USA! USA!
USA!
The last few
days have been busy! I was able to go to the USA vs RUS men’s hockey game a few days
ago. It was epic! I hope you all got to watch at least some of it in the early
morning hours in the States. It was very loud in the arena – even Baby Miller
was bouncing around wondering where we were! J It sure was a great feeling to win
that game! Now we need to focus on getting into the gold medal game just like
the women’s hockey team!
I also was able to attend Meryl Davis and Charlie White’s gold medal performance last night in
ice dance. It was awesome to see so many years of hard work culminate into a
gold medal! The reward could not go to more deserving and humble people!
I wish you all
could be here to help us out-cheer the Russians. We’ve been hearing a lot of ‘RUS-SEE-A’
(this is how the Russian fans pronounce and cheer for Russia) rather than
‘USA-USA-USA’!
Shout out to
Westview Elementary School in Apple Valley, Minnesota! Thanks for following the
blog!
And a second
shout out to Mr. Johnson’s students in Nashwauk-Keewatin, Minnesota! I received
your question: ‘Do you have a bodyguard or other protection at the Olympics?’
Here is my answer: ‘Great question! Yes – sort of! I don’t have anyone
specifically assigned to me but Team USA has special people here to help keep
us safe. The USOC has two employees who are actually former government secret
service agents who help coordinate all of our security and then we have several
state department agents who are here and assigned to each team and venue,
including the village. We feel very well taken care of!'
Enjoy the
last week of the Games!
Julie
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| USA vs RUS men's hockey game! |
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| It was so exciting! |
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| Lots and lots of Russian fans |
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| 3-2! Go USA! |
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| Our little bike workshop! Our NOC Assistants putting together bikes for the men's hockey team. Imagine lots of fairly tall guys riding around the village on these little bikes, carrying lime green Sochi backpacks and ringing bike bells...that is our hockey team! It is quite the scene here! :) |
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| An all female marching band walking around the Olympic Park. |
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| A special reception at the USA House for the International Skating Union (ISU). That is the president of the ISU speaking. |
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| The Nike store at the USA House. |
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| A worker changing a light bulb on the Bolshoy arena. |
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| A clock projected onto the Iceberg arena in the Olympic Park. |
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| The Bosco store (the souvenir store) in the Olympic Park. I haven't been inside yet because the line is always out the door! |
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| One of the massive food courts in the Olympic Park. |
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| This one is for my dad - this is the view from our office space. The Black Sea is on the other side of the security fence. If I actually had a good throwing arm I'm pretty sure I could throw a rock into the water from our office! |
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| Meryl and Charlie waiting for their scores. |
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| Meryl and Charlie receiving their flowers. They will receive their medals later tonight at the Medal Plaza in the Olympic Park. |
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| Whoo-hoo! |
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| USA! USA! USA! |
Greetings again from room 105. We are studying Olympic medals today. The class loved the pictures and hearing about all of the events you have been able to take in. We are anxious to watch the men's hockey team tomorrow and the women's on Thursday. I also printed your blog for Ardis to read. She beams when she reads the posts!! Thanks for keeping us all posted, it seems like an amazing and wonderful time!!!
ReplyDeleteMrs. Forer's class
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Hi Mrs. Forer's Class!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you are still enjoy the Olympics! My most recent post has a picture of a real Olympic medal! It was so cool and so heavy! Please say hi to Ardis for me! :)
Julie