Where were you on February 13, 1988?
I went with my sisters to the Heritage C-Train station and watched the torch make its way through the city towards McMahon Stadium, then went home and watched the ceremonies on tv.
It was the final Winter Games before the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the dreaded Soviet Union. It was an Olympics where the most remembered names were not of the gold medalists.
It was about the disappointment of Brian Orser's silver, and the excitement of Elizabeth Manley's silver. It was as much about Eddie "The Eagle" and the Jamaican bobsled team as it was Alberto "La Bomba" Tomba and Katarina Witt.
I was 14 at the time, so not really old enough to really have as much fun as I could have if I was just a few years older.
Happy Silver Anniversary!
