The Olympic Superfan at her seventh Games

CGTN Europe

There are lots of fans at the Olympics - but there can’t be a bigger fan *OF* the Olympics than Vivanne Robinson.   This is her seventh Games - and CGTN’s Toni Waterman gets a glimpse into her world.   #Paris2024 #Olympics

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00:00Hi, my name is Vivian Robinson.

00:10I'm an Olympic super fan on Instagram.

00:15And this is my seventh Olympic.

00:18I started going to the Olympics in 1984.

00:21My mom, she was a volunteer.

00:23And she would take the press to meet the athletes and translate French.

00:28And she would bring me home all the pins from the athletes.

00:32This is from the German Olympic team.

00:34Okay.

00:35In 1996, in Atlanta, I went to trade pins.

00:40And after that, 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2012 was London, and 2016 was Rio, and now

00:50Paris, 2024.

00:53I wanted to go to Beijing Olympics.

00:56I had my visa and everything, but then I ended up, I didn't have enough money to go.

01:00So I missed out on that one.

01:08I've been to quite a few events already.

01:10I went to football, and archery, and badminton, and table tennis.

01:15But the best one so far, I got to see Simone Biles in gymnastics.

01:20Hello.

01:23I'm a star for one week.

01:30A lot of people come up to me every day.

01:33I walk about two steps, they want a picture.

01:35Two steps, another picture.

01:37But it's okay.

01:38I like to accommodate, and the people look so happy.

01:41Oh, the reason I love the Olympics is because the atmosphere.

01:45You meet people from all over the world.

01:47Everybody seems to be in a good mood.

01:49I worked two jobs to be able to come to these Olympics.

01:52I worked in the morning making necklaces at Venice Beach.

01:55At night I was bagging groceries, and I get a little tiny bit of retirement money.

02:00But it took me a long time to save up, and I worked very hard, and I spent probably $10,000.

02:08I never spent so much in my life.

02:11But it's well worth it, and I would do it again.

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