“Cuba has long been recognized for its powerful performance in Olympic boxing‚ and refused to send a women’s boxing team to the Games. Cuban coach Pedro Roque justified the decision by saying women should be “showing off their beautiful faces‚ not getting punched in the face.” This shows that machismo is still present
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ROB VANSTONE Rob Vanstone‚ is a lifelong Reginan and a football follower ‚ he was selected as an Assistant Sports Editor in 1995 and was named as a sports writer one year later. He is now the Leader Post’s Sports Editor and daily columnist . Vanstone has spent most of his time in the Leader Post writing about the Saskatchewan Rougriders. Rob is one of the top sports editor in Saskatchewan. Rob Vanstone’s goal was to be a sports writer in Regina. He studied at Campbell Collegiate in his High
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Five weeks before the 2012 London Olympics‚ The International Olympic Committee (IOC) released a web post that stated “women with levels of testosterone that reach a man’s normal level will be barred from competing with other women” (Macur‚ 2012). Women who have a surplus of testosterone are viewed as having an unfair competitive advantage. However‚ a high amount of testosterone can be a biological outcome that most people do not have control over. The 2012 regulations do not make room for intersex
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represent your country in the Olympics is arguable the greatest achievement one can obtain as an Athlete. They dedicated hours upon hours of blood sweat and tears to get to this point in their careers‚ through all the trial and error and stress that can put on one?s body it is no wonder how some athletes would like to take a short cut and cheat their way to gold. Performance-enhancing drugs (PED) were actually present in 100 AD and discovered to be used by athletes in the Olympics of 1904. ?The International
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RYAN LOCHTE Ryan Lochte has been swimming formally for eight years now. He started swimming when he was just five years old by going to swimming classes but started competing when he joined his college swimming team in 2005. Lochte has been practicing and competing for several events now; 200m backstroke‚ 4x100m freestyle relay‚ 200m individual medley among others. Ryan Lochte was born in Rochester‚ New York. Hi s mom being from Cuba and born and raised in Havana and his father being from
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I want to be a gymnastics teacher or an olympian when i get older. Here are some things about the sport.Gymnastics is the practice of athletic exercises for the development of the body and it also helps make your body more bendable and flexible. Exercises such as rings‚ pommel horse‚ bars‚ and balance beam help with balance and flexibility. Although gymnastics is different in ancient Egyptian and Chinese cultures. The word gymnastics comes from from the Greek word gymnazein.Which literally means;
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as an Olympic sport.
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SWOT Analysis Strengths 1. Established brand name – this means that Adidas has already built up a good reputation and it has a large market share within its industry. 2. Good retail links – Adidas has established good links with shops and outlets‚ which sell Adidas’s products. 3. Established worldwide distribution network – this means that Adidas’s products are shipped to a large number of countries. 4. Famous sports stars advertising products – Adidas has a series of football superstars
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Not many people have heard of Eric Lamaze‚ a horse rider par excellence. Horse riding isn’t a very popular sport in India‚ but it is an Olympic event. Lamaze is an Olympic Gold Medalist‚ and has won several other competitions including the Equestrian Grand Prix. Early Years Born on April 17th 1968‚ Lamaze was raised by his grandmother in the coastal city of Montreal‚ Quebec‚ Canada. By the time he was fifteen‚ Lamaze had dropped out of school and joined the horse industry under the reputed trainers
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weeks from 21 August 2008 to 14 June 2012.[4] He is the third Malaysian men’s singles shuttler after Rashid Sidek and Roslin Hashim to achieve such a ranking (since official rankings were first kept in the 1980s)‚ and is the only Malaysian shuttler to hold the ranking for more than two weeks. Lee is a silver medalist in both the 2012 Olympic Games and 2008 Olympic Games‚ thus becoming the first Malaysian to reach the final of the men’s singles event and ending Malaysia’s Olympic medal drought since
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