YOG: Longing for Unity
By Chaz Oswald, 22, USA YOG Closing Ceremony Amazing lights, dance choreography, music, and spectacular fireworks marked the grand finale of the first-ever Youth Olympic Games (YOG) held in Singapore. As customary traditions would have it, the Olympic flag was passed to the next host nation for the 2014 YOG summer games, China. The closing [...]
YOG: Valiant Values
By Tracy Phua, 22, Singapore Young talents of the gymnastics all-round individual finals event The nimble girls pranced and swirled. Their graceful actions were accompanied by precision and control. But throughout the entire gymnastics finals, more than their fantastic flips, the thing that awed me most was the expression of excellence, friendship and respect among [...]
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By Tracy Phua, 22, Singapore The Chinese team after their Gold medal win, following their disappointing disqualification on Monday. Someone wisely observed, “Whatever doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.” The Chinese relay team at the ongoing Youth Olympic Games sure can attest to that. After their recent disqualification, which saw them glum and guilt-ridden, [...]
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By Chaz Oswald, 22, USA Gold medalist Kaitlyn Jones of United States (centre), flanked by bronze medalist Barbora Zavadova of Czech Republic (left) and silver medalist Kristina Kochetkova of Russia (right) Photo: SPH-SYOGOC/Neville Hew Excitement and emotion flooded the face of 16-year-old Kaitlyn Jones as she clinched the first Youth Olympic gold medal of her [...]
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By Tracy Phua, 22, Singapore (Photo: SPH-SYOGOC/Selwyn Yeo) Disappointment clouded the faces of four China youths on 16 August 2010. They had been disqualified in the 4 x 100 meter medley relay at the Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore. China’s third swimmer, Liu Lan, committed the faux pas of jumping into the pool 0.10 [...]
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