The 2010 Olympic Start

The Olympic Games, a competition full of pride. The Olympics’ is a place where dreams come true, but sometimes shattered. This year’s Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver, Canada. But this year, the Olympics have not started off the way the host city has dreamed about.
The problems started early this year. January has been one of the warmest on record for Vancouver. This temperature has hit the host city where it hurts the most, snow. The city has gone to extreme lengths to make sure there is snow on the hills for the snowboarders and skiers. Dump trucks and helicopters have been carting snow up to the games sites, such as Cyprus Hill, for several weeks. The athletes have had to deal with fog and rain throughout the time they have been in the city, which has postponed many of their practice rounds.
The warm weather has also transferred to problems on the ice of the luge track, problem that has turned dangerous on Friday afternoon. During a routine practice run, Georgian luger, Nodar Kumariteshvil was taken the last turn when something went wrong. His body was launched into a metal pole. The young, 21-year-old athlete was killed instantly. Deaths are rare in the Olympics, and Kumariteshvil’s death radiated shock waves throughout the Olympic city and around the world.
The 2010 Winter Olympics has already had many shocking headlines. From one viewer to another, I hope dreams start coming true in Vancouver. Although Kumariteshvill’s death was and is a huge tragedy, I hope it is not the main memory of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.