(born 12 April 1980 in Bulawayo‚ Zimbabwe) is a deaf swimmer from South Africa‚ who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 200 metres breaststroke. Parkin also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics‚ as well as the 2005 Deaflympics in which he took home two gold medals. In 2011‚ Parkin saved a young boy from drowning.[1] http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Olympic-swimmer-saves-boy-20110121. Jump up^ Parkin out to win‚ prove deaf can compete. " CNN Sports Illustrated Online
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Sports have always been an integral part of human lifestyle. The Olympics today is no longer exclusive to the Greeks alone after their revival in the 20th century. Today major sporting events such as the Olympics and World Cup are being held around the world. Hence to accommodate international athletes‚ such sporting events have to be organized in large cities having state-of-art facilities. Hosting sports events certainly benefits the host nations which is evident by the intense bidding to bag the
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Basketball market group. Everyone in the Basketball world knows Derrick and Adidas takes advantage of this by placing having Derrick wear everything Adidas. Another giant way Adidas is able to globalize is the London 2012 Olympics. Millions and millions of people watch the Olympics and with that many people watching the athletes perform‚ a casual hint of their product is everywhere but far. Adidas has made its mark on the Global scale‚ but at a cost. Due to the increase of demand from Adidas‚ they
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(JUNE – AUGUST 2012) For details please visit our website : www.gyanm.in NATIONAL NEWS AUGUST 2012 Coalgate scam disrupts parliament 67% India defecates in open India donates rice to Yemen Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh visited Mexico and Brazil to participate in the G-20 Summit at Los Cabos and to attend the Rio + 20 conference on Sustainable Development at Rio de Janeiro‚ respectively. NEWS FROM STATES AUGUST 2012 Delhi Government has launched a scheme to end
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Li-Ning ’Makes a Change ’ in Olympics Strategy. [online] New York: brandchannel. Available from: http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/2012/08/13/London-2012-Li-Ning-081312.aspx. (Accessed: 12 October 2012) China Daily (2011). Li Ning expects business to slow. [online] Beijing: China Daily. Available from: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2011-01/18/content_11874065.htm. (Accessed: 12 October 2012) China Daily (2012). China ’s sportswear brands nurse Olympics hangover. [online] Beijing: China
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Healthy Living: Detailed Review Page 5 What is Healthy Living? Page 5.1 How can the Olympic Games make people health conscious? Page 5.2-6 One year Later: Did the public absorb the healthy living concept? Page 6-7 Evidence
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How media has influenced athletics/Olympics in the UK Media coverage of sport is widespread. By listening to commentators‚ pundits and watching replays we improve our knowledge and understanding. Participation in sports covered by the media is always higher than for those that are not. This amount of sports coverage can have positive and negative effects. The first ever Olympic games that were televised were the 1936 games‚ held in Berlin‚ Germany‚ were televised by means of closed circuit television
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Title: Contemporary Issues in Sport CODE: 66-6958-00S Name: WU Ho Nam SHU Student No: 91207381 SHAPE Student No: I1207381 Topic: LONDON 2012 Olympics legacy INTRODUCTION Olympic Games‚ the biggest sports event in the world‚ every athlete would like to join this game‚ the Olympics is a dream of every athlete. Many citizen may feel‚ the Olympics can encourage more people to play sport or to do more physical activity‚ but is it real? In this essay‚ we will try to find out how the legacy affect
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place every year as a celebration of contemporary performing arts. However‚ large scale events are more often than not‚ linked to sporting events such as the modern Olympics which have also taken place periodically since 1870‚ every four years. Both the Olympic Games and Glastonbury festival are huge global events‚ with the Olympics taking place in a different country every four years. With Periodic events such as the
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Jesse Owens‚ the son of a sharecropper and the grandson of a slave‚ achieved what no Olympian before him had accomplished. His stunning achievement of four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin has made him the best remembered athlete in Olympic history. His promising athletic career began in 1928 in Cleveland‚ Ohio where he set numerous records in Jr High school that set hundreds of colleges after him. . Owens chose the Ohio State University‚ even though OSU could not offer a track
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