Davin Sorn, who started taekwondo when she was 15 years old, said for the first two years she kept losing. |
Poch Reasey, VOA Khmer
03 August 2012
WASHINGTON DC - The six Cambodian
athletes competing in the Summer Games this year in London say they
realize the Olympics are the most competitive in the world, but they
promised to do their best in their events.
Cambodians are competing in judo, swimming, taekwondo and athletics.
In a Skype interview with VOA
Khmer, Davin Sorn, who started taekwondo when she was 15 years old, said
for the first two years she kept losing.
“But then I saw a slogan at the
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports that reminds athletes that
losing is a stage toward winning,” she said. “So I worked hard to win
for myself, as well as for my country.”
Cambodia first joined the
Olympics in 1956, putting two equestrians in the Melbourne Games. Its
athletes competed through the games in Munich in 1972. It had its
greatest number, 13, at the 1964 Tokyo Games.
After years of conflict,
Cambodia rejoined the games in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, fielding five
competitors across athletics, swimming and wrestling. This year’s six
athletes mark the largest showing since then. It has yet to win a medal
in any event.
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