| Battling those post-Winter Olympics blues |
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| Local Content - Editorial |
| Written by production |
| Thursday, 04 March 2010 16:21 |
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A new and unique medical phenomenon could be on the horizon for Canadians. Post-Winter Olympic blues could quickly settle over the country that has been bathed in red and white for the past two weeks. Even the most diehard anti-sports fans could not help getting caught up in the excitement of the Games and what they came to mean to our country. It will likely be a couple of decades before Canada will host another Olympic Games, although there have been some buzz over the possibility of hosting the Summer Olympics on Canadian soil. Judging by the country’s response to this event, a summer run might be just as exciting. Even though there are those who opposed the hosting of the Games due to their outrageous price tag, there are still millions of people the world over who delight in watching the world come together for a couple of weeks in the winter to celebrate athletic achievement. Nothing beats back the winter blahs like watching some of the world’s best athletes tackle the mountains, the ice and each other for a chance at winning an Olympic medal. If nothing else, the Olympics were a fun diversion for the month of February, which can often seem way longer than its 28, sometimes 29, days. As with every Games, there were the human interest elements that could not help but pull people along into the spirit of the Games. There were unforgettable moments, tears of joy mixed with tears of sorrow. There was edge-of-the-seat action that even the most rookie sports fan could enjoy. For the diehard sports fans, it was two weeks of unbelievable competition ending most dramatically with the Canadian men’s hockey team winning the Gold medal in overtime against the U.S. team. Now that is a goal hockey fans will be talking about for decades, or at least until the next Winter Olympics in Russia in 2014. For North America, these Olympics offered a unique opportunity to see the competitions in real time. In the past, with the Games hosted on the other side of the globe, it was almost an Olympic sport to juggle real life and middle-of-the-night coverage of the Games. This time around, Canadians and Americans could watch the entire Games in real time, and it certainly added to the excitement. When the Games are next broadcast from England for the 2012 Summer Olympics and from Russia two years later, it might be a different story. For now, Canadians can head into March with a smile on their face for having witnessed an event not likely to be repeated for a couple of decades. |
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