Larry's Special Olympic Dream

Saturday, February 2, 2013

From SO Canada

Full results for Team Canada Alpine Skiing can be seen here.

http://teamcanada2013.ca/results/alpine-skiing/

Also pics from Flickr site.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/92082000@N03/with/8439034226/#photo_8439034226

His speech on YouTube via SOC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0qIZbBF8XY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Dear family,

Larry's first race in the World S.O. Winter games, looked great, even got tucked down nicely. The team did well but a few were upset. Phil Mullen took a dive at the end of his run and was bruised up. His brother thinks there will be a miraculous recovery coming up so I don't have any idea if he will race tomorrow. Ambyr fell during her run to and she was very sad. Tomorrow will be no divisioning just right to racing Giant Slalom.

Larry said he would shave if he medalled. Well he did, a glorious bronze. They placed the medal around his neck he said "thank you". Then he said. "I want to say something, On behalf of all the athletes, I want to thank you for all your support."
And the crowd cheered. YES!!

The people from TSN who did the documentary at Nationals are here and remember us very well. They asked if Amanda was with us. They all say hi.

Tomorrow night is the family reception put on by the world committee for all the fans. We have met a couple if ladies who are the American twins of Carmen and and me, and we are sharing many laughs and stories.

Will update tomorrow.

Larry didn't get his medal until after midnight your time Amanda, so I will try to get him right after the race to Skype with you.

Love and miss you all.
Go Team Canada Go!

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I am beyond words ... but I've never failed to squeak some out. I am so very proud of Larry. Just making Team Canada was his DREAM and now he has medalled with still two more races to go. BRONZE FOR GREEN!! He is so grateful and humble and an amazing athlete He is my hero and my inspiration. HE DID IT!!!

Amanda

Friday, February 1, 2013

Bronze for Green!!

LARRY WON A BRONZE MEDAL for Super G!! YEEEHAW!!! CONGRATS BIG GUY!!!!

Details TBA!

Korea Update #5

Dear family,

Raining cats & dogs. Skiing cancelled, will run race tomorrow, am. We took a tour. The first stop was a temple that was totally destroyed during Korean war except for the pagoda. The first archway is guarded by these very big and scary/so-ugly-they-are-cute statues on both sides. The temple is a monastary and I watched the monks go get there dinner. The main temple budda is gold and has a beautiful smile (no picture allowed). One building only holds the temple bell & gongs and the rooves are ornately carved. Just a 1 hour to tour and guess who was last on the bus?

We went to the Traditional Korean Cuisene Institute. It is a government incentive to preserve tradional cooking. Different colours represent the 4 directions. The bibimbop, is a hoge-poge of all the colours mixed with rice. Aunty Carmen made me eat the dried fish, see before and after photo. Cabbage and asian radish are the only vegtables grown in the winter. At the resort we can buy apples, oranges & strawberries, but not alot of veggies, even in the restraunt.

Next we went to the Korean Thomas Edison musuem. This rich man admired Edison's imagination and drive so much that he started collecting a vast range of Edisons inventions. This place was packed to the roof. There was a slot machine like a gun slinger, you pulled his gun arm, hope his gun wasn't loaded. There was a jute box that played cylinder records, 1 of the last 2 surviving electric cars, and so on and so on. Now off to the nobleman mansion. I feel like the wicked witch of the west, melting from all the rain.

This tradirional mansion has a separate enterance for women. Boys and girls are not together after 7 years of age. Wives don't,t sleep with their husbands. They live in a compound where the mother-in-law rules. These houses have two kitchens, one used to cook winter and summer and one used only in winter to cook rice, heat water and to heat under the floor of the rooms beside them. All heating is under the floor and the paper screens are made from wool so it keeps the heat in. It does get cold in the mountains.

In the wood shop, the sheves were full of PENIS's, cracked ones, ones that looked like mushroom, and natural ones like how Dad's carrots used to grow. [??????]

This rich man loved the arts so he had many room to have poets, painters, writters on so forth come to visit. Would love to visit in the spring time. The lake is surround by cherry trees, which bloom red and pink.

Larry will be racing giant slolem tomorrow. I will try to see if they will let him come with me to Skype, no connections at finish line.

So far I have bumped my tablet and receive 3 total strangers stuff with no delete button. Tia Carmen is sad there are no naked men stuff, especailly bums

Terry Green
Go Team Canada Go!

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Rainned Out

Alpine skiing is cancelled today (technically tomorrow) due to rain. Ill let you know when they reschedule.

Prelim Reslults

From what I can tell from the Super Giant Slalom divisioning and preliminary runs Larry has been placed in Intermediate M11 with 7 other athletes The difference between the fastest and slowest times is about 4 seconds. Larry is about 5th with only 3 seconds separating him from the leader. So at this point it is anyone's game. Then we move on to the Super Slalom and Slalom events!! Three chances to medal or just burn down the hill!!

His final runs are tonight from 6-9pm or so. He will do two runs and results will be around 9:30pm (1:30pm tomorrow in Korea). Keep posted here for results or just listen for the deafening screaming coming from Beaumont .. that's me ... all excited, win or not!!

Larry's Event Schedule
Remember 10:00am in Korea = 6pm the day before here
and 13:00m in Korea = 9pm the day before here
Prelim round for practice and to place them into divisions.
Final rounds are for medals!!

Date

Time

EVENTS

1.30