Back in February, during the height of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Isobel was watching the athletes on television during one of the Canadian medal presentations. Intrigued, she told me "she was good at running and soccer and she was going to win as many medals as her hands and neck could hold."
Last night Isobel got the privilege of holding an Olympic medal - Joan McCusker's curling gold, won in Nagano, Japan in 1998 with Sandra Schmirler skipping "our girls" on to glory. "It's heavy," she remarked as I snapped her photograph to capture the "golden moment." (McCusker explained that gold would be too soft on its own, and so they use a bronze core and then plate the medals with gold).
Who knows? Maybe getting to hold a medal will be inspirational for Isobel and help her achieve a youthful Olympic dream.
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