The Olympics

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So , here we are again. Four years since the London Olympics , Rio now has its turn to host the summer Olympics. After a long and troubled build-up to the games coinciding with an economic downturn in Brazil , the games have finally started and we can enjoy following the different events and forget about the difficulties and complaints leading up to these Olympics.

Indonesia has gotten off to a good start with weightlifter Sri Wahyuni clinching the silver medal in the 48kg category. Not only will she be able to show off her medal when she returns , but she has also been promised a reward of more than $US 150,000 ! A second silver medal has since been won by Eko Yuli Irawan in the men’s 62kg weightlifting category. I hope he collects the reward also.

This is the 15^th appearance for Indonesia at the Olympics with a team of 28 athletes competing in seven events for Rio 2016. These events are archery , athletics , badminton , BMX , rowing , swimming and weightlifting.

There are a lot of fun facts to be found relating to the Olympics. Here are a few to get started :

# The oldest competitor to win a gold medal was 64 years old.

# The youngest competitor at these games is 13 year old Gaurika Singh from Nepal , competing in the swimming.

# The Beijing Olympics, 2008, began at exactly 8:08:08 PM on 8/8/08 because the number 8 is considered lucky in China.

# Due to the two World Wars there were no Olympic Games in 1916, 1940 or 1944.

# The 5 rings of the Olympic flag represent Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas, they are linked together in friendship. Every national flag of the world has at least one of the rings colors, blue, black, green, yellow, and red.

To learn more about the Olympics , there are plenty of interesting websites to look at. Just type in ‘ Olympics ‘ to google and start from there. There are also plenty of bloopers and great highlights to be found on youtube.

Hopefully Indonesia can bring home a few more medals in the coming 2 weeks , and there are lots of inspiring , joyful moments for winners and losers alike. The 2020 Olympics will be held a bit closer to home in Tokyo , Japan.

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So , here we are again. Four years since the London Olympics , Rio now has its turn to host the summer Olympics. After a long and troubled build-up to the games coinciding with an economic downturn in Brazil , the games have finally started and we can enjoy following the different events and forget about the difficulties and complaints leading up to these Olympics.

Indonesia has gotten off to a good start with weightlifter Sri Wahyuni clinching the silver medal in the 48kg category. Not only will she be able to show off her medal when she returns , but she has also been promised a reward of more than $US 150,000 ! A second silver medal has since been won by Eko Yuli Irawan in the men’s 62kg weightlifting category. I hope he collects the reward also.

This is the 15^th appearance for Indonesia at the Olympics with a team of 28 athletes competing in seven events for Rio 2016. These events are archery , athletics , badminton , BMX , rowing , swimming and weightlifting.

There are a lot of fun facts to be found relating to the Olympics. Here are a few to get started :

# The oldest competitor to win a gold medal was 64 years old.

# The youngest competitor at these games is 13 year old Gaurika Singh from Nepal , competing in the swimming.

# The Beijing Olympics, 2008, began at exactly 8:08:08 PM on 8/8/08 because the number 8 is considered lucky in China.

# Due to the two World Wars there were no Olympic Games in 1916, 1940 or 1944.

# The 5 rings of the Olympic flag represent Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas, they are linked together in friendship. Every national flag of the world has at least one of the rings colors, blue, black, green, yellow, and red.

To learn more about the Olympics , there are plenty of interesting websites to look at. Just type in ‘ Olympics ‘ to google and start from there. There are also plenty of bloopers and great highlights to be found on youtube.

Hopefully Indonesia can bring home a few more medals in the coming 2 weeks , and there are lots of inspiring , joyful moments for winners and losers alike. The 2020 Olympics will be held a bit closer to home in Tokyo , Japan.

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So , here we are again. Four years since the London Olympics , Rio now has its turn to host the summer Olympics. After a long and troubled build-up to the games coinciding with an economic downturn in Brazil , the games have finally started and we can enjoy following the different events and forget about the difficulties and complaints leading up to these Olympics.

Indonesia has gotten off to a good start with weightlifter Sri Wahyuni clinching the silver medal in the 48kg category. Not only will she be able to show off her medal when she returns , but she has also been promised a reward of more than $US 150,000 ! A second silver medal has since been won by Eko Yuli Irawan in the men’s 62kg weightlifting category. I hope he collects the reward also.

This is the 15^th appearance for Indonesia at the Olympics with a team of 28 athletes competing in seven events for Rio 2016. These events are archery , athletics , badminton , BMX , rowing , swimming and weightlifting.

There are a lot of fun facts to be found relating to the Olympics. Here are a few to get started :

# The oldest competitor to win a gold medal was 64 years old.

# The youngest competitor at these games is 13 year old Gaurika Singh from Nepal , competing in the swimming.

# The Beijing Olympics, 2008, began at exactly 8:08:08 PM on 8/8/08 because the number 8 is considered lucky in China.

# Due to the two World Wars there were no Olympic Games in 1916, 1940 or 1944.

# The 5 rings of the Olympic flag represent Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas, they are linked together in friendship. Every national flag of the world has at least one of the rings colors, blue, black, green, yellow, and red.

To learn more about the Olympics , there are plenty of interesting websites to look at. Just type in ‘ Olympics ‘ to google and start from there. There are also plenty of bloopers and great highlights to be found on youtube.

Hopefully Indonesia can bring home a few more medals in the coming 2 weeks , and there are lots of inspiring , joyful moments for winners and losers alike. The 2020 Olympics will be held a bit closer to home in Tokyo , Japan.

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