Olympics Bring Positive Energy

Gold Medal Olympian Adam Kreek firmly believes that the Olympics bring positive energy, disputing an article featured in the Vancouver Sun discussing the so-called "negative" effects of the Olympic Games.
 
Viewed as an Olympic hero by many, Kreek won Gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a member of the Men's 8 rowing team, inspired other Olympians with his heartfelt rendition of the national anthem, and has earned six Golds at the World Cup and three Golds at World Championships in rowing.
 
The Olympics promotes being the best you can be and maximizing your individual human potential. Kreek states that:

"The Olympics are one of too few global celebrations of human potential and achievement -- we all need more happiness. World citizens gather regularly to talk about real and pressing global issues. At the Olympics, world citizens gather to create positive energy. This global gathering encourages the sharing of ideas and values, breaking down harmful barriers held by individuals and between cultures.

On the playing field of the Olympics it truly doesn't matter if you are black, brown or white, Muslim, Christian or atheist, communist, capitalist or socialist. In honest competition it only matters if you are higher, faster or stronger.

The Olympics give us consistent and concrete examples of the values that help us grow and achieve growth as individuals, organizations or as a society. These values are contagious and transfer across disciplines."

Vancouver Sun

Read more of Adam Kreek's insights about the positive energy of the Olympics in his Vancouver Sun article "The Olympics: positive energy".

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