[Talk] Memories About Olympic Games
Memories About Olympic Games
I was impressed by the Olympic Games held in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain because
it was first time I could watch the game and feel the atmosphere in front of
television at home. I had just become old enough to remember things when the
game came in the year.
I was 10 years old during the summer vacation ,so I had loads of time to watch
live pictures on the television. As the time difference between Taiwan and
Spain was huge, I had to stay up for the opening at the midnight. Actually
I can hardly remember anything about the ceremony now, except how the torch
was lit. There was a shooter who used his bow and arrow to aim the target,
where was just the torch designed to place,and lighten the dark. I feel that
it was really special and creative so that I still
cannot forget the way they did.
It also reminds me of how I was enthusiastic about the reports in the papers.
In this game, my country also sent official delegation to take part in.
Therefore I was very concerned about the status of our athletes and bought
lots of newspapers everyday to collect those news clippings and the pasted
them on the scarp book . I remember that there were three female Taekwondo
athletes joined three different levels of the game and finally all won the
gold medals back. The game were really exciting and I was indeed proud of
them because I had never thought that those my country’s athletes could
join such a big game and even more beat all the other competitors.
Today, one of the three athletes are still active in the field of sports
critics whereas the rest could be newsless.
Besides, our baseball team also did extremely well in the informal baseball
games. We knew that baseball was not very popular at that time, so the item
was not considered a formal one in this year’s Olympic Games. However,
I knew that not only the team but our citizens treated it seriously
important because baseball is widespread and was seen as a “national sport”
in Taiwan. We did have a severe competiton with our greatest competitor,
Japan, who always has the best potential for baseball in Asia. In
the game, our starter totally controlled the game and overwhelmed Japan.
It was due to the game which the pitcher performed so well that finally
he got a long-term contract with a Japanese professional baseball team after
the Olympic Games. After that, our team met Cuba in the final and won
eventually. Sadly I cannot recall who the startes of both teams were and
other details about the game. But most of the key players finally became
the members of two new professional baseball teams in Taiwanese
professional baseball league later.
I think it was really a wonderful and unforgettable experience about
watching such a big international games at home for the first time .
Thanks to the games, I also knew so many different sports I had never
heard before and saw those most excellent athletes all over the world
in front of television. I think the spirit of Olympic Games is the most
crucial element of all. It is quite touching to see all the best come
and compete fairly. Hope the game keep going and promoting its ideas
so that we can see more and more people hold together and know the
meaning of Olympic Games.
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