It is that time again where the spirit of true competition and the pride of one’s heritage collide into what we know as the Olympics! I love watching the competitions, summer and winter, if makes for some real quality TV viewing. Of course this year started off on a somber note, and the footage of the incident is hard to take. Now the story is that the athlete was afraid of the course which makes the story even harder to grasp. So why did he compete?
Many people speak about fear and it’s relation to their chosen trade, I must say that I do not have a lot of fears when it comes to doing what I do, however if I did and it involved the possibility of death, I would choose a different path. It is very disappointing that we lost a life at such a young age, death is never easy to take regardless of age. I am stuck wondering how this could have been avoided, and what will be done in the future to deter such events from happening again.
