Katie Ledecky started swimming when she was just six years old. She had two world records‚ four world championships‚ and one Olympic gold. All before she passed her driver’s license test. Nobody knew she would be a three time world record holder and have five olympic gold medals by the time she was just nine-teen. She started out just an average swimmer‚ working hard to achieve her goals. Katie Ledecky is a hero because she is positive‚ brave‚ tough‚ motivated‚ and she is the best at what she does
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In Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift‚ Gulliver’s adventures and experiences satirize many aspects of human nature. Pride and arrogance are reoccurring themes that make up the most of Swift’s satire. While pride and arrogance is currently demonstrated by athletes such as Usain Bolt‚ it is also show by the characters in Gulliver’s Travels. Politics earn Swift’s greatest critical disapprobation. Through his supposed character’s observations‚ Swift levels an indifferent screed against the pettiness
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Heading into the 2012 London Olympics the expected battles of Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte were one of the bigger story lines for the U.S. Olympic team. Now that competition in the pool has finished‚ Lochte is little more than a footnote in the Phelps story. Perhaps that is harsh treatment of a swimmer that will leave London with five medals‚ two of them gold. But fans and analysts were so quick to find someone that could be better than the greatest swimmer—the greatest Olympian—ever that they
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"broad jump") is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed‚ strength‚ and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point. This event has been an Olympic medal event since the first modern Olympics in 1896 (a medal event for women since 1948) and has a history in the Ancient Olympic Games. Contents [hide] * 1 Rules * 2 History * 3 Records * 4 Technique * 4.1 The approach * 4.2 The last two strides * 4.3 Takeoff * 4.3.1 Kick
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influence of the olympic games (2014) on tourism in Sochi. Table of content: 1. Introduction. 3 2. Methodology. 4 3. Tourism industry. 6 3.1. Accommodation and eateries. 6 3.2. Sports. 7 3.3. Attractions. 8 3.4. Weather and nature. 8 4. Problems. 9 4.1. Tourism. 9 4.2. Infrastructure. 10 4.3. Weather. 11 4.4. Neighbours. 11 4.5. Organisations against Olympics. 12 5. Changes
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In the year 776 BC‚ a simple competition of endurance and strength‚ dedicated to the Olympian gods‚ birthed a tradition. This tradition that has stayed around and extended nearly 3000 years is known as the Olympic Games. Olympism is defined as “a philosophy of life‚ exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body‚ will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education‚ olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort‚ the educational value of good example
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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 the 2004 games
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http://www.uksport.gov.uk/pages/historical-funding-figures-olympic/ Historical Funding Figures - Olympic Summer Olympic Sports The table below shows how much each sport has received from UK Sport’s World Class Performance Programme since funding began in May 1997. Clicking on the sport’s name will provide more current information on the sport and the athletes that are supported. Sport Sydney Olympiad* Athens Olympiad* Beijing Olympiad^ Archery n/a £800‚000 £2‚834‚000 Athletics
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Relationship between Doubt and Certainty The 2012 Summer Olympics had a major impact on the world’s views on society when Oscar Pistorious‚ South Africa’s “The Blade Runner”‚ ran the 400 meter run with two carbon-fiber legs. At home Pistorious was always treated like a person without a handicap‚ but when becoming public to the world‚ most individuals weredubious of his ability to compete against non-handicapped runners. Being certain of himself‚ Pistorious never let the negativity bring him down
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Our Lady of Lourdes Alysia Turnbull 3/25/15 Ms. Marino W.W. Usain Bolt Usain St. Leo Bolt is an Olympic Track and Field athlete. Usain was born on August 21‚ 1986‚ in Sherwood Content‚ Jamaica. Wellesley Bolt and Jennifer Bolt are his parents. Bolt is a 28 year old sprinter. In Usain’s early life he was a cricket player‚ he was an outstanding player. While playing cricket‚ his coach realized a tremendous amount of speed Usain had. The reason Usain started doing track and field
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