OLYMPIC GAMES 2008
The Olympic Games are the greatest sporting event in the world. No matter how many championship titles an athlete collects, to win at the Olympics is often considered to be the ultimate athletic achievement. In the intense pursuit of sporting excellence, stories of true sportsmanship shine. The Olympic motto, ’Citius, Altius, Fortius’, meaning ’Swifter, Higher, Stronger’ best represents the Olympic ideal of excellence, and the OIympic Creed is what these games really mean.
’The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well’.
In these days, this creed acquires even more relevance, because in an increasingly demanding level of excellence, it is hard to resist the temptation of doing things without ’outside help’. It is even harder to do what you have to do based on your own merits.
The 2008 Olympics are about to begin! Only two days to the inaugural ceremony in Beijing, China. The slogan for the 2008 Olympics is ’One World One Dream’, and this expresses the wish people all over the world have in common, inspired by the Olympic ideals, to try their best for the bright future of mankind. In spite of differences in colour, race and language, athletes from everywhere on our planet join to compete in a healthy way and share life experiences.
The link below is the official site of the 2008 Olympics, and here you will be able to find out exactly what is happening every day, have access to online photos, keep up with the latest results, etc. Remember we have an ex-St. Paul’s pupil competing in the shooting competition. Jorge Atalah has practised this sport for years, and takes the spirit of St. Paul’s School with him to Beijing. He already competed in the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Good luck to ’Toto’ !
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