historians consider Owens’s performance that day the greatest achievement by any track-and-field athlete in a single day‚ his participation in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games made him into a legend. After winning one team and three individual Olympic Gold Medals in an atmosphere charged with German Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s declarations of Aryan racial superiority‚ Owens became an American hero. Although his professional career endured several struggles after his retirement as an amateur athlete‚ the public’s
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Korean fencer. When South Korea’s Shin Lam had just advanced to the gold medal the officials had to reset the clock from zero to one second‚ making that moment the turning point‚ because Germany’s Britta Heinemann took that moment as a second chance‚ ending as the winner of the match. Loosing was both embarrassing and agonizing for Shin‚ in that moment she became the loneliest athlete in the Olympics. She lost the bronze medal match as well. She said that it was a difficult hour because while she
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three gold medals and two bronze medals glimmered around the neck of the beautiful and gifted athlete‚ Marion Jones. Everything seemed to click that year for the three-time Olympic champion‚ but her tremendous performances led critics to question whether she had used performance-enhancing drugs. After denying any allegation of taking illegal substances‚ in 2007‚ Marion Jones announced the she “unknowingly” took performance-enhancing drugs in 2000 and 2001. Along with the five medals‚ her pride and
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murdered. Gaiman won both the British Carnegie Medal and the American Newbery Medal recognising year’s best children’s books‚ the first time both named the same work. The Graveyard Book also won the annual Hugo Award for Best Novel from the World Science Fiction Convention and Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book selected by Locus magazine subscribers. Chris Riddell‚ who illustrated the British children’s edition‚ made the Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist. It was the first time in 30-year history
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A Role Model for Hong Kong People Jamie Wong Wan Yiu‚ the Hong Kong cyclist who was awarded a silver medal in the women’s cycling competition at the 2010 Asia Games is a heroine in my eyes. She is also a role model for Hong Kong people and all the athletes. I think her poignant and inspiring stories can leave us some uplifting messages. 26-year-old Jamie Wong was brought up in a single-parent family. Being taught by her mother‚ she is as tough-minded as her mother. In view of her interests
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[pic] [pic] Preparing for the District Public Speaking Festival [pic] [pic] Table of Contents This resource is specifically designed to help teachers prepare for the District Public Speaking Festival. A separate resource‚ entitled Informal and Formal Speaking Experiences‚ is available through Winslow Centre. It is our hope that a formal speech is only a part of the oral presentation work students
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QUO VADIS‚ PHILIPPINE SPORTS? By Ericka Anne Arcilla Will the Philippines ever capture the elusive Olympic gold medal? For decades now‚ it has been the battle cry of the country’s contingents to the Olympic Games to bring home a gold medal. Time and again‚ they were frustrated. Where lies the problem? Are Filipinos destined not to win an Olympic gold medal? These and other questions continue to haunt our government and the country’s sports leaders and athletes. But the glaring reality is that
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MARY E. WALKER By: Rebecca Tippie MA-327 Leadership Dr. Robyn M. King March 2‚ 2013 I chose Mary Edwards Walker as my leader for this final project. I have always enjoyed reading a little bit of military history and I always look for stories about people who have gone above and beyond the call of duty or went against the grain. In my opinion‚ she really set the bar high for other women to follow‚ and I find her to be an exemplary leader and role model for other women in the business
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Gaby Douglas is a two-time Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast. Michael Phelps has won eighteen gold medals in the Olympic games. Usain Bolt has won six Olympic gold medals. What do they all have in common? It is not that they won numerous gold medals. It is they are all passionate about what they do. Since I started preschool at age four‚ my time outside of school have been piled up with never ending activities‚ first there was ballet‚ then came ice skating‚ art class‚ then swimming‚ chess‚ then
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