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The Olympic Games dates back to Olympia, Greece. It
is a major international sporting competition.
Thousands of athletes from more than two hundred ___1___
all over the world participate in many different
sports. The Olympic Games comprises both Summer and ___2___
editions. The Olympic Games is ___3___
biennially. Hence, each seasonal Olympics is held ___4___four
years. The Olympics is managed by the International
Olympics Committee. The ancient Olympics Games
comprised a series of competitive events held among
the city-states and kingdoms of ___5___
Greece. The events were mainly athletic but also
some combat and chariot racing events. For the ___6___
of the games, all conflicts among the city-states
were put aside temporarily.
The 2012 Summer Olympics was held in London. The
host city was ___7___
for organizing the celebration of the games as
stipulated in the Olympics charter. Such ___8___
included the opening and closing ceremonies and the
rituals and symbols like the Olympic flag and torch.
The Singapore Olympics team was ___9___
by twenty athletes from athletics, badminton,
canoeing, gymnastics, sailing, shooting, swimming,
table-tennis and weightlifting. This was the ___10___
time that Singapore had a gymnast taking part in the
Olympics.
Singapore's Olympic gymnast representative was a
twenty-two year old who was a veteran competitor.
She had taken part in the ASEAN Games and many other
gymnastics ___11___
before. Lim Heem Wei started learning gymnastics
since the ___12___
of seven. She did it out of curiosity for the sport,
not expecting to fall in ___13___
with it. Since then, she had never looked back. In
preparation for the Olympics, she had been pushing
herself to the limit. She ___14___
five to six times a week. It was grueling but she
was bent on bringing honor to the ___15___
and her family. However, even though she did not
manage to garner a medal, everyone was very proud of
her achievements. She was a winner to every
Singaporean. |
