Top 10 Reasons to
Get Excited for the Olympics: #1 The Surprise Gold Medal
In many ways, that
is the reason that all the athletes and all the nations compete and merge
together once every four years. They all seek to perform and entertain, but in
the back of their minds, all that training is focused on one thing...the
Olympic Gold Medal, and when an underdog rises through the rings and achieves a
Gold Medal that shocks the world, it takes the number one spot on our
countdown.
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| Oussama Melliouli |
There are moments
that defy the odds and expectation, such as when Tunisian swimmer Oussama
Melliouli scored the only medal for all of Tunisia at the 2008 games, and it
was nothing short of a Gold in swimming, the first individual men's swimming gold medal every won by an African nation.
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| Hong Un Jong Center |
Then, there was North
Korean gymnast Hong Un Jong who defied all competition from USA, China, and
Romania by winning a Gold Medal in women’s gymnastics on vault, the first for
her country in that sport.
The unexpected becomes
the priceless, and the unpredictable is the reason we watch the Olympics.
From here at The
UC: We will also say, let’s hope Team USA kicks some Ass.
No Questions Today:
Only Answers.
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