trudgen to Western swimming competitions‚ after copying the front crawl used by Native Americans. Due to a British dislike of splashing‚ Trudgen employed a scissor kick instead of the front crawl’s flutter kick. Swimming was part of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens. In 1902 Richmond Cavill introduced the front crawl to the Western world. In 1908‚ the world swimming association‚ Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)‚ was formed. Butterfly was developed in the 1930s and was at first
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countless years of disappointment in 2001 dreams became reality and the unique opportunity was granted to the Chinese delegates at the bidding for the Olympic Games. The event not only represents the promotion of athleticism‚ but also marks the first step of China emergence as a major global player. It was no coincidence that the opening ceremony of the games was on 8th of August 2008. The date was no ordinary date‚ 8 is considered a blessed number in China‚ representing luck and wealth‚ it symbolizes
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Freedom!!! Freedom!!! Freedom!!! What a great word to describe life‚ to describe the air that blows threw the great valley‚ to describe birds. All these are symbols of freedom. Why you may ask? Why life well because in life they give you the freedom to choose who and what you are going to become as a person. To choose is a form of freedom‚ because in the past you were not able to choose what you wanted unless you were of the white race. Also the air that blows threw the great valley because no matter
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Some may say that games are childish and do nothing to aid you in the real world. This is not true to the gaming community. Around the world there are tournaments being held to house these events.”Esports” are commonly called mind sports as they take no physical activity. A lot of people are against this topic‚ but if Esports becomes a sport in The Olympic Games in 2020 people will go insane. Pro-Starcraft player Dario “TLO” Wunsch goes through many things that help in the game (yoga and physiotherapy)
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jessica ran home after the swimming meet. she never missed a meet‚ or anything related to swimming. it was her one and only passion‚ but today was different. she couldn’t wait for it to end. she NEEDED it to end. what made today different from any other day‚ was that it was the day of the olympics and her idol Michael phelps was swimming today. she admired him‚ not because he was good looking and in shape‚ but because he was passionate about swimming‚ and did his best every time‚ just like jessica. she
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What does success mean to me? Success has three different stages for me‚ but they’re in no order because either of these can happen randomly‚ but there are two stages everyone deals with is failure‚ and success but not many think about the unexpected success because they don’t really see it happen when they don’t succeed at something or it doesn’t go the way that they would like it to go. Failure is something most people will deal with when they don’t accomplish‚ a goal or a set of actions that happened
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What does being southern mean to me? Growing up in the south has not been a struggle for me‚ seeing that I grew up in Anniston‚ Al. I was raised in Georgia for the last fifteen years‚ I have listened to countless people say‚ “Y’all”‚ to drinking three gallons of tea a day‚ with almost the whole bag of sugar inside the picture. In my overall opinion of being southern‚ it can be viewed as a state of mind and sign of activities. Growing up you would learn more about the south and how people grew up
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AC114 Accounting 1 Unit 3 Assignment So what does courage mean to me? If we look courage up in the dictionary‚ courage is defined as: the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty‚ danger‚ or pain without fear. While courage has many meanings too many different people; to me‚ courage actually means having fear. Your fear could take the form and many different things such as: physical‚ mental‚ failure‚ or even fear of embarrassment in front of your peers. However
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What does heaven mean to me? For one thing‚ heaven is the ultimate goal and realization of the deepest human desires. Heaven is also hard to put into words. It contains that which no eye has seen‚ no ear has heard‚ and no mind has conceived (1 Cor. 2:9). Earth is the only frame of reference we have this side of eternity. If we cannot understand heaven in terms of earth then we cannot understand it at all. It is not surprising‚ then‚ that we would try to imagine heaven in earthly terms. Therefore
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Being educationally prosper means being able to express through words and create clear picture of that expression. What does reading mean to me and why I write? Is to put my opinions and thoughts together in one place and to express how I feel with the facts that matters. It became important when I knew the importance of writing and what it can do for me. As for reading how far it can take me to my career and expand my knowledge. Exploring interesting topics to write about developed my relationship
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