Olympic spirit not just Snickers, 7-Up
While visiting a friend in Portland this
weekend, I was fortunate enough to per
sonally witness the Olympic torch relay.
1 was fortunate, however, not because 1
had an individual privilege in seeing it.
There was no expensive ticket to buy or
seat to reserve, and anyone who cared to
could simply step out of the office or
walk down the street to watch both run
ner and flame pass by.
And I was fortunate not in the sense of
being in the right place at the right time,
as the local radio and television reports
kept everyone informed of the torch’s
progress hours in advance.
The real reason I feel lucky to have
seen it is because being there on the side
of the road while the caravan went by
changed my attitude about the relay and
about the Olympics as a whole.
To be honest, 1 originally thought the
whole thing was about as ridiculous and
commercialized as some of the plastic
garbage people fill their lawns with
around Christmas.
Think of it, people paying up to
$3,000 a shot just to lug an oversized
cigarette lighter around through hot
deserts or over mountains in the dark. It
definitely wasn’t my idea of a cheap
thrill.
And when it comes to the Olympics,
competition aside, I’ve seen more than I
can stomach of official pop, cars,
American Flags of all sizes lined the route of the Olym
pic torch, making the occasion seem like an encore of
the Fourth of July.
clotnes, candy Dars, pain
relievers or jock straps —
you just name it and, sure
enough, some company is
getting its capitalistic
hands into the athletic
arena.
Go ahead and call me a
communist or a socialist,
but I’ve also had it with
big business, and
American Telephone &
Telegraph is no excep
tion. After my last phone
bill, I didn’t like the
thought of corporate pro
fits promoting what I
believed was more self
advertisement than
sincere sponsorship.
From the comfort of a
car, I’d questioned the
sanity of the onlookers
who lined the long
boulevard waiting there
function City Jaycee Women unfurled their banner along Ivy Street and waited
patiently for the torch to pass.
for what must have been hours. 1 he kids
seemed brainwashed, too. Many of them
standing in a sort of expectant awe or
dancing around and waving miniature
flags in their excitement. I would have
been content to merely catch a picture of
it on the late news or in the morning
paper.
But later on the curb, with hundreds of
people around, I realized I was wrong.
Here he came, this average-looking
man, jogging up the street while sur
rounded by flashing lights and cheers. In
appearance, he was no picture of the
ideal Olympian athlete, and I doubt he
even'wore anything with an Adidas or
Nike label on it.
But in all his exhaustion, sweat and
pain, this anonymous man always held
the torch high above his head. And as we
all clapped and made our hoorahs, it
suaaemy strucK me max me man uui
there represented us — just average peo
ple who would probably never run, jump
or swim in the Olympics.
There we were, people who usually
support this ominous event only from
our family rooms, now participating in a
tradition that’s spanned centuries.
The man finally passed, not seeming
to notice the people, lights and noise
that surrounded him. Even the fellow
runners and motorcycle police officers
who pulled up beside him to chat failed
to turn his seriously-expressioned face
from its forward look.
But we didn’t care, for not only had we
just come within feet of the Olympic
tradition, we had realized the Olympian
within ourselves.
Commentary by Julie Shippen
Photos by Michael Clapp
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