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Courtesy Katrina LeBlanc Katrina LeBlanc Official Website

An Olympic Feeling
So we are on the bus heading away from the village to Tianjin. I have to say that everything has already been so much better than I could have ever imagined it.

I remember when I was young watching the different Olympic games being mesmerized by the athletes and how proud they seemed playing their sport and representing their country. They really enjoyed what they were doing and they were at the top of their sport. I wanted to be like them.

I would watch whatever sport was being shown on the television and I only left when I had to. I wanted to do it all…from track, to basketball, to soccer…at that point it did not matter, I just wanted to be like them. I remember telling my parents that one day I wanted to be in the Olympics and them telling me that I could do it. The fact that I am here and that my parents will be here in within 24 hours is proof that if you dream big and are willing to really go after your dreams, it can really happen.

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