Feb 11 – I love the Olympics, Summer or Winter makes no difference to me. The pomp and grandeur of the opening and closing ceremonies is always worth the time wasted frying your brain cells in front of the tube. Teams from all over the world gather for one week of all out, blood sweat and tears, leave nothing behind competition, awesome. This week the XXI Olympic Winter Games will be held in British Columbia, Canada from Feb. 12th -28th. That’s west coast Canada, so we will actually get to see some TV coverage at a reasonable time.

Sgt. Jeremy Teela, a bi-athlete with the Army’s World Class Athlete Program, practices prone shooting Oct. 21, 2009 at Soldier Hollow, Utah, in preparation for the XXI Olympic Winter Games Feb. 12-28 in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps

I like all the events but especially the individual events. With all the different camera angles available the crazy fast events like luge, 2 man bobsled and downhill (girls do that one too) are a real thrill ride. But one of the sport that you hardly ever get to see, unless the US has a vested interest, is the biathlon.  So when I heard that Army Sgt. Jeremy Teela a three-time Olympic athlete was returning with his sights set on becoming the first U.S. bi-athlete ever to win an Olympic medal I was stoked. (continue reading…)