Question Posted Wednesday September 15 2004, 8:40 pm
Are there such things as a Junior Olympics? This girl on my basketball team claims she went to Athens for the Olympics, and since she's only 13/14 she would be too young to play for the USA Junior/Regular Woman's basketball olympic teams. My brother says that there is probably one for kids, but it's only a sideshow and no one really talks about it. I don't disagree but I just want to check it out and see if there was one...
ButterflyKisses52 answered Saturday September 25 2004, 3:53 pm: Yes there is a junior olympics, but i dont know about the whole athens greece thing. but you could maybe look it up on a search engine and it might give you a few websites to look that up on. [ ButterflyKisses52's advice column | Ask ButterflyKisses52 A Question ]
misunderstood64 answered Thursday September 16 2004, 7:50 pm: Yup there is a such thing as JO. Not sure if they went to the olympics...not sure if it's women's basketball or anything but there's a site called www.juniorolympics.com lol...little obvious. but anyways go there and it has pictures of the people in some of the junior olympics. hope I helped :) [ misunderstood64's advice column | Ask misunderstood64 A Question ]
babigurl46 answered Wednesday September 15 2004, 10:50 pm: Why are u jealous or something ? sorry it sounds like u are just a little bit BUt o well YEah there is something called junior olmpics havent u heard of it ITs a pretty fun thing to do later [ babigurl46's advice column | Ask babigurl46 A Question ]
MFS answered Wednesday September 15 2004, 10:26 pm: Yes, there is JO. No, I do not think that any JO players went to Athens... mainly because JO has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OLYMPICS. I still have no idea how they got permission to use the name.
JO teams are run nationally, and they have local and national tournaments. In our area, it is mainly volleyball. AAU covers most of basketball. I forget who runs the equivalent organization for baseball and soccer.
Karen answered Wednesday September 15 2004, 9:26 pm: Yup, there is a Junior Olympics. I know some people who went to Athens for basketball, gymnastics, and volleyball. I'm not sure where you can find a site where you can see the roster for those people who went. Hope I helped :) [ Karen's advice column | Ask Karen A Question ]
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