Brasil's Bobsleigh Team

Spotted a few Olympians en route to Sochi. While checking in for the last leg of the Russian journey, the Brazil Bobsleigh Team (including a men's and women's sled team) appeared in queue at Frankfurt airport.

Turns out the team coach Cristiano Paes and his fiancée Heather Patterson train several Sochi-bound Team Brasil athletes in Calgary, and Sochi will be Paes' second Games as coach and third overall (he competed in Salt Lake).

Also met some Korean TV journalists and a broadcaster from Slovenia who will be on the flight to Russia.

It is so on!

Photo by Nicholas Wolaver

Life's A Beach

OK, I was a little harsh poking fun at Rio this week, so here's a friendly follow-up to kiss and make up.

Today Reuters posted a cool video of a Brasilian family who plays beach volleyball in Rio de Janiero, and they had some good messages to the world regarding sportsmanship and preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games.

Good stuff. I sure hope they are still playing when we get back to Brazil (my girlfriend and I visited the beach in this video in 2006 and it is fabulous!).