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The Olympics are big down here, really big. Some of the athletes trained right here in Progreso and some of the trails were held here as well. One of the high divers is from Merida. The locals have followed them almost in a fever pitch. that fever went off the charts when Mexico took the Gold in one of the men's weight classes for taekwondo. After a Mexican lady took another gold, also in taekwondo, the streets filled with cars sporting Mexican flags and honking horns. It looked like Chicago after the bulls won the NBA finals. Well expect for the over turned burning cars and riots.
On a side note I guess someone from Afghanistan took the Bronze in taekwondo. Was Afghanistan's first ever Olympic medal. My neighbor told me "I guess you guys haven't blown up the whole country, least not yet. Either that or they trained somewhere else."
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