It's time to give these Olympians the credit that the mainstream media overlook.  They are devout believers, and their faith inspires them to achieve.

Sometimes conservatives can be churlish about such mundane things as the Olympics because they has nothing to do with Trump v. Hillary.  However, the Olympics are about hard work, goal-setting, community involvement, competition, rewards after success, and even harder work after failure.  Sound familiar?  Of course.  It expresses conservative values – apart from the current political wrangling.  The personal human drama is an exciting narrative. 

Christianity Today has short bios of these wonderful athletes in "Meet the Rio Olympians Who Put God Before Gold."  Here's just a sample:

Swimmer Madeline (Maya) DiRado is headed to Rio knowing that this will be both her first and last Olympics. Competing in the 400-meter medley, the 200-meter medley, and the 200-meter backstroke, the 23-year-old “late bloomer” already declared her intention to retire after this summer and transition to a consulting job awaiting her.

DiRado already caught media attention for her insistence not to be defined by her swimming accomplishments. She credits her Stanford University coach for pushing her to try for the 2016 Olympic team; she was ready to move on after she missed qualifying for the 2012 games. She told Yahoo! Sports, “I don’t think God really cares about my swimming very much. This is not my end purpose, to make the Olympic team.”

“Knowing that I’m a child of God and that his love for me is determined by nothing I can achieve or do on my own has given me a quiet confidence,” 

Go to the updated article to find out who they are, and then cheer them on!

James Arlandson's website is Live as Free People, where he has posted Three Universal Values: You can't live without them and How to be happy.