Every four years the Summer Olympics are held at various locations across the globe. This year’s games are being held in London, England from Wednesday July 25th – Sunday August 12th. One of the biggest disappointments of this year’s Opening Ceremonies to me was the fact that the Olympic flame isn’t visible from outside the Olympic stadium. However, I did find it pretty cool that a stuntman dressed like Queen Elizabeth parachuted out of a helicopter into the stadium. The men’s and women’s soccer competition actually began two days prior to the official start of the games in order to complete the necessary amount of games in the amounted time frame. One local name to watch in the swimming competition is 15 year old Katie Ledecky from Bethesda’s Stone Ridge School for the Sacred Heart who will be a sophomore this fall. She would go on to win the gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle and break the United States women’s record that had been held the past 22 years by Janet Evans. However, that didn’t even compare to Michael Phelps becoming the most decorated Olympian of all time with 22 total medals over the last 12 years that included 18 golds. While he participated in the 2000 Olympic Games, he didn’t medal. In conclusion, while I hate to see these games come to an end I can now look forward to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero.
by Kris L.
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