All medals are created equal
Re: Mixed doubles curling is an Olympic sham — and not all gold medals are created equal, Feb. 13.
Excuse me if I am one of the millions of proud Canadians celebrating yet another monumental sporting achievement by Canada’s amazing Olympic athletes. Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris have spent a large portion of their lives training to be in peak physical form and practising relentlessly the extremely technical sport of curling to become the best in the world.
I have only curled twice in my life, and do not watch curling on TV until the Winter Olympics every fourth year. I find myself riveted to the coverage as Canada’s finest compete against the rest of the world’s best. The fact that they were able to come together in such a short period of time and capture a gold medal is a testament to their dedication and skill.
Patrick Chan and the rest of Team Canada’s figure skaters have laboured tirelessly in cold arenas since they were young. They have inspired the entire country.
Every four years, Canadians hunker down during our coldest, darkest, most miserable month of the year to have our hearts warmed, our days brightened and our spirits lifted by our incredible Olympic athletes. Millions of Canadian children will now want to grow up to be Olympic athletes because of the inspiration they found in the mixed curling and team figure skating gold medals. Let’s not try to equate or compare gold medals, Canada; let’s all celebrate the achievements of our heroes, even if a certain columnist is trying to rain on our Olympic parade.
Gary Serviss, Petawawa