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    Cpt 111 - Assigment

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    In the XIX Commonwealth Games‚ the Medals Tally shows the list of participating countries according to their achievements of gold‚ silver‚ and bronze medals. The arrangement is based on the highest number of medals and if they are the same‚ the country will be displayed in alphabetically order. Assume there are 10 countries and 10 games; each game will be given only 1 gold medal‚ 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal. Your program will display the Medals Tally based on the results of the 10 games

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    terrence parkin

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    NOTES Terence Mike Parkin (born 12 April 1980 in Bulawayo‚ Zimbabwe) is a deaf swimmer from South Africa‚ who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 200 metres breaststroke. Parkin also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics‚ as well as the 2005 Deaflympics in which he took home two gold medals. In 2011‚ Parkin saved a young boy from drowning.[1] http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Olympic-swimmer-saves-boy-20110121. Jump up^ Parkin out to win‚ prove deaf can compete

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    Mary Lou Retton

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    child‚ she displayed her dedication and passion towards gymnastics that proved that she would one day be successful in this great sport. Mary Lou is known to be the first female gymnast outside of Eastern Europe to win the all around gold medal. She has more medals than any athlete during the 1984 Olympics (“Mary Lou Retton Biography.”) She says that her gymnastics role model was Nadia Comaneci‚ who also scored a perfect ten on the vault. Retton claimed that she admired Comaneci’s hard work and dedication

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    jesse owen

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    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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    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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    Building a Nation

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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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