Comment: El Cerrito Olympian a "National Treasure"

Again, school district issues drew the lion's share of comments this past week, particularly on three widely read stories:

• , July 24
• , July 25
• , July 27

But this past week also saw the start of the world's most famous athletic competition, the once-every-four-years Summer Olympics, an occasion that led to our delightful discovery of several Olympians living in our midst in El Cerrito. In commemoration of that discovery, our reader Comment of Week comes from Denise Sangster and was posted on an article about Olympic medalist Andy Toro, "," the concluding installment of our series, "."

Denise Sangster:

Andy is an inspiration! One of the most humble people I have ever met! He truly embodies the Olympic spirit and is a national treasure!

What a brave man to make the decision to leave his country and family in search of freedom...!

Below are links to the the articles in our  series:

• July 1, , who represented the U.S. in judo at the Beijing Olympics four years ago
• July 2, Sayaka Matsumoto's  of participating in the Beijing Olympics in 2008
• July 24, profile of Teri McKeever, who's now in London as the first woman in history to be head coach of the US Olympics women's swim team
• July 25, , who ran for Taiwan in the 1972 Munich Olympics.
• July 27, , bronze-medal winner who competed in four Olympics – two for Hungary and two for the United States – and served on the U.S. Olympic Committee

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