Good Ol' Val

Last night I was fortunate enough to go to the Olympic medal ceremony for Valerie Adams.  It was a once in a lifetime experience and it was so much fun!  I took Miss P along with me and we had heaps of fun.  We ate dinner on the wharf, took too many photos of New Zealand Celebrities and cared more about spotting Guy Williams than any of the other 'Celebs' that we could see!  Crack up!

I have to admit though, all the way through it, I couldn't help but think about the Belarusian athlete who had the drugs in her system.  Her coach said that he had spiked her food with the drugs and she had no idea that he was doing it.  Though there are obvious physical side effects, I can't help but wonder if she honestly didn't know about the drugs.  Yes her body was changing but when you're looking at yourself each day and you're not mentally aware of any change that is occurring, you can't see any differences in yourself.  I know it's not really the same, but when I was constantly putting on weight, I didn't see it.  You would Think I would notice that I was putting on weight, but honestly I couldn't see how big I was when I was there.  I can now, but when it was happening, I saw nothing.  I have to wonder if it was the same for her.  If it is the case that she had no idea about the drugs, how embarrassed and mortified would you be?  The Olympics would have been her life goal and her ultimate dream.  She thought she had won the medal fair and square and would have begun the celebrations, just to be stripped of her title and to be named a cheater in front of the whole world. How heartbreaking.  It would be an athletes worst nightmare.

And on the other hand, what drove her coach to drug her food? Did he not have enough faith in her ability in shot put so thought the only way to make her win would be to drug her food? I think it's so sad that he thought the only way to win would be to cheat.

Moral of the story?  Don't cheat, you will be caught in some way or another.

Sophie
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