Two Years to London Olympics Celebration: “The Olympics Are Like Chronicles of Narnia”

Along with my fellow fencing Olympic teammates Keeth Smart, Erinn Smart and Susie Paxton we attended a celebration held by the British Consulate on the HMS Albion docked at NYC.

On hand were numerous Olympians, dignitaries and others to celebrate the half-way point to the next Summer Olympic Games!

You can check out the article here:
http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/other-locations/ny/news/hms-albion/

And, my interview where I compared the Olympics to the Chronicles of Narnia…

BBC News: Fencing Pin Up Makes Her Point

I checked the data on my blog today and saw an EXPLOSION of searches for Olga Kharlan, the Ukrainian Olympic women’s saber gold medalist in team from Beijing….

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Turns out BBC news had a world-wide feature on her…some of the story is below and there is also a link to a great interview of her as well!

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Go fencing and love the world-wide publicity!  Will she be our first international star? We could use one!

By Ollie Williams BBC Sport

“I still don’t realise I’m a sports star.”

In most people’s books, Olga Kharlan would not be one. But, while fencing struggles to find an audience in many countries, the 19-year-old sabre specialist helped it onto the Ukrainian front pages with one of the most memorable displays of the Beijing Games. READ MORE:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/world_olympic_dreams/8802514.stm

Interestingly enough…BBC news will be tracking Olga’s Olympic qualification and there is a place to email her questions within the story…wonder how they selected Kharlan versus our very own Zagunis for example?

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World Class

Olga Kharlan is one of the athletes being tracked for World Class 2012 in partnership with the British Council.