The library is
buzzing with excitement over the Winter Olympic Games, which started in Russia last
Friday. While the usual controversy surrounds the competition, the fans´ enthusiasm remains untarnished,
and several library users spent their break watching real-time
updates from events, reading magazine articles about various athletes and
discussing their respective favourite team´s chances of success.
It´s one of the
times that being in an international school is particularly exciting – we may
all be rooting for different teams but it´s a great way to learn about other
countries and see the world from multiple perspectives.
One of the main
topics of discussion seems to be Russian figure skater Yulia Lipnitskaya, who
at just fifteen is the youngest competitor at the Games and has, after two
spellbinding performances, just helped bag a gold medal for the host nation in
the team event. Proof that no matter
your age or stature (she´s just 1.57m tall), if you have the talent and are prepared to work extremely hard you
can achieve the truly extraordinary. Read all about her and the rest of the Russian figure skating team in the latest issue of Time Magazine, available now in the library.
At the other end of
the experience spectrum, another talking point is snowboarder Jenny Jones who, despite
being a decade older than most of her rivals, has just won Britain´s first ever
medal on snow. Her event, Slopestyle,
only made its debut this year, and many thought it had come too late for
Jones. They were wrong. So after years of working in whatever job she
could find (including selling doughnuts) to support herself while she perfected her skills, her
dreams have finally come true.
What a well-deserved reward for such persistence, determination and dedication. Read more about her here:http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/winter-olympics-2014-selling-doughnuts-to-sweet-success--how-snowboarder-jenny-jones-claimed-olympic-medal-9117760.html
Great life lessons and
plenty of inspiration from these and many more Winter Olympians… and it is
still only day three! Keep up to date
with all the latest news from the games on the official website: http://www.sochi2014.com/en
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