trudgen to Western swimming competitions‚ after copying the front crawl used by Native Americans. Due to a British dislike of splashing‚ Trudgen employed a scissor kick instead of the front crawl ’s flutter kick. Swimming was part of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens. In 1902 Richmond Cavill introduced the front crawl to the Western world. In 1908‚ the world swimming association‚ Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)‚ was formed. Butterfly was developed in the 1930s and was at first
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attributed an important part of its success to high profile sponsorships such as its Olympic Games sponsorship. Visa also sponsored numerous events such as the Rugby World Cup‚ Best of Broadway‚ the Toronto Film Festival‚ NASCAR‚ the NFL‚ the Visa Triple Crown‚ and the Paralympics‚ and has an international alliance with The Walt Disney Company. In the fall of 2002‚ Visa announced its decision to extend its Olympic Games sponsorship through 2012. Its original sponsorship deal was structured through
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during the Olympics’ 2012 ? Olympic sports are sports contested in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The 2012 Summer Olympics included 26 sports‚ with two additional sports due to be added to the 2016 Summer Olympics. The 2014 Winter Olympics will include seven sports.[1] The number and kinds of events may change slightly from one Olympiad to another. Each Olympic sport is represented by aninternational governing body‚ namely an International Federation (IF).[2] The International Olympic Committee (IOC)
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Jordyn Rolli Dr. Magee HNRS 103 5 May 2017 The History of the Olympic Games; Honoring Unity Although a great number people in the 21st century believe that the concept of ‘tradition’ merely prevents the progression and advancement of the present world‚ not all traditions perpetuate ignorance. At the heart of most long-standing established practices lies an idea that at least one person did not want the rest of the world to forget. The different types of traditions range from lighthearted
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Sports history in the British Library: selected titles Any analysis of sport‚ sporting events and sports governance must inevitably take into account the historical events which underpin them. For sports researchers‚ the British Library has an unrivalled collection of resources covering all aspects of the subject and in many different media‚ from books describing sporting events‚ to biographies and autobiographies of grass roots and elite athletes; coaching manuals; sport yearbooks and annual reports;
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for nearby teams and look on the schedule for a nearby game 3.) Rent a movie that contains rugby ( ie.‚ Invictus‚ Forever Strong) Conclusion Action: Rugby will be part of the 2016 Summer Olympics. There is still enough time to learn enough about the game to be able to follow the newest sport in the Olympics (which the US will be a contender in) Zinger: Don’t keep contributing to the ignorance of American sports fans‚ by not noticing one of the worlds’ largest sports and soon to be a dominating
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The Dream Team Era During the summer of 1992‚ the NBA took center stage as the world watched the greatest team in sports ever assembled joke‚ pose‚ and finally play its way to the gold medal at the summer Olympic games. The team was named the "Dream Team" and it featured eleven of the NBA’s best players. Names like Michael Jordan‚ Earvin "Magic" Johnson‚ and Larry Bird headlined the games and the play of Scottie Pippen and "Sir" Charles Barkley stole the show. After only eight games‚ the world
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23 March 1983) is a Somali-born British international track and field athlete. He is the current 10‚000 metres Olympic champion and 5000 metres Olympic‚ World and European champion. On the track‚ he generally competes over 5000 m and 10‚000 m‚ but also runs the 3000 metres and occasionally the 1500 metres. He has expressed a desire to move up to the marathon after the 2012 Summer Olympics[3] ==>Show Farah winning 10000? Farah is of Somali parentage‚ but his father grew up in Britain‚ and Farah
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one of many Americans that participated in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Katie was born on March 17th‚ to David and Mary Ledecky. David was a lawyer‚ while Mary was a hospital administrator‚ and a former swimmer‚ which is where Katie got her passion for swimming. I choose Katie‚ because I’m a swimmer and she is my role model. I want to be as good as her someday. At the age of six‚ Katie began her swimming career‚ when she joined a local summer swim league. As Katie became a stronger swimmer‚ she joined
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15–34. Getz‚ D. (1991) Festivals‚ Special Events‚ and Tourism. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. Hall‚ C.M. (1992) Hallmark Tourist Events: Impacts‚ Management and Planning. London: Belhaven Press. Kasimati‚ E. (2003) ‘Economic aspects and the Summer Olympics: a review of related research’‚ International Journal of Tourism Research 5: 433–444. Loftman‚ P. & Spirou‚ C. (1996) ‘Sports stadiums and urban regeneration: the British and United States Experience’. Paper to the conference Tourism and Culture:
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