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catching the moment - all I could do was be myself. In that moment, people felt a connection. Folks can’t always see themselves standing on top of the podium at the
Olympics, but my brothers and sisters across our great land can all see themselves standing in a moment of pride and celebrating a milestone met, with a celebratory beverage of their choosing. If the beer is all I’m ever remembered for, I consider myself the luckiest fella on Earth.
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after the first run but established the fastest times the following two runs, including a track record 52.20 on his third run. In the fourth and final run, on
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The gold medal was the goal, but the golden moment that came next is something that you can’t prepare for. When my “beer angel” wandered out of a
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on the crown of his helmet while racing and said he had decided to do so after finding one trying to cross the road in
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