In Rachel Bachman's piece, "Despite Bright Spots, a Disappointing Medal Haul for Team USA" (published February 25th), she writes that the United States was really hyped up, but were not ready to compete with newly trained athletes from Norway, Canada, or Germany. She claims that the United States training program was not built as well as Norway's. She says: "Norway formed Olympiatoppen, its sports-performance organization... Its success is partly owed to a funding structure that provides more resources for poorer, less accomplished sports" (Bachman). She saws, however, that the United States set a record in winning a medal in the most sports, with placing on the podium in 11 of the 15 groupings of sports.
The speaker of the article is Rachel Bachman and a spokesperson for the United States Olympic training group. The occasion for this article is the lack of gold medals and medals at the Pyeongchang Olympics. The audience of this piece is people who watched the 2018 olympics and saw the lack-luster show from American athletes. The purpose is to inform readers reasons why Norway and others did better and also to show the decline by statistics. The subject of this article is the medal count for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. The tone of this piece was candid and Bachman also wrote like she was disappointed.
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In this article, "North Korea’s Olympic Delegation Includes Two Mystery Men", author, Andrew Jeong, writes that South Korean officials discovered two unknown men following the women's joint hockey team of North and South Korea. The men wore North Korean gear and ate and slept at the same base as the North Korean women athletes. Written on February 1, 2018, this article claims that South Korean officials have no idea how these men crossed the border because they were not on the list. North Korea claims that they are "technical support." Due to these two new mystery men, names still unknown, "South Korea is now expecting 48 North Korean athletes and training staff in South Korea during the Winter Olympics—the 46 approved by the IOC, plus the two mystery men" (Jeong). The IOC, International Olympic Committee, says that they were not surprised that the North Koreans named them as technical support. The IOC thinks they are probably body guards under the guise as technical support.
The speaker of this article is Andrew Jeong with quotes from South Korean and Olympic officials. The occasion for this articles is the discovery of two unknown men in South Korea. The audience of this article would be people that would watch the Winter Olympics that start on February 9, 2018. The purpose of this article is to inform readers that North Korea was able to get two unknown men into South Korea without them noticing for a couple days which poses a security threat. The subject is the winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea and two North Koreans that are labeled as "technical support" who no one knows- including the South Koreans and IOC. The tone of this article is matter-of-fact and awestruck in how no one knows who they are. |