Sqn Ldr SUBHASH C SINGH 2011 “PROSPECT OF INDIAN SPORTS IN LONDON OLYMPICS AFTER THE RESULTS OF CWG 2010” Abstract: The Common Wealth Games 2010 medal tally speaks so many stories that should be heard by everyone and be used to shape the future that is beckoning in the shape of these medals. It is a story of India’s youth. CWG success was scripted by India’s NEXT Generation. We all saw Saina Nehwal win that last Gold. We cheered her‚ we cried with her‚ and we were proud to be in the same country
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Should there be all day summer school July and August? The last school bell rings‚ and it signifies that it is summer time. The principal looks at the students’ average mark; he was not impressed by the grades students received. So the principal decides to operate a summer school for students during the summer time so that they can review what they have learned during the year. That’s not a smart idea; since it’s important that students learn about survival skills and etc. through outdoor learning
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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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History Main article: History of swimming The sport of swimming has been recorded since prehistoric times; the earliest recording of swimming dates back to Stone Age paintings from around 7‚000 years ago. Written references date from 2000 BC. Some of the earliest references to swimming include the Gilgamesh‚ the Iliad‚ the Odyssey‚ the Bible‚ Beowulf‚ Quran and other sagas. In 1778‚ Nikolaus Wynmann‚ a German professor of languages‚ wrote the first swimming book‚ The Swimmer or A Dialogue on
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Squash is a popular racquet sport that is played all over the world. It is usually played on an indoor court surrounded by four walls. The front wall has a tin at the bottom that acts like the net in tennis. Once the call is hit into the tin‚ it ceases the play for that rally. Squash is usually played in a single game by two players. A double game can also be played by four players. Each player uses a racquet that is usually made from loosely woven but tightened strings within a round or elongate
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For the Love of the Game: Global Sporting Habits and Implications for Marketers Euromonitor International : Strategy Briefing August 2008 Strategy Briefings World List of Contents and Tables Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Drivers ..........................................................................................................................
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few important athletes that he has coached are… Rosie McLennan who won our only gold medal at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Jason Burnett‚ who won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Burnett is also the world record holder of D.D. which is 20.6‚ he did compete at the 2012 Olympics‚ but he fell. Karen Cockburn also has won a silver and 2 bronze Olympic medals and Summer Olympics‚ and at the 2012 Olympics she came 4th. These people are all majorly important but some of the most important
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“The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse” This short story is a part of a book written by William Saroyan that centers on Aram‚ a nine-year-old boy from the Garoghlanian family. The Garoghlanian family is a tribe of Armenian descent that has immigrated to California. In this tribe they value honesty above all else “most important of all‚ though‚ we were famous four our honesty” (p.160). Aram and his cousin Mourad went on an adventure during a summer season; it emphasized the tribe’s behavior
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Summer Heights High explores what happens over one school term in an “average” Australian high school in a mock form of a documentary. Media reports say some parts of the community where offended by the gags that draw upon drugs deaths and Down syndrome children. Chris Lilley brings to life Jonah Takalua‚ a rebel schoolboy from Tonga with the odds stacked against him‚ Mr. G‚ an ego-driven Drama teacher and Ja’mie King‚ a posh private schoolgirl on a student exchange‚ set to make a name for her-self
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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
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