The coach\u002Dparents who do double duty have the rare opportunity to see their kids become Olympians in person during these pandemic Games
Skylar Park, a rising star in taekwondo and a could-be medal contender for Team Canada at Tokyo 2020, was busy sparring with her younger brother Tae-Ku.
US Anastasija Zolotic and Canada’s Skylar Park compete in the Taekwondo Women’s Under 57kg Final during the Pan-American Games Lima 2019, in Lima, on July 28, 2019.Among Canada’s cast of 370 athletes at these Olympics, only a handful will be joined in Tokyo by a loved one, let alone two.Article content
“I was four when he competed in 1976,” Dalas said. “I didn’t get to go to watch but I do remember watching him on TV — the old picture-tube TVs that we had. And when he got home, he walked up the driveway in the nice white and red Olympic suit that they used for opening and closing ceremonies, and I remember as a kid, I was so proud. That was my dad, and he was my hero.”Article content
“It was hard to get used to it, and I’m sure it was very difficult for him too,” said Nick, now 28. “It was hard for me to recognize the coach on court and then the father after, when practice was over. It would kind of follow through to dinner, for example. If we had dinner and I didn’t have the best practice, it would be hard for us to have a normal conversation without being pissed or annoyed. So that was difficult.
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