I'm proud to be an American watching the Olympics!!!!

I've been really enjoying the olympics this year. I always do! I have to say that I am so proud to be an American!!! I always am! But as I watch our olympic athletes compete I am even more proud to be an American!!! I have watched some of the athletes from other countries try to cheat their way to gold. Pushing and shoving and tripping other people down purposely so they could win. The Russian ice skater dude that won silver in the individual men's competition was completely out of control!!! What a poor sport! He even went as far as to say that he was having a platinum medal made for himself because he feels like the gold was stolen from him by an American. Whatever dude!! Then as I watched the women's ice skating competition they were saying that some of the women competing have so much pressure placed on them from their home countries that if they don't win gold they will have hateful emails and letters even if they get a different medal. They have said this during many competitions I've watched, that many of these athletes will basically be shunned when they return from the olympics if they don't earn gold. I can't imagine being a teenager and having that much pressure placed on me. It makes me proud to be an American. We love our athletes no matter what! They play clean! They work hard! They are wonderful at what they do! It's been fun watching them!