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1. Oh, how terrible! Gee, to work so hard to get into the Olympics, and then this happens. I've been watching the

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 04:38 PM

Aug 2024

Olympics (I love them!), and I have seen some of the stories of some of the athletes and what they went through to get into the games. It's indeed, heart-warming, stories of the challenges and efforts that all of the people around the Olympics and the athletes go through, to participate in the games.

My best to all of the participants ... they are, in my book, the true heroes of the day.

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Oh, how terrible! Gee, to work so hard to get into the Olympics, and then this happens. I've been watching the SWBTATTReg Aug 2024 #1

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