Winter Olympics - 67 Days and Counting

I’m pleased to be doing some work on the Winter Olympics for FYI (http://foreveryoungnews.com/).

I haven’t written on the Olympics in a while.

In fact, it is almost six years since I wrote this piece prior to the Beijing 2008 Games. (http://foreveryoungnews.com/posts/1231-the-spirit-lives-on)

And at that point, there seemed a good chance that the Games weren’t going to happen at all. But they came off without any significant hitches, as I recall.

This weekend found me getting a bit more into the Winter Games spirit.  Snow on the ground here in Port Rowan certainly helps.  Good results from our bobsleigh athletes and alpine skiers serve as a reminder that the opening of Sochi is only 67 days off.

The Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games follow about a month later.

These games will feature competition in five events.  They are Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Cross-Country Skiing, Ice Sledge Hockey and Wheelchair Curling.