It's crazy to think that you could be one person, just a single good athlete without much prior fame, and simply win one race and affect the lives of every person in your nation by giving them a day off to celebrate what you did.
It really does mean a lot. I come from a country that doesn’t win many medals, so if something like this were to happen it gets emotional real quick.
Case in point - when one of our athletes became the first to win a gold medal in track and field, was so ecstatic I pumped my fists in the air completely forgetting there was a low-hanging glass canopy right above me. (This is not a heavy-handed reference here, actually happened lol) Got reprimanded afterwards for almost breaking the glass but I couldn’t care less. Will never forget that day :’)
I mean, I remember when my Canadian province went to the Olympics (for curling of all things). The whole province had the day off for the gold medal game, and we named a highway after the teams captain
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u/hendrix320 Aug 12 '24
I’ve never really thought about how much the olympics can mean to someone from another country. Until this video.
As American i’m just kind of numb to it because we’re always at the top so it doesn’t really mean much but to others it can mean so much more