subject: Trophies & Medals As A Gesture Of Appreciation [print this page] Winning a coveted sports event or a race gives immense pride and honor to the person and to his family. To further accentuate the happiness, the trophies & medals further add bliss to the event. These trophies and medals are a remembrance of the event and are in a way testimonial of the feat the person had achieved. Its a way of commemorating the excellence that the person has accomplished.
These trophies and medals are generally a very important part of sports events and though how big or small an event, it cannot be complete without a medal. Take the Olympics for instance, firstly Olympics in itself is such a coveted sports gala which intends to unite the world with the common thread of sports. Here winning a medal changes the complete life of the sportsman where he becomes a star in not only in the country but all around the world. Michael Phelps is one such sportsperson for holding the highest number of Olympic medals and his achievement has made him the epitome of excellence the world over. Such is the aura that trophies and medals bring which not just last a lifetime but stay alive even when you are gone.
Every sport in the world today has a coveted tournament attached to it and every player and country wishes to have that particular trophy shining in their mantelpiece someday. Like in tennis, the Wimbledon, Australian open, US open, French open are all such tournaments to die for and winning any of these tournaments makes you an overnight star. The Awards and trophies won here make the tennis player become a part of the elite sportspersons the world over.
Talking about trophies here, how can one forget the FIFA world cup tournament, a tournament which gives an 18 carat gold trophy where soccer playing nations all over the world vie for winning the event. The tournament is held every 4 years and winning the trophy is like showing your domination over the game to the world. Moreover soccer is a game of speed and tactics and the country that wins is considered best in both. Also, the game is a rage amidst the west owing to the glamour quotient as well attached to it.
Appreciation is the mantra on which the world survives and gives the motivation to the sportsperson to further perform better. Medals, trophies are in a way the appreciation that makes one strive even better and you see satisfaction and accomplishments of ones efforts. The trophies and medals of the sports events care an indication of the financial assets of the organizers. The wealthy the organizing committee, the expensive is the trophy i.e it would come in gold, silver or glass as per the finances involved in the event.
The Trophies and medals can be part of any event not just sports, be it some social service function or retirement of an employee from the company, all can be felicitated with the same. All that matters is the feeling with which it is given and the felicitation that you want to bestow.
