once considered the fastest man on earth. He had an Olympic gold medal and held the 100 metre world record of 9.79 seconds to prove it. However‚ after being found using illegal performance-enhancing drugs‚ he was stripped of all his sporting successes and suspended from competing. In Rome of 1987‚ Ben Johnson set four indoor world records and won the outdoor World Championships. Johnson was expected to win gold in the 100 metres at the Seoul Olympics in Korea. He smashed the world record with a time
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in our country during the second half of the twentieth century‚ has been in the field of sports and games. The” only major performance of note has been the gold medal in hockey won at the Moscow Olympics in 1980 and the triumph at the 1983 & 2011 world cup in cricket‚plus a few individual medals in Olympics and few success in Tennis. But these occasional triumphs do not augur well for the future of Indian sports. A nation of 1.2 billion has not been able to produce a sportsperson or athlete of international
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in major part of the world. This is quite evident that as many International championships like World Cup‚ Asian Games‚ Olympics and Common Wealth Games are organized to promote both the outdoor and indoor games. But Indians are still far behind in the thinking‚ we have world’s 2nd largest population and we are far behind in the tally of the gold medals in the Olympics. India is not deemed to be a respectable nation when it comes to sports. Even though‚ huge amount is spent on training and
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what extent are they an issue? 3. How do they affect the sport? 4. What can be done to solve it? Gold Medallist Tommie Smith‚ (center) and Bronze medallist John Carlos (right) showing the raised fist on the podium after the 200m in the 1968 Summer Olympics wearing Olympic Project for Human Rights badges. RACISM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzxyBPu6kb8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2CX5633olM&feature=related jackie robinson doco 42 trailer Other examples of racism in sport "Jack Nicklaus syndrome“
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together facing segregation in America during his time. Many whites thought of African Americans as useless‚ however Jesse Owens proved them wrong. He himself was an African American man who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. At the time‚ Adolf Hitler was using the Olympic Games to show the world a resurgent Nazi Germany. He and other government officials had strong hopes that German athletes would dominate the games with victories since the German athletes achieved a "top of the table"
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oldest sports in the world‚ wrestling in India has a glorious past. The sport of wrestling began its journey in India several centuries ago‚ during the Middle Ages. Wrestling is among the most prestigious and oldest events in the Olympic Games. It was included in the Olympics in 708 BC. In ancient times‚ wrestling in India was mainly used as a way to stay physically fit. It was also used as a military exercisewithout any weapons. Wrestling in India is also known as dangal‚ and it is the basic form of
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Katie Ledecky started swimming when she was just six years old. She had two world records‚ four world championships‚ and one Olympic gold. All before she passed her driver’s license test. Nobody knew she would be a three time world record holder and have five olympic gold medals by the time she was just nine-teen. She started out just an average swimmer‚ working hard to achieve her goals. Katie Ledecky is a hero because she is positive‚ brave‚ tough‚ motivated‚ and she is the best at what she does
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Kerri Allyson Strug is a retired American gymnast who competed in the 1996 Olympics held in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ United States. She says that she had been known as a normal gymnast‚ but after her vault which earned United States a gold medal‚ her whole life changed. She gained confidence and became mentally tough. Kerri was born on the 19th of November in 1977 in Toscana‚ Arizona. (She is turning 39 this year)Her father‚ Burt Strug is a heart surgeon and her mother Melanie Brown. She is the little sister
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Heights Objective: To consider the winning height for the men’s high jump in the Olympic Games This table shows the heights achieved by the gold medal winners in the High Jump in numerous Summer Olympic Games throughout the 20th century Year | 1932 | 1936 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | Height(cm) | 197 | 203 | 198 | 204 | 212 | 216 | 218 | 224 | 223 | 225 | 236 | (Note: Olympic Games were not held in 1940 and 1944.) Task One: Graph 1: This graph shows
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stroke. 1896-In 1896 the Olympic Games were held in Greece in the city of Athens. Swimming was included and there were four swimming contests held. They were: 100 m‚ 100 m for sailors‚ the 500 m and the 1200 m competitions. Hungary’s Alfred Hajos won the first gold medal in the history of swimming in the 100 m freestyle and the 1200 m race. Paul Neumann from Austria won the 500 m event. A Greek sailor named Ioannis Malokinis won the 100 m for sailors. 1900-In 1900 the Olympic Games were held in Paris
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