[9] He later shifted to Hyderabad & so Saina spent her growing years inHyderabad‚ India. Both her father‚ Dr. Harvir Singh and mother Usha Rani were former State Badminton Champions in Haryana‚ so she got the game of Badminton in her genes Her Father encouraged her to pick up the game of Badminton. The 8 yrs old Saina followed a very tough training schedule right since the beginning‚ and would travel almost 50kms a day for the training. She practised Badminton in Badminton Court of Faculty Club
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GP Essay: “In the modern world‚ image is everything.” Discuss. It only takes about seven seconds for a stranger to form a first impression of you. Especially in our modern world‚ the image we project of ourselves is becoming even more crucial since the increasing openness and inter-connectedness of the world makes it much easier for people to do ‘research’ on who you are. An image is paramount to all levels of society from the individual‚ to the corporate‚ to the national. Therefore‚ image does
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influenced by this moment. In the summer of 2008 during one of the greatest spectacles in sports‚ the whole world was fixed on the Olympics to watch Michael Phelps attempt perfection. Not only did Michael Phelps define that Olympics‚ he defined and showcased the sport of swimming‚ and revealed the sport of swimming to society in a way that was never before experienced. This paper will not so much focus on what exactly Michael Phelps accomplished at the 2008 Beijing games( not to downplay arguably one
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What ails Indian sports A nation of over one billion people and only one individual Gold medal in the Olympics till date! Alas‚ once the best in the field of men’s hockey but not even able to qualify for the Olympics. Similarly‚ once an Asian champion in football but now struggling to stand on its feet. All these elucidate the deplorable state of sports in our country. Even small nations like Zimbabwe‚ Latvia are much ahead of us in the medal tally. So what is it that is depriving the nation of
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the editor Dear Editor The 2022 Winter Olympics in Oslo has been discussed a lot the last year‚ but from the beginning‚ I felt like the teens has not been able to share their voice. We hear the same arguments repeatedly‚ but I feel that we as teens never has had anything to say. The Olympic Games are relevant for us as well‚ so why will not anyone listen to what we have to say? I have often heard the argument that the youth will get the benefits of this Olympic. People like Kjetil Andre Aamodt and
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in their respective fields. Matthew Emmons‚ though missed the Olympics Games champ in shooting all the time‚ still impresses us with his fortitude. As a famous American shooter‚ Matthew attended Olympics Games for three times separately during the past twelve years; he missed the first place unchangeably. Nevertheless‚ he always appeared at the great games‚ chasing after his dream to become the champ in shooting. During the Olympics of Athens‚ he let his champ go by bombing in the last shoot. Matthew
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In the year 776 BC‚ a simple competition of endurance and strength‚ dedicated to the Olympian gods‚ birthed a tradition. This tradition that has stayed around and extended nearly 3000 years is known as the Olympic Games. Olympism is defined as “a philosophy of life‚ exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body‚ will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education‚ olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort‚ the educational value of good example
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The Olympic Games are a worldwide competition that brings people of different cultures and backgrounds into one united area where they compete in their specialized sports. These events‚ however‚ are not purely entertainment like they should have been. Today’s societies are more dependent on politics and therefore so are sports and the athletes competing‚ sometimes even without their own will. In various occasions across the world politics was the main reason for athletes to withdraw from athletic
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Not many people have heard of Eric Lamaze‚ a horse rider par excellence. Horse riding isn’t a very popular sport in India‚ but it is an Olympic event. Lamaze is an Olympic Gold Medalist‚ and has won several other competitions including the Equestrian Grand Prix. Early Years Born on April 17th 1968‚ Lamaze was raised by his grandmother in the coastal city of Montreal‚ Quebec‚ Canada. By the time he was fifteen‚ Lamaze had dropped out of school and joined the horse industry under the reputed trainers
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the idea was to build the brand name with sponsorship during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The sponsorship opportunity in Beijing was a springboard to gain a larger share of the world ’s fastest-growing major market and become the marketing leader in China during 2008. The marketing strategy was a blend of action photography and computer graphics. The series was released in phases during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. “Together in 2008‚ Impossible is Nothing” is an integrated marketing campaign
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