{"id":5299,"date":"2012-07-24T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=5299"},"modified":"2012-07-23T16:17:57","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T20:17:57","slug":"olympics-excitement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=5299","title":{"rendered":"Olympics Excitement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three days.&#160; I am so excited for the start of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.london2012.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">2012 Olympics<\/a> that I can\u2019t even put it into words!&#160; I have always loved to watch gymnastics \u2013 Mary Lou Retton was my hero back in 1984 when I was 11 years old.&#160; I remember getting up each morning and being glued to the TV to find out when we could see gymnastics.&#160; Now that I am <strike>mostly<\/strike> grown up I find that I love watching most of the Olympic sports. <\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; 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