Alex Schwazer banned for using drugs

Summary:

This story was about Alex Schwazer, a competitor in the Olympics. He had won a medal for finishing his race. When getting to the finish line he was happy and proud to have accomplished the goal. But his happiness did not last when he was banned for using drugs. He stated how he was actually happy that he was caught because he couldn’t take it anymore.

Reflection:

I think that this story is really interesting and sad because it is really sad to know that Olympian contestant can be winning through cheating. The contestants do get to their finish line but after that is over, that is when they start revealing things that they have done. In this case Alex was caught using drugs. Even though he was banned and was happy to get caught, he should have not used them in the first place.

Jenna Huff Sportsmanhsip

Summary:

This story was about a high school girl showing sportsmanship during an Olympic committee. Deb was one of the fastest racers. She had prepared herself a lot for the moment of the final race. She was ready to start her biggest and important race. When she was almost at the finish line, she got a pain; she couldn’t continue on. Another racer, Jenna, who wanted to catch up to Deb in the race, finally caught up to her when Deb stood there in pain. The biggest and important show of sportsmanship was when Jenna instead of finishing the race, helped Deb finish the race. Jenna pushed Deb to keep on going so she can win. Jenna didn’t care about winning, she “Would rather be disqualified doing something good than doing something bad.”

Reflection:

I think that this story was very interesting. When Jenna helped out Deb, she demonstrated what Good Sportsmanship is. I think it was very nice of her helping out Deb finish the race when Deb was in pain. The important thing is that she helped her out without wanting any reward back. She didn’t care of being disqualified; all she cared was for Deb being able to finish the race as she would if she had not had that pain. This comes to show that there are people in the world who do really amazing things to help others.