will continue to bid for 2020 Olympic Games despite the European Debt Crisis.In fact‚ Spain has lost three opportunities for hosting the Olympics and expects to boost their floundering economy as well as providing more employment position through conducting the Olympics.The value of hosting Olympics has been extolled loudly by the candidate host country. Does holding the Olympic Games really bring benefits for the host country? It may be stated that hosting Olympics may increase the expenditure of
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altering a war but the way the United States and Soviet Union used the Olympics did just that. The Olympics in the early 1980s were used as a stage for politics. During the Winter Olympics in 1980 the U.S. faced off against the best hockey team ever‚ The Soviet Union‚ in a time when these two countries did not get along. Days before the U.S. won this game President Jimmy Carter announced the U.S. boycott of the Summer Olympic Games that year in Moscow. The Soviets dominated the competition with approximately
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between the ancient and modern Olympic Games is that the ancient games were played within the context of a religious festival. One of the more intriguing true stories about ancient Greece and the Olympics of ancient Greece would have to be that during the Olympic Games‚ all fighting stopped. No matter how long or how fierce a battle had raged‚ every soldier in the battlefield put down his weapons and travelled to Olympia‚ there they would compete in athletic games designed to honour Zeus and the
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poster: ”Olympic Games 1972 - Basketball” The poster‚ “Olympic Games 1972 - Basketball”‚ was designed by Otl Aicher‚ who was a pioneer of developing the visual identities of the 1972 Munich Olympics. "As a strictly designed grammar‚ the identity system allows free‚ playful application‚" Aicher explained before the Munich Olympics in 1970. "This is comparable to ball games or chess‚ where fixed elements and an agreed set of rules allow playful freedom." Aicher’s system of color for the Games was easily
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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 in the world today; both Games holding summer
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In 1896‚ the Olympic Games were officially reborn into the modern era thanks to a Frenchman named Baron Pierre de Coubertin (Lewis‚ 1992). In 1904‚ the Games of the III Olympiad arrived in the United States‚ marking itself as the first Olympics to be held in said country as well as the first hosted outside of Europe. Often forgotten‚ this specific Olympics also signifies the beginning of the horrible luck Chicago‚ Illinois‚ has had regarding the hosting rights. Three years prior‚ the International
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The Olympic Game is a mega-event in the world‚ it represent the spirit of friendship‚ peace and solidarity. Today‚ the Olympic Games are just a little different than in ancient times. More than two hundreds nations participate in it‚ and compete to bid for hosting the Olympic Games to gain benefits (Toohey & Veal 2007‚ pp.1-4). It is therefore suggested in this essay‚ nations consider that hosting Olympic Games can bring benefits beyond economic profits to country. Infrastructural development
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simple game such as Tetris or the ever so popular Candy Crush. Nearly everyone participates to some degree of video gaming. Gaming now‚ believe it or not is considered as an actual professional sport. Hell‚ Gaming on a computer could mean earning a medal in the Olympics in the near future! Congrats guys‚ the world is slowly turning into a utopia for dweebies‚ geeks and noobs. Regardless of how you feel about gaming‚ it unfortunately has become a social activity as common as a pick-up game of basketball
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countless years of disappointment in 2001 dreams became reality and the unique opportunity was granted to the Chinese delegates at the bidding for the Olympic Games. The event not only represents the promotion of athleticism‚ but also marks the first step of China emergence as a major global player. It was no coincidence that the opening ceremony of the games was on 8th of August 2008. The date was no ordinary date‚ 8 is considered a blessed number in China‚ representing luck and wealth‚ it symbolizes
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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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