Olympics Observations

As I mentioned in an earlier post I watched quite a bit of Olympic TV coverage during my two weeks in Mumbai. I have always been a fan of the Olympics. I was living in Canada in 1960 when the first miracle on ice occurred for the USA hockey team, and who could forget the 1980 version? As a fan and citizen of the USA, I have always rooted for my country’s team. Watching the 2026 event it occurred to me that I was also rooting for other countries. Having lived in Canada in my youth, I found myself rooting for their athletes, and since I am also a permanent resident of my adopted country,y New Zealand, of course, they have my support. Surprisingly, I found myself rooting for Norway, a country with 5.5 million residents (about the same size as New Zealand). Not only are they leading in both Gold & all the medal counts, but what is even more impressive is when you consider both counts on a per capita basis. It’s incredible. I’ll leave the math to you.

One other observation that occurs to me is that most of those athletes are attractive far beyond the norm. Since they are dedicated and hard working to even be participating, you would expect most to be physically fit, no surprise there. However, why do so many have attractive facial features? And among them, many would be considered very attractive. Does their attractiveness influence their self-image,e leading to assertiveness? Just a bit of speculation on my part.