2018.2.8

It was fine in the morning and daytime.  So I was surprised to see the frozen window shields of my car at night.

I can't believe the winter olympic will start soon.

Since 1992 in Barcelona  I have been to the Olympics until 2004 in Athens. As winter olympics, I went to Nagano in 1998 and Salt Lake in 2002.
Every time I have special memories.

2014.2.23

It was fine but cold.  I stayed at home all day long.

It's been two weeks since the 22nd Sochi Winter Olympics 2014 started.  And it is already the last day.  There were 7 sports and 98 events.   12 events were new from this Olympics.  88 countries and regions joined.
There were 1 gold medal, 4 silver medals, and 3 bronze medals in Japan.  Three of them were obtained by teenagers.  The oldest was 41 years old.
There were some athletes who were expected to get the medal but could not.  I hope they will challenge at the next Olympics in 2018 if possible.
Since there were 5 hour time differences between Sochi and Japan,  most events were done during after midnight.  Therefore I missed many events.  But still I like to see the games. 
Thank you very much for all the athletes.  Congratulations!
 

二月二十六日（nigatsu nijyuroku nichi） ： February 26

Many Japanese must have watched the women's figure skating wishing the medals. All of Japanese representatives for both men and women were expected to get medals. Among them Mao Asada (浅田真央), 19 years old was thought to be the one closest to the gold medal.
After the short program the day before yesterday she was the second after landing the first triple axel ever performed in short programs at the Winter Games. So we expected there may be a chance of the gold medal.
However the South Korean Kim Yu-na, 19 years old marked the world record of 228.56 points just before Asada performed. She landed two triple axels but there were some mistakes, and her score ended up at 205.50, which was her best score, and got the silver medal. Since we knew she wanted to get a gold medal, we feel sorry for her. But still to have got a silver medal is great. Congratulations!!　We expect her to win the gold medal at the next Olympic games.
The bronze medalist was Canadian Joannie Rochette at 202.64, the fourth was Mirai Nagasu(長洲未来), whose parents are Japanese, at 190.15, the fifth was Miki Ando (安藤美姫) at 188.86, and eighth was Akiko Suzuki (鈴木明子) at 181.44.
Thank you for your beautiful performances.

二月十六日（nigatsu jyuroku nichi）： February 16

Good news! Japan got the silver and bronze medals for men's 500m speed skating. The Silver medalist is Keiichiro Nagashima(長島圭一郎) 27 years old (1'9"98) and the bronze medalist is Joji Kato(加藤条治) 25 years old (1'10"01).
Both of them suffered humiliation in the last Olympic games in Torino and the experience made them stronger. And this time both of them got the medals. Congratulations!!
They belong to the same company Nihon Densan Sankyo(日本電産サンキョー) which produces the skating shoes. They wished to get the gold medals. The difference between No. 1 and No. 2 was just 0.16 seconds. But the man created the shoes said he was happy that both of them got the silver and the bronze medals rather than only either of them got the gold medal.

二月十三日（nigatsu jyusan nichi）： February 13

The 21st 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games have just started. This is the biggest winter olympic games ever happened having about 2,400 representatives of 82 countries and regions. There will be 86 events of 7 games for 17 days until Feb. 28 which is March 1 in Japan.
There are 94 Japanese athletes which is 18 less than the last Torino Olympics in 2006. The youngest is 15 years old and the oldest is 45 years old. The flag bearer is Ms. Tomomi Okazaki (岡崎朋美), 38 years old speed skater who has attended the 4 winter olympics before and this is the fifth olympics for her. I hope she will get the medal.
I watched the opening ceremony which broadcasted from 11 am and rebroadcasted from 7:30 pm on TV. It was the first ceremony that was held indoors. The snowboarder was very impressive.
But I still think the best lighting scene of the Olympic Frame was the Barcelona 1992 which led me to go to see the Olympic games after that. Since then I have been to the Barcelona '92, Atlanta '96, Nagano '98, Sydney 2000, Salt Lake 2002, and Athene 2004.