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    Li-Ning ’Makes a Change ’ in Olympics Strategy. [online] New York: brandchannel. Available from: http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/2012/08/13/London-2012-Li-Ning-081312.aspx. (Accessed: 12 October 2012) China Daily (2011). Li Ning expects business to slow. [online] Beijing: China Daily. Available from: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2011-01/18/content_11874065.htm. (Accessed: 12 October 2012) China Daily (2012). China ’s sportswear brands nurse Olympics hangover. [online] Beijing: China

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    Healthy Living: Detailed Review Page 5 What is Healthy Living? Page 5.1 How can the Olympic Games make people health conscious? Page 5.2-6 One year Later: Did the public absorb the healthy living concept? Page 6-7 Evidence

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    How media influences sport

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    How media has influenced athletics/Olympics in the UK Media coverage of sport is widespread. By listening to commentators‚ pundits and watching replays we improve our knowledge and understanding. Participation in sports covered by the media is always higher than for those that are not. This amount of sports coverage can have positive and negative effects. The first ever Olympic games that were televised were the 1936 games‚ held in Berlin‚ Germany‚ were televised by means of closed circuit television

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    Title: Contemporary Issues in Sport CODE: 66-6958-00S Name: WU Ho Nam SHU Student No: 91207381 SHAPE Student No: I1207381 Topic: LONDON 2012 Olympics legacy INTRODUCTION Olympic Games‚ the biggest sports event in the world‚ every athlete would like to join this game‚ the Olympics is a dream of every athlete. Many citizen may feel‚ the Olympics can encourage more people to play sport or to do more physical activity‚ but is it real? In this essay‚ we will try to find out how the legacy affect

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    Event Management

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    place every year as a celebration of contemporary performing arts. However‚ large scale events are more often than not‚ linked to sporting events such as the modern Olympics which have also taken place periodically since 1870‚ every four years. Both the Olympic Games and Glastonbury festival are huge global events‚ with the Olympics taking place in a different country every four years. With Periodic events such as the

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    Jesse Owens Achievements

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    Jesse Owens‚ the son of a sharecropper and the grandson of a slave‚ achieved what no Olympian before him had accomplished. His stunning achievement of four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin has made him the best remembered athlete in Olympic history. His promising athletic career began in 1928 in Cleveland‚ Ohio where he set numerous records in Jr High school that set hundreds of colleges after him. . Owens chose the Ohio State University‚ even though OSU could not offer a track

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    Letter of Persuasion

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    The President International Olympic Committee Château de Vidy‚ Case postal 356‚ 1001 Lausanne Switzerland Dear President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Our names are Curtis Buchan and Lachlan Jones‚ 16 year old boys from Sydney‚ Australia and we are writing to convince you that our logo would be the best choice to use for the up and coming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil in 2016. We believe that our logo is of a high standard and we truly believe

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    Unbroken Essay

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    Unbroken Essay Unbroken is a non-fiction book written by Laura Hillenbrand. Unbroken is about Louie Zamperini‚ an Italian American that lives in Torrance‚ California‚ soon to be an Olympic miler and bombardier of the air force. He was born in January 26‚ 1917‚ at 5 years old‚ Louie would smoke cigarettes while walking to kindergarten‚ and at 8 years old he would start drinking. He had a very troublesome childhood; he would steal around his neighborhood and would eat anything that was edible

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    Doon School St. Stephen ’s School‚ Chandigarh University of Colorado Occupation Sportsman (Shooter) Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) (As of August 2011) Weight 65.5 kg (144 lb) (As of August 2011) Medal record Competitor for  India Men ’s shooting Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing 10 m air rifle ISSF World Shooting Championships Gold 2006 Zagreb 10 m Air Rifle Commonwealth Games Gold 2002 Manchester 10m Air Rifle (Pairs) Silver 2002 Manchester 10m Air Rifle (Singles) Gold 2006 Melbourne 10m Air Rifle (Pairs)

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    Michael Phelps

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    Michael Phelps Michael Phelps is a through and through true Olympian. He has amazing capabilities and has proven it many times. I would definitely call him a great athlete. Michael Phelps stole the limelight through the best performances in Olympic history. In his early life Michael Phelps had already started his rise to the top. When Michael was born he had two sisters already in the sport of swimming which he entered very soon. “As a seven-year-old‚ he refused to put his face in the water. Not

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