[Shotimes] Re: Saddest thing at the Olympics today

[G Kerby Haltom]

She needed a hug, and then a slap to the side of  the head!  That was a tough lesson to learn.  And there is  absolutely nothing wrong with winning a silver metal in the  Olympics.  But...  
  
  Kerby

Alan Fanning <Awfanning@earthlink.net> wrote:  Yeah, that was a very sad finish. I was thinking - somebody give her a hug!

    Alan


wrote:

> Message: 12
> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:43:19 -0600
> From: Donald Mallinson 
> To: "'v8sho'" , SHOtimes 
> Subject: [Shotimes] OT: Saddest thing at the Olympics today
> 
> Did you see the finals of the ladies snowboardcross today (Friday).
> 
> American Lindsey Jacobellis had it won easily and showboated on the next
> to last jump.  She fell and was lucky nobody was close, because she was
> at least able to salvage Silver.
> 
> But that wasn't the saddest thing.  What was, was watching it all sink
> in as her competitior celebrated just a couple of feet in front of her.
> 
> Jacobellis stood there, hands down, head drooping, stock still, facing
> her competitor.  People swarming around the winner, happy, and joyous.
> Through the dark goggles and all that baggy clothing it was so clear
> that her heart was breaking.  NOBODY came to comfort her or celebrate
> winning silver.  She was more alone at that moment than I have ever seen
> anyone.
> 
> Like a lot of people I was a bit annoyed with her for blowing it like
> the football player that celebrated and was denied the touchdown, but as
> I watched her literally meltdown, I knew I was watching something very
> intimate, something supremely sad.  A moment that was lost on the people
> at NBC sports.
> 
> Later NBC reviewed the run, over and over, showed her when she removed
> her goggles, her eyes were sad, she had cried tears, she said the right
> things, and she had come to terms at least a little with the reality.
> 
> I am a former broadcaster though, and the image of her standing just
> inches from the celebration that should have been hers was the real
> money shot for the broadcasters.  Maybe it is best they haven't realized
> what they have.  It might not be as special if we were to watch it even
> one more time.  Moments like that should not become fodder for the
> opening of a sports program.
> 
> Don Mallnson
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