Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Olympic Spirit

Natalie du Toit represented South Africa in a 6.2 mile swimming marathon today. She was disappointed in her showing of 16th place, stating "I tried my best. I'm not too happy with it, but I'll be back for 2012."

Sounds like many Olympic hopefuls whose showing don't meet their own expectations, right? Probably true. For me, Natalie embodies the Olympic spirit and has already won. Why? Because she is just a little different from her competitors. See below:


4 comments:

Kate said...

they all amaze me!

Amiee said...

Makes you realize what determination can really do.

belbing said...

Yeah, I saw that story as well. And more than what she has done, what impresses me is how she is so not interested in having people think what she has done is impressive because she has one leg. Like Collins said, she goes to tell her story and it was like well there was an accident, I lost my leg, but then I did...etc.

Anonymous said...

Well put Renee!