Another Norwegian Experience: Competing and Escaping Society

13 Feb. 2017 – Sometimes you got this choking feeling that comes from people that surrounds you, work maybe or routine, and you just need to go away, escape your society and enjoy some time of freedom discovering new places far from home, far from the routine and the familiar faces.

Last year it happened that I was in Norway and found an indoor competition here. Therefore, this year I decided to come again accompanied by two juniors athletes Lea Obeid and Peter Khoury who never ran indoors before. We competed all three together in the Tyrving Athletics Championship in Bærum, located at 30min from Oslo.

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Athlete or Journalist? My Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games Experience

September 2016 / December 2016 – Since I was 12, I used to do a lot of research about the Olympic Games, athletics and Olympians such as Carl Lewis, Jackie Joyner Kersse, Heike Drechsler, Mickael Johson, Flo Jo and the stars of the 1980’s. The passion for sports was born in me 10 years ago.

At the age of 16, I had my own website about Lebanese athletics called “The Track and Field Society”. A project that was an open door for unique opportunities such as taking part in the IOC Young Reporters program. An experience that changed my life upside down. I will share it with you later on.

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56th Young Participants IOA Session 2016

11 to 25 June 2016 – I wanted to start my personal blog by sharing this unique experience at the International Olympic Academy.

11 June 2016, on my 22nd birthday, I took off to Greece, not knowing what to expect from the 56th Young Participants session. Carolina Cambella, my friend from the IOC Young Reporters program who represented Argentina in the previous session, told me that it will be an amazing experience and that I will enjoy it a lot! Continue reading