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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Impacts of Beijing 2008 An appraisal of the impact of the Beijing Olympics presented by Lee Sands considered that‚ ‘the huge inflows of investment to support the Olympics and recreate Beijing have had an important ripple effect on economic growth’. To prepare for the games‚ China invested nearly $40 billion in infrastructure alone from 2002 to 2006‚ transformed the cityscape of Beijing. Furthermore‚ the Olympics have had a significant influence on Beijing’s economic development‚ environment‚ and
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the purpose of Olympic Games In the past some of the nations had bycotted the Olympic games because of political rivalries and differences but that does not mean that Olympics should be subordinated to political considerations. In fact the very spirit of Olympics is needed to remove tension from the world. In fact games‚ in general‚ are always helpful in bringing the nations closer ; it was ping-pong team which ironed out the differences between China and America. Olympic games if taken for their
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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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OLYMPICS The Olympics are a huge sporting event that contains many different sports and consists of many different countries from around the world.Back in ancient Greece is where the ancient Olympics originated. From 776 BC‚ the traditional games took place at Olympia every 4 years for almost 12 centuries until 1896. The first modern Olympic games took place in Athens Greece in 1896 and the games played to today every 4 years.Today‚olympic games worlds biggest athletic and competitive event that
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glance at the scoreboard. The score reads 17-18. My team‚ SF Tremors 13-1 has been going back and forth with Texas team Magic for more than an hour. Both teams won one set‚ and now Magic is in the lead by one point. This is such a long and exhausting game! I think frantically‚ talking to myself‚ focus Ella‚ focus. I try locking my tired eyes on the tall‚ chubby server but the towering middle blocker with wingspan of an eagle and outside blocker enhanced biceps were partially blocking my view. The girl
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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 thought they had a lot in common‚ and could see herself being like him someday. thats exactly why she needed to get home‚ and watch him do his best. when she got home‚ she turned on her tv. she waited for the swimming part of the games to start‚ once it did
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Cosmetology (from Greek κοσμητικός‚ kosmētikos‚ "beautifying";[1] and -λογία‚ -logia) is the study and application of beauty treatment. Branches of specialty including hairstyling‚ skin care‚ cosmetics‚ manicures/pedicures‚ and electrology. Hair stylist A hair stylist is someone who cuts and styles hair. He or she can also offer other services such as coloring‚ extensions and straightening. A good hairstylist has a sense of fashion and the ability to know what style will look the best on a client
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to ever compete at the Olympic Games. During these games he wasn’t the biggest and fastest but he soon would become the best. Barra says “He didn’t win any medals at these games but he became a huge threat” (Barra). Lots of people don’t have this kind of experience like Phelps‚ but without this experience he wouldn’t know how to compete at this level later on in life. After high school swimming Phelps moved on to go to the University of Michigan while training for the Olympics. Lamm wrote “While at
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The United States Olympic Committee (USOC)‚ initially named the American Olympic Association‚ was formed in 1896. Members of the committee sought to provide assistance to United States Olympic athletes with training and other needs. As the USOC is not government funded the committee has relied heavily on corporate funding and private donations (“Team USA‚” 2011). However‚ over the years while the continued appeal of the Olympic Games remained‚ the increased cost of housing‚ clothing‚ and caring for
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