Persuasive Essay Swimming is a fun and beneficial exercise. First of all you won’t even know you are exercising because you will be having so much fun. All you have to do is move your hands and feet‚ and no one really sees swimming as a workout so your wife/husband won’t even think that you’re working out to get into shape. Swimming builds muscle mass‚ muscle strength‚ and flexibility. It also builds cardiovascular fitness‚ and burns a lot of calories. If you just try it you will be satisfied and
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first broke the long jump record while in high school. In 1984‚ he returned home with 4 gold medals after his first Olympics. Later‚ participating in the Summer Olympics of 1988‚ 1992 and 1996‚ he won another 5 gold medals and a silver one. He was also named ‘ athlete of the year’ 3 years in a row by Track and Field magazine and ‘sportsman of the century’ by the International Olympic Committee. B) Born October 14‚ 1952 in Vladimir‚ Nikolai Adrianov first signed up for gymnastic classes at the
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In 1896‚ the Olympic Games were officially reborn into the modern era thanks to a Frenchman named Baron Pierre de Coubertin (Lewis‚ 1992). In 1904‚ the Games of the III Olympiad arrived in the United States‚ marking itself as the first Olympics to be held in said country as well as the first hosted outside of Europe. Often forgotten‚ this specific Olympics also signifies the beginning of the horrible luck Chicago‚ Illinois‚ has had regarding the hosting rights. Three years prior‚ the International
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Experience of Swimming Swimming has been my favorite sport since I was a kid. The reason might be I wanted to be a mermaid living at the sea because of the mermaid tales I had read. However‚ I joined the swimming team when I was in high school. During that period‚ our team joined a lot of large-scale and famous swimming competitions by Hong Kong Swimming Association. It helped me to meet with other athletes and learn from them. We could share our experience‚ and discuss about swimming techniques
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Swimming Swimming is the best activity to do. Swimming is a not just a sport but a resource for peoples needs. Swimming is for recreational‚ exercise‚ and therapy. I have been swimming competitively for 6 years now and I learned how to swim when I was two. I love swimming because it’s an activity that everyone can participate in. Boys‚ girls‚ children‚ and adults can all enjoy the fun in swimming. My personal favorite reason it’s a great activity is for recreational use. During the summer
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Imagine traveling back to 776 BCE‚ where the first of all Olympic games started at Olympia‚ Ancient Greece. Of many things in the city-state of Olympia‚ Ancient Greece‚ the Ancient Olympics were most famous and known. Through 776 BCE to 393 AD‚ the Ancient Olympics took place in Olympia‚ Ancient Greece. The Ancient Olympics show Ancient Greek religion‚ daily life‚ and is important for people to understand why we have the modern Olympics to celebrate good health and strength. Before the Games
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Olympic Game is the world’s biggest festival of sport and are the leading international sporting event featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of atheletes will take part in a variety competitions. Pierre De Coubertin‚ founder of modern Olympic Game said that “The important thing is not so much winning as taking part.”This has showed that the spirit of sportsmanship of an athelete who take part in the Olympic Game is important than any prizes or medals of the game. So
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Is it time we took the Olympics off the shelf? The Olympics is always a costly event‚ especially the London 2012 Games. The price was originally planned at £2.4 billion‚ but has progressed to £9.3 billion‚ soaring by an extra £6.9 billion. At the same time‚ the government is making cuts in health and education. If we were to put the Olympics in a time capsule‚ would of future generations be proud‚ knowing we spent £9.3 billion on stadiums‚ security and fancy ceremonies when there are still so many
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An analysis of the global significance of the 2012 London Summer Olympics opening ceremony The 2012 London Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony (Hereafter LSOOC) was watched by 62‚000 spectators in the stadium and an estimated audience of one billion across all five continents‚ it was for a few hours the focal-point of the world. This essay will conclude that the live broadcast of this major-sporting media event has become economically significant; primarily as a result of the increasing
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Drowning It’s always sad when you hear about a child drowning or when there was a person found dead around a bunch of water. There are many different ways to die but we will only be covering one of them in this essay and that would be drowning. The definition of drowning is “death from asphyxia due to suffocation caused by water entering the lungs and preventing the absorption of oxygen leading to cerebral hypoxia.” (Wikipedia) Asphyxia means that there is not enough or lack completely thereof
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