18 students had been sponsered by the school to go to YOG Swimming Event Semi-Finals and Finals on 17 August 2010, 6.30pm at Singapore Sports School. I had been chosen to go to the event by my CCA to take photos of the event. When we boarded the bus, everyone was filled with excitement and could not wait to get to the venue as most of us had never gotten a chance to go to a event before to watch it LIVE.
When we reached there, we had to go through checking of bags as the security was tight before proceeding in to the seats. We could hear many people screaming for their own country to win! Our school had gotten first row seats and we could see the athletes swimming very clearly.
After 1 hour or so, we were all feeling restless until Singapore started to compete in the Men's 50m Backstroke SemiFinal.
We cheered as loud as we could for the Singapore athlete to win! There was a close fight for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place of it. When we looked at the scoreboard once it ended, Singapore had won in 1st place. The athlete was Rainer Ng Kai Wee, 18. He was the first Singaporean in all the swimming events to qualify for the finals.
Another event that Singapore had competed in the semifinals was the Men's 4 x 100m Relay. Although Singapore had gotten the 7th place out of 8 countries, we did not jeer at them. Instead, we encouraged them because we knew they had tried their best.
China, Australia and Russian Federation were the countries that have won quite a number of medals be it Gold, Silver or Bronze medal. We all hope that the Rainer Ng would win in the finals and bring honour to Singapore!
When we reached there, we had to go through checking of bags as the security was tight before proceeding in to the seats. We could hear many people screaming for their own country to win! Our school had gotten first row seats and we could see the athletes swimming very clearly.
After 1 hour or so, we were all feeling restless until Singapore started to compete in the Men's 50m Backstroke SemiFinal.
We cheered as loud as we could for the Singapore athlete to win! There was a close fight for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place of it. When we looked at the scoreboard once it ended, Singapore had won in 1st place. The athlete was Rainer Ng Kai Wee, 18. He was the first Singaporean in all the swimming events to qualify for the finals.
Another event that Singapore had competed in the semifinals was the Men's 4 x 100m Relay. Although Singapore had gotten the 7th place out of 8 countries, we did not jeer at them. Instead, we encouraged them because we knew they had tried their best.
China, Australia and Russian Federation were the countries that have won quite a number of medals be it Gold, Silver or Bronze medal. We all hope that the Rainer Ng would win in the finals and bring honour to Singapore!
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