カフェ開店と同時にお顔を見せてくださったNさんが彦根出身の水泳の大橋悠依選手が４００Mメドレーで金メダルを取ったと教えてくださり思わず拍手！物凄い朗報です。オリンピックが日本で行われているというのにTVのない我が家では競技を見ること叶わず残念この上なし。結果を聞いてYoutubeで競技の模様を少し見ることができました。長身ながら細身の大橋さんが強豪の外国勢の中で一位になったのは快挙。大橋さんは子供の頃からスイミングスクールで指導を受けてきたとのこと。学校にプールもなく夏は川で水遊びをしていた私の時代とは大違いです。山あり川ありの恵まれた自然環境で育ったことをありがたく思いますが、川遊びで泳ぎが上手になるはずがありません。飛び魚のように泳ぐ大橋さんを夢見心地で見惚れました。
Mr. N stopped by the cafe just after opening, and let me know that Ms. Yui Ohasi, a swimmer from Hikone in Shiga, got a Gold Medal in the 400m individual medley. What exciting news it was! I clapped my hands to congratulate her. Actually I did not know about her until Mr.N told me. The Olympic games have just opened on the 23rd but since I don't have a TV at home I have no chance to watch any games live which is too bad. When I hear the result, I am able to watch a video clip on Youtube which is still fun. It was a great achievement for her to get a Gold Medal among other super powerful athletes from all over the countries. I heard that Y.Ohashi learned swimming at a swimming school, and this is very different from myself, since I was raised in the countryside village with no pool in both elementary and junior high school. I appreciate that I grew up in the countryside which has a lot of nature such as mountains and rivers. However, there was no way for us to learn how to swim well by just playing in the river. I was fascinated watching Y.Ohashi's swimming, who swims like a flying fish.
