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The 31st SEA Games: Sportsmanship has won over the pandemic

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 The holy flame of the 31st SEA Games were lit up at the National Stadium My Dinh (Hanoi-Vietnam), marked the opening moment of the 31st SEA Games. Photo: Quang Thang According to the article, many sport tournaments have been postponed or even cancelled due COVID -19 in the past 2 years. There were a few..

 The holy flame of the 31st SEA Games were lit up at the National Stadium My Dinh (Hanoi-Vietnam), marked the opening moment of the 31st SEA Games. Photo: Quang Thang

According to the article, many sport tournaments have been postponed or even cancelled due COVID -19 in the past 2 years. There were a few moments, the 31st SEA Games faced the similar risks. Vietnam – as the hosting country, however, have been doing all the best to ensure that the 31st SEA Games would take place safely, but sill imbue with sportsmanship.

The determination of the hosting country had been partially showed at the Opening Ceremony. Many athletes had marched into the National Stadium My Dinh, under non-stop applauses.

The article said that besides the efforts of Vietnam, it was impossible not to praise the athletes’ spirit to overcome difficulty. In the past 2 years, facing the lack of regular competition, many athletes have not been able to practice regularly, and sports federations have not had many opportunities to discover new talents. However, to prepare for the biggest Games in Southeast Asia, the athletes have still actively prepared with the highest spirit and with remarkable professionalism.

Thanks to that, this time, the SEA Games did not reduce its attraction. The article also said there were many things to look up to, on the basis of there were many young athletes had made their debut at an international tournament. Notably Singapore – this country had 243/427 athletes who competed for the first time at SEA Games.

The enthusiastic of athletes was the reason that the 31st SEA games had attracted the sport fans. There were so many types of sport that were competed for the first time at this Games and any athlete could participate.

The article concluded that, even though the 31st SEA Games had to endure negative impacts of the pandemic, but the beauty of Games promised its success./.

According to seagames2021