Asian Games

The Asian Games are currently being competed in Guangzhou, China.  They are basically the Olympics of Asia.  There are 45 countries competing in 44 sports.  Most of the typical sports are present such as swimming, archery, gymnastics, wrestling, and baseball.  There are also a number of sports that are not seen in US competition such as cricket, dragon boating, kabaddi, table tennis, sepaktakraw, squash and board games. 

I am secretly excited to watch coverage of the board games competition!

I love watching these sorts of competitions.  Seeing amateur athletes compete and represent their countries is something that always makes me so happy.  Even if they don't win a medal it must be so amazing to compete on behalf of your entire country.  

So, tonight at the gym I was watching some coverage of the swimming competition.  Singapore was competing in a relay race and I found myself routing for them to win.  I've never had allegiance to any other country besides the US so it was a little odd to me.  But, I guess that Singapore is now my second home so it makes sense that I should cheer for them.

The Singaporean relay team didn't do so well...they were disqualified.  I did not find this out until the race was already completed...maybe they will make up for it in the board game competition!