{"id":3625,"date":"2024-08-09T18:51:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/?p=3625"},"modified":"2024-08-09T18:51:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:51:12","slug":"rousing-the-sleeping-giant-at-half-time-of-paris-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/rousing-the-sleeping-giant-at-half-time-of-paris-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Rousing the \u2018Sleeping Giant\u2019 at Half-time of\u00a0Paris 2024!\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is half-time at the\u00a0Paris 2024<\/i><\/b>\u00a0Olympic Games.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Besides been different in a lot of ways,\u00a0Paris 2024<\/i><\/b>\u00a0has been an eye-opener for me.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I thought I knew everything about the Olympic Games, having been actively involved (directly or indirectly) in all the Games since 1976, until half-way into the 2024 edition I am humbled by my limited appreciation of its many \u2018silent\u2019 facets.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Olympic Truce<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The Olympics scores high as a diplomatic vehicle, with its fundamental objective to foster peace and friendship amongst members of the global Olympic family \u2013 now 205-strong!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Within the Olympic charter is a \u2018forgotten\u2019 tool, a two-weeks period during the games dedicated in ancient times for resolution of conflicts between any member countries. During the period, called the\u00a0Olympic Truce<\/b>, warring members are mandated to temporarily sheath their swords, to enable the youths of the world to compete in a friendly atmosphere devoid of all common human differences.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s why, at the Olympic Games, participation is more important than winning as all participants are winners.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Olympic Truce<\/b>, as enshrined in the Olympic Charter, is designed to ease tension between competing athletes and countries, and to fan the embers of reconciliation and healing wherever there may be conflict or war.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With the present escalating crisis in various parts of the world, the\u00a0Paris 2024<\/i><\/b>\u00a0Olympics could have deployed the\u00a0Olympic Truce<\/b>\u00a0to remind its members of their obligation to use\u00a0sport<\/b>\u00a0to heal the wounds of hostility between \u2018brothers\u2019 in the ongoing wars in Ukraine, Gaza, the Horn of Africa, Sudan, and so on.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

That is my first take away from the first half of\u00a0Paris 2024<\/i><\/b>\u00a0is that the\u00a0Olympic Truce<\/b>\u00a0as a tool for global peace may be \u2018dead\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sport \u2013 Nigeria\u2019s wasting asset!<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Nigeria can easily be a global super-power in sport.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The country has everything required except the political will. The country can dominate the world in some specific sports and reap bountiful harvests that come with it for the athletes, the people and the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the country still does not appreciate the power inherent in sport for social, economic and even diplomatic development. She, therefore, beyond empty \u2018talk\u2019, never treats sport as an area deserving of special status and attention.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Yet, the evidence of what sport can achieve continues to stare the country in the face during the on-going Olympics. Unfortunately, the country is distracted by mundane things, little administrative hiccups that take over every attention and even dominate their media space.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For example, I am still trying to understand why the registration, or not, of a Nigerian sprinter for the 100 metres event (not even her preferred event) has attracted so much national discourse\u00a0\u00a0over and above the more glaring lack of understanding and essential support by government for an authentic sports development program that will guaranty for the country a place of pride in the world through deserved achievements, not wishful and sentimental thinking!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What it takes to win a medal at the Olympics!<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

To be an Olympian is every athlete\u2019s dream. The process is hard enough without the additional goal of winning an Olympic Medal. That, is another dimension, the route strewn with unforgiving challenges, a different level of commitment, dedication, discipline, focus, punishing training regimen, right tools and environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I urge everyone to watch\u00a0\u2018Sprint\u2019<\/b>, a movie that takes viewers into the inner recesses of ambition and competition in athletics on \u2018the fastest humans on earth\u2019. Plus what drives the athletes; the fire in their belly; the extent they can go trying to perfect their act and their mind; how they gain and grab the minutest of advantages; the psychology of winning and what it takes.\u00a0\u00a0In short, to be the best in the world is the hardest thing to achieve in the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It takes more than talent. Talent is only the starting point. The rest of the route is long and torturous, stretching an athlete to the limits of physicality and psychology. Everything has to be right and in place –\u00a0\u00a0knowledgeable and experienced coach; training grounds; facilities and equipment; right diet; high level competitions;\u00a0\u00a0good support staff; a tested psychologist; focused regimen of training; a good lifestyle; endless practise time; unshaken self-belief; funding support; and the favour of the elements. There are very many moving parts that must function optimally and simultaneously.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Successful countries know these things and try to provide and institutionalise them – USA, UK, China, Australia, Canada, etc. They focus on particular sports suited to their geographical environment, or culture of physiology.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

18 years ago, I established a special sports school. My compass was the story of Maria Sharapova, the tennis prodigy at the time. To become amongst the best in the world, leading to her first tennis Grand slam success, she starting her tennis at age 6, and spent the next 10 years on an excruciatingly strict path that included private academic tutorship plus minimum 6 hours of a daily grind of concentrated\u00a0\u00a0training. These days, I hear the hours have moved up to 9, daily!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I set out to achieve such a level in the\u00a0Segun Odegbami International Sports Academy and Sports Academy, SOCA,\u00a0<\/b>18 years ago.<\/b>\u00a0In those 18 years, my effort to combine rigorous academics and sports, have only yielded 4 hours of a daily program that is punctuated with all manner of breaks, distractions, and a lack of some of the most basic of requirements.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The result of my work, unprecedented in Nigeria, stares me in the face every day. The products of that institution, with all our effort, are far from our goal of producing the seeds of World Champions in the Sprints, in Football and in Tennis. There is still a long way to go.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

During\u00a0Paris 2024<\/i><\/b>, I have sat in front of a bank of over 30 television screens in a room, watching every single one of the over 30 different sports events ongoing in different venues, observing reality unfurl before me. My sad conclusion is that when it comes to proper sports development that can produce global champions on a consistent basis, Nigeria is yet to get on to the tarmac. The country is eons behind in basic understanding, appreciation and strategic planning to produce athletes that can compete and be amongst the best in selected sports in the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, let me return to watching and enjoying the second half of the\u00a0Paris 2024 Olympics<\/i><\/b>\u00a0when a few bright Nigerian stars in athletics and, probably, wrestling will shine some light on the \u2018sleeping giant of Africa\u2019!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is half-time at the\u00a0Paris 2024\u00a0Olympic Games.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Besides been different in a lot of ways,\u00a0Paris 2024\u00a0has been an eye-opener for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I thought I knew everything about the Olympic Games, having been actively involved (directly or indirectly) in all the Games since 1976, until half-way into the 2024 edition I am humbled by my limited appreciation of its many \u2018silent\u2019 facets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Olympic Truce<\/p>\n

The Olympics scores high as a diplomatic vehicle, with its fundamental objective to foster peace and friendship amongst members of the global Olympic family \u2013 now 205-strong!<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Within the Olympic charter is a \u2018forgotten\u2019 tool, a two-weeks period during the games dedicated in ancient times for resolution of conflicts between any member countries. During the period, called the\u00a0Olympic Truce, warring members are mandated to temporarily sheath their swords, to enable the youths of the world to compete in a friendly atmosphere devoid of all common human differences.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why, at the Olympic Games, participation is more important than winning as all participants are winners.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Olympic Truce, as enshrined in the Olympic Charter, is designed to ease tension between competing athletes and countries, and to fan the embers of reconciliation and healing wherever there may be conflict or war.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

With the present escalating crisis in various parts of the world, the\u00a0Paris 2024\u00a0Olympics could have deployed the\u00a0Olympic Truce\u00a0to remind its members of their obligation to use\u00a0sport\u00a0to heal the wounds of hostility between \u2018brothers\u2019 in the ongoing wars in Ukraine, Gaza, the Horn of Africa, Sudan, and so on.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

That is my first take away from the first half of\u00a0Paris 2024\u00a0is that the\u00a0Olympic Truce\u00a0as a tool for global peace may be \u2018dead\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-sports-development"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"\nRousing the \u2018Sleeping Giant\u2019 at Half-time of\u00a0Paris 2024!\u00a0\u00a0 - Mathematical 7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/rousing-the-sleeping-giant-at-half-time-of-paris-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rousing the \u2018Sleeping Giant\u2019 at Half-time of\u00a0Paris 2024!\u00a0\u00a0 - Mathematical 7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is half-time at the\u00a0Paris 2024\u00a0Olympic Games.\u00a0 Besides been different in a lot of ways,\u00a0Paris 2024\u00a0has been an eye-opener for me.\u00a0 I thought I knew everything about the Olympic Games, having been actively involved (directly or indirectly) in all the Games since 1976, until half-way into the 2024 edition I am humbled by my limited appreciation of its many \u2018silent\u2019 facets.\u00a0 \u00a0 The Olympic Truce The Olympics scores high as a diplomatic vehicle, with its fundamental objective to foster peace and friendship amongst members of the global Olympic family \u2013 now 205-strong! \u00a0 Within the Olympic charter is a \u2018forgotten\u2019 tool, a two-weeks period during the games dedicated in ancient times for resolution of conflicts between any member countries. 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