The 2010 Winter Olympics began on Feb. 12 and concluded on Feb. 28. I felt like it lasted a lifetime. The length was only 16 days but to me it seemed like it lasted for the entire month of February. I heard more about it than I heard about Black History Month.
Everyday on Twitter, CNN, Headline News, USA Network and NBC, something about the winter olympics dominated the media. One reason may be because of the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili before the games began. His death was tragic and affected lots of people. It wasn’t a good way to begin the games but I can’t help but think that his death brought more publicity to the winter olympics. Another reason it may have gotten so much media coverage is because it doesn’t happen every year. That gives it prominence over other things because it is a rare occurence.
Congratulations to Canada for winning 14 gold medals, the most in the history of the Winter Olympics. The most recent medal they won was for men’s hockey. The United States won nine medals.