The Time I Went to the Olympics

It’s Friday July 26, 2024, and the 2024 summer Olympics have officially started. One of my favorite events is happening in one of my favorite cities. I’ve been to Paris before, but that story is for a different article, maybe. Here I want to briefly share, in honor of the 2024 Olympics, the time I went to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, for the 2016 summer Olympics!

I guess my interest in the Olympics came from me running track in middle school, high school, and for a touch in my freshman year of college. I enjoy healthy competition and the Olympics is the largest stage in the world for it. When I had found out that the Olympics were going to be in Rio I immediately, and possibly with a little hubris, declared that I was going.