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    Topic: Should Olympics be ran safer? Side: Pro ______________________________________________________________________ Thesis: Olympic games need to be run more safely for the protection of the athletes Do you know that at least 9 people died at the Olympic games. _____________________________________________________________________ Do you know that at least 9 people have died at the Olympic games or during their practice sessions before the Olympic games? In Whistler British Columbia Canada at the

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    1936 Berlin Olympics

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    com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Olympic-Rings.png In 1936‚ the summer Olympics were hosted in Berlin. Hitler was the chancellor of Germany at the time‚ and the Nazis were in power. Before the Olympics‚ German Jews had been segregated and discriminated against by Aryan Germans. The 1936 Berlin Olympics were not righteous‚ fair‚ or unbiased in any way‚ shape‚ or form. Through the Olympics‚ Hitler spread his anti-Semitic views to millions of spectators and athletes that attended the Olympics. The Olympics were an extremely

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    Nazi Propaganda and the 1936 Olympics The 1936 Olympics was Germany’s chance to show the world they were a stable and peaceful nation. Germany had been awarded the right to host the Games in 1931 before the Third Reich had come to power. When Hitler assumed power in 1933 he quickly realized the great potential for Nazi propaganda. Not only did he want to show the world that Germany was now respectable‚ but also that the Aryan race was superior.

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    Modern Olympic Movement

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    helped shape the modern Olympic movement. There were new problems and new improvements that affected the Olympics. WIth the documents we’re given‚ we are able to analyze the factors that created these new problems and improvements. Through these years‚ we can see that the world has become more acceptable to women‚ people being pressured because of pride‚ people trying to work harder to earn more money‚ and people working harder for world peace. Within the many years of Olympics‚ women was able to gain

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    Executive of the Olympic Authority Beginning July 22‚ 2005 David Higgins accepted the position of Chief Executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) ("David Higgins Appointed Head of Olympic Delivery Authority‚" 2005‚ para. 2). The ODA was in charge of building key Olympic venues‚ facilities and infrastructures for the 2012 London Olympics. Higgins was directly involved with the construction of the Olympic Park‚ the Athletes Village as well as other site related to the 2012 Olympics ("London Olympic

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    The Ancient Olympic Games

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    The Ancient Olympic Games is a series of competitions held between representatives of several city-states from Ancient Greece‚ which featured mainly athletic but also combat and chariot racing events.[1] The origin of these Olympics is shrouded in mystery and legend.[2] One of the most popular myths identifies Heracles and his father Zeus as the progenitors of the Games.[3][4][5] According to legend‚ it was Heracles who first called the Games "Olympic" and established the custom of holding them every

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    Ancient Olympics Changes

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    Everything changes‚ it is just a matter of when. The Ancient Olympic Games were believed to have started in the Greek city-state of Olympia in 776 B.C. The Games were held every four years‚ just like the modern Olympics. During the Ancient Games‚ only men could compete‚ however boys were also allowed to compete in a Junior Olympics. Though if these boys could compete with the men they would. Although men were the only ones allowed to compete‚ there was a loophole for women. The wealthy could pay

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    Beijing 2008 Olympics

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    Beijing 2008 Olympic Sponsorship By Serena Gao Beijing 2008 Olympiad is not only a stage of athletic sports‚ but also brings a wide stage to the enterprises which want to propagandize themselves by dint of the Olympic Games. The Beijing 2008 Sponsorship Program consists of three tiers of support‚ including the Beijing 2008 Partner‚ the Beijing 2008 Sponsor‚ and the Beijing 2008 Supplier. Up to 8th Jun 2008‚ the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) has signed

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    athletes participating; they were well organised‚ renewing faith in the Olympic Movement. The Olympic committee also spent $6 million Australian dollars in funding to combat the use of illicit drugs in sport‚ that previous Olympics have had so much trouble with in the past . The money was used to enhance drugs research into detecting the use of drugs‚ also to increase greater involvement from participating Olympic countries into drugs testing through urine and blood before and after

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    Nazi Olympics Essay

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    The 1936 Olympic Games will forever be known as the Nazi Olympics. The games took place in Berlin and were heavily sponsored by the Hitler regime. Countries all around the world gathered to test their greatest athletes against each other‚ under Hitler’s home. The Nazi dictator used the Summer Olympics to conceal his horrid plans and racist ideas. In heeding with the strength and importance of German athletics‚ many Jewish athletes were banned from participating in sporting events and clubs‚ such

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