“Before you can achieve ‚ you must believe‚ in yourself.” and “Don’t Practice until you get it right‚ Practice until you can’t get it wrong.” (“Katie Ledecky Quotes”) Both these quotes are from Katie Ledecky. Katie Ledecky is a 2 Time Olympian‚ 5 time OLympic Gold winner and World Champion. Katie Ledecky loved swimming from an early age‚ and has had a very successful swimming career‚ because she trains in unusual ways‚ for a female swimmer. Did you know that Katie Ledecky started swimming at the age of
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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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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 won his fourth Olympic gold medal in the men’s 100-meter race at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London‚ beating rival Yohan Blake‚ who took silver. Bolt ran the race in 9.63 seconds‚ a new Olympic record‚ making him the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic Games competition. The win marked
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first World Championship * New television commercial (TVC) launched in 2004- he won a gold medal at Athens Olympics- “Stereotypes are meant to be broken” What went wrong in this arrangement? * Nike spent heavily on high-profile advertising campaigns centred on Beijing Olympics themes * It also invested a lot of money to design new sportswear and footwear for Liu and other athletes specifically for the Beijing Olympics * Liu was considered to be more valuable than Yao Ming (Chinese Basketball
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Australia and in 1998 was included as one of Australia’s National Living Treasures. And In 1955 Dawn won her first Australian title in the 220 yards freestyle and‚ during that summer season‚ went on to re-write the record books: setting new Australian records in all freestyle events up to 880 yards. At the 1956 Melbourne Olympics she became an Australian national hero and world swimming star‚ winning the 100 metres freestyle gold medal in world record
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Michael Phelps is known as a tragic hero because of his noble life as a common man. Michael Phelps was born in Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ on June 30‚ 1985. He lived in a neighborhood called Rodgers Forge. In this ordinary place‚ Phelps’ started swimming when he was diagnosed with ADHD and didn’t know where to use all of his stamina: “...Phelps was directed towards swimming in 1992 at the age of just seven in order to provide him with an outlet for his unbounded energy” (5). Luckily‚ due to this disorder
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2008 Beijing Olympic Games‚ and is the most decorated Olympian in the world. He had been swimming since he was seven years old‚ and competed at only fifteen years old in his first Olympic Games. Michael Phelps has affected the world for good by bringing honor to the United States‚ elevating the sport of swimming‚ and proving there are no limits. Michael Phelps had brought honor to the United States. For example‚ “[Phelps]American swimmer‚ who was the most-decorated athlete in Olympic history with
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mater The Doon School St. Stephen ’s School‚ Chandigarh University of Colorado Occupation Sportsman (Shooter) Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) (As of August 2011) Weight 65.5 kg (144 lb) (As of August 2011) Medal record Competitor for India Men ’s shooting Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing 10 m air rifle ISSF World Shooting Championships Gold 2006 Zagreb 10 m Air Rifle Commonwealth Games Gold 2002 Manchester 10m Air Rifle (Pairs) Silver 2002 Manchester 10m Air Rifle (Singles) Gold 2006 Melbourne 10m Air Rifle
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Event management is the part of project management‚ including festivals‚ event and conference. Event develop be come our central of culture. Nowadays industry of event has including Olympics Game‚ company annual meeting‚ festival celebrations‚ personal and organization celebration. Allen‚ O’Toole‚ McDonnell and Harris (2008) have point out that ‘governments now support promote event as part of their strategies for economic development‚ nation building and destination marking’. Event industry is an
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