The Economic Effects of the Olympics The Olympic Games is a sporting event that attracts worldwide attention. People travel from different parts of the world to participate in the Games‚ or to watch and support. Countries that are hosting the Games have to prepare to welcome this great number of visitors. They also have to set up all the equipments that would be needed. Hosting the Olympics is an expensive project‚ and it always leaves an effect on the host country. These effects may or may not
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Olympic Games 2012 The modern Olympic Games is the leading international sporting event featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered to be the world’s foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The 2012 Summer Olympics‚ officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012‚ was celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games. The 2012 Summer
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Comprehension 1.Say whether the following statements are true or false. Find the lines in the text that support your answer. 1. In fact‚ such sports as lacrosse‚ field hockey‚ bowling and horse racing were invented by the American Indians. 2. Many different sports were developed in Britain in the 19th century. 3. The headquarters of golf is located in Great Britain. 4. Two types of rugby football differ from each other only in the number of players. 5. Before 1865‚ brutality was a characteristic
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INDIA AND MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES By Neeraj Kumar Mehra Research Scholar An Essay Submitted to Professor. Ian Jobling Professor. Karl Lennartz Professor. Kostas Georgiadis December‚ 2010 India 1 Contents Introduction I. II. III. IV. V. VI. India and the Olympic Movement Indian Olympic Association‚ formation and contribution India and Modern Olympic Games Recent developments in Olympic movement in India Conclusion Annexure VII. Bibliography 2 INDIA AND THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT Introduction The
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Olympics Games 2016 The excitement that the city of Rio experimented upon the announcement of hosting the 2016 Olympic games appears to have been short lived. The descent of excitement began once drug traffickers shot down a police helicopter. The government responded by heightening the crackdown on the city slums of the favelas. As a result many of the favelas in Rio are now under police control (Jazeera). The questions we are now asked is if the coming Olympics provided
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helped shape the modern Olympic movement. There were new problems and new improvements that affected the Olympics. WIth the documents we’re given‚ we are able to analyze the factors that created these new problems and improvements. Through these years‚ we can see that the world has become more acceptable to women‚ people being pressured because of pride‚ people trying to work harder to earn more money‚ and people working harder for world peace. Within the many years of Olympics‚ women was able to gain
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The 1936 Olympics have become a mere footnote in history‚ remembered mostly for the heroics of Jesse Owens. The events that followed in Germany‚ namely the Holocaust and World War II overshadowed the Berlin games. However‚ it is very important to note that a world gathering like the Olympics could take place in a country that was in the process of eliminating an entire race of people. These games were used by the Nazis as a huge propaganda effort for Germany to show to the rest of the world that
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Olympic Swimmers Opinion Piece Four Olympic swimmers walked into a gas station bathroom after a night of drinking. They then kicked the bathroom door‚ pulled down a sign and returned to their taxi. Then an armed guard approached them and asked that they pay reparations. Allegedly the athletes handed over about fifty US dollars. When the swimmers returned to the place where they were staying they explained that they were late because they had been held up at gunpoint and robbed. According to Fox News
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The 1972 Olympics took place in Munich Germany and it was an opportunity for Germany to redeem themselves from the last time they held the Olympics. In 1936 the summer Olympics were held in Berlin Germany under the rule of Adolf Hitler. These games were marred because of Hitler’s racism and discrimination. The 1972 Olympics was Germany’s chance to repaint their image from the violent‚ hate-filled country of 1936‚ to a country that cares for all people. Germany wanted to show the world that they were
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Sponsorship By Serena Gao Beijing 2008 Olympiad is not only a stage of athletic sports‚ but also brings a wide stage to the enterprises which want to propagandize themselves by dint of the Olympic Games. The Beijing 2008 Sponsorship Program consists of three tiers of support‚ including the Beijing 2008 Partner‚ the Beijing 2008 Sponsor‚ and the Beijing 2008 Supplier. Up to 8th Jun 2008‚ the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) has signed
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