Day 5 - 54 -- Olympic Vertigo

Like many people around the world, I've been watching the Olympic Games for 14 days. I do love seeing the athletes do their best. I will admit feeling disappointed when the commentators focus on medals and gold medals only. Not every athlete will win a medal, but they are all part of the games and should be recognized for making personal and national best scores. At the same time, I am delighted for those who do win a medal. (And just to show my grammarian roots -- they do not medal or podium -- those are not verbs but nouns. <sigh>)

Watching most sports I realized how few there are that don't induce vertigo for people like me. Wow! The dead drop from the start gate to the run in ski cross, the jumps and maneuvers in freestyle skiing and snowboarding, the heights of ski jump, and the spinning and jumping in figure skating -- and so much more -- all could make me feel queezy watching them. Yet, I do find myself watching and trying to avoid the parts that create the vertigo -- helmet cams are horrendous for this. Needless to say, I am not an athlete and have had motion sickness and vertigo since I was a young child. I did not grow out of it as the MDs of the day suggested. It is just me, which is why I am here and the athletes are there <grin>.

A song came to mind while watching the ski cross yesterday followed by the women's free skate. It is an older tune from about 1969 that made number one in UK, Canada, and USA. It is a light bit of fluff, but it is fun. Enjoy!

Dizzy -- Tommy Roe