When and where was the first Modern Olympic Games held? How many countries and athletes participated? How many countries and athletes competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and 2010 Vancouver Games? 1896 Summer Olympics was the 1st celebration of the modern Olympic Games. They had 14 nations participating and 241 athletes competed. In Beijing in 2008‚ there were 204 nations that competed with 10‚942 athletes. In 2010‚ the Vancouver Games had 82 countries competing with 2566 athletes.
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London Olympics 2012- London has hosted the Olympic Games on two past occasions‚ in 1908 and 1948‚ with a third scheduled for 2012. The planned 2012 Summer Olympics will make London the first city to have hosted the modern Games of three Olympiads. London is the only city in the United Kingdom to have ever hosted the Olympics; the United States is the only country to have hosted Summer Olympics on more occasions than the UK. No city in the UK has hosted the Winter Olympic Games. British participation
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cellphone‚ email. However in 1892‚ such technology did not exist‚ but people unite in different way – Olympic. It is an athletic game originally held in Greece city states every four years in honor of Zeus‚ their god. Shaped by many factors; ever since the first modern Olympic start in Athens in 1896 this competition became international celebrated. Such as the countries ‘pride of associate with Olympic‚ the impact of conflict political view affects the team‚ the economic opportunities created by the
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A generation of Suffolk Sporting talent inspired by Olympic flame The Suffolk Youth Games completed its inspirational journey from the millennium to the Olympics yesterday and bowed out in a blaze of glory as the Olympic Torch visited the closing ceremony. Around 800 young people representing Suffolk’s sporting future converged on Bury St Edmunds on Saturday 7th July for the thirteenth staging of the Redrow Homes Suffolk Youth Games. The event‚ organised by Suffolk Sport‚ the County Sports Partnership
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The Rio Olympics brought many states together to gather people of different nations to compete in athletic events to show the skills‚ power‚ and strength from the different athletes. It was a time frame where the nations were able to represent their nations and to be able to have this time to show their pride and hard work through their people (Barone‚ Michael). Yet does this innocuous show of the Olympic events truly show all the characteristics and actions that come out from nationalistic people
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The Olympics were revived in 1896 thanks to Pierre de Coubertin. Since its reemergence in 1896‚ the modern Olympic movement has been shaped and influenced politically through the tensions between countries‚ economically through financial gain opportunity‚ and socially by promoting women’s rights. Another document I would like to have seen would be one containing a record of third world countries that have attended the Olympics. This document would have shown how wealth effects and shapes the modern
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The Winter Olympics The Winter Olympics‚ exactly like their summer counterpart‚ is an international event to celebrate global peace and the best athletes humanity has to offer. Ever since its inception in the 1924 Games in Chamonix‚ France‚ the Winter Olympics has evolved in terms of events‚ economic impact‚ and technology. The first Winter Olympic Games were actually called “The International Winter Sports Week” and lasted eleven days in the French Alps. Events included alpine and cross-country
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Mitchell September 6‚ 2012 Olympics: Worldwide Forum Rhetoric is defined as “the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing” and “language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience”. It can also refer to describing meaning as a whole or “a vehicle for meaning whose aim is often to identify‚ inform‚ or persuade an audience.” The Summer Olympics and rhetoric do not sound like they have anything to do with each other‚ but in fact‚ the Olympics is one of the most communicated
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family room to the kitchen‚ it was put in by my father during the Olympics‚ an event that attracted a lot of tourists into the beautiful city of Vancouver. The Vancouver Olympics used many First Nations’ symbols and mythical creatures for mascots. Though my family actively participated in the festivities of the 2010 winter Olympics‚ we were not aware of the past and ongoing violence against the First Nations. Though the 2010 winter Olympics gave many aboriginal groups the opportunity to showcase their
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ACamfield_Module11Final_121910 (alternate) Since the Ancient Olympics in Greece‚ the modern day Olympics has expanded from only Grecian people who spoke Greek to worldwide competition from diverse cultures around the world in which each country’s participant vies for their country’s honor and glory. Today‚ we even have the Special Olympics for challenged persons who want to compete in some of the same events. Whether you enjoy sports or not‚ the Olympics is one of the most interesting and publicized events
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