Nigerian sports‚ though always exercised‚ was noted first in the 1950s. Nigeria had it’s first appearance in the Helsinki Olympic Games in 1952‚ and it’s first victory in 1954‚ when Emmanuel Ifeanjuna won a gold medal in the high jump at the Commonwealth games in Cardiff. In 1962‚ the Nationals Sports Council was set up‚ and in 1971‚ the National Sports Commission‚ and they had the following responsibilities (stated exactly as is): * To coordinate and integrate efforts to raise the standard
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winning three gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing‚ China‚ and becoming the first man in Olympic history to win both the 100-meter and 200-meter races in record times. Bolt also won three Olympic gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. He ran the men’s 100-meter race in 9.63 seconds‚ a new Olympic record‚ making him the first man in history to set three world records in Olympic competition. He made history again at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio when he won gold in the 100-meter
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issue. Countries that take part in the Olympic games have been known to boycott one another. In some cases‚ countries will not attend the Olympic games based on where they are held. Other sporting events like soccer that involve international competition have experienced boycotts as well. Sports and politics intersected when the Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan towards the end of 1979. Political figures such as President Carter called upon the U.S. Olympic Committee to boycott the Games. More than
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3 February 2012 English 3rd hour I. Introduction a. Attention getter: “Faster‚ higher‚ stronger.” Michael Phelps motto b. Introductory info c. Thesis sentence: Michael Phelps is my role model because he is a swift swimmer‚ he has won fourteen Olympic gold medals‚ and he is a pothead. II. Body a. Swift swimmers b. Olympic gold medalists c. Pothead III. Conclusion a. Transition from lat point b. Reword thesis sentence
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vehicle which had lost control after a tire blow out. He was then sent to the Sunway Medical Centre and treated with six stitches for his head injury. Lee received RM300‚000 on 21 August 2008‚ as a reward for his silver medal effort in the 2008 Olympic Games. Also‚ he received RM3‚000 a month as a lifetime pension beginning in August 2008. For the same achievement‚ he was conferred with a Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (DSPN)‚ which carried the title Datuk by Governor of Penang‚ Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas
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together facing segregation in America during his time. Many whites thought of African Americans as useless‚ however Jesse Owens proved them wrong. He himself was an African American man who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. At the time‚ Adolf Hitler was using the Olympic Games to show the world a resurgent Nazi Germany. He and other government officials had strong hopes that German athletes would dominate the games with victories since the German athletes achieved a "top of the table"
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The 2018 Winter Olympic Games are set to roll around in just a few more months‚ an encore of its 2016 Summer counterpart‚ highlighting the top athletes from across the globe vying for a spot to become one of three Olympic medalists. Sports fans alike crawl out every crack and crevice to tune into whichever channel that might be covering an Olympic event‚ and if they are lucky‚ they’ll catch Frank DeFord— a longtime sportswriter‚ commentator‚ and novelist— stirring up yet another controversial topic
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------------------------------------------------- 2012 Summer Olympics medal table The 2012 Summer Olympics medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees (NOCs) ranked by the number of gold medals won during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London‚ United Kingdom‚ from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Approximately 10‚800 athletes participated in 302 events in 26 sports.[1] Of the 204 NOCs participating‚ 85 received at least one medal; 54 won at least one gold medal. Bahrain‚[2] Botswana‚[3] Cyprus
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they viewed the stroke’s splashing as undignified. It was reintroduced to Britain in 1873‚ when it was finally recognized as an improvement over the slow breaststroke. The Olympics Swimming clubs became more popular throughout the 1800s‚ but it was the Olympics that truly made swimming a competitive sport. Over the years‚ Olympic swimming events branched out to include different strokes‚ longer distances‚ and women’s events. In the mid-twentieth century‚ the butterfly stroke was developed as an alternative
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