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    The World of Athletics Canada and Jamaica [pic] Product: Athletic Name: Coco-Lili Kraaijeveld van Hemert Student number: 500662185 Class: 1T HvA e-mail address: lili.kraaijeveld.van.hemert@hva.nl Name lecturer: Nils Pennekamp Subject: Athletics Date: 30 March 2013 I Table of Content Abstract II Introduction 1 1. Background Information and Sport 2 1. Introduction 2 2. Jamaica 2 3. Canada

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    Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav

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    oldest sports in the world‚ wrestling in India has a glorious past. The sport of wrestling began its journey in India several centuries ago‚ during the Middle Ages. Wrestling is among the most prestigious and oldest events in the Olympic Games. It was included in the Olympics in 708 BC. In ancient times‚ wrestling in India was mainly used as a way to stay physically fit. It was also used as a military exercisewithout any weapons. Wrestling in India is also known as dangal‚ and it is the basic form of

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    How can the values of the London 2012 Olympic Games go beyond sport and competition?   Participating in the London 2012 Olympic Games is not for everyone‚ only the elite athletes however living the values of the Olympic Games is for everyone. Values I saw during the Olympic Games included an acceptance of women’s sporting participation‚ a spirit of never giving up and the learning that comes from not achieving your goals.   Wojdan Shaherkhani and Sarah Attar from Saudi Arabia showed the world

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    funding system‚ as it focuses on benefitting elite sports and athletes whereas the nation’s long-term sporting success is dependent on strong support for grass roots sports and because the link between success in the Olympics and mass

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    a member of the 2012 London Olympic Organizing Committee (LOOC)‚ being ruthlessly murdered. Karen Pope is the lead reporter of this case and she receives a letter from a man who calls himself Cronus. He promises to restore the games to their ancient glory by eliminating everyone who has ruined the games. I predict that Cronus is an Olympic athlete who is frustrated with the LOOC and the decisions they have made surrounding the present day Olympic games. If Cronus were an Olympic athlete he would

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    Hero of Malaysia

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    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 a ranking‚ and is

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    Stratford

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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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    rod Vanstone

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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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    (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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    stages of the project life cycle for a selected project London 2012 Games Construction Project London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games created the need for a major regeneration and constructions programme to provide the venues and infrastructure needed to stage the games. The project was extensive‚ technically and politically challenging and up against a fixed deadline of July 2012. The publicly funded body established in 2006‚ Olympic Delivery Authority‚ was in charge of completing the project and

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