follows the news nowadays has heard of the name Michael Phelps. Upon coming to worldwide attention at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens‚ Phelps has taken the sport of swimming to new limits‚ setting records that seemed impossible just years before. He shocked the world with his record-breaking win of eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing‚ and also holds the record for most Olympic gold medals ever won. However‚ getting to that point was not easy‚ and required a high amount of diligence
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prestigious awards‚ Ian Thorpe announced his retirement on 21 November 2006. After almost 5 years out of the swimming world‚ the swimming sensation decided that he would try to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London. However‚ no matter how much he tried and the 110% he gave‚ he did not make it to the 2012 Olympics. Despite his many failures‚ he still remains as an international inspiration to many‚ teaching us that it is definitely better to tried and failed than not to have tried at all. Ian
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Some of examples of sports that have not changed a lot are hockey‚ baseball and the Olympics. Hockey’s National Hockey League got started in 1920‚ which is still around today. The game has changed slightly since its beginning but it is not a whole different game. Baseball hasn’t changed much and it doesn’t have to because it is just as exciting as it was when it became popular in the ’20’s and ’30’s. For the Olympics every 2 years the same magic is there today as there has always been. The game of
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D1 - evaluate how external factors‚ over a specified future period‚ may impact on the business activities‚ strategy‚ internal structures‚ functional activities and stakeholders of a specified organisation. Using the following headings evaluate how the external factors‚ over a specified future period (the next 5 to 10 years)‚ may affect Thorpe Park and Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club in terms of their:- • specified business activities (including ownership) • their strategy (aims and objectives)
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extent are they an issue? 3. How do they affect the sport? 4. What can be done to solve it? Gold Medallist Tommie Smith‚ (center) and Bronze medallist John Carlos (right) showing the raised fist on the podium after the 200m in the 1968 Summer Olympics wearing Olympic Project for Human Rights badges. RACISM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzxyBPu6kb8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2CX5633olM&feature=related jackie robinson doco 42 trailer Other examples of racism in sport "Jack Nicklaus syndrome“
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“Cuba has long been recognized for its powerful performance in Olympic boxing‚ and refused to send a women’s boxing team to the Games. Cuban coach Pedro Roque justified the decision by saying women should be “showing off their beautiful faces‚ not getting punched in the face.” This shows that machismo is still present
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national targets. These could include such things as the number of sports winning medals‚ the number of top 8 performances‚ etc. the targets need to be supported by athlete development targets established using placed on an Olympic/Paralympics’ team‚ number of medalists on an Olympic/Paralympics’ team ‚etc. 2. Targets for the sport system There are numerous sport system development targets that need to be established. Three main areas of key performance indicators or targets for the sport system were
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are people that believe that men are born with a predisposition to be involved and follow sports. Also‚ there are hypothesis that state that men are more likely to be involved in activities that are combative and involves team play (Deaner & Smith‚ 2012). Women aren’t viewed as playing the sports that involves contact amongst the players. The United States is a country that is making effort
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does not really matter. However‚ a diving board helps the diver to jump up higher to create a more distinguished parabola. Diving can be found in most first world countries. It is an olympic sport and has been competed since the late nineteenth century. Diving was first introduced as a sport in the Summer Olympics of 1904 in St. Louis. Diving itself has evolved throughout the twentieth century. At the time‚
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substantial environmental damage if the development of the necessary infrastructure is not properly handled‚ in particular the waste and pollution it creates. In addition‚ the detrimental nature of hosting grand sporting events‚ such as the 2004 Olympics in Athens‚ brings a terrifying threat of a similar economic downfall. Furthermore‚ the people of the Gold Coast have expressed concern with the strikingly high amount of tourism
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