Legacy of Olympic games Harnessing the United Kingdom’s passion for sport to increase grass roots participation‚ particularly by young people – and to encourage the whole population to be more physically active • Exploiting to the full the opportunities for economic growth offered by hosting the Games • Promoting community engagement and achieving participation across all groups in society through the Games; and • Ensuring that the OIympic Park can be developed after the Games as one of the
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The early Olympic Games were celebrated as a religious festival from 776 B.C. until 393 A.D.‚ when the games were banned for being a pagan festival (the Olympics celebrated the Greek god Zeus). In 1894‚ a French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin‚ proposed a revival of the ancient tradition‚ and thus the modern-day Olympic Summer Games were born. Host Greece won the most medals (47) at the first Olympic Summer Games in 1896. The United States has won more medals (2‚189) at the Summer Games
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ACamfield_Module11Final_121910 (alternate) Since the Ancient Olympics in Greece‚ the modern day Olympics has expanded from only Grecian people who spoke Greek to worldwide competition from diverse cultures around the world in which each country’s participant vies for their country’s honor and glory. Today‚ we even have the Special Olympics for challenged persons who want to compete in some of the same events. Whether you enjoy sports or not‚ the Olympics is one of the most interesting and publicized events
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Greek Olympics The Greek Olympics were the building blocks for the modern day Olympics. The Olympics started in 776 B.C. and began to see who the best athlete was in all of the city states of Greece. Even during war time the Athletes were safely able to travel to the Olympics. There are many games that we have in our modern day Olympics that were used in the Ancient Greek Olympics such as Wrestling‚ Boxing‚ Sprint‚ Long jump‚ Boxing . The Olympics were not just about games it was also a religious
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Sample MONROE’S MOTIVATED SEQUENCE Persuasive Outline Making a Difference Through the Special Olympics Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to donate time to the Special Olympics Central Idea: it would be very rewarding to volunteer to work with the Special Olympics because they have contributed a lot in helping people with disabilities Introduction I. ATTENTION: In Seattle‚ nine young athletes began racing in the 100-yard dash as the gun went off. A. All except one little
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Before I begin my paper I wanted to give a little history on the background of the Special Olympics. The first International Special Olympics Games were held at Soldier Field in Chicago 1968. It was originally started by a woman named Anne McGlone Burke‚ who was a physical education teacher with the Chicago Park school district. She began with the idea for a one-time Olympic-style athletic competition for people with special needs. Burke then contacted Eunice Kennedy Shriver‚ who was the head
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Countdown to Olympics Brings Terrorism Jitters” by Karl Schoenberger and Sam Jameson. The second article is titled “Johnson to Go back into starting blocks: Banned Sprinter to begin the testimony that will determine his future in track by Randy Harvey”. The first article is about Seoul’s plans to implement tighter security. This is considered to be one of the biggest in Olympic history due to the previous terrorist attacks. For example‚ the Han River is being cleaned up for the Olympics and a plethora
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family room to the kitchen‚ it was put in by my father during the Olympics‚ an event that attracted a lot of tourists into the beautiful city of Vancouver. The Vancouver Olympics used many First Nations’ symbols and mythical creatures for mascots. Though my family actively participated in the festivities of the 2010 winter Olympics‚ we were not aware of the past and ongoing violence against the First Nations. Though the 2010 winter Olympics gave many aboriginal groups the opportunity to showcase their
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thunderbolt. As the ruler of the Olympian gods‚ Zeus held enormous power and almost absolute authority. His role was primarily to watch over the activities of the other gods‚ and make sure they weren’t exceeding their powers. Gods before Olympics The Titans‚ also known as the elder gods‚ ruled the earth before the Olympians overthrew them. The ruler of the Titans was Cronus who was de-throned by his son Zeus. Prometheus - He stole the sacred fire from Zeus and the gods. Atlas - Zeus
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Competitors in the Olympics are known to be strong‚ fearless‚ indestructible and passionate for the Olympics and the sport that they are competing against. The Olympics consist of a variety of sports that require competitors to be physically active but what these sports don’t do is improve health or memory. A sport that is proven to improve health and memory‚ but not in the Olympics is thumb wrestling. If competitors were as passionate for this sport like their own sport the world will have more
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