2012-10-19 - Union Catholic Regional High School

The OlympicsBy: Nylson CampbellThis year’s summer Olympics, which took place in London, were astonishing. The opening ceremonies includedmany athletes from different countries who came to participate in their specialized sports. Many previouschampions from prior Olympic games returned to prove once again that they were still on top. UsainBolt, a Jamaican athlete who has the fastest time in the 200 meter dash returned and proved dominant overthe other participants in his league. Swimmer Michael Phelps returned and won the gold medal in the400x100 medley relay. To date, he has earned 18 gold medals and 22 medals in total. Athletes like thesemake history for future generations to look up to and give motivation.In woman’s volleyball, Brazil took the gold this turn around while the United States came second, and Japanthird. Brazil played very well and dominated in the finals when they played U.S.A. which was amazing. Brazilgave the USA a barrage of dives and spikes, while the USA putup its best defense. The scores were 11-25, 25-17, 25-20, 25-17; it was an amazing victory for Brazil. Gymnastics was alsoanother big event this summer with the athlete GabbyDouglas, who stole the gold in Gymnastics. After she won,there was much speculation that she had cheated and evenaccusations that her hair was improperly styled. All of the accusationswere false and disproved by the judges/officials. Afinal issue at this summer’s Olympic Games focused on taxingthe winnings of the gold, silver, and bronze medalists. Whenall of the medalists from the United States came back, theywere welcomed by a hefty tax on the money that they hadworked so hard to earn. The Weekly Standard, a conservative news magazine, ran the number and said thatthe tax bill on the gold is $8,986; silver is 5,385; and the bronze is $3,500. At the end of the day, it is prettycrazy that an athlete gets taxed for winning a medal for our country in the world’s biggest event!The ProphetThe Official Online Newspaper of Union CatholicHigh SchoolThe 2011– 2012 StaffEditor-in-Chief: Jillian GonzalesAssistant Editors: Jane Lestarchick & Madison SimonEntertainment Editors: Sydney Dick & Bridget NoceraSports Editor: Kyle DebelakReporters: Nylson Campbell, Christine Hahn, Andrea Mojica, SamanthaPiazza, Kristen Ramos, and Melissa Titolo