Sunday, August 24, 2008

Olympics 2008

I read with amusement at this article 'Show respect' Rogge is father of party-poopers by Tay Yek Keak on The Sunday Times, August 24th 2008. It's not every time I agree with what he wrote as he can be a real critic sometimes. With witty and sarcastic remarks, this is truly a refreshing article.
In my opinion, if a person has the goods and delivered it wonderfully, by all means celebrate and show off a bit. But, of course don't overdo it. Usain Bolt obviously has the right to be happy seeing he scored triple golds and made new records at the same time. People should not criticise his actions unless they manage to beat his records.
Don't tell me that a person will be content to just stand at the podium and pretended nothing happen (showing respect to his competitors), when he have just been crowned the winner and broke a record in the process.