Some countries spend a lot of money preparing competitors to take part in major competitions such as Olympic Games or football World Cup. Some people say that it would be better to spend this money encouraging children to take up sports from a young age. To what extent to you agree or disagree?

Recently, many
countries
have contributed a lot of financial
budget
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to prepare
competitors
for the main worldwide
sports
competitions
.
However
, some other people believe that it would be more beneficial if
countries
spend
this
money
motivating
children
to participate in
sports
from their
childhood
. Personally, I totally agree with
this
argument. There are several reasons why I believe
countries
should stop spending a huge amount of
money
preparing
competitors
for
sports
competitions
.
Firstly
, the cost of training an athlete to become competitive in the Olympic Games or football World Cup is extremely high.
For example
, systematic training needs high-quality equipment, experienced coaches, professional nutritionists and so on, which definitely costs a lot for several
years
.
Secondly
, the sunk cost of the preparation would be very high, since athletes are very likely to fail in
competitions
even though they have been trained for
years
.
Finally
, spending
money
cultivating
competitors
to take part in major
competitions
is a way some
countries
seek
for
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national
honors
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, but it has limited benefits for normal people. I believe that
countries
should allocate
money
to motivate
children
to participate in
sports
from a young
age
. Doing
sports
from
childhood
is beneficial to
children
's physical health because
children
could become stronger and more energetic through taking exercise. Doing
sports
could
also
make them more agile since exercising trains the body and brain of
children
to respond to things more quickly.
Furthermore
, from my perspective, encouraging
children
to take up
sports
from a young
age
is the best way for
countries
to prepare
competitors
for the major worldwide
competitions
. Starting doing
sports
from a young
age
, more and more
children
would have a chance to identify the
sports
they are good at and interested in, thereby resulting in their higher motivation during professional training in the future. With the passion and practice for
years
,
children
are more likely to succeed in global
competitions
after receiving more intensive training from the country.
For example
, the Chinese skiing athlete Eileen Gu started skiing
from
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a very young
age
and continued to practice for more than ten
years
. After participating in the professional training of the national team, she won the championship in the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. It is true that starting skiing
from
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childhood
laid an essential foundation for her success after growing up. In conclusion, I totally agree that
countries
should allocate more
money
to motivating
children
to take part in
sports
from their
childhood
,
instead
of spending a huge amount of
money
on preparing
competitors
for the worldwide
competitions
.
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