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This document is downloaded from DR‑NTU (https://dr.ntu.edu.sg) Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Young Olympian Daily 2010 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80190 Downloaded on 24 Sep 2021 10:45:10 SGT talk to us at facebook.com/youngolympiandaily THU NoT jUsT A WAKA WAKA The corrosive evil of twe e T OF The DAy TeAcUp sTorM sporT I love the Village so much! Rowers fight bad weather The World Cultural What exactly was Mr Rogge Cause the Village is where 19 to clinch medals Village moves on to Africa talking about? everything comes together. :) AUG @chanrara 2010 3 6 7 Clara Chan, Student Reporter The official Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Village newspaper A publication by the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, NTU GA o llop, Tr T, Trip AND TUMBle Most riders at the Singapore Turf Club yesterday were still getting used to their horses B y cANDice Neo of her best performances. Alejandra received a total penalty of 8 points. questrians struggled to keep Two competitors also had to their mounts under rein compete with horses that had yesterday at the Jumping been changed just 24 hours before ERound One team event. Many the competition. Chilean Alberto competitors also incurred penalties Schwalm’s previous mount, Teddy as their horses knocked down the Waffles, was injured while Italian fences during the jump. Valentina Isoardi’s Noblewood Kazakhstan’s Timur Patarov, 17, Cinzano was too strong for her to even fell off after his horse, Chatham handle. Park Rosie, tripped over a fence. He During the timed competition, was disqualified as a result. equestrians had to guide their horses There were 12 fences that each over obstacles of up to 1.2 metres in pair had to jump over. Knocking height. down one fence earned the rider a As jumps were attempted, the penalty of four points. audience as though in unison, For the first time in Olympic held their breaths. Unsuccessful history, riders competed on assigned jumps were met with groans of horses as the Games’ Organising disappointment while triumphs Committee felt that this would make received cheers and shouts of the competition as fair as possible. encouragement. Their horses were determined in a But the home crowd reserved draw on August 14. their biggest cheers for local athlete, Athletes had just over three 18-year-old Caroline Chew. As she days to train with the Australian rode Gatineau into the arena, the ABOVE: Marcelo Chirico of thoroughbreds, and many were still stands erupted with support. Uruguay heaves a sigh of trying to keep them under control While the Asian team is eight points out of medal contention, relief after completing his during the competition. “It was a rather difficult horse,” Chew believes that the competition jumping routine without said 17-year-old Nicola Philippaerts is still wide open. “It will be a true incurring any penalties. from Belgium. He chalked up a test of all the horses’ fitness as the In the stands, the South four-point penalty while riding on competition wears on.” American officials cheer Gippsland Girl. Europe, Australasia and Africa For others like Panamanian are currently tied in the lead with wildly. PHOTO: LAM YARN athlete Alejandra Ortiz, 17, the lack four penalties. LEFT: Patarov Timur of of chemistry between rider and The equestrians will have steed was to be expected, given the another practice session today before Kazakhstan falling off short practice time. the second round of the team event Chatham Park Rosie when “I think it was very good,” she on Friday. Individual competition attempting a jump. said, adding that this could be one begins next week. PHOTO: XINHUA/SYOGOC- POOL/ DUAN ZHUOLI “It will be a true test of all the horses’ fitness as the competition wears on.” — Caroline Chew, Singaporean Equestrian 2 YOV in numbers YOUNG OLYMPIAN DAILY column Remaking the Olympic spirit NEWS YOVoice Shout-outs and dedications by BhaVaN jaIpRagaS IN NUMBERS t is hard to put a finger on what the true Olympic spirit is. For many, modernI Olympics founder Pierre De Coubertin’s famous French saying underlines its essence: “L’important n’est pas de gagner, mais de participer” (The important TOS TEaM U a TOO cEcIlE W llER (dENMaRK) thing is not to win, but to take part). P hoto: Internet For some, the true Olympic spirit is found Keep competing hard! We wish I support you and I wish you away from the podium and the medal winners. all the best to everyone... Go good luck to win a medal in the Instead, they look to athletes who showcase a 4 USA Volleyball! competition. great amount of selflessness and compassion for The number of times the Tiffany Morales and Crystal Graff, Hugo Descat, Handball, France fellow athletes as shining examples. United States has hosted the Volleyball, USA One such athlete immortalised in Games Summer Olympic Games. No folklore is the late Italian bobsledder Eugenio Monti, dubbed “The Flying Redhead” for his other country has hosted more successes on the Alpine slopes. In the 1964 Winter Summer Olympic Games. Olympics, Monti famously lent British bobsledders a bolt from his sled after they broke theirs. The British team went on to clinch the gold medal 80 while Monti’s team finished with a bronze. The maximum number of When criticised for his act, Monti said: “Nash seconds a national anthem didn’t win because I gave him the bolt. He won TO a aMERIc N SaMOa TOl ALL aTh ETES TO cOSTa RIca can be played at the Games, because he had the fastest run”. ♥ For his act of selflessness, Monti was awarded according to Olympic rules. This I Singapore. TEAM Everyone has a talent, Give your best and the first ever Pierre de Coubertin medal, a medal WORK MAKES THE once you find it, go make Singapore has caused some countries to DREAM WORK! for it! remember Costa Rica! created to honour athletes who demonstrate the create a shortened version of spirit of sportsmanship in Olympic events. Manu Sualevai, Wrestling, Sultan Al Tooqi, Equestrian, Julian Godoy, Fencing, For our young athletes who have converged their national anthem. American Samoa Oman Costa Rica here in Singapore, there is no better time than now to walk in the footsteps of such Olympic heroes. Leave a message for someone on facebook.com/youngolympiandaily Never mind his act of sacrifice, Young Olympians Photos: Gelle sIa can start with small gestures. They all mean the 1928 same thing when done with the right intentions. The idea of an Olympic flame CHIEF EDITOR COPY EDITORS PRODUCTION SUPPORT Elizabeth Law Anjali Raguraman Ng Heng Ghee A pat on the back of a deserved champion, burning from the start of the Cassandra Yeap an offer of consolation to a defeated athlete, Games to the closing was PICTURE EDITOR Kwan Hui Xian TEACHER ADVISORS Ng Jun Sen Ng Hoe Guan Andrew Duffy befriending an athlete from a country at war with first introduced at the 1928 Santhiya Kulasakeran Juleen Shaw yours — these potentially can leave an eternal NIGHT EDITORS Wang Simin Amsterdam Games. Joanna Hor DESIGN CONSULTANT legacy in the same way Monti and his team have. Zakaria Zainal LAYOUT EDITORS Rishad Patel Perhaps, searching for a perfect Olympian who Maxie Aw Yeong embodies the true spirit of the Olympic Movement CHIEF LAYOUT EDITOR Nguyen Pham Hai An Neo Wen Tong Yamuna Yeo might be a futile effort. Nonetheless, with a YOG that has departed from the ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’ 1936 A students’ newspaper published by the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (Above) The Berlin Games in Nanyang Technological University, 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718. Tel: 6790 6446 (Faster, Higher, Stronger) obsession of the senior Printed by KHL Printing Co. Pte Ltd., 57 Loyang Drive, Singapore 508968 1936 was the first Games to be Games, we might be in luck of witnessing special Editorials are the opinions of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the policies or views of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games and touching moments in the days to come. televised. Organising Committee or Nanyang Technological University, its employees, the students or the Council of the University. facts of the world japaN A sport similar to football (also known as soccer in the United States and elsewhere) was R USSIa played 3,000 years ago in Japan. The record for the most Olympic medals ever won is held by gymnast Larissa Latynina. She g REEcE competed in three Games, between 1956 Ilias Iliadis won and 1964, and won 18 Greece’s first-ever medals. gold medal in judo. usa B SaNgladE h Volleyball was invented by Bangladesh William George competed in the 1984 Morgan of Holyoke, Summer Olympics Massachusetts in for the first time ever. 1895. YOUNG OLYMPIAN DAILY YOV 360 3 briefs Weightlifting Stormy Day for roWerS heavyweight Multiple upsets define rowing finals at Marina Reservoir BSDy CaS aN ra YEAP Pho To: sPh-sYoGoC/ChiA Ti YAn ain pelted down, turning the waters of Marina Reservoir dark Winning the women’s over- grey and choppy. Just above, 63kg category yesterday was Rrowers’ fortunes were unfolding in a Russian Olga Zubova, one of manner as capricious as the waves they the lightest weightlifters in stroked through. the competition. She lifted a Surprises were at every turn for weight of 251kg, along with yesterday’s rowing finals. Thai weightlifter Chitchanok Lithuanian Rolandas Mascinskas Pulsabsakul. The latter had to produced the most major upset, settle for silver as she is heavier. upstaging two time junior world Competitors of the heaviest champion Felix Bach from Germany women’s category ranged from to claim the Junior Men’s Single Sculls Athletes row in the rain at the Junior men’s pair final.Pho To: XinhuA/sYoGoC-PooL/Liu Jie 69-119kg.