{"id":1718,"date":"2018-02-18T05:53:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T05:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tagtiv8.com\/?p=1718"},"modified":"2018-02-16T11:59:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T11:59:16","slug":"winter-olympic-medalist-not-old-enough-buy-scissors-encourage-children-follow-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tagtiv8.com\/winter-olympic-medalist-not-old-enough-buy-scissors-encourage-children-follow-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Olympic Medalist But Not Old Enough To Buy Scissors – Encourage Children To Follow Their Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"
Even if you\u2019re not into winter sports, it\u2019s kind of hard not to get caught up in the Winter Olympics this year. Whether that\u2019s down to the sensational athletes or the tension of the political side note, you, like us, can\u2019t help but be enthralled as this year\u2019s Winter Olympics unravels. <\/span><\/p>\n So we\u2019re jumping on the bobsleigh with everyone else and talking about it. <\/span><\/p>\n However, Tagtiv8 are looking at the athletes, not just the events. Being active on a day-to-day basis, we appreciate how far these Olympians have had to push themselves to achieve their goals. <\/span><\/p>\n We also note that many of the Olympians are young. In fact, they\u2019re not a lot older than the children we visit in schools and play Tagtiv8 games with\u2026. <\/span><\/p>\n The youngest in this year\u2019s Winter Olympics is 15-year-old Chinese halfpipe skier <\/span>Wu Meng<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n Just let that sink in. <\/span><\/p>\n Wu Meng is not alone in being a younger competitor though. We found this list on <\/span>NBCSport<\/span><\/a> of the youngest competitors in this year’s Winter Olympics:<\/span><\/p>\n Wu Meng (15) \u2014 Ski Halfpipe (China)<\/span><\/p>\n Jennie-Lee Burmansson (15) \u2014 Ski Slopestyle (Sweden)<\/span><\/p>\n Zhang Kexin (15) \u2014 Ski Halfpipe (China)<\/span><\/p>\n Alina Zagitova (15) \u2014 Figure Skating (Russia)<\/span><\/p>\n Kim Ha-Nul (15) \u2014 Figure Skating (South Korea)<\/span><\/p>\n Hiroaki Kunitake (15) \u2014 Snowboard Big Air\/Slopestyle (Japan)<\/span><\/p>\n Reira Iwabuchi (16) \u2014 Snowboard Big Air\/Slopestyle (Japan)<\/span><\/p>\n Alice Robinson (16) \u2014 Alpine Skiing (New Zealand)<\/span><\/p>\n Ayaulum Amrenova (16) \u2014 Moguls (Kazakhstan)<\/span><\/p>\n Nico Porteous (16) \u2014 Ski Halfpipe (New Zealand) <\/span><\/p>\n When put into perspective, most of these Olympians have not even left secondary school. They have not gone down the conventional route of picking a career path and are not eligible to buy scissors. Yet, they have achieved so much already through pure dedication and more discipline than many adults.<\/span><\/p>\n Take Red Gerard for example. He upset the odds to take <\/span>gold in the men’s snowboarding slopestyle<\/span><\/a> at the Winter Olympics in South Korea, beating competitors as much as 12 years his senior and became the first <\/span>Winter Olympic champion to be born this millennium.<\/span><\/p>\n