Another sad day at SORCP

Big time rain yesterday at Shunyi. It rained all over our semifinal parade.

Rami was not able to advance to the semis in the 1000m, but I thought their both moving to the 500m finals was in the bag. And it almost was - Carrie only missed by 0.51 seconds - what a letdown.

I feel so badly for Rami and Carrie. They've both worked so hard in training - all aspiring Olympians do. But they also had to overcome physical issues on top of all that effort and work.

I wish all of you could meet them and our slalom athletes as well. You'd gain a lot from it to see the fine athletes and people who represent our country.

Our competition is now over in China. We can now look to all the great competition over the next four years and to London in 2012.

Let's all try to remember our athletes during these next four years and the struggles they will go through to train, live and stay on the path for themselves and US!

It can sound a bit trite, but it's true - "It's not every four years, it's every day".

Support them as much as you can!