Olympics

I was watching Pairs Figure Skating on the Olympics last night. The Russian couple has been undefeated for years and were the team to beat. About 6 months ago at a competition the guy Russian skater dropped his partner in the middle of a lift...she cracked her head on the ice. Seeing the clip still makes me cringe. The Russians stayed together and skated a decent program last night. It was conservative and didn't show any guts....but still... they didn't fall...and did an ok job. They were in 1st place. The last team of the night to skate was one of the many teams from China. There is a huge rivalry between the Russian and the Chinese coaches. You could cut the air with a knife due to all the tension. The Chinese couple had the Gold to win....it was in their control. They were gonna attempt a throw that had never been done in Olympic competition....the Quadruple Sow-Cow. If they landed that jump and executed the rest of their long program....the Gold was theirs. They started their program and the first throw was the Quad Sow-Cow. I was sitting straight up in bed...with my eyes as wide as saucers and my fingers crossed. He threw her in the air... all 4 rotations... but she fell on her knees and one knee twisted underneath her. I gasped. It was brutal to look at. As she crawled to her feet...the crowd and the other skaters were clapping for her as got up.... well....all except for the Russian skaters...they just stood there like soldiers at attention....sad! She limped around on the ice...the camera was showing a close up of her knee....already black and blue and swollen. She went over to her coach and told him she would finish the skate. They started their music again....they paced around the ice until the point where they fell in the music...then skated their freaking HEARTS out.... pure guts....pure drive....pure adrenaline. I had tears streaming down my face as if I was watching my own kid skate out there...it was amazing. They finished the program...and then WON the Silver medal. It was fantastic.