Olympics Shattered

evawhite on April 30th, 2008

When one says ‘Olympics’ what is the immediate thought that comes to your mind? A getting together of the whole world to jointly participate in sports? Sport unities. It unites 11 people to play cricket, 15 people for football, 12 people for hockey and so on…. People come together in their passion for sport, to play; whole countries get-together to support their sportsmen. Look at the Olympic symbol, four rings united. It signifies in my perspective four rings of many united under the Olympic banner.

Once in four years the whole world would put aside differences, work and issue to unite supporting their countries in the Olympics games. The Olympic flame which symbolises many things of them being a flame of hope, flame of perseverance, the flame of life. A powerful symbol. The flame traditionally passed hand to hand one runner to the next to me is such a beautiful get-together of humankind. Pure, with no malice only dedication to sport.

All this desecrated in the 2008 Olympics. The spirit of harmony torn by the iron claw of regime. Talking of regime during the Third Reich in Germany the Olympics were held in purity of the sport, the whole world participated. New records were set for the first time ever: Live televised coverage, in 1936. No need to discuss what happened after the Olympics in Germany, but during the Olympics the torch marathon wasn’t leaving a sour taste across the world.

What is meant to be a symbol of purity, dedication and harmony has become a symbol upheld by force? Everyone has seen how so much security is deployed around the flame. The flame hasn’t been run its full course, when traditionally runners are meant to pass through the participating countries so everyone can come together to support it has now become a cordoned-off showcase? It riles me how blatantly it is all being done. How/Why is the world tolerating this??

It is painful to see the destruction of something so pure and basic which having existed for many millennia come to this. The earliest recorded Olympics were in 776 BC! The Olympics was never meant to be a cold hearted business affair. It was vibrant, the Olympics colours were that. The whole world was invited. Now with the spirit gone …..

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