My first Olympics as a coach !
Athens 2004 I am just Back from Athens where I coached, the Congo National Team for the Athletics from 100m to 1500m track. As you know I had to decide to concentrate on the Olympics the last 6 months. My First Olympic Games as an Official coach, maybe the youngest this year. I felt really small when I met the best coaches in the world and no doubt I still have to learn a lot from them. But as some told me: "If they qualified, they deserve to be there as you worked to be there too". I won't write all the results, but it was amazing, to be there. The dream I had of the Olympics since I was 12 was different from the reality, events are far away from each other in the country, I suppose to promote and bring money to small town in the country, Athletes look impressive but very human, I mean by this not exceptional when you talk to them, they are only people at the end of the day with their fear of doing well. The transport system was really well organized, security u...