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I freely admit to having watched every minute of the Olympic & Paralympic games that I could and have to admit to being slightly jealous of those of us who got spammed to work at the event. But as the flame is extinguished tonight and the reality of the anti-climax starts to hit from tomorrow, what will be the reality of the "legacy"?
4 years ago I watched and enjoyed the Beijing Olympics and as the hype built up for London 2012 I looked forward to seeing Ben Ainslie, Chris Hoy, Rebecca Adlington, etc. The difference for me now is that in 2016 I will also be looking forward to seeing Ellie Simmonds, Hannah Cockroft, Jon-Allen Butterworth, etc. I think Jimmy Carr's comment on Super Saturday, that he had stopped thinking about athletes' disabilities and simply wanted the wheelchair rugby team to smash their opponents as hard as possible was spot on and described my own feelings perfectly.
As an aside, looking at the adversity the paralympians have overcome to be the very best that they can be and then thinking about the lazy, feckless and workshy who leech my taxes incites a rage of Daily Mail proportions!
How long will the legacy last? Will it be all forgotten by Wednesday or will the Olympic spirit continue to pervade everything that we do?
4 years ago I watched and enjoyed the Beijing Olympics and as the hype built up for London 2012 I looked forward to seeing Ben Ainslie, Chris Hoy, Rebecca Adlington, etc. The difference for me now is that in 2016 I will also be looking forward to seeing Ellie Simmonds, Hannah Cockroft, Jon-Allen Butterworth, etc. I think Jimmy Carr's comment on Super Saturday, that he had stopped thinking about athletes' disabilities and simply wanted the wheelchair rugby team to smash their opponents as hard as possible was spot on and described my own feelings perfectly.
As an aside, looking at the adversity the paralympians have overcome to be the very best that they can be and then thinking about the lazy, feckless and workshy who leech my taxes incites a rage of Daily Mail proportions!
How long will the legacy last? Will it be all forgotten by Wednesday or will the Olympic spirit continue to pervade everything that we do?