When I worked for the Burbank YMCA as a teen at a summer camp by Tehachapi, I was in charge of the water system, and I used to go to the water tank everyday, and there was a lady who trained for the Olympics who used to meet me at the tank.
The lady was an Olympic gymnast, and she used to jog through the canyon at the same time I went up to the tank, and we would have a cigarette together at the tank. She was awesome, and she was a dedicated athlete with dreams of winning gold medals.
But, then the Olympics were boycotted, it was the 1980 Olympics and the Olympics were in the USSR that year, and the USA boycotted the Olympics for political reasons. So she did not get to participate in the Olympics, so sad. She worked hard, and then she never got to compete in the Olympics.
It was cool to get to hang out with an Olympic gymnast everyday, she was cool, and it was sad that the USA boycotted the Olympics and she did not get to participate.
Salute,
Tony V.