compete in the spirit of sportsmanship and fair play. And take the opportunity to come closer to each other. I would like to share with you this quote from Jesse Owens‚ the legendary American athlete who won four gold medals in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin‚ Germany. It goes like this‚ “Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded‚ but friends gather no dust.” Certainly‚ each of you will pit your skills and talents against
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Speedo innovation: Swimwear companies have invested millions designing high-performance suits for the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Can design help swimmers finish faster? Following the 2004 Athens Olympics‚ officials at swimwear giant Speedo had good reason to celebrate: Athletes clad in their latest suits at the time‚ called Fastskin FSII‚ won 46 medals in the pool. Yet when the company ’s in-house design team‚ Aqualab‚ gathered soon after the games at company headquarters in Nottingham‚ Britain
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requires players to maintain contact between their pelvis and the floor at all times. The sport features a smaller court (10 metres by six metres) and a lower net compared to its Olympic counterpart. The net height 1.05m (women). As a result‚ Sitting Volleyball is faster than the Olympic indoor game. Another change from Olympic rules is that blocking of the serve is allowed. Each team is allowed to feature six players on court‚ including a libero (defensive specialist)‚ who will wear a different coloured
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Research Paper on Eric Liddell When most people hear the name Eric Liddell‚ the things that come to mind would be ideas of his athletic prowess and record breaking career. Some people may even remember that it was him who refused to run in the Olympics on a Sunday in order to honor the Lord. The famous movie Chariots of Fire has done much to preserve and fantasize these events. Even fewer still will remember that Eric Liddell was a missionary for many years of his life. (“10 Famous Christian Missionaries”)
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see a thing! Air pollution is one of the worst problems in China. Benxi‚ an industrial town in northeastern China‚ is so polluted that once‚ a satellite couldn’t take a picture of it because of the smog. A poll taken before the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics said that 74 percent of the Chinese people said that they were concerned about air pollution. China needs to stop pollution-and fast! China’s air pollution is caused by matter particles called PM10. They are caused by burning fossil fuels‚ such
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and help another swimmer. * Sportsmanship‚ Personal life‚ Media reporting‚ Fame‚ Commercial interests‚ Money‚ Publicity‚ international harmony and understanding‚ Olympics‚ Soccer League etc. However‚ sports has changed greatly over recent times‚ * Political Agenda: political groups make use of sporting events like Olympics‚ to promote their own agenda. As such groups hijack media publicity‚ there seems to be a loss of focus on the athletes themselves‚ whose sporting excellence the events
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The Significance of International Sports International sporting events have become somewhat of a staple in today’s society‚ whether it be the Olympics‚ the World Cup‚ or exhibition games between the New York Yankees and the Tokyo Giants. These competitions generally bring out high spirits and intense enthusiasm. Most people envision sports as childhood pastimes‚ played for fun and recreation. However‚ in a lot of cases‚ international sporting events mean more than just the game or event themselves
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“Before you can achieve ‚ you must believe‚ in yourself.” and “Don’t Practice until you get it right‚ Practice until you can’t get it wrong.” (“Katie Ledecky Quotes”) Both these quotes are from Katie Ledecky. Katie Ledecky is a 2 Time Olympian‚ 5 time OLympic Gold winner and World Champion. Katie Ledecky loved swimming from an early age‚ and has had a very successful swimming career‚ because she trains in unusual ways‚ for a female swimmer. Did you know that Katie Ledecky started swimming at the age of
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where I talk about all 4 apparatus of gymnastics. The second topic is the three main types of gymnastics. Rhythmic‚ Artistic‚ and Acrobatic. The final topic is the history of gymnastics. Gymnastics has been a sport for 4‚000 years‚ but has been an Olympic sport for 32 years. The first apparatus I will be talking about is vault. In vaulting events‚ gymnast sprint down a 25 meter (82ft) runway‚ jump on to a springboard and land momentarily on the vaulting table‚ then are propelled forward‚ landing
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Early life and Education 1st Chapter - Early life and Education Full name : Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar DOB: 24th April 1973 Age: 36 Place of Birth: Mumbai India Sachin Tendulkar attended an ordinary High School called Sharadashram Vidyamandir in the city of Mumbai but was not recognised as a clever student. He was although radiating a wavy brilliance of playing cricket. Family Life Family Life Sachin Tendulkar’s father Ramesh Tendulkar was a Marathi novelist and a school teacher
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