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    Math Lab Sl 11

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    of this task is to consider the winning height for the men’s high jump in the Olympic Games. Introduction: The Olympic Games which are held in every four years have an event called Men’s High Jump and usually an athlete tries to jump over a bar which is set up in a certain range from1 meter to 3 meters. The table 1 shows the record of the gold medalists during the Olympic Games held during 1932 to 1980. Note: The Olympic Games were not held in 1940 and 1944. Table 1 Year | 1932 | 1936 | 1948 |

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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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    Cited: "American Women in the Olympics." National Women ’s History Museum - NWHM. Web. 22 Jan. 2012. “Archived: Achieving Success Under Title IX." U.S. Department of Education. 10 July 1997. Web. 22 Jan. 2011. Bell‚ Richard C. "A History of Women in Sports Prior to Title IX." The Sport

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    rod Vanstone

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    ROB VANSTONE Rob Vanstone‚ is a lifelong Reginan and a football follower ‚ he was selected as an Assistant Sports Editor in 1995 and was named as a sports writer one year later. He is now the Leader Post’s Sports Editor and daily columnist . Vanstone has spent most of his time in the Leader Post writing about the Saskatchewan Rougriders. Rob is one of the top sports editor in Saskatchewan. Rob Vanstone’s goal was to be a sports writer in Regina. He studied at Campbell Collegiate in his High

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    Usain Bolt is not just some runner. Usain Bolt is a rich man who loves fast cars. However he is one of the best Olympic athletes ever know. He has several of the sprinting records. He also has several sponsorships. He is a legendary runner. Even in Usain Bolts early years he was a talented athlete. “Usain bolt was born on August 21 1986 in Sherwood cornet a small town in Jamaica.” (Usain Bolt) He grew up with his parents Wellesley And Jennifer Bolt‚ his brother Sadiki and sister name Sherine. (Usain

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    Deaflympics

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    ASL 101-06 Professor Anisa Guy 10/13/11 Journal: Deaflympics The Deaflympics is an event similar to the Olympics but geared towards the hearing impaired ("Disabled World"). This event first began in 1924‚ where it took place in Paris ("Disabled World"). The Deaflympics became the first international athletics even held for people with disabilities. This event was originally called the International Games for the Deaf‚ International Silent Games‚ World Games for the Deaf‚ and occasionally

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    Therefore‚ celebrities can be good and bad role models. One bad role model is Micheal Phelps‚ and a good one is Barrack Obama. Now for the bad. If one has watched the 2008 Summer Olympics‚ he must have seen Micheal Phelps‚ the famous swimmer. Phelps is famous for breaking the record for receiving the most gold medals at a single Olympics. Many of his fellow fans and swimmers believe that he did this fairly. However‚ this all changed when a photo of Micheal Phelps smoking marijuana was released in early

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    of athletics its roots in human prehistory. The first recorded organized athletics events at a sports festival are the Ancient Olympic Games. At the first Games in 776 BC in Olympia‚ Greece‚ only one event was contested: the stadion footrace and the first olympic winner was Koroibos. In later years further running competitions have been added. Also in the Ancient Olympic pentathlon‚ four of the events are part of the track and field we have even today. The long jump‚ the javelin throw‚ the discus

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    The 2012 Summer Olympics‚ officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad[2] and commonly known as London 2012‚ was a major international multi-sport eventcelebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games‚ as governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It took place in London‚ United Kingdom‚ from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The first event‚ the group stage in women’s football‚ began two days earlier‚ on 25 July.[3][4] More than 10‚000 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated

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    Deaflympics

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    The Olympics is a major international event where top athletes from all over the world get together to compete for a common‚ the gold medal. Being qualified for this tremendous event is already a huge achievement since each athlete is considered the best in his or her country. There is also an Olympic for deaf too‚ which is known as the Deaflympics. This event is similar to the original Olympics but the main differences are the requirements. To participate in the summer and winter Deaflympics‚ according

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