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Who to root for at the Olympic Games: Joannie Rochette. UPDATED
The news of Mrs Rochette’s death made the nightly news here in the US. Not sure which channel I heard it from the other room.
Here is my first entry the adorable Timmy Thomas but today with a heavy heart I do a second version of my new series “Who to root for at the winter Olympics”
I am not a big fan of Canadians in general. Too many of them come to the United States, make their fortunes and then bad mouth us like there is no tomorrow (I mean you Arvil Lavine AND Wayne Gretzky) but for some reason I teared up when I read that Canada’s Joannie Rochette’s mother died suddenly. I am usually against sap stories but for some reason the un expected death of a mother whose daughter is about to compete in the Olympics with a real shot at a medal pulled at my heart strings. (yes I have a heart)
Joannie has been around for many years. I am sure she is a lot older then I think she is but she has always been a kid in my mind. Always close to a medal but not quite there due to inconsistency Joannie finally won a medal at last years World Championships. She finished 5th at the last Olympics and many (me included) think she should have been on the podium in Torino.
Good luck to Joannie and my sympathies to her family.
Also added. I am still for fair judging and as sad as I am for Joannie she can win this medal in her own right. Judges need to do the right thing here and score fairly.
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