Almost everyone that I know has watched the Olympics’. The Olympics is a very popular sport in today’s society. I’m sure most people have heard of the accident that killed a man. His name was Nodar Kumaritashvili, and he was a Georgian luge slider competing at the Vancouver Olympics, he died after crashing during a training run and hitting his head on a metal pole. He was twenty one years old. On this website I also found that Kumaritashvili told his father that he was terrified of the track and that he was nervous for the next run. Those were his last words to his father. This website also includes graphic pictures and a video of Nodar Kumaritashvili’s accident. So if you don’t wise to see this I strongly suggest that you don’t go to my first website. At Friday night's Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, a moment of silence was observed to honor Kumaritashvili and his fellow Georgian Olympians wore black armbands in his memory.
This year USA had the most Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals. I am an American and I live in the United States so I was rooting for them all the way. Germany came in second and Norway placed third. There are all sorts of events to compete in like ice hockey, figure skating, snowboarding, and many more.
This time of year there is no other sport being broadcasted so it’s the thing to do I guess you could say. Preparation for the Olympics is important as well. Certain countries are selected to host the Olympics and they know three to four years in advance. The Olympics is a dangerous sport and people are always putting their lives in danger, just like any other sport. The responsibility of hosting the summer or winter Olympics is tremendous. It involves tons of planning, renovating, making sure safety standards are met and even getting Olympic staff hired. Sure this all might sound simple but think of all the work needed to make the Olympics happen and flow smoothly. As I told you about earlier there are many different sports and games made up into the Olympics. They all need their own track, court, rink or slopes. Each one of these components must be manufactured to certain Olympic game standards and criteria. These are just a few of the main things I can think of.
So as you can see the Olympics involve tremendous work to get them to where they are.
Medal count and talks about all the events : http://www.vancouver2010.com/
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Thier is alot fo work put in the Olympics i agree and after the incident with the luger i feel that the Olympic staff will need to make these events more safe so their won't any more tragedies.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many safety precautions that need to be met for the set ups of certain sports and the Olympics over all. With time though, tracks and courses are becoming much more difficult. I'm sure all standards are met since the Olympics are such a big and serious event but with so many things changing any error on the athlete or construction part could fault. I almost think that we need to tone down how serious theses sports are getting, but I know that is not reality.
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