Looking back through the Olympic to where it all started, the Bird’s Nest stadium, I felt a sudden rush of glory. Being a Chinese, though I have no relationship with China, the sense of proudness towards my grass root country being able to stage one of the biggest event in the world, is, err, indescribable.
Same goes to the athletes who competed and still competing in Olympic, to win a gold and being an Olympic champion is no easy task. It takes determination, effort, sacrificial, and much much more to be able to stay on the podium and have the national anthem being played out. I tried to imagine, while I was standing on the podium, winning the badminton against Lin Dan, trying to portray myself as Chong Wei. I would not smile, but tears will flow down uncontrollably, as all these sheer determination had paid off. *Back to here now*
While I was watching the highlights of the games, the athletes were being presented their medals and flowers. not many smiled, instead they cried. As I said earlier, to be able to stand on the podium is no easy task. How many people who actually know what they did behind the scene? They trained 7 hours per day, scarifying the time with family just to brush up their skill, had to put aside their friends as to concentrate on the task, getting countless injury. How many people ever realise that?
We want to be Lin Dan, we want to be Usain Bolt, we want to be Messi, we want to be everyone! But then what differs us from them is their mentality. To be able to fall and stand tall after the fall. To not disappoint the nation by delivering the best. After so many years of hard work, they, able to stand tall glorifying among us. Able to boast about the glory of having the chance to compete in Olympic.
They cried when they win. They cried when they lose.
We can learn something from them. The self-confidence they have, the self-belief that they have nothing to lose. They did more than everyone will do. They sacrificed more than everyone will do. They believed themselves more than everyone will do and in the end, they prevails!
Ladies & Gentlemen, Boys and Girls. To win is one thing, to believe in yourself, is what matters most.
One World One Dream.

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