23.03.2012
Future of Olympic Games
Erdira Ramayani W.
International School of Tomorrow
Moscow, Russia
Future of Olympic Games
I live in the twenty-second century, where the world is, in my eyes, usual. Humans and robots are common friends; everyone has vacation trips to the Moon; flying cars look obsolete; sports are more challenging than ever. My interests in sport increased when I went to watch the Olympic Games, but it all started even earlier, after one extraordinary outing. Not long before my Olympics trip, I visited the Historical Museum of Sport in Greece where all heritages of the twenty-first century were kept. I found so many strange objects displayed there, most of which are not in this era anymore. I managed to put my hand on many relics, and, with the help of a virtual guide, I traveled back to the 2012 Olympic Games held in London, and there I lived the difference.
Back in the twenty-first century, there were two categories of the Olympics: Winter and Summer. As I have heard, the summer and winter games were approximately the same as the previous century. In the era I live in, another category was added, called the Space Olympics. As the name shows, the tournaments were held in space, and only some of the winter and summer sports were played. Technology and innovations lead everyone to excitement. But hardly could I describe the excitement I felt after I had had a virtual trip into the past. A huge contrast between these two Olympics from two different centuries existed.
I watched the Space Olympics directly where it was held, a space sport satellite located near the Moon. The goal of holding Olympic tournaments on the Moon was to feel a new kind of experience and enthusiasm. Both summer and winter games are performed. The athletics are performed in both indoor and outdoor stadiums. The indoor stadium was built and designed as if we are on the earth; the interior air pressure was controlled to fit human respiratory ability, but the Moon’s lighter gravity was used in the games. Most of the sports performed are summer games. The athletes competing came from all over the world of our Earth and were humans. One sport I mostly like in the indoor games was the gymnastic trampoline. Due to the small gravity, athletes were challenged to adjust their skills. But nothing was more exciting than the Moon Olympics outdoor games. Unlike the indoor games, the outdoor games were completely opposite. Although the games are somehow similar and competitors are from all nations, unlike the twenty-first century tournaments, competitors were only robots. These artificial athletes are the latest creations by scientists and engineers, who also compete using their inventions. Therefore, there are two types of competitions in the outdoor Moon Olympics: sport competition and intelligent competition. Nevertheless of the robots’ technology, these creatures still require vigorous training before entering the competition.
As the games were held on a different gravity, the competition was tight among the intelligent robots. These robots behave almost similar to humans, but to their use, they are mechanically stronger in order to compete. The popular sports they compete in are the summer athletic games of hammer throw and pole vault. In the hammer throw, the projectile has a heavier mass that would fit our satellite’s gravity. The hammer is so massive that only robots are able to throw such weight. If the hammer throw is about throwing something the farthest, on the other hand, the pole vault is about throwing oneself the highest. In the Historical Museum of Sport, I learned that the record of the highest pole vault jump in the 2012 games was 6.07 meters. It is surprisingly high compared to the 9.83 meters high in the Moon Olympics.
This alternating trip between what we, people of the twenty-second century see, and what the people from the preceding century saw in the Olympic Games fascinated me. The fact that so many improvements happened for the last 100 years made me realize how people from the old times were already working hard to innovate the Olympic Games. But it seems that humans are so obsessed with the idea of technology and innovation that they forget to look at the beginning. This amazing experience wouldn’t have happened if our ancestors never had the idea to create an event like the Olympics. Everything starts from one idea. From that idea, humans would develop newer ones using their imagination, creativity, and the ambition to make those ideas happen.
Therefore, let us not forget that the true purpose of the Olympics lies within the past that almost everyone forgot, and in order to understand the Olympic Games, a glimpse to the past can always help to remind and explain to us its true meaning. Let the Olympic Games help to develop character in each individual, not robot! Let Olympism be “a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will, and mind!”
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