Thursday, September 11, 2008
Olympics
Good Day everyone! Sorry I stopped blogging for a while. The Olympics had just ended and now I want to talk about it. Here are one of the many myths on how the olympics came about. Surrounding the origin of the ancient Olympic Games, the most popular of which identifies Heracles and his father Zeus as the creators of the games. According to the legend, Zeus held sporting events in honor of his defeat of Cronus, and his succession to the king of heaven. Heracles, being his eldest son, defeated his brothers in a running race and was crowned with a wreath of wild olive branches. It is Heracles who is believed to have first called the games Olympic, and established the custom of holding them every 4 years. There are so many reasons why the Olympics took place. One is because of French nobleman, Pierre Frédy, Baron de Coubertin wanted to bring together amateur athletes from around the world to compete in a variety of sporting events. As the Olympic Movement has grown so has the profile and complexity of the Games. The ideal of the pure amateur athlete had to evolve under the pressure of corporate sponsorships and political regimes intent on the creation of sports "dynasties." I wish I could represent Singapore and earn a medal. If I were to take part I would want to be in the badminton event! Organizing the Olympics is worth it and it is a great honour to do it!
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Good Day everyone! Sorry I stopped blogging for a while. The Olympics had just ended and now I want to talk about it. Here are one of the many myths on how the olympics came about. Surrounding the origin of the ancient Olympic Games, the most popular of which identifies Heracles and his father Zeus as the creators of the games. According to the legend, Zeus held sporting events in honor of his defeat of Cronus, and his succession to the king of heaven. Heracles, being his eldest son, defeated his brothers in a running race and was crowned with a wreath of wild olive branches. It is Heracles who is believed to have first called the games Olympic, and established the custom of holding them every 4 years. There are so many reasons why the Olympics took place. One is because of French nobleman, Pierre Frédy, Baron de Coubertin wanted to bring together amateur athletes from around the world to compete in a variety of sporting events. As the Olympic Movement has grown so has the profile and complexity of the Games. The ideal of the pure amateur athlete had to evolve under the pressure of corporate sponsorships and political regimes intent on the creation of sports "dynasties." I wish I could represent Singapore and earn a medal. If I were to take part I would want to be in the badminton event! Organizing the Olympics is worth it and it is a great honour to do it!