Saina Nehwal Saina Nehwal (born March 17‚ 1990) is an Indian Khel Ratna winning badminton player currently ranked number 2 in the world by Badminton World Federation‚ Saina is the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics and the first Indian to win theWorld Junior Badminton Championships. Her Early days Saina was born in 1990 in a Yadav family from Haryana. In December 1998‚ Saina’s father took her to meet Coach Nani Prasad at the Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad
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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 has grown‚ the number of female athletes
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Sportspersons should do trainings daily and therefore they are in shape and active. * They must follow a strict diet and they must not be in compromising postures. Disadvantages: * If the sportsperson is injured by the time of training or a game‚ he might lose his career in sport. * What is more‚ some sports such as boxing or football are very dangerous. Accidents may have extremely bad repercussions and could bring even death. * Another disadvantage of being a sportsman is the lack
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Commonwealth Games: success or disaster The Commonwealth Games 2010 event was the largest international multi-sport event to be staged in India‚ eclipsing the Asian Games in 1951 & 1982. The Commonwealth Games 2010 event was a success from the athlete’s point of view‚ but it was also a big success mission for some people who wanted to loot public money. The Grand Opening Ceremony was a huge success‚ the 40 crore rupees aerostat lifted off and the stadium rocked to the tune of Rahman‚ even the
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been seen as role models by young children and by using illegal drugs this gives impressionable children the wrong idea about what has to be done to succeed in sport. Ben Johnson went from hero to zero through the usage of steroids. "At the Seoul Olympics in 1988 Ben Johnson ran the 100 meters in 9.79 seconds making him the fastest man ever. It was a proud moment in Canadian athletic history that quickly turned into a nightmare." After his suspension was over‚ Ben Johnson attempted to come back. "
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BADMINTON Origins of the Game The sport of badminton has its origins in ancient civilizations in Europe and Asia. The ancient game known as battledore (bat or paddle) and shuttlecock probably originated more than 2000 years ago. In the 1600s Battledore and Shuttlecock was an upper class pastime in England and many European countries. Battledore and Shuttlecock was simply two people hitting a shuttlecock backwards and forwards with a simple bat as many times as they could without allowing it to
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Wrestling is one of the few games that can be followed back to the beginnings of written history. Wrestling is perceived as the world’s oldest forms of combat and competitive sport (Linde‚ 2007). In fact‚ the first real traces of the development of wrestling date back to the times of the Sumerians‚ 5000 years back (Guttmann‚ 2004‚ p. 12). The Epic of Gilamesh written in cuneiform‚ the sculptures and the low reliefs‚ are various sources that uncover the initially refereed rivalries‚ joined by music
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Evaluate the argument of Julian Savulescu and his co-authors that competitors at the Olympics ought to be allowed to use anabolic steroids. Nowadays‚ the world is being bombarded by the issue of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) utilisation especially at high level sports such as the Olympics level. Doping activities in sports have been a continuous plight towards athlete. Court actions are issued‚ title stripped off and worst is athletes’ involvements in sports are prevented forever. Dozens
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you’ve earned here tonight. One game. If we played ’em ten times‚ they might win nine. But not this game. Not tonight. Tonight‚ we skate with them. Tonight‚ we stay with them. And we shut them down because we can! Tonight‚ WE are the greatest hockey team in the world.” This was just the beginning of a speech given by US Olympic Ice Hockey coach‚ Herb Brooks. This speech was given to his team in the 1980 Winter Olympics before they played they Soviet Union. This game in American history is known
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U.S.A. Winter Olympics in 1980. Throughout his hockey career‚ he faced the loss of his mother‚ who was very important to him because she encouraged him to forgo his hockey
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