Aug 17, 2016; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Colombia’s Mariana Pajon during individual seeding in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games at Olympic BMX Centre.
Aug 15, 2016; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; A general view of the rain during the women’s field hockey quarterfinals between Netherlands and Argentina in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games at Olympic Hockey Centre.
It started off innocently enough. Just one little ole’ rain drop, then one of his friends. Ok, we can work with this. They seemed cool enough, just hanging out up there in the hazy light beams of the Olympic Hockey Centre. The problems started when those raindrops decided that women’s field hockey was pretty exciting, so they hit up social media and invited a few billion of their friends to drop in on the action. You know how that goes!
Aug 13, 2016; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Keith Sanderson (USA) in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol qualification in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games at Olympic Shooting Centre.
With just a little over a week left here in Rio, myself and pretty much everyone on the USA Today Sports Images team has reached the point that we like to refer to as Groundhog Day (a take on the 1993 Bill Murray film where the same day keeps reoccurring over and over again). Groundhog Day at the Olympics usually entails having trouble remembering what day of the week it is, experiencing difficulty remembering whether you
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Denis Gargaud Chanut of France celebrates after winning the men’s canoe single final in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games at Whitewater Stadium.
I believe one of the most inspiring things a person can do in life is to be genuinely gracious towards someone who’s come out ahead of them. I’m extremely fortunate that, back home, in my inner-circle of friends, we’re continuously celebrating each others’ accomplishments, even if one or more members of the circle could be viewed as “ahead” of the others at a given time. I think we’ve all realized that the more people we surround ourselves with who are achieving their goals and dreams, the more likely that their momentum of success will transfer to us with regards to our pursuits.