When Christine Sinclair walked into the stadium in London carrying the Canadian Flag, well it just made me feel good. To me, that is what sports is supposed to be.
The Olympics are full of great stories. Here is just a few from this year. (Canadian Style)
- The Canadian Women's soccer team. An incredible turnaround story one year in the making, culminating with a last minute heroic goal to win a bronze medal. Fantastic.
- Damian Warner - men's decathlon - ranked 17th in the world, had 7 personal bests at the Olympics and finished 5th. That is so good.
I could go on and on at the tremendous highlights that occurred during the games.....but even some of the low lights are worth mentioning.
- Simon Whitfield fell during the triathlon and the other athlete he took out actually sent out a tweet saying that Simon Whitfield had inspired him to be a triathlete and forgave him. That is good stuff. The ultimate in being a good sport.
- The Canadian men's 4 x 100 relay team won the bronze medal - only to be disqualified for stepping on the line. It was heartbreaking...and yet somehow it turned into a feel good story about a team and a country standing together and saying....it was ok. "we are with you". It was a touching story.
There are so many of these stories....and the funny thing is, they are around us every single day, in the sports we play now. Adults or kids, men or women, boys or girls, there are some great stories that we all love to hear. I have friends tell me "you should have seen the bantam lacrosse game I was at on the weekend. it was amazing....." - or the great soccer story, hockey, fishing....etc. The stories are all out there.
I started passitonsports.ca just over a year ago for many reasons. But the two main reasons are this.
1/ I love sports, the competition, the skills, the athleticism and the friendships.
2/ I love the stories that surround sports. Not the dark side of sports. I like the good side of sports. The stories I like just make you feel good when you read them.
So hear I go again. I would like to hear some more "feel good" stories from you, and I would like to share them with others. I know each and every one of you reading this has a great story. Share it. Tell us someone you are proud of, or respect. Tell us of someone you are grateful to. It will make you feel good to tell it, and the person that the story is about as well.
It is simple. Go to www.passitonsports.ca and become a member. It is free. Then you go to add a story.......and away you go. It is that simple. Add a photo or even video.
I look forward to "your" feel good sports story.
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