Johnny Watterson: For every successful Olympic gold medal winner there is only heartbreak and disappointment for another 100 crushed souls
For every successful gold medal winner there is only heartbreak and disappointment for another 100 crushed souls
“I mean I’d a wedge in my hand at 15. Birdie that and get to 18 under and tied for the lead. Absolutely any medal was possible at that point,” he says.“I’ve to pick the kids up in Dublin and go to America,” he says.Working outside. Laptop in the shade, body in the sun. A waitress sweetly begins to pull over an umbrella. A mournful wail stops her dead. She can’t even begin to understand July weather in Dún Laoghaire.
There is heartbreak and disappointment on the track. That’s the theme of every Olympic Games. For every 800m swimming and lightweight rowing gold and every Duplantis pole vault world record there are 100 crushed souls. Gold! They hug in a circle, I guesstimate on the deuce court. Kellie sings Grace with fans. We sit around the mixed zone waiting for the double gold medallist. Outside an occasional cheer breaks the silence. Radiant in an Irish trackie she talks retirement and normal life.To Bourget out past Stade de France. One stop to Chatelet and the RER B line chugs beyond the stadium. Miss the Bourget stop and the north eastern suburb of Drancy is next.
Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow golfing at Le Golf Nationale. Leona starts with a six on the first, yearns for a happy ending but cards eight for the 9th. There’s no way back. Fabric diffuses the light falling on the most stunning arena imaginable. Fencing and Taekwondo marinating in grandeur. Moving down a spiral stairway we cross to Pont Alexandre III. The nearby Eiffel Tower looks over tiny splashes in the distance like white birds on the surface. The Seine water changes colour. Brown mostly and flashes of bottle green.
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