The Olympics‚ everyone has heard of them or even seen them at one point in their lifetime. And in the more recent years the Olympics has added many many new sports to the roster. So today when I was asked to think of a sport to put in the Olympics‚ I thought about what I really wanted to see get recognition that requires a team of people to work together to win. A new phenomenon called Esports emerged out of this desire for a team games get tournament. Now I know you’re thinking‚ what are these Esports
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Wrestling Should Be Kept In the Olympics On Tuesday‚ February 12th‚ 2013‚ the International Olympic Committee woke up the world by voting to drop out wrestling from the Olympic Games beginning in the summer of 2020. Most people were shocked to hear the information that was said and me wanting to go to the Olympics for wrestling and the IOC wanting to vote it out. Wrestling should be kept in the Olympics because it is the oldest sport in the modern time of the Olympics‚ it creates physically fit and
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the reasons why the Chinese government hired a Western public relations firm to work on the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The major reason as to why Chinese government hired a Western public relations firm to work on the 2008 Beijing Olympics was to repair their image before the Olympics. Several agencies around the world were invited to discuss a contract with Chinese officials about the pre-games PR strategies‚ media training‚ and market research on Western perceptions of China. This was done to see
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You may have heard of Halet Cambel‚ who was the first Muslim woman to compete in the Olympics‚ an archeologist by day and fencer by night from‚ hailing from Turkey. Cambel’s bravery and strength led the way for athletes such as Sarah Attar and Wojdan Seraj Abdulrahim‚ who made history in 2012 on behalf of the notoriously misogynistic Saudi Arabia‚ by being their first female representatives at the Olympics. But somewhere between Cambel and the two lady Olympians representing Saudi Arabia today we
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A very fascinating mural called the "Going to the Olympics" by artist Frank Romero was displayed on a wall in the city of Los Angeles for numerous years. The beauty of his art roused countless other artists and proved to be one of the most beautiful works of art in L.A. Within the mural‚ Romero included significant factors that would show L.A.’s history with the Olympic games. For instance‚ the stamp commemorates the 1932 Olympics that was hosted in the city. The iron from a fictional
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Ancient Olympia Horse riding Horse racing was one of the many sporting events in the ancient olympics. Horse racing is the most prestigious sport. Owners of the horses were very wealthy‚ as the horses could take the riders to the arena. The horse races took place in the hippodrome. The course length were about 6 laps around the track. When the owners of the horse wins the race they receive an olive wreath. Discus Throwing a discus was an event in the pentathlon. At first the discus was stone
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ticket prices revenue. The Games were meant to stimulate the vital economic and social regeneration of the area surrounding East London. Part of this transformation would come during the games with visitors attending and enabling the local economy. All this would be possible by drawing people at affordable but also at revenue maximizing prices. This indirect revenue streams were difficult to quantify but also incorrect to neglect due to the additional revenue potential the games had to offer to London
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1: Women and Sport in the Ancient World Is there evidence of female participation in the ancient Olympic Games? According to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) there have been over 30‚923 women participating in the modern Olympic Games over the period of 108 years since the first women participated at the 1900 Paris Olympic Games. At the latest Olympic Games held in Beijing‚ out of the 11‚196 total athletes‚ 4‚746 were women that were involved at the Games. Although female participation
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Olympic Swimmers Opinion Piece Four Olympic swimmers walked into a gas station bathroom after a night of drinking. They then kicked the bathroom door‚ pulled down a sign and returned to their taxi. Then an armed guard approached them and asked that they pay reparations. Allegedly the athletes handed over about fifty US dollars. When the swimmers returned to the place where they were staying they explained that they were late because they had been held up at gunpoint and robbed. According to Fox News
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5/12/13 BBC News - India’s Olympic performance INDIA 13 August 2012 Last updated at 06:48 ET India’s Olympic performance India’s haul of six medals‚ including two silver and four bronze‚ is the country’s best performance to date at the Olympic games. Sports writer V Krishnaswamy looks into the future for team India and how to build on this success. The world it seems has taken the escalator‚ but Indians are still using the staircase. From 1996 to 2004‚ it was one at a time‚ then it be
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