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    The World of Athletics Canada and Jamaica [pic] Product: Athletic Name: Coco-Lili Kraaijeveld van Hemert Student number: 500662185 Class: 1T HvA e-mail address: lili.kraaijeveld.van.hemert@hva.nl Name lecturer: Nils Pennekamp Subject: Athletics Date: 30 March 2013 I Table of Content Abstract II Introduction 1 1. Background Information and Sport 2 1. Introduction 2 2. Jamaica 2 3. Canada

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    Sports history in the British Library: selected titles Any analysis of sport‚ sporting events and sports governance must inevitably take into account the historical events which underpin them. For sports researchers‚ the British Library has an unrivalled collection of resources covering all aspects of the subject and in many different media‚ from books describing sporting events‚ to biographies and autobiographies of grass roots and elite athletes; coaching manuals; sport yearbooks and annual reports;

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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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    When the Games Come to Town: Host Cities and the Local Impacts of the Olympics A report on the impacts of the Olympic Games and Paralympics on host cities Dr Mary Smith London East Research Institute Working Papers December 2008 1 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1. 2 Olympics as mega event – why they’re not just about sport 1. 3 What is legacy? Analysis and how to read the trends 1. 4 London’s background 1. 5 London’s bid 1. 6 Legacy’s legacy: heritage and the use of legacy as a policy tool

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    THE PROMOTIONAL TOOLSADVERTISING1. PERVASIVENESS: Advertising permits the seller to repeat a message many times. It also allows the buyer to compare messages of various competitors. Large scale advertising says something positive about the seller size‚ power and success. 2. AMPLIFIED EXPRESSIVENESS: Advertising provides opportunities for dramatizing the company and its products through the artful print sound color. ADVERTISING CAN BE USED TO BUILD UP A LONG TERM IMAGE FOR A PRODUCTPROMOTIONThe

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    for nearby teams and look on the schedule for a nearby game 3.) Rent a movie that contains rugby ( ie.‚ Invictus‚ Forever Strong) Conclusion Action: Rugby will be part of the 2016 Summer Olympics. There is still enough time to learn enough about the game to be able to follow the newest sport in the Olympics (which the US will be a contender in) Zinger: Don’t keep contributing to the ignorance of American sports fans‚ by not noticing one of the worlds’ largest sports and soon to be a dominating

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    A Society without Sports is No Society at all It was 1968. The Summer Olympic Games were in full swing in Mexico City’s Olympic Stadium. USA’s Tommie Smith and John Carlos finished in 1st and 3rd‚ respectively‚ in the 200 meter race. The Star-Spangled Banner blared from the speakers as the United States flag swayed in the wind. Instead of the classic hand-on-the-heart pose‚ Smith and Carlos bowed their heads and raised one fist. The symbol for black power shocked the world. The event is considered

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    non productive sectors in order to overcome the current challenges‚ with this in mind and the spiralling cost of London 2012‚ the International Olympic Committee (IOC) states that “Britain is justified in spending £9.3 billion on the London 2012 Olympics despite the worst recession since World War Two” (Despite Crisis‚ 2009) The proposed London Olympics in 2012 is then‚ going to be a costly affair for Britain and its tax payers especially given the current recession. Even in stable economic conditions

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    ------------------------------------------------- 2012 Summer Olympics medal table The 2012 Summer Olympics medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees (NOCs) ranked by the number of gold medals won during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London‚ United Kingdom‚ from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Approximately 10‚800 athletes participated in 302 events in 26 sports.[1] Of the 204 NOCs participating‚ 85 received at least one medal; 54 won at least one gold medal. Bahrain‚[2] Botswana‚[3] Cyprus

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    as an Olympic sport.

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