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Souhan: Viola, dad share bond of big-stage pressure

  • Article by: JIM SOUHAN , Star Tribune
  • Updated: August 9, 2012 - 10:20 AM

The young diver faced down the daunting weight of her first Olympic competition and did more than just get her feet wet.

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sunshine59Aug. 9, 12 7:39 AM

Good Luck to The Viola's - I hope their dreams come true!!!!

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mohawk1953Aug. 9, 12 9:36 AM

Best wishes. Nice to have a sort of Minnesota connection on the world stage.

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kivirl4Aug. 9, 12 9:55 AM

always funny to see how we Minnesotans love to see a so called Minnesota connection. Has this girl even been in the state since here dad moved to pitch for the Mets?

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gsacksAug. 9, 1211:00 AM

I've lived in Minnesota for 20 years after growing up in a NJ suburb of NYC and then living in Boston for 6 years. I'm still amused by the 'one of us' obsession that Minnesotans have. It definitely wreaks of an inferiority complex and I wish the media could just drop it already. We're better than that.

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dolce77Aug. 9, 1211:11 AM

She was born in Mpls and I know for a fact that her mother is a Twin Cities native. (I know someone who was a bridesmaid at Frank and Kathy Viola's wedding) That does make her "one of us". And I point that out with pride.(no inferiority whatsoever)

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gopherdudeAug. 9, 12 2:09 PM

What is wrong with liking to claim our "own" or being proud of being a Minnesotan. Minnesota is a good place to be from, whether raised here or not, there are a lot of good people from here, no inferiority complex needed. I will always be proud to claim Minnesota as home, and have no problems being provincial. Good Luck Brittany Viola, may your dives have the sweet music that your Dad's change-up did. Go for the gold, kid

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