2/12/2006: Faster, higher, farther, better
What is it about the Olympics that's so compelling? Sure, you have all the nations together putting aside political & religious conflicts; you have the pageantry and emotion, the drama at the finish lines & scoreboards; and you have the individual stories of beating the odds and personal challenges to triumph.. or to fail, sometimes spectacularly. The winter games add that battling the elements element, and the new extreme sports add a nice flavor of renegade defiance to traditional excellence.
I don't know what it is, but it's more than all of those things. The Winter Olympics are just special, and magical. These AP photos sum it up far better than I can.
