Sunday, August 14, 2016

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[photo of Cleopatra Borel from google dot com]

her tears of joy -
yes Cleo
it rained here too

© gillena cox 2016

Our girl made the finals, in the shot put. finishing seventh out of 12 finalists with a best heave of 18.37 metres during the final of the Women’s Shot Put event at the XXXI Olympic Games on Friday night at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Well Done Cleo!!!

Sunday Smiles



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She says this means everything to her; Yeah Cleo!!! WATCH and ENJOY



32 comments:

Jae Rose said...

Yay - a cause for celebration..and i love that the rain was with you and her :)

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping in Jae

much love...

Diane Mayr said...

You have reason to be proud! The Olympic games are the pinnacle of sports achievement with the whole world watching!

Sanaa Rizvi said...

YAY :D such a huge achievement and yes every reason to feel joyous and proud! Happy Sunday Gillena :D


Lots of love,
Sanaa

Gillena Cox said...

Indeed Diane, thanks for dropping in

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks Sanaa

much love...

Anusha Das said...

Tears of happiness,really a proud moment

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping in Anusha

much love...

Magical Mystical Teacher said...

It's always good to see tears of JOY!

Gillena Cox said...

Indeed

💐💐💐

Much love...

brudberg said...

Oh what a great achievement... must say i have not followed Olympics...

Truedessa said...

Showers of joy, it takes hard word to compete in the games. Just to be there is an honor.

Sherry Blue Sky said...

Yay! In Canada, we are so proud of our 16 year old swimmer who got gold.

Gillena Cox said...

Happy you dropped in Bjorn

Much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Hard work indeed Trudessa

Much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Congratulations Sherry

Much love...

Mary said...

You have every reason to be proud. Quite an achievement indeed.

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping in Mary

Much love...

Susan said...

lovely! I hope you send it to her! Or put it on the front page of the local newspaper.

Gillena Cox said...

There is so much of social media around these days people keep abreast with news. No need to

Thanks for dropping in Susan

Much love...

ayala said...

Great achievement, yay!

Old Egg said...

Representing ones country and getting to the finals is a great achievement and seeing that interview shows what pride and joy it was not only for Cleopatra but for the whole nation.

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping in Ayala

Much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Indeed Robin. Glad you dropped in

Much love...

kaykuala said...

Being there competing is already a big achievement.

Hank

Rosemary Nissen-Wade said...

Certainly something to smile about – and cry! :)

J Cosmo Newbery said...

Everyone who tries deserves celebration.

Gillena Cox said...

Surely Hank. Happy you dropped by

Much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Certainly: thanks for dropping in Rosemary

Much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Indeed JC. Thanks for dropping by

Much love...

Julian said...

the rain was with you both, nicely put.

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping in Julian

Much love...