Alex Zimmerman Debbie Wikstrom HIS-203 5/8/13 1968 film The year 1968 is considered one of the most turbulent‚ and pivotal‚ twelve month periods in American history. This single year was a flashpoint for many of the social‚ political‚ and cultural transformations for which the overall decade of the 1960s is known. During these years‚ the United States became entrenched in an unpopular war in Vietnam abroad‚ while unrest‚ experimentation‚ violence‚ and outspokenness raged throughout the nation
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Heights Introduction: a) The Olympic Games is an international event featuring summer and winter sports‚ in which athletes participate in different competitions. Since the Olympic Games began they have been the competition grounds for the world’s greatest athletes. First place obtaining gold; second silver and third bronze. The Olympic medals represent the hardship of what the competitors of the Olympics have done in order to obtain the medal. Olympic medals could be used as a unit of measure
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to watch the men’s 100m final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Like 2.7 million Jamaicans locally and equally overseas‚ we all shared an antsy anticipation as our eyes remained affixed to the start of what we hoped was an electrifying race. The race featured the newly crowned world record holder‚ Jamaica’s Usain Bolt‚ who little over two months before‚ broke the world record while thrashing the world champion Tyson Gay in emphatic style. The Olympic final though had no Gay but featured the just dethroned
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American Olympic gold medalist‚ Laurie Hernandez is on the cover of my Wheaties box. Though only being 17 years old‚ she has accomplished so much in her lifetime‚ such as placing in the Olympics and being the youngest contestant to win the television competition‚ “Dancing with the Stars.” Laurie has had to overcome injuries that would break other teens of her age‚ she is a hardworking‚ determined‚ and respectable athlete. She is continuing her Olympic career and will continue to be a fit role model
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standing: Russian hero Sergey Tetyukhin Sergey Tetyukhin won his fourth Olympic medal on Sunday London‚ Great Britain‚ August 8‚ 2012 – For the first time ever‚ a team which was down 2-0 in an Olympic final fought back to win gold. In the middle of the Russian court‚ clearly knowing that those were his last minutes with the Russian flag on his jersey‚ was standing one of the volleyball heroes of the London Olympic Games. The 36-year-old spiker Sergey Tetyukhin entered on Sunday the gotha of
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Participating in the previous three Olympic games‚ Usain Bolt from Jamaica holds the world record for the 100-meter dash. A normal human would struggle to complete his rigorous training‚ yet Bolt trains daily‚ spending “90 minutes in the gym every day” (Citation). He focuses on speed and agility‚ core strengthening‚ and weight training during those ninety minutes. Examples of his power-filled workout include reverse crunches‚ box hops‚ cable knee drives‚ medicine ball slams‚ barbell lunges‚ sled
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The Olympic Village policeman who said this had no idea that it would be at night that the most deadly Olympic tragedy in history would happen. He didn’t know that one night in 1972‚ a group of Palestinians would attack Israeli athletes in the Olympic Village. Unfortunately‚ the overly relaxed attitude of Olympic security at the Munich Games opened the door for corruption and disaster. The murder of eleven Israeli athletes by a group of Palestinians called Black September during the Olympics in Munich
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Gaby Douglas is a two-time Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast. Michael Phelps has won eighteen gold medals in the Olympic games. Usain Bolt has won six Olympic gold medals. What do they all have in common? It is not that they won numerous gold medals. It is they are all passionate about what they do. Since I started preschool at age four‚ my time outside of school have been piled up with never ending activities‚ first there was ballet‚ then came ice skating‚ art class‚ then swimming‚ chess‚ then
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In 1936‚ Adolf Hitler had hoped that the Berlin Olympic Games would prove German superiority to the spectators of the world. Little did he know that track legend Jesse Owens‚ an African-American superstar‚ would break eleven world records at that very game. Another lesser known Olympian caught Hitler’s attention that day‚ as well. Louis Zamperini‚ an unknown American runner‚ completed the last lap of the 5000 meter race in a mere 56 seconds. Upon meeting Zamperini Hitler remarked‚ " Ah‚ you’re the
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winning three gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing‚ China‚ and becoming the first man in Olympic history to win both the 100-meter and 200-meter races in record times. Bolt also won three Olympic gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. He ran the men’s 100-meter race in 9.63 seconds‚ a new Olympic record‚ making him the first man in history to set three world records in Olympic competition. He made history again at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio when he won gold in the 100-meter
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