Why do you love triathlon?

[crazycanuck]

I am sitting here reading some posts on the Edmonton Oilers forum & there's one about Kurt browning-You're probably wondering why i'm posting about a skater in a triathlon or even a biking forum...

Well, it's because people involved in any competition type sport-whether it's local, national or international-are heroes no matter what place they came.

This was a conversation btwn Jeff Buttle & Kurt -canadian skaters

"I asked Jeff Buttle [a young skater Kurt mentored at the '06 Olympics], 'do you consider me a failure? I was at two Olympics as world champion and neither time - once because of injury and once because I just screwed up - I didn't do it. I didn't even get a bronze. Am I a failure to you?' He said, 'No, no, no.' I said, 'neither will you be. How you represent yourself, your family and your country is more important than what medal you win. You can win and still be a loser.”


"You're not a champion because you win something. You're a champion because of the person you are."

I'm not sure if this makes sense or not & may not have explained it well so give me some time to think & i'll edit it again!
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