stroke. 1896-In 1896 the Olympic Games were held in Greece in the city of Athens. Swimming was included and there were four swimming contests held. They were: 100 m‚ 100 m for sailors‚ the 500 m and the 1200 m competitions. Hungary’s Alfred Hajos won the first gold medal in the history of swimming in the 100 m freestyle and the 1200 m race. Paul Neumann from Austria won the 500 m event. A Greek sailor named Ioannis Malokinis won the 100 m for sailors. 1900-In 1900 the Olympic Games were held in Paris
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Adidas is a global leader in the athletic apparel and footwear industry. Their commitment to sustainability has been one of increasing visibility and participation. Adidas is a self declared rating through the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in 2007. They have taken the approach of being engaged and transparent in their efforts to be recognized as a sustainability leader in the athletic footwear industry. Adidas has taken the initiative of having a working sustainability website that serves as
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http://www.uksport.gov.uk/pages/historical-funding-figures-olympic/ Historical Funding Figures - Olympic Summer Olympic Sports The table below shows how much each sport has received from UK Sport’s World Class Performance Programme since funding began in May 1997. Clicking on the sport’s name will provide more current information on the sport and the athletes that are supported. Sport Sydney Olympiad* Athens Olympiad* Beijing Olympiad^ Archery n/a £800‚000 £2‚834‚000 Athletics
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(since official rankings were first kept in the 1980s)‚ and is the only Malaysian shuttler to hold the ranking for more than two weeks. Lee is a silver medalist in both the 2012 Olympic Games and 2008 Olympic Games‚ thus becoming the first Malaysian to reach the final of the men’s singles event and ending Malaysia’s Olympic medal drought since the 1996 Games. This achievement also earned him the title Datuk‚ and a description by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak as a national hero.[5] He repeated
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Introduction The overall issue concerning NBC in the “Snooze” case was that during the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics the networks primetime broadcast ratings “fell 18 percent from 2012” (Snooze). What was so concerning about these drop in ratings was the “key demographic of 18-to- 34 year-olds‚ prime-time ratings were down by 32 percent (Snooze). Also‚ NBC experiences with the Olympics in the past typically attracted more viewers‚ including younger ones‚ to live sports. This years’ drop in ratings was
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Czechoslovakia‚ Argentina and Japan among others (Richman). The Summer Olympic were to take place in October and President Diaz wanted to show the world that Mexico had progressed and grown. The protesters saw it as an opportunity to show the world the abusive government in order to put pressure on the regime. For this reason‚ the Diaz administration became nervous about restraining
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be flooded‚ and significant ecological changes in the area in exchange for clean energy to power 10% of China’s needs and lower its dependency on coal. Given the government’s goal of generating 15% of the nation’s electricity from non-fossil fuel by 2020‚ China isn’t planning to slow down anytime soon‚ with preparation already beginning to build thirteen dams along the Nu river despite backlash from environmentalists
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Identify Unit 8 Scenarios Directions: Read the scenarios below‚ work to identify first if each scenario is one of motivation‚ emotion or stress. Then determine which theory of motivation or emotion‚ or which stage of GAS the scenario depicts. ___________________ 1. When touched on the cheek‚ newborn baby Nolan turns his head and opens his mouth to receive the potential food. ___________________ 2. Every afternoon‚ in her first grade classroom‚ Mrs. Jones gives students a snack so that they aren’t
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in a popular sport like basketball‚ football or baseball‚ but he was an exceptionally fast on the track and overcame racial adversity. Jesse Owens impacted athletic world in a positive way throughout his life. From his time at Ohio State to the Olympics the very next year‚ he was a positive role model and a humble human being when he won. Jesse Owens came from small town folks and that made him who he was during his lifetime in having a good set of core values. With the help of role models throughout
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Question 2: Lenovo seems to be "stuck in the middle"? What does it need to be a leader both in China and internationally? After acquiring IBM‚ Lenovo achieved great benefits and became a well-known private computer brand in the global market‚ expecially in China. However‚ this company had to face with "stuck in the middle" when integrating IBM Corporation’s PC division. The differences between two national cultures were the reason why that Lenovo failed in implementing strategies for Chinese market
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