Youth Olympics- Badminton and Tennis
Singapore is currently hosting the inaugural Youth Olympics games. Over the next 3 weeks about 5000 athletes between the ages of 14 and 18 are competing in 26 different sporting events.
Our friends Sharon and Dave (from Seattle) met up with us to watch the Badminton. Kingsley and Dave were pretty excited to watch the game but Sharon and I were more interested in getting our hands on the "clappers" which were these inflatable sticks that you bang together when someone scores a point. They were sold out when we arrived so we spent hours trying to devise a plan to get our hands on our own set, I'm sad to say we were not successful.
Tennis was pretty amazing to watch, even though the players are young they are incredibly talented and very competitive. We watched a Finnish guy play a Hungarian, neither were prepared for the humidity and heat of Singapore. They were constantly taking breaks to wipe the sweat off their hands and rackets.
The two mascots for the Youth Olympics Singapore are:
Lyo- a lion cub with a mane as fiery as his passion for life. His paw is shaped like the island of Singapore. Symbolism: legend tells us that a prince upon visiting a tropical island spotted a beautiful lion and named it 'Singapura' which means 'Lion city'.
Merly- a merlion cub who got her name from 'Mer' meaning sea and 'ly' for liveliness and youth. Symbolism: the merlon is a mythical sea creature that is part lion and part fish, inspired by Singaporean folklore and Singapore's fishing village origins.
We bought tickets for badminton, tennis, gymnastics and ping pong.
Our friends Sharon and Dave (from Seattle) met up with us to watch the Badminton. Kingsley and Dave were pretty excited to watch the game but Sharon and I were more interested in getting our hands on the "clappers" which were these inflatable sticks that you bang together when someone scores a point. They were sold out when we arrived so we spent hours trying to devise a plan to get our hands on our own set, I'm sad to say we were not successful.
These kids had the coveted "clappers", but had no interest in sharing with us.
Tennis was pretty amazing to watch, even though the players are young they are incredibly talented and very competitive. We watched a Finnish guy play a Hungarian, neither were prepared for the humidity and heat of Singapore. They were constantly taking breaks to wipe the sweat off their hands and rackets.
Cool as cucumbers, we are use to the humidity now...for the most part!
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