Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Youth Olympics

2 years ago, it was decided that Singapore was going to host the Youth Olympic Games. This week, the Youth Olympics Games kicked off and up to now, many countries has done well in many of the games.
Sports is a very good way to congeal people. These athletes are from different countries and speak different language. They even have different culture. Sports to these athletes is like a universal language. It is like how music is a universal language to musicians of all races or nationalities. Through sports, it is not difficult to get the athletes to bond with each other, to make friends with each other.
However, I feel that the Youth Olympic Games has many flaws. Firstly, I feel that the athletes are too competitive. The main objective of the Youth Olympic Games is international relationship between youths. The athletes are too focused in winning medals. Thus, they would not be as interested in trying to make friends with the youth athletes from the other countries. I personally feel that there is not sufficient interaction between the youth athletes. Although there has been efforts to allow the young athletes to understand each other cultures, I still feel that there is insufficient efforts to bring the youths together.

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