Athlete Night

So for Athlete Night each member of the family gives a short presentation on his or her athletes. Here are the   athletes that we each will be rooting for, as well as one foreign country each:

Mom-

Foreign athlete: Im Dong-Hyun, S Korea, Archery

Foreign Country: Saudi Arabia (particularly the women because its the first time they can compete)

US athlete: Brittany Reese, Long jump

Dad-

Foreign athlete: Bilyal Makhov, Russia, freestyle wrestling

Foreign Country: Russia (in honor of Josh)

US athlete: Ariel Hsing, Table Tennis

Holden-

Foreign athlete: Roger Federer, Switzerland, Tennis Singles

Foreign Country: UK

US athlete: John Nunn, 50k racewalk

Some highlights from the presentations:

Im Dong Hyun is legally blind (20/100 in one eye, 20/200 in the other) but has won gold medals in archery events in the past 2 summer Olympics. He says he "just aims for the yellow".

Brittany Reese has won four consecutive indoor/outdoor world championships and is a favorite going into the 2012 Games. At the last championship, she set a personal record of 23' 8.75".

Bilyal Makhov was expected to take gold in Beijing in the 125 kg weight class (that's 275 lbs!), but in an event leading up to the Olympics, he was poisoned! He received a dose of mercury that would have been enough to kill an ordinary man.

Ariel Hsing is a 16 year old trying to win Team USA's first gold medal in table tennis. A poster idea for Ariel:

John Nunn is an LDS athlete who served a mission in Vegas and received a racewalking scholarship to the University of Wisconsin despite the fact that he had never previously participated in an actual racewalk event. His poster puns included:

You've heard of the Flying Nun, but what about the Walking Nunn?

Nunn Shall Pass!