Thursday, August 28, 2008

Hello, bienvenidos, bonjour...

Welcome to Ricky Berens Online! To kick things off, Ricky recently did a brief email Q&A with Scott Fowler from his hometown paper, the Charlotte Observer.

3 questions for a Q.C. gold-medal swimmer
Q: What were the favorite moments of your Olympics?

A: The whole Olympic experience was amazing to me. If I had to pick a few of my favorites it would be the opening ceremonies, being on the awards stand with our national anthem being played, and then being at a sporting event with all the different countries.

It was an honor to be able to walk in opening ceremonies, and being able to represent my country like that. Also, walking around the village or being at the swim meet I saw many countries I have never heard of. It was incredible to see athletes from these countries and having them being able to participate in the Games. Some of them looked like they had never swam a whole 50 meters before, but they were in the pool and able to experience everything we were. It was great to see that and what the Olympics can do for the countries that are not as fortunate as we are.