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As we were watching swimming the other evening, Stan commented how sad the situation of the South Korean swimmer was, in the near lane, lagging badly behind the others in the pool.<\/p>\n

Which immediately, upon being voiced, made us realize that she was (a) the best fricking swimmer in her entire country,<\/em> (b) was one of the 12 (or however many it is) best national qualifiers for this event in the world<\/em>, (c) could thus swim with at least<\/em> one arm tied behind her back and still <\/em>beat either of us, and (d) was, in the end, only a few seconds<\/em> behind the gold medal winner in the event.<\/p>\n

These people are amazing, and even the ones who goof, fall short, or are ranking just behind the others<\/a>, deserve our admiration (if not awe) for their talent and achievement in just being <\/em>there.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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