Many international and momentous sporting events will take place this year, and depending on whom you ask, the rank order of importance will be described quite differently. Without getting into that debate, two events that spring to mind for this year are the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver in February, and for those who do not take kindly to the cold weather, the FIFA World Cup (Soccer) in South Africa in June/July. In these events we are likely to see world-class performers at their absolute best. We will see victory, we will see defeat, and we will see elation and disappointment. One thing, however, that is often forgotten, is that we will see the product of many years of training, effort, commitment, and passion to perform on a world stage. Let us also not lose sight of the fact that many of these performers in such events reap significant financial reward from their efforts, whilst others keep on persisting with minimal funding, but still with that same goal of being the best they can.
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