The YOG came and went, from 14 to 26th August. On the local news and television it looks really great, with fantastic media coverage on almost all the sports (but none on triathlon ): ) and lots of hype generated. However, on closer look, how worth it was the $387 million really?
There have been reports of poor volunteer food at some places, sold out tickets yet empty spectator stands, compulsory support from students…all these from here, here, and here. Very interesting reads there.
There have also been very little report in international newspapers, so it got me thinking just how good was it really? If the whole point was to generate tourism and interest in Singapore and to showcase Singapore to the world…seems like it isn’t working that well.
Sometimes I really wish sports would be a huge thing in Singapore, like in Oceania, but honestly the climate and environment is a huge put-off. And I also wonder whether it is possible for Asian countries, not just Singapore, to ever do well in sports that do not require as much technique but more of innate talent, such as (obviously) triathlon and long d track events. For some reason we are way way off the top (look at the YOG triathlon results). Is it because of poor training methods, lack of training, or genetics?
Anyway, its really interesting to read newspaper, as well as sites like temasekreview.com. Shows you all the debates on current issues in SG, such as the extra NS $$.
Race is in 5 weeks. Promos in 4. Holidays in 1!!
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