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    Nigerian sports‚ though always exercised‚ was noted first in the 1950s. Nigeria had it’s first appearance in the Helsinki Olympic Games in 1952‚ and it’s first victory in 1954‚ when Emmanuel Ifeanjuna won a gold medal in the high jump at the Commonwealth games in Cardiff. In 1962‚ the Nationals Sports Council was set up‚ and in 1971‚ the National Sports Commission‚ and they had the following responsibilities (stated exactly as is): * To coordinate and integrate efforts to raise the standard

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    they viewed the stroke’s splashing as undignified. It was reintroduced to Britain in 1873‚ when it was finally recognized as an improvement over the slow breaststroke. The Olympics Swimming clubs became more popular throughout the 1800s‚ but it was the Olympics that truly made swimming a competitive sport. Over the years‚ Olympic swimming events branched out to include different strokes‚ longer distances‚ and women’s events. In the mid-twentieth century‚ the butterfly stroke was developed as an alternative

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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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    Michael Phelps was born in 6.30‚1985 in Baltimore of the US. Unfortunatly‚he got a very terrible and unhappy time in his childhood.His parents always quarreled and quarreled.Little Michael felt so sad‚so he put himself into the swimming pool.It seemed to be the only way for him to keep happy. When he was 15 ‚Michael competed at the Sydeny Olympics.But the reault seemed a little disappointed.He didn’t win a medal.But he never gave up.After that‚he swam every day‚no Christmas‚no New Year‚even

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    The 2012 Summer Olympics‚ officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad[2] and commonly known as London 2012‚ was a major international multi-sport eventcelebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games‚ as governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It took place in London‚ United Kingdom‚ from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The first event‚ the group stage in women’s football‚ began two days earlier‚ on 25 July.[3][4] More than 10‚000 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated

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    Who Is Usain Bolt?

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    suggested that Usain should take up track and field. Being the fastest runner at William Knibb Memorial High School (running a 200 meter race in 22.04 seconds) it didn’t take long for Bolt to become his school’s track star. One of his coaches was an Olympic sprinter‚ Pablo McNeil‚ who had worked with Usain until moving to Kingston at sixteen because former Jamaican prime minister P.J. Patterson‚ had Bolt move to Kingston to train with the Jamaican Ameteur Athletics Assocation (JAAA). Usain didn’t take

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    of top singles badminton players around the world‚ Saina Nehwal ranks 3rd currently and the highest ranking she has reached till date was 2nd in 2010. Saina is the first Indian woman to make it to the quarter finals of the badminton singles at the Olympic Games in 2008‚ Beijing. She is one of the greatest badminton players India has ever produced. She has brought India into limelight in the world of badminton. Before Saina happened‚ only two players Prakash Padukone and Gopichand draw some attention

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    Summer Olympic Games Sites 1896 - Athens‚ Greece 1900 - Paris‚ France 1904 - St. Louis‚ United States 1908 - London‚ United Kingdom 1912 - Stockholm‚ Sweden 1916 - Scheduled for Berlin‚ Germany* 1920 - Antwerp‚ Belgium 1924 - Paris‚ France 1928 - Amsterdam‚ Netherlands 1932 - Los Angeles‚ United States 1936 - Berlin‚ Germany 1940 - Scheduled for Tokyo‚ Japan* 1944 - Scheduled for London‚ United Kingdom* 1948 - London‚ United Kingdom 1952 - Helsinki‚ Finland 1956 - Melbourne‚ Australia

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    success is measured in the Olympic Stadium. Upon the conclusion of the 2004 Athens Olympics‚ the International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board met to review its program and make changes for the upcoming Summer Games. The committee discussed changes for events within the 28 existing sports‚ as well as options to add new disciplines. The board rejected the International Amateur Boxing Association’s (AIBA’s) proposal to add a women’s boxing program to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. IOC

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