The country of Turkey has never won a medal in the winter Olympics. However, that didn't stop Caroline from selecting Turkey as the country to represent in the preschool winter Olympics held over the last two weeks. While Germany was a close second choice, Turkey was selected in honor of our friends Geoff and Fritzie currently living in Ankara. Caroline is holding the Turkish flag that she and dad made together at the recent Donuts with Dad event held at school.
Caroline is proudly wearing her gold Olympic medal, which is Turkey's first ever winter medal! I haven't gotten a very clear answer about for which event the medal was 'won'. It was either for the luge event held on mini-scooters or for ice skating (singles, free skate) held on a large plastic sheet.
Caroline is very, very proud of her Olympic medal (she has long been jealous of Abby's paricipation trophies for soccer and field hockey). She is so proud of her medal that she wore it over to the District Office for Kindergarten registration earlier this week. When we arrived we were surprised to find her close friend Sanya at registration also sporting her gold medal. Apparently, the recent Olympics were quite a hit! Sanya represented India, which is another country that has never won a winter olympic medal. Great job girls!
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