened on Friday night, when long after the favorite racers had crossed the finish line, Ester Ledecka from the Czech Republic came and stole the Super G victory from under them.
She sure wasn't expecting to win, as she only ranked 43rd in Super-G.

While she was a known entity in snowboarding with multiple championship wins to her credit, she showed that without “celebrity-media-pressure” and heightened public expectations, as well as an absence of “helicopter parents” to screw her up, she could get to a surprise victory and set an example that many more athletes should follow.

At any rate, a deep lesson in humility for most.

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