A week after I wrote my last piece entitled "The Spirit of the Olympics," I came across a photo posted on Facebook. It shows a group of athletes riding together in a bus at the Olympics arena in London. They are no random athletes: They are ERITREANS AND ETHIOPIANS!
The familiar faces in this picture includes Tirunesh Dibaba from Ethiopia and Zeresenay Tadesse from Eritrea. It's so amazing, at the same time, so exciting to see athletes from two neighbouring nations who were in a bitter series of wars and bloodshed for close to 40 years enjoying their moment together. That's the Spirit!
As I have stated in my last post, the Olympics is all about peace, love, respect, and harmony. With a high-spirited hope to see these pillars of the game in action, I have been waiting to see how athletes from countries whose relations with other countries are at a limbo would react when they encounter those nations at the sporting events. I'm glad to see the athletes representing my country and our northern neighbors smiling to each other, and maybe, cracking jokes.
It doesn't matter what caused the rift between the leaderships of the two nations, or what goes on inside their political platforms in their respective capitals at this moment. This is sports, even better, the Olympics. These athletes have shown true sportsmanship, and made us think, once again, that we are of the same bloodline.
Congratulations on your unity. You have shown high respect for each other, and for the spirit of the game. Our leaders, and we the peoples, may not see eye to eye right now, but you have proved that we may, sometime in the near future. You are the heroes of the hour!
Good luck to you all!!
As I have stated in my last post, the Olympics is all about peace, love, respect, and harmony. With a high-spirited hope to see these pillars of the game in action, I have been waiting to see how athletes from countries whose relations with other countries are at a limbo would react when they encounter those nations at the sporting events. I'm glad to see the athletes representing my country and our northern neighbors smiling to each other, and maybe, cracking jokes.
It doesn't matter what caused the rift between the leaderships of the two nations, or what goes on inside their political platforms in their respective capitals at this moment. This is sports, even better, the Olympics. These athletes have shown true sportsmanship, and made us think, once again, that we are of the same bloodline.
Congratulations on your unity. You have shown high respect for each other, and for the spirit of the game. Our leaders, and we the peoples, may not see eye to eye right now, but you have proved that we may, sometime in the near future. You are the heroes of the hour!
Good luck to you all!!
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