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performance in sports has certainly occurred since the time of the original Olympic Games [from 776 to 393 BC]. The origin of the word ’doping’ is attributed to the Dutch word ’doop‚’ which is a viscous opium juice‚ the drug of choice of the ancient Greeks." Larry D. Bowers‚ PhD "Athletic Drug Testing‚" Clinics in Sports Medicine‚ Apr. 1‚ 1998 1904-1920 Performance Enhancing Drugs Used in the Modern Olympic Games "In 1904 Olympics marathon runner‚ Thomas Hicks‚ was using a mixture of brandy and strychnine
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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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trail while riding with your friend Skippy and you are trying to get to the bump first. This is what BMX is like except you are also racing 8 other riders at once. BMX is and old sport that now is new and upcoming sport. BMX is an Olympic sport that is in the summer games every four years. People of all ages‚ both male and female can participate in this sport and is a very fast paced sport. BMX was started back in 1969 or 1970 nobody is sure. They figure it started in southern California.
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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 won his fourth Olympic gold medal in the men’s 100-meter race at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London‚ beating rival Yohan Blake‚ who took silver. Bolt ran the race in 9.63 seconds‚ a new Olympic record‚ making him the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic Games competition. The win marked
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nothing‚ we can forge gold‚ and the gold will shine‚” reads another. The Chinese men’s gymnastic team did just that last week at the Olympics‚ ahead of Japan‚ Great Britain and the US. Those slogans could probably be seen as old-style Maoist indoctrination‚ especially when taken with the subtext‚ implicit in much Western sports commentary before and during London 2012‚ that all Chinese athletes originate from a conveyor belt churning out identical‚ soulless competitors. But do those words in Beijing
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Introduction The South Korean market is an excellent opportunity for Visa to introduce new products‚ communicate a new facet of its brand‚ tap into the lucrative East Asian economies‚ and partner with many successful multinational Korean firms. Not only is credit card use prevalent in the country but the advanced technological infrastructure and adaptability of the culture to innovation sets the stage for Visa to introduce new products and even improve the brand. In a mature market like South Korea
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leading up to the next summer olympics. 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens had arrived‚ and phelps had picked up 6 gold and 2 bronze. He had tied with the most olympic medals in a single games with Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin. At the next summer games‚ Phelps had set a world record fo most gold medals at a single games with 8 total‚ beating out swimmer Mark Spitz’s record of 7 gold medals. Every gold was a new world record except the 100m butterfly which set and olympic record. Phelps had planned
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of top singles badminton players around the world‚ Saina Nehwal ranks 3rd currently and the highest ranking she has reached till date was 2nd in 2010. Saina is the first Indian woman to make it to the quarter finals of the badminton singles at the Olympic Games in 2008‚ Beijing. She is one of the greatest badminton players India has ever produced. She has brought India into limelight in the world of badminton. Before Saina happened‚ only two players Prakash Padukone and Gopichand draw some attention
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suggested that Usain should take up track and field. Being the fastest runner at William Knibb Memorial High School (running a 200 meter race in 22.04 seconds) it didn’t take long for Bolt to become his school’s track star. One of his coaches was an Olympic sprinter‚ Pablo McNeil‚ who had worked with Usain until moving to Kingston at sixteen because former Jamaican prime minister P.J. Patterson‚ had Bolt move to Kingston to train with the Jamaican Ameteur Athletics Assocation (JAAA). Usain didn’t take
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