My CAN-I Thought Process!: An act of kindness shows Olympic Spirit

March 19, 2006

An act of kindness shows Olympic Spirit

"I saw a girl in trouble," he said.
So he handed her a pole. Perfectly natural, the human thing to do. Except, there’s this: Hakensmoen is the coach of the Norwegian team.

Norwegians are crazy about cross-country skiing. It’s their national sport, and Norway had a team in the race.

The Canadians went on to win the silver medal. The Norwegians finished fourth, nine seconds out of third place.

Read about the story @ The Columbus Dispatch - Olympics

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at March 19, 2006 12:00 PM Perma Link

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