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    Special Olympics

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    Meghan Strong Mrs. Wamsganz English 21 May 2013 Special Olympics Would you say people with disablilities are less fortunate? Would you say they aren’t capable of things that an everyday person are? No‚ it’s not that they are less fortunate or uncapable‚ but are carriers of unique gifts and talents. The Special Olympics started off only as a summer camp for those with intellectual disabilities. The camp was created to test and discover the phyical and mental abilities of these special

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    The Olympic Games

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    The Olympic Games of Ancient Greece and What They Represented The ancient Olympic games were primarily part of a religious festival in honor of Zeus‚ the father of the Greek gods and goddesses. The festival and the Games were held in Olympia‚ a rural sanctuary site in western Peloponnesia. The Greeks invented athletic contests and held them in honor of their many gods and Zeus. The Isthmos games were staged every two years at the Isthmos of Corinth. The Pythian games took place every four years

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    Modern Olympics

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    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. • How does a sport become a

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    Olympic Games

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    Olympic Games The Olympic Games started off as a series of athletic events to honor the gods. The games have begun in the early 700 BC in honor of the god Zeus. No women were allowed to watch the games and only Greek nationals could participate. The games were held every four years. In honor of the god Zeus a statue was built out of gold and ivory by a Greek sculptor. In the games 100 oxen were sacrificed and many athletes would make sacrifices themselves. In the games boxing was a brutal sport

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    important Olympic sports in the 2000’s was cycling. The reason why cycling was popular became because of the Lance Armstrong and his battle with cancer‚ yet continued to ride his way to many cycling medal’s and trophies. Before Lance‚ the history of cycling in the USA started in 1920 with an organization called Amateur Bicycling League of America. The organization changed to United States Cycling Federation‚ which merged with USA Cycling in 1995 to become one. Cycling has always been in the Olympics since

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    Vancouver Olympics

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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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    Special Olympics is a worldwide movement of creating a world of inclusion and community‚ founded in 1968. As a cite they want to make everyone feel accepted regardless of their disability. Their goal is to make the world healthier‚ better‚ happier one athlete at a time. Special Olympics is center around their athletes‚ both children and adults with disabilities. People with disabilities are in all places across the world. As an organization they want to reach out to over 200 million people and

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    The Olympic Games

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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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    Olympic Park

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    Business case: The Olympic and Paralympics Games are unique in the sporting calendar and receive huge television viewing figures as well as many accolades. Television Coverage and Public Awareness: The Sydney Paralympics Games were the most televised‚ raising public awareness. The Atlanta 1996 Games sold their media rights for $0.5million and the Sydney 2000 Games sold their Paralympics Media rights for $4.1million “The Olympic Games have always transcended sport. As individuals and

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    The Ancient Olympics

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    Ancient Olympics Today‚ the Olympic games are known world wide‚ but it did not always used to be this way. Early Olympic games were much different than they are today. The games played and those who attended them were some of the biggest differences. Today’s Olympics have competitors from around the world. There are now hundreds of events in the modern athletic competition. This is a significant difference compared to the amount of events in the ancient Olympic games. The modern Olympics change

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