The 27th South East Asian (S.E.A.) Games, a biennial multi-sport, concluded on December 21st while I was in Singapore. Since the beginning of my month long visit to my hometown, I got to watch some televised events as athletes from eleven countries competed on fields, over tables, in waters, and on tracks in the host country Myanmar.
In about 30 days, the Winter Olympic will begin. On February 7th, athletes from all over of the world will gather in Russia to compete in events, some of which would never be possible in the tropical setting of the S.E.A. Games.
While the two sporting events are world’s apart, the athletes all share the same dream. It is the dream of winning a medal, preferably the gold kind. These dreams are not formulated in a day. While these athletes are gifted in their area of discipline, it took the nurturing of others and the athlete’s willingness to follow a very strict training schedule to get to where they are.
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