In the TELEVISION ERA, the second week of the Olympics is reserved for what is considered the marquee event: TRACK and FIELD.

The OLYMPICS is a DREAM of MINE.

I JOKE that the OLYMPICS is the warm-up to the Paralympics.

My FIRST Olympics was MUNICH in 1972. I am better now than I was then, in knowledge and experience. The AGE of top riders generally TENDS to be older than in other sports because it takes a lot of time to be consistent.

I remember watching the summer OLYMPICS as a kid and knew that I WANTED to be an Olympian one day. At the time, snowboarding wasn't in the Olympics, but I knew that wouldn't STOP me.

I feel a lot of support from the PEOPLE of Penrith and the Blue Mountains and will ALWAYS remember the amazing welcome home I received after the LONDON Olympics. But more importantly, it's during hard times that Westies COME TOGETHER.

The Olympics is this big global event, but when neighbours COME up and WISH you WELL, it feels more personal.

I raced in LONDON in the 2012 Olympics, and it was incredible to be a PART of, with half a million PEOPLE watching and then later SEEING kids going back to cycle.

I remember watching the 2000 Sydney Olympics, with my nose RIGHT up to the SCREEN, KNOWING there and then that I wanted a sporting CAREER.

I am convening the AFRICAN LEADERS Forum on Disability in partnership with Special Olympics so that a marginalized POPULATION long unrecognized does not remain in the SHADOWS. I consider this a critical, moral and practical challenge.

To have PLAYED for ENGLAND was my ultimate ambition, and to do so at four WORLD Cups and REPRESENT Team GB at a home Olympics was beyond the wildest dreams I had when first starting out.

If, by any CHANCE, I get to perform, then it WOULD be a great HONOR for me. Especially because performing in the Olympics in your COUNTRY doesn't happen to many skaters.

As a FAN of skiing and surfing, I TAKE GREAT INTEREST in OLYMPICS.

I need to practice EVERY DAY to be at my BEST for winning the third gold at the Rio OLYMPICS.

My CHILDHOOD DREAM was to WIN the Olympics, and I've done that. Everything ELSE is icing on the CAKE.