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Why I still watch the Olympics
Tonight, in the men's 400 meter freestyle, an 18-year-old kid named Ahmed Hafnaoui from Tunisia, who was the eighth qualifier out of eight and was so not considered to be a factor that the NBC announcers didn't even mention his name until about halfway through the race, came out of nowhere to win the gold medal by 0.16 seconds.
He's only the second athlete from Tunisia to win a gold medal for swimming, and it's the fifth Olympic gold medal for any Tunisian athlete ever.
These are the stories, the moments, I watch for. You can see the whole race here -- it's only about four minutes. The amazement in the announcers voices. The look on Ahmed's face when he realized he'd won. This, for me, is what it's all about.
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(Sadly cannot watch because of region-lock, hmpf.)
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