It's been exhausting these past two weeks, hasn't it? Getting excited, then not getting excited, then feeling the heart drop. Today's been the worst of them all, watching the 4 x 100 men's relay team being disqualified after thinking they'd won the bronze. Unreal.
So we ended up with a bucketful of bronze medals, a few silvers, and one gold. The thing is, if you've noticed, more often than not, we find ourselves in fourth or fifth. Badminton, synchronized swimming (twice!), cycling, trampoline, shot put, decathlon, equestrian, swimming, wrestling...we were so close in all of these sports.
I find it funny that we have this inherent need to add all kinds of statistics to validate our success. For example, I just heard the announcer say that this is the highest total number of medals that a country has ever earned in the Summer Olympics where only one gold was achieved. Woo hoo.
Well, my heart goes out to all those who came close. See you in four.
"Nobody's a picture perfect, but we're worth it"
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