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    Olympic Games

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    leisure but also can help people to keep fit. So‚ the most famous sports party the Olympic games become more important in people’s lives. The Olympic games will be held evey four years and people all over the world will enjoy the glamor of sports during that time. Then‚ who will host the next Olympic games becomes very important and many countires want to host the Olympic games. London will host the 2012 Olympic games. The issue of which it is good or bad to be the national host becomes a hot issue

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    Summer Olymoics

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    2012 Summer Olympics From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search "2012 Olympics" redirects here. For the Winter Youth Olympics‚ see 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. For the Paralympic Games‚ see 2012 Summer Paralympics. "London 2012" redirects here. For the video game‚ see London 2012 (video game). Games of the XXX Olympiad | This is the clear version of the official logo. There are four official base colours‚ and another version for the 2012 Summer Paralympics. For

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    Ancient Olympics Essay

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    The first Olympics are thought to have been traced all the way back to 776 BC. In origin‚ The Olympic games were a tribute to the gods like Zuce. These games took place on the Plains of Olympia. Back then there was only one game‚ the Stadion. This was a foot race that resembles the modern 200M races. The games were clearly much smaller in contras to our current 25+ events for just summer Olympics alone. Now the Olympics are hosted in country’s all around the world‚ changing the location every time

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    Ancient Greek Olympics

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    The olympics is a game where the most talented athletes from across the world come together and compete against one another in different sports like Basketball‚ Soccer‚ Swimming ‚ gymnastics ‚ fencing ‚ volleyball‚ beach volleyball‚ track and field and many more sports you can think of. About 206 countries and more than eleven thousand athletes participate. The olympics is held in a different country every two years alternating between winter and summer sports‚ it starts at the first week of august

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    In 776 B.C‚ the first Olympic Games occurred in Olympia. The Olympic Games was a part of a religious festival and in honour of the leader of the Greek Gods‚ Zeus. Only men‚ boys and unmarried girls were allowed to attend and compete in the games. If a married women was at the Olympic Games‚ they would be punished expect if they just owned a horse in the chariot race. This event held every four years and approximately 50 thousand people came all over the Greek world to watch and also take part. In

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    There are both advantages and disadvantages for cities hosting the winter and summer Olympics. Let’s first take a look at some of the advantages the winning host cities can expect to enjoy when they host these high profile events. According to Chung and Wan Woo (2011) mega-events such as the Olympics have typically been viewed host countries as opportunities for economic growth and revenue boosting. Research has shown that hosting mega-events affects host country in terms of consumer awareness and

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    Discontinued Olympic Sports All questions True or False. 1. In the Underwater Swimming at the Paris Olympics of 1900‚ with 2 points for every meter swum‚ and 1 point for every second underwater‚ the 3rd place getter remained submerged for 30 seconds longer than the winner but lost on distance because he swam in a circle. 2. The French cricket team in the same 1900 Paris Olympics consisted mainly of British Embassy staff on a day off. 3. Cricket remained a popular Olympics sport into the 1930’s

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    2012 Olympic Games

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    London Olympics Assessment 1. Executive Summary 3 1.1. Preview 3 1.1.1. Recommendation 3 2. Terms of reference 3 2.1. Report specifications 3 2.1.1. Purpose 3 2.1.2. Scope 3 2.1.3. Aim 3 2.1.4. limitations and constraints 3 2.1.5. Objectives 4 3. Methodology and Procedures 4 3.1. Materials 4 3.1.1. How I sourced materials 4 3.1.2. Materials used 4 4. Findings/Analysis 4 4.1. The bid 4 4.2. Rejuvenation 5 4.2.1. New image 5 4.2.2. Location 5 4.3. Economic

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    Saving Olympic Wrestling

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    “Dropping of Olympic wrestling shatters Dreams all around the world” Wrestling is one of the oldest sports known to man. Wrestling has been around for longer than just about any sport that has ever participated in the Olympics. Wrestling has been around since 708bc when it was a part of the first Olympics ever. On February 12th‚ 2013 the IOC decided to drop Olympic Wrestling from ever participating in the Olympics again. People all around the world were shocked by the decision of the IOC‚ and

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    Adam Ellner Mr. Lovre AP American Literature 5 5 Apr. 2013 The Upside to Politics in the Olympic Games Throughout the last hundred years‚ despite its image as a worldwide sporting phenomenon that rises above the clutches of politics‚ the Olympic Games has served as a catalyst and a stage for sociopolitical conflict and controversy on both national and global scales. Despite the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) attempts to limit this infringement of politics into the realm of international

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