On Sunday September 16, Mannam took part, along with many other sponsors, in hosting the World Peace Festival, held in the Olympic Stadium in Seoul, Korea. The stadium's seating capacity is about 70,000. It was completely filled, even standing room, a few thousand people had to stand outside and watch all the happenings on a big screen because they couldn't fit in (an estimated 200,000 people came and went throughout the day's events).
Luckily, our team was participating in the basketball tournament on the day and so we had full athlete access. The tournament was a single-elimination match, so if you lose one game you're out. Our team ended up winning all FOUR of our games (4-0) and won the GOLD MEDAL! It was pretty awesome!
The crowds were so loud and so active that we couldn't hear a thing...and during our games many other competitions and performances were going on. In fact, at one point I was shooting free throws on a foul and fireworks were going off! It was pretty amazing! I'm glad Jinny was able to come along and photograph us playing and capture the memories.
Definitely a great day full of amazing performances and fun times. I got to meet many people from various countries, cultures, and religions...and got to see first hand what it could be like if we could achieve world peace some day.
:)
Fighting for the rebound.
Intense defensive positions.
Making things happen.
Photographers getting in on our huddle.
The Gold Medalists
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