Project Topic: my Olympic Diary Name: deepshika .p. shetty STD: ix To: Miss Katherine Acknowledgement First of all I want to thank my English teacher miss she helped me lot to complete this project. Then I want to thank my tusion teacher who gave me idea that what to do in this project. Last but not the least my parents who supported me to do this projec The modern Olympic Games are the leading international
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INTRODUCTION The 2010 Winter Olympics‚ officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics‚ was a major international multi-sport event held on February 12–28‚ 2010‚ in Vancouver‚ British Columbia‚ Canada‚ with some events held in the resort town of Whistler‚ Richmond‚ West Vancouver and the University Endowment Lands. Approximately 2‚600 athletes from 82 nations participated in 86 events in fifteen disciplines. Both the Olympic and Paralympic Games were being organized
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Summer Olympic Games Sites 1896 - Athens‚ Greece 1900 - Paris‚ France 1904 - St. Louis‚ United States 1908 - London‚ United Kingdom 1912 - Stockholm‚ Sweden 1916 - Scheduled for Berlin‚ Germany* 1920 - Antwerp‚ Belgium 1924 - Paris‚ France 1928 - Amsterdam‚ Netherlands 1932 - Los Angeles‚ United States 1936 - Berlin‚ Germany 1940 - Scheduled for Tokyo‚ Japan* 1944 - Scheduled for London‚ United Kingdom* 1948 - London‚ United Kingdom 1952 - Helsinki‚ Finland 1956 - Melbourne‚ Australia
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The Ancient Olympics started before 776 BCE for about 3 to 400 hundred years. Every four years‚ ancient Olympics were held in a place called Olympia but after they became popular‚ Emperor Theodosius I of Rome stopped the Olympics. Sports were very valuable for Greeks. Physical beauty‚ moral character‚ nobility of spirit‚ and conduct and intelligence were the foundation of their games. For Greek people‚ winning in Olympics is more appreciated than winning in wars. In addition‚ athletes had a very
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sport in the Winter Olympics up next to hockey and figure skiing. Nearly 100 years ago the first male cross-country skier raced competitors from other countries in the first Winter Olympics in 1924. At that time‚ males were the only ones who could compete in the sport. It was not until 28 years later when women could become apart of the skiing action in 1952. Sports Illustrated stated that cross-country skiing is the oldest type of skiing and is the most common sport in the Winter Games (Sports
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of hosting mega-sporting events e.g. the Olympic Games or the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup‚ in developing nations has always been a moot point. However‚ these days less developed countries such as those present in Latin America and the Caribbean especially garnered international attention and triggered controversy by hosting events like the FIFA World Cup in Brazil in 2014‚ Copa América in Chile in 2015‚ and the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in the summer of
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Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi‚ India‚ until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)‚ after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation.[1] The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee(IOC) and are described as the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.[2][3] In its history‚ nine nations have hosted the Asian Games. 46 nations have participated in the Games‚ including Israel‚ which
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not deep it has meaning and so does the team that compete in that specific competition. Slopestyle Skiing was not brought into the Winter Olympics until 2014 at Sochi Russia. The U.S. team had won 3 of 4 gold medals in the halfpipe and slopestyle. The United State’s team is wishing to build upon the Olympics at Sochi and bring a new level of competition to the Winter games at PyeongChang in February‚
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Europe. It is now evaluating the possibility of organizing the winter Olympic games 2022. In fact‚ the city council decided to establish the city Agency Oslo2022 which main task is to develop a plan for the winter games. Oslo is possibly the only city in the world to be able to organize the winter Olympic games in an urban setting. Indeed‚ it has a special location between fjords and forests‚ and for this reason the theme of the Olympic games will be: “Games in the city”. This concept refers not only
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the 1972 Olympics when Sergey Chetverukhin won the silver medal (“Individual Men”). The 1972 Olympics was memorable for both the United States and the Soviet Union in the men’s event because for the Soviet Union it was their first win and for the United States‚ it was their first time to not place in twenty years. The Soviet Union found success again at the 1976 Olympics when they won the silver for the second time. The Soviet Union continued to have scattered success throughout the Olympics‚ winning
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