4 Years in the Making

8/25/08 – 8/31/08

There is one thing form these past summer games, that has stand out in my mind. But to the casual sports fan it will not and that is the four years in the making, Four years is what London will now have, that is to get ready for their hosting of the summer games in 2012. As these past summer games for the country of china, came to end Sunday night. Threw out the games China has had tough criticisms, in which the country of China did not want to begin with neither did the international Olympic committee.

It was four years ago, in which all of the outcry about how china might host the games was about to start showing up in the media and to the world. The biggest question was on how China was going to deal with the freedom of the press, for countries such as the United States.

In which the media in the United States, has the freedom to discuss certain issues without the fear of government interaction. Another fear was how china security would hold up against the terrorist acts of actions of threats to those respective nations in play during the summer games. Well, china spotlight in the world came out pretty bad, when just two days in the summer games. An American coach, father in law and mother were attack and sadly for his father in law he would die from the attack.

But that was not the only dint for the country of china as that other fear would start to come to light. In days reports of media censorship came out and about. The media was not allowed to visit sites on the internet or talking about the current conflict that was going on in china, between Taiwan, Tibet and Darfur. As their currently is a human rights and democracy movement going on there.



But for the rest of the games sports wise, it was a great year for the team USA swim team, as they helped Michael Phelps win eight gold medals and it was also the story of these Olympics games.


The good part for China is that their hosting of the summer games has ended and that the Olympic flame will be hand over to London.

As the city of London and the country of England will have four years now to prepare for this world event, and as the China games has showed, London better be ready for the outcry of critics that such a world class event, brings with it. London you will now be the center of the world attention that is, in four years in the making.


RJINTAMPAWSA@AOL.COM