Current Event #3: India and the Sochi Olympics

The start of the Olympics was just a few days ago. but one country went into the opening ceremony suspended. India had been suspended from the Olympics and it's athletes entered as independent competitors. The International Olympic Committee originally suspended India in 2012 because of corrupt leaders being elected. 

This article reminds me of The Crucible in English; all the people in both The Crucible and the India Olympic team were wrongly punished for things out of their control. Every person in the town of Salem was convicted falsely as were the Olympic athletes. 

I think India should have been allowed to fly their flag at the opening ceremony no matter what their country's political status. This effects me because I feel bad for the Indian athletes not being able to represent their country in the beginning of the Olympics. 

Joshi, Yogendra. "Indian Flag." Photograph. Flickr. Yahoo, 26 Jan. 2010. Web. 11 Feb. 2014. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/yogendra174/4331356987/>

What is the purpose of using quotations from an Olympic athlete? Use evidence to support your answer. 

In the article, Rawlings has quotes from Shiva Keshava, an Indian luge athlete, expressing what she thinks about not being able to fly her country's colors at the opening ceremony. "' When the Indian flag doesn't fly, people know it is because of corruption and it's not a nice image for the country,"' says Keshava for an Associated Press interview (Rawlings). All the athletes are definitely feeling the pressure to do better now that country has been reinstated "in time for the flag to fly in the Olympic Village." (Rawlings). The athletes also feel as if " more people are behind [them] when [they] go in with [their] country's flag." (Rawlings).

Citations

Rawlings, Nate. "Olympic Committee Reinstates India, Flag Will Fly in Sochi." Time. WordPress, 11 Feb 2014. Web. 11 Feb. 2014. <http://world.time.com/2014/02/11/sochi-winter-olympics-2014-india-russia/>