Datuk lee is a professional badminton player from Malaysia who resides in Bukit Mertajam. He won the silver medal in the 2008 and current 2012 Olympic Games. This achievement earned him the title Datuk‚ and a description by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak as a national hero. As a singles player‚ Lee was ranked first worldwide for 199 consecutive weeks from August 21‚ 2008 to June 14‚ 2012. He is the third Malaysian men’s singles shuttler after Rashid Sidek and Roslin Hashim to achieve such
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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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In August 2008‚ I sat before my telly‚ like a billion people around the world to watch the men’s 100m final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Like 2.7 million Jamaicans locally and equally overseas‚ we all shared an antsy anticipation as our eyes remained affixed to the start of what we hoped was an electrifying race. The race featured the newly crowned world record holder‚ Jamaica’s Usain Bolt‚ who little over two months before‚ broke the world record while thrashing the world champion Tyson Gay in
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residents say other parts have been forgotten and they can’t see where the money has gone Olympic Zone The Olympic Zone encompasses all of the facilities within the 500 acre (2 km²) Olympic Park in Stratford. This park was developed on existing waste and industrial land‚ just seven minutes by Olympic Javelin train from central London. Budget As of the time of the bid‚ projections for the cost of the 2012 Olympics were low. The bid team believed that London could end the Games with a surplus of more
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Economic Impact on the London 2012 Olympic Games 2011 Economic Impact on the London 2012 Olympic Games 2011 Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary…………………………………………………3 2. Introduction …………………………………………………………4 3. Analyze the economic environment of London 2012 Olympic Games-PESTLE Analyze………………………………..5 4.1 Political Factors………………………………………………...5 4.2 Economic Factors………………………………………………6 4.3 Social Factors…………………………………………………
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leading up to the next summer olympics. 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens had arrived‚ and phelps had picked up 6 gold and 2 bronze. He had tied with the most olympic medals in a single games with Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin. At the next summer games‚ Phelps had set a world record fo most gold medals at a single games with 8 total‚ beating out swimmer Mark Spitz’s record of 7 gold medals. Every gold was a new world record except the 100m butterfly which set and olympic record. Phelps had planned
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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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Speedo innovation: Swimwear companies have invested millions designing high-performance suits for the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Can design help swimmers finish faster? Following the 2004 Athens Olympics‚ officials at swimwear giant Speedo had good reason to celebrate: Athletes clad in their latest suits at the time‚ called Fastskin FSII‚ won 46 medals in the pool. Yet when the company ’s in-house design team‚ Aqualab‚ gathered soon after the games at company headquarters in Nottingham‚ Britain
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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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Recommendations 10 7. Conclusion 10 8. References 11 9. Appendices 13 Major Analytical Paper- London Olympic Games 1. Introduction The Olympic Games is considered the most prestigious global sporting event that has great impacts on the host nation economically‚ socially and environmentally (Konstantaki & Wickens‚ 2010). The purpose of this paper focuses on the importance of hosting the Olympic Games in London through the evaluation on the impacts of the event using the triple bottom-line approach
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