1956 Summer Olympics (Games of the XVI Olympiad) The 1956 Summer Olympics was an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne‚ Victoria. It took place from the 22nd of November to the 8th of December. 3314 athletes from 72 nations participated‚ and 314 competitors were Australian. Australia won a total of 35 medals (13 gold‚ 8 silver‚ 14 bronze)‚ and was ranked 3rd overall. The flag bearer for Australia was Mervyn Wood (rower). At the Games‚ 13 swimming events were held‚ seven
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Cause and effect essay The Effects of Traveling Abroad Why do people take a journey for a short or long period of time? Even though journey takes a lot of money and time‚ most people want to take a journey to learn something from the journey when they can afford to. Journey is precious especially when people leave themselves from where they live. What kind of benefits do they have from the journey? By leaving where they live‚ people come to know themselves‚ their family and friends who
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for the Olympics. On September 5‚ 1972‚ a group of terrorist from Germany went on a crucial mission. The group was called Black September. They kept their identity hidden. Many believed they attacked for political reasons. After watching “One Day in September”‚ I believe that terrorism is a form of political commentary. I believe that if terrorist attack it’s because they want something from the government. It was said that Black September attacked out of anger from previous Olympic controversy
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Sports development 3 Task one There are many methods used in measuring quality in sports development. One method is attendances at sporting activities or local participation levels. These methods have not provided consistency across some methods to do so. As a result of this‚ and to gain benefits from the scheme‚ a many number of schemes have been developed to measure quality in sports development. The main idea of this scheme is to Measure characteristics and attributes of a programme
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When Barcelona was selected to host the 1992 Summer Olympics‚ the city (as well as Catalonia and España as a whole) welcomed the incredible opportunity. In addition to the obvious nationalist pride and international recognition hosting the games entails‚ their excitement was also fueled by the potential that the opportunity represented. As the International Olympic Committee explains in their “Factsheet – Legacies of the Games‚” recent Olympic games have resulted in “long lasting legacies for their
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Should Rome really give up its 2024 Olympic Dream? Less than 18 months after Rome unveiled its ambitions plans to host the 2024 Olympics‚ the city could be ready to abandon its Olympic project. The writing was on the wall as soon as the Five Star Movement (M5S) took control of city hall in June. The city’s new mayor‚ 37-year-old lawyer‚ Virginia Raggi‚ during her election campaign repeatedly said she was not in favour of the 2024 bid‚ insisting the city had more pressing issues to solve. Since
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High Intermediate 2B Grammar and Writing May 6‚ 2014. The Impact of the World Cup and the Olympic Games on Brazilian Infrastructure To prepare Brazil to host two major sporting events‚ this country is experiencing a construction boom. The promise of the country to host two of the biggest events in the world requires effort and many studies that the work do not injurious the population and the environment. The investments will bring several benefits for Brazil. The economy will increase significantly
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Jessica Cheng Successfully strategic use of colors in a poster: ”Olympic Games 1972 - Basketball” The poster‚ “Olympic Games 1972 - Basketball”‚ was designed by Otl Aicher‚ who was a pioneer of developing the visual identities of the 1972 Munich Olympics. "As a strictly designed grammar‚ the identity system allows free‚ playful application‚" Aicher explained before the Munich Olympics in 1970. "This is comparable to ball games or chess‚ where fixed elements and an agreed set of rules allow playful
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INTRODUCTION The 2010 Winter Olympics‚ officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics‚ was a major international multi-sport event held on February 12–28‚ 2010‚ in Vancouver‚ British Columbia‚ Canada‚ with some events held in the resort town of Whistler‚ Richmond‚ West Vancouver and the University Endowment Lands. Approximately 2‚600 athletes from 82 nations participated in 86 events in fifteen disciplines. Both the Olympic and Paralympic Games were being organized
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Europe. It is now evaluating the possibility of organizing the winter Olympic games 2022. In fact‚ the city council decided to establish the city Agency Oslo2022 which main task is to develop a plan for the winter games. Oslo is possibly the only city in the world to be able to organize the winter Olympic games in an urban setting. Indeed‚ it has a special location between fjords and forests‚ and for this reason the theme of the Olympic games will be: “Games in the city”. This concept refers not only
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