kingdoms of Ancient Greece. The Olympics allowed the Greeks to set aside conflict and war‚ to celebrate friendship and unity‚ to experience peace through sports. This promise of peace is The Olympic Truce‚ an ancient tradition‚ believed to have started in 776 BC in ancient Olympia in the name of ‘Ekecheiria’‚ which means “holding back one’s hand”. This peace accord‚ having lasted through more than one millennium of history‚ has now been revived for the London 2012 Olympics to offer hope and opportunity
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columnist Frank Bruni suggests that although the 2016 Summer Olympics were ready to be nearly disastrous‚ there was a way to remain optimistic throughout the Olympics. Bruni supports his position by citing the juxtaposition between the mess behind the planning of the Olympics and the awe-inspiring people competing in the Olympics. By writing this‚ Bruni hopes to shift attention away from the irresponsibility of those who planned the 2016 Summer Olympics‚ in order to give the athletes competing the attention
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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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2012 Olympics in London‚ see 2012 Summer Olympics. London hosted the Olympic Games in 1908‚ 1948 and 2012. The 2012 Summer Olympics made London the first city to have hosted the modern Games of three Olympiads. London is the only city in the United Kingdom to have ever hosted the Olympics; the United States is the only country to have hosted Summer Olympics on more occasions than the UK. British participation in Olympic events‚ both as a competitor and as a host‚ is the responsibility of the British
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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 2016 [1]. While those
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Business Summer 2013 Module 1: Case Assignment Dr. Abou-Robieh‚ Moutaz Every four years there is an Olympics event held in a different city from around the world to bring together superior athletes that represent their respective countries to participate in a friendly competition. The Olympics is broken into two events summer and winter games. The Olympics represents three themes coming together: excellence‚ friendship and respect. The modern Olympics have
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Introduction The issue of Olympic Games Legacies is immense and greatly articulated in details in published material. Olympic Games as mega-events are widely accepted to cost host cities enormous investments and founding. Although International Olympic Committee (IOC) is nowadays controlling the financing of the Games (since examples of previous Olympics Games proved that host cities are in need of extensive expertise and knowledge) financing the infrastructure still becomes problematic. Games
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during the Olympics’ 2012 ? Olympic sports are sports contested in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The 2012 Summer Olympics included 26 sports‚ with two additional sports due to be added to the 2016 Summer Olympics. The 2014 Winter Olympics will include seven sports.[1] The number and kinds of events may change slightly from one Olympiad to another. Each Olympic sport is represented by aninternational governing body‚ namely an International Federation (IF).[2] The International Olympic Committee (IOC)
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largest main venue after the Olympic Stadium‚ and will form the ’gateway’ to the Games with two 50-metre (160-foot) swimming pools and a 25-metre (82-foot) diving pool in Olympic Park at Stratford‚ London‚ it was one of the main venues of the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics. It will host swimming‚ diving‚ synchronised swimming and the swimming discipline of the modern pentathlon. Once the Games are completed‚ the Aquatics Park will transform from an Olympic venue with a capacity
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vehicle which had lost control after a tire blow out. He was then sent to the Sunway Medical Centre and treated with six stitches for his head injury. Lee received RM300‚000 on 21 August 2008‚ as a reward for his silver medal effort in the 2008 Olympic Games. Also‚ he received RM3‚000 a month as a lifetime pension beginning in August 2008. For the same achievement‚ he was conferred with a Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (DSPN)‚ which carried the title Datuk by Governor of Penang‚ Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas
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