Our Cubs Are Toothful!

Die-hard Singapore fan

The inaugural Youth Olympics has begun! And after a fairly lacklustre build-up to the Games, Singapore seemed to have finally woken up and come to life in the past three days.

The YOG opening ceremony was quite impressive with the fireworks and water displays capturing many spectators' and audiences' attention, but I think 12 year old boy Low Wei Jie's 15 km run over 2 hours to follow the Olympics flame as well as Singapore's brilliant start to its football campaign have really contributed significantly in stirring the nation's enthusiasm in the Games.

A great pre-match huddle

I was at the Jalan Besar stadium for Singapore's opener against Zimbabwe and within 10 seconds of the game, our Cubs stole possession from the Zimbabweans and unleashed a scorcher to put the Zimbabweans in their place. The Africans had boasted about beating us by a minimum scoreline of 5-0 prior to the match.

Cubs' style celebration

Ten minutes later, a diminutive Muhaimin calmly placed the ball past the 'keeper after being set up by his team-mate to put the Cubs 2-0 up. The fully filled Jalan Besar Stadium was rocking!

More celebrations from the Cubs

The Cubs continued their form and finished the Zimbabweans 30 minutes into the game with another brilliant team movement.

Singapore 3 Zimbabwe 1

I'm looking forward to the next YOG event and really hoping to get tickets to the Singapore-Montenegro game on Thursday.

And for more reasons to attend the Games, we spotted a few YOG personnel/volunteers/fans worth a second look.