In 2012‚ at the London Olympic games Renaud Lavillenie walks to the back of the runway checking his final steps. He takes a few deep breaths before making a dash for the pit. Renaud counts down “3‚2‚1” as he hits the box and soars into the air! He breaks the Olympic record as he clears 19’6”. The Olympic stadium erupts breaking out into celebration as the french representative has just won his first Olympic gold medal and is officially the best pole vaulter in Olympic history. Renaud Lavillenie holds
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In addition‚ he was invited to share his thoughts on the opening and closing of the Olympic Games as a special guest on BBC in a live interview. Now he will be able to present his Olympic experience to Yahoo!‚ making this his largest presentation yet career at their weekly all-staff meeting. At Tumblr/Yahoo there is no glass ceiling of opportunities. One is able to create their own
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The Smart-Grid Revolution Starts in Boulder‚ Colorado Why do you imagine Xcel agreed to invest $100 million in this risky experiment? One of the benefits of investing in this $100 million project includes rerouting power around bottlenecked lines. This allows Xcel Energy to deliver electricity to areas in Boulder that have a very high demand that the previous conventional electrical grid was unable to service effectively. This smart-grid system also enables Xcel Energy to detect and reduce
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stroke. 1896-In 1896 the Olympic Games were held in Greece in the city of Athens. Swimming was included and there were four swimming contests held. They were: 100 m‚ 100 m for sailors‚ the 500 m and the 1200 m competitions. Hungary’s Alfred Hajos won the first gold medal in the history of swimming in the 100 m freestyle and the 1200 m race. Paul Neumann from Austria won the 500 m event. A Greek sailor named Ioannis Malokinis won the 100 m for sailors. 1900-In 1900 the Olympic Games were held in Paris
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“Before you can achieve ‚ you must believe‚ in yourself.” and “Don’t Practice until you get it right‚ Practice until you can’t get it wrong.” (“Katie Ledecky Quotes”) Both these quotes are from Katie Ledecky. Katie Ledecky is a 2 Time Olympian‚ 5 time OLympic Gold winner and World Champion. Katie Ledecky loved swimming from an early age‚ and has had a very successful swimming career‚ because she trains in unusual ways‚ for a female swimmer. Did you know that Katie Ledecky started swimming at the age of
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(born 12 April 1980 in Bulawayo‚ Zimbabwe) is a deaf swimmer from South Africa‚ who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 200 metres breaststroke. Parkin also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics‚ as well as the 2005 Deaflympics in which he took home two gold medals. In 2011‚ Parkin saved a young boy from drowning.[1] http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Olympic-swimmer-saves-boy-20110121. Jump up^ Parkin out to win‚ prove deaf can compete. " CNN Sports Illustrated Online
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Sports have always been an integral part of human lifestyle. The Olympics today is no longer exclusive to the Greeks alone after their revival in the 20th century. Today major sporting events such as the Olympics and World Cup are being held around the world. Hence to accommodate international athletes‚ such sporting events have to be organized in large cities having state-of-art facilities. Hosting sports events certainly benefits the host nations which is evident by the intense bidding to bag the
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“Katie‚ what would you like to say to me?” After lunchtime‚ Lander met Katie at the podium because they were in the same house‚ Mark house. Lander expected receiving appreciation from Katie because he had already won a gold medal in the 200m Run. “I would like to say nothing to you‚ Mr. Steve.” Katie left the front podium and walked to the tuck shop‚ which was located at the back podium. “Katie‚ which drink do you like to have? I could buy it for you.” Lander chased after Katie. “I have enough
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(JUNE – AUGUST 2012) For details please visit our website : www.gyanm.in NATIONAL NEWS AUGUST 2012 Coalgate scam disrupts parliament 67% India defecates in open India donates rice to Yemen Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh visited Mexico and Brazil to participate in the G-20 Summit at Los Cabos and to attend the Rio + 20 conference on Sustainable Development at Rio de Janeiro‚ respectively. NEWS FROM STATES AUGUST 2012 Delhi Government has launched a scheme to end
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Basketball market group. Everyone in the Basketball world knows Derrick and Adidas takes advantage of this by placing having Derrick wear everything Adidas. Another giant way Adidas is able to globalize is the London 2012 Olympics. Millions and millions of people watch the Olympics and with that many people watching the athletes perform‚ a casual hint of their product is everywhere but far. Adidas has made its mark on the Global scale‚ but at a cost. Due to the increase of demand from Adidas‚ they
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