Gold Rush

The teams have been selected, the athletes are hard at work, everyone involved dreams in colour – one shiny, metallic colour in particular… Yep, Olympic Fever has officially set in! With about one calendar month until the Games begin, the Olympics are practically on our doorsteps, and as both a Brit and an athlete, I have been feeling particularly inspired and filled with Olympic spirit recently.

There are a lot of preconceptions as to what Olympic spirit really means, but for me, it has always symbolized strength, power, and vivacity. It’s the radiance of the culmination of a dream, an almost spiritual power and energy that translates to an aura of near-divinity. This root concept of the Olympic spirit got me thinking about the root of the Games themselves: the Greek origins of the Games and their supposed deific progenitors, Heracles and Zeus. Visions of Greek goddesses dancing in my mind soon tempted me to honour the spirit of the Olympics in a far more pretty way than with neon sportswear and ‘sneaker wedges’. So, this season, go Greek! Forget about the red, white and blue and show your support for our athletes in the only colour that matters to them – gold.

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Laura Hunter-Thomas,

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