FIST-pumping to swimming? You betcha! Jumping for joy at winning a bronze in rugby? Ja, 100%, boet.
Shaking from anxious excitement during the mountain bike cross-country race? Well, yes, sometimes I even surprise myself …
The Paris Olympics has been exhilarating to watch, and thus far I have become a one-day expert in fencing, rowing, archery, and diving. I speak in turns, lunges, rotations and splashes; and dream of watching SA athletes standing on the podium, biting down on a medal, the national anthem accompanying their joy.
Did Simone Biles just land a Biles II, and was that a reverse two-and-half somersault tuck? Surely that was an Ippon?
I don’t know, but I’m eager to learn.
The return of spectators to the Olympics has reinvigorated my love for the Games,…