Do you love to ski? Do you have the adrenaline rush to go long distances? Cross country skiing goes back thousands of years when we attached wood to our feet. This allowed us to travel fast at high speeds on the snow covered ground. Believe it or not‚ cross country skiing still flourishes today. Cross country skiing was not considered a sport until the 19th century. Many people hardly even knew about skiing‚ let alone calling it a sport. In 1924 it showed up at the Winter Games Olympic held in
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Page 8 H: Bibliography Page 9 Introduction The Biathlon is generally any sporting event made up of two disciplines. In our case this term‚ the two different sports are swimming and running. The swim is conducted first in a length of 300 metres in a 50 metre Olympic pool and the run is followed as 8 laps of approximately 375 metres around a course totalling to 3 kilometres of running. Thus‚ our biathlon is; a 300m swim followed with a 3km run. This event is timed and also accounts
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David Bloom July 8‚ 2013 An Ancient Art Form vs. Modern Innovation English 111 Essay #2 Skiing and snowboarding are both very popular sports with many similarities and differences. The sport of skiing dates back to 5000 BC‚ while snowboarding is a relatively new sport‚ developed in the early 1900’s. Both sports are very popular in the U.S.‚ where there are 481 different ski/snowboarding resorts and approximately 60 million Americans who partake in the sports each year
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OLYINTRODUCTION TO OLYMPICS The Olympic Movement is the concerted‚ organised‚ universal and permanent action‚ carried out under the supreme authority of the IOC‚ of all individuals and entities who are inspired by the values of Olympism. It covers the five continents. It reaches its peak with the bringing together of the world’s athletes at the great sports festival‚ the Olympic Games. Its symbol is five interlaced rings. The goal of the Olympic Movement is to contribute to building a peaceful
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The Olympic Games are a huge‚ international sports event. Thousands of athletes from around the world come together to compete. About 204 nations are involved in the Games. Why did they begin? According to Michael Gauthier in his article on livestrong.com‚ “The prideful Greeks started the Olympics because of their belief in the glory of competition and to honor the gods with their ability.” From 776 B.C. up through present day‚ the Olympic Games have had many changes. The first Olympics were held
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Commission then the sport may be added to the Olympic program. In 2008 Summer Olympics BMX‚ team table tennis and team fencing was added. In 2014 the winter events are adding women’s ski jumping‚ team events for figure skating and luge‚ ski halfpipe and biathlon to the Black Se. • What is the Olympic Charter? The Olympic Charter is the codification of the Fundamental Principles of Olympism‚ Rules and Bye-Laws adopted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It governs the organization‚ action
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beneficial to wildlife. If the wildlife population becomes too large‚ food becomes scarce and the population starves to death.” Firearms are also used in competitive sports. The Olympic Games include competitions with pistols‚ rifles‚ and shotguns (Biathlon‚ Pentathlon‚ etc.). There are also many competitions throughout the country in bull’s eye‚ bench rest‚ silhouette‚ practical pistol‚ trap and skeet‚ and other shooting sports. “Even without formal competition‚ shooting can be enjoyed as a hobby (paper
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keen on communicating with them. I prefer healthy lifestyle and active forms of holiday‚ rest‚ relaxation‚ leisure and recreation such as: 1. going in for sports‚ tennis‚ la cross‚ badminton‚ swimming‚ volleyball‚ especially beach volley; biathlon‚ soccer (beach soccer)‚ basketball‚ hockey‚ skiing‚ skating‚ alpine skiing‚ diving‚ biking; bungee jumping‚ cliff diving and mountain biking; I’d like to try rafting‚ sky diving and windsurfing. So I exercise (work out) in the gym regularly‚ three
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The Olympic Games The Olympic Games are an international sports festival that began in ancient Greece. The original Greek games were staged every fourth year for several hundred years‚ until they were abolished in the early Christian era. The revival of the Olympic Games took place in 1896‚ and since then they have been staged every fourth year‚ except during World War I and World War II. Perhaps the basic difference between the ancient and modern Olympics is that the former was the
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archery‚ boxing‚ gymnastics‚ handball‚ judo‚ rowing‚ soccer‚ and there are many more. The main track and field event is the Decathlon. The winter Olympics had activities such as bobsledding‚ ice hockey‚ luge‚ skating‚ skiing‚ tobogganing‚ and the Biathlon. I think the Olympic Games is one of the greatest legacies of Ancient Greece due to the fact that we still participate in it today every four years. All the countries around the world that want to take part in the competition come together in one
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