Creative Essay 26 October 2012 Shame and Regret Bang! The gun rang throughout the glistening Olympic stadium in Sydney. Marion Jones claimed her first gold in the 100m dash. After the exciting two week competition ended‚ three gold medals and two bronze medals glimmered around the neck of the beautiful and gifted athlete‚ Marion Jones. Everything seemed to click that year for the three-time Olympic champion‚ but her tremendous performances led critics to question whether she had used performance-enhancing
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VERMILLION‚ S.D.—The South Dakota women’s swimming and diving team fell to Northern Iowa (178-122) at the Coyote’s first home meet of the season at the DakotaDome pool. The Coyotes captured four of the 16 events of the evening. Taylor Kidd came out on top in the 200-meter freestyle (2:11.35) with Quinn Fawcett right behind to take second with (2:12.56). Morgan Holt captured first in the 200-meter butterfly with a 2:24.47 and took second in the 100-meter butterfly (1:05.55). On the diving board
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Therefore‚ celebrities can be good and bad role models. One bad role model is Micheal Phelps‚ and a good one is Barrack Obama. Now for the bad. If one has watched the 2008 Summer Olympics‚ he must have seen Micheal Phelps‚ the famous swimmer. Phelps is famous for breaking the record for receiving the most gold medals at a single Olympics. Many of his fellow fans and swimmers believe that he did this fairly. However‚ this all changed when a photo of Micheal Phelps smoking marijuana was released in early
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of athletics its roots in human prehistory. The first recorded organized athletics events at a sports festival are the Ancient Olympic Games. At the first Games in 776 BC in Olympia‚ Greece‚ only one event was contested: the stadion footrace and the first olympic winner was Koroibos. In later years further running competitions have been added. Also in the Ancient Olympic pentathlon‚ four of the events are part of the track and field we have even today. The long jump‚ the javelin throw‚ the discus
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The Olympics is a major international event where top athletes from all over the world get together to compete for a common‚ the gold medal. Being qualified for this tremendous event is already a huge achievement since each athlete is considered the best in his or her country. There is also an Olympic for deaf too‚ which is known as the Deaflympics. This event is similar to the original Olympics but the main differences are the requirements. To participate in the summer and winter Deaflympics‚ according
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triple gold medal winning Olympic gymnast‚ who founded the sports goods company in 1989[ii]. It has a manufacturing near Beijing‚ a registered office in the Cayman Islands and since 2004 has been listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Li Ning specialises in sports shoe and apparel manufacture for what it sees as its five key sports: Basketball‚ tennis‚ running‚ football and fitness. It sells exclusively in The Peoples Republic of China but in 2008‚ China’s Olympic year‚ it is trying hard to
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soon more people and countries got involved. As the word of an Olympic boycott spread throughout the globe‚ opinions from athletes‚ countries‚ and the media started to form. Many of the American athletes opposed the ban‚ since they felt it was a waste of years of training. It also affected their families‚ as they were all excited to watch their family member participate in the legendary Olympic Games. But those who supported the Olympics had other priorities in mind. They felt that if the boycott would
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American in the Olympics. Jesse Owens has twelve siblings but three died. His mom called him the gifted child because she did not think he would survive the birth (Gigliotti 2). Jesse’s mother and father were not planning on having any more children because they did not want to have any more children (Gigliotti 2). In 1918 it was a miracle Jesse Owens was even alive (Gigliotti 5). When Jesse was five years old‚ he almost had a near death experience and he thought he
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Chakrabarti‚ Sreemati‚ "Global: Faster‚ Higher‚ Stronger: What the Olympics Means to China ’s Women."Women ’s Feature Service‚ Aug 11‚ 2008. Cui‚ Ying‚ “The Gender Structure of National Sport Organizations in Post-Reform China.” University of Alberta (Canada)‚ 2005 (London: F. Cass‚ 2003)‚ 1. no. 1 (1997): 191-194. “Medal Tracker – China‚ London 2012 Olympics.” ESPN Summer Olympics‚ accessed March 18‚ 2014‚ http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/medals/_/country/18. Qiu‚ Zhonghui‚ “An Analysis of Chinese
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Drink of the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico and the Winter Games in Sapporo‚ Japan. Launch of the brand’s first ever sports event – The MILO® Marathon. From a single race with 767 runners‚ it is now a year-round‚ nationwide‚ multi-race event with over 200‚000 participants! For the first time in the country‚ MILO® became available in single-serve sachets.Originally set at 14 grams‚ its content was gradually increased through the years. So that now‚ it’s 22 grams! To help make summer break more
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