he long jump (formerly commonly called the "broad jump") is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed‚ strength‚ and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point. This event has been an Olympic medal event since the first modern Olympics in 1896 (a medal event for women since 1948) and has a history in the Ancient Olympic Games. Contents [hide] * 1 Rules * 2 History * 3 Records * 4 Technique * 4.1 The approach * 4.2 The last two strides
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Result of dance sport categories during the Olympics’ 2012 ? Olympic sports are sports contested in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The 2012 Summer Olympics included 26 sports‚ with two additional sports due to be added to the 2016 Summer Olympics. The 2014 Winter Olympics will include seven sports.[1] The number and kinds of events may change slightly from one Olympiad to another. Each Olympic sport is represented by aninternational governing body‚ namely an International Federation (IF).[2]
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National: Asha Bhosle receive ’Hridayanath Mangeshkar Award’ Lata Mangeshkar presented ’Pt Hridaynath Lifetime Achievement Award’ to her sister Asha Bhosle. In 2012‚ the same award was given by Amitabh Bachchan to Lata Mangeshkar. Hridaynath Mangeshkar is a composer and singer hailing from Maharashtra. He is better known as Balasaheb in the industry and is the younger brother of two music icons of India: Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle. First non-IPS officer to head BSF operations at Indo-Bangla
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Side A on a less then pleasant day the weather was cold and rainy so before I left the safety of my car I turned my collar up to face the cold and made a bee line to the store so fast it would put Usain Bolt to shame. When I walked in the store I was greeted by the smell of coffee and sound of The Rolling Stones song Monkey Man playing over the store speakers with the owner of the store john singing along to the song and throwing his arms up like a monkey. As soon as you walk into the store your
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“Self-esteem and self-confidence are necessary to success‚ do you agree?” Self-esteem is the means by which an individual has confidence in themselves or a good opinion about themselves and self- confidence is the means by which an individual trusts their own abilities‚ quality and judgement. A balanced self-esteem and self-confidence are both important and relevant for every human being in their lives‚ it helps one gain inner confidence and a good opinion of themselves. If you have low self-esteem and
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When deciding where to head to college after high school graduation‚ many look for places close to home or in the state. However‚ that wasn’t the case for College of Business Alumni‚ Carlvin Dorvilier. To decide where he wanted to go to college‚ he put all the states in a hat and pulled out Michigan. He then went to Google and typed in “Michigan‚” “ advertising”‚ and “cross country.” The first placed that popped up was Ferris State University. Now‚ Dorvilier lives in New York City working as an
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least one skill to participate. Despite the fact that Ronaldo has many skills‚ his main position in the team’s squad is a winger. Ronaldo has the skill of speed as one of the fastest players in the world; he was compared to the Olympic sprint legend Usain Bolt after a sprint he made for 96m in just ten seconds in a soccer field. His agility with and without the ball is the main skill that made him one of the best players of history. Speed and agility are all what it takes to be successful winger.
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After having organized the Asiad Games successfully in 1982 at Delhi‚ India has been fortunate enough to be honoured by Commonwealth Games Federation to perform the duties of a host nation to the 19th edition of Commonwealth Games scheduled to be inaugurated on October 3‚ 2010 at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium. The Grand Gala opening ceremony was two-and-half hours duration which was a must-see event for sports lovers all over the world. Initially‚ these games were organized in different names. From
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Autonomous Control Autonomous control is used in the mechanics of many machines we use today‚ Autonomous control is basically a self-controlling program installed into a machine that allows the machine to move by itself based on the surroundings. The program installed into the machine asses the surroundings with its sensors and makes a decision on the movement of the autonomously controlled unit. The word autonomous means self-governing‚ this means it can make decisions by themselves‚ with this
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LIKE FATHER LIKE SON! My dream turned into nightmare as my alarm clock rang frantically. The voice of my mom was at her high pitch screaming for me to take my shower. It was already 7.30 in the morning. The sun shone his majestic rays straight into my eyes as I looked out through my bed room’s window. I was stunt to see Uncle Lim drove away the Yellow bus I used to ride every morning to school. I am a dead meat as I knew I have to cycle to school by my sister’s bike. For god sake‚ it was pinky girly
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