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I'm Competing For Canada In The Beijing Olympics

by Orato | July 16, 2008 at 03:11 pm | 183 views | 4 comments

I have been a competitive track and field athlete from a very young age. In 2008 I won my first World Cup race in Richards Bay, South Africa and have been selected to represent Canada at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. I’ve been training hard the last four weeks here in Les Angles, Pyrenees, and am getting to the last few weeks before I pack up and leave the mountains. We have all been working hard to get the most out of our training and be ready to go in Beijing. The weather is a surprise each day, but I don’t mind; we have been very lucky with our bike training and only had a few rough runs in the rain…This still doesn't seem real yet, but I'm sure soon it will.

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René

at 15:36 on July 16th, 2008

good stuff:

Orato, I like this story. It's good stuff. FAR OUT!

René

at 16:08 on August 4th, 2008

maybe not so good:

So this wasn't actually you! Boo-hoo! Boo!

Orato, this rarely happens, but even though I originally thought this story was Good Stuff, I now have some questions. Did you reveal all your sources? I also wanted to confirm that you actually witnessed the event, or that you added information that you research on your own.