Touching Olympic Gold

Joel with his daughter, posing with his gold medal.
On the back, a ring of Chinese white jade.
Joel Abati with his Olympic gold medal.
After church we were privy to a super treat :) We got to hold a real Olympic gold medal. Joel Abati plays on the French men's handball team. Though we didn't get to watch hardly any games while on the road between weddings, we did manage to listen as they covered all the French participants on the radio.

I didn't want to wear the medal (something about it not being earned by me ... I don't know how to explain it), but others did and took pictures :) When Matt asked Joel what was his greatest win (he's won the World Championship, European Championship and now Olympic gold) he said that each was special in its own right, but that the World Championship (his first) was probably the most memorable and sweetest.