Still counting down for my departure to London, 31 days by the way, and the Olympic time trials have started! My past few days have consisted of watching insanely buff women run track, the men's decathlon, and men and women's diving. The athleticism of these people is absolutely mind-blowing to me... My sister made a pretty good point while we were watching, we both went to a division 1 high school, and were arguably one of the most overall athletic girls in our class, but the women in these races just absolutely put us to shame. It just really put into perspective how huge a feat it really is to just be involved in the time trials.
Watching the trials was awesome, there was drama, excitement, and I even witnessed men doing gravity defying stunts off the diving boards. I think that was the craziest thing to me. One dive maybe lasts 2 or 3 seconds. I play soccer which is a 90 minute game. I have 90 minutes to prove my skill and show that I am the better athlete in the situation, but these divers literally have 2 seconds to prove that they are the best in the entire world! It is just unfathomable to me, especially when they all contort themselves into these amazing tricks and not a single one of them belly flops! I also love the sound when someone has a perfect entry and the water almost looks like jello because they dive in so perfectly and the water barely even ripples let alone has much of a splash!
As an athlete that has only ever competed in team sports, I just find individual sports like track and swimming absolutely incredible. For example, winning a soccer championship feels amazing, to know that a team came together with a common goal and to show off what they can do as a unit to be the best. Whereas in a sport such a track, when you win, you are solely the best. No one else carried you, or made up for when you made a mistake, you were perfect in every way to win it all. Some may call sports like that selfish, and I guess in a way it is. But any athlete can agree that perfection is something we all strive for. Individual sports really showcase physical perfection and I just find it so captivating. It really is upsetting that I will not be able to watch the races while in London, and that I won't even be there anymore for those.
Watching the trials was awesome, there was drama, excitement, and I even witnessed men doing gravity defying stunts off the diving boards. I think that was the craziest thing to me. One dive maybe lasts 2 or 3 seconds. I play soccer which is a 90 minute game. I have 90 minutes to prove my skill and show that I am the better athlete in the situation, but these divers literally have 2 seconds to prove that they are the best in the entire world! It is just unfathomable to me, especially when they all contort themselves into these amazing tricks and not a single one of them belly flops! I also love the sound when someone has a perfect entry and the water almost looks like jello because they dive in so perfectly and the water barely even ripples let alone has much of a splash!
As an athlete that has only ever competed in team sports, I just find individual sports like track and swimming absolutely incredible. For example, winning a soccer championship feels amazing, to know that a team came together with a common goal and to show off what they can do as a unit to be the best. Whereas in a sport such a track, when you win, you are solely the best. No one else carried you, or made up for when you made a mistake, you were perfect in every way to win it all. Some may call sports like that selfish, and I guess in a way it is. But any athlete can agree that perfection is something we all strive for. Individual sports really showcase physical perfection and I just find it so captivating. It really is upsetting that I will not be able to watch the races while in London, and that I won't even be there anymore for those.
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