Laurie Hernandez is a very skilled gymnast. She was on the women’s gymnastics team for the United States this summer in Brazil. She came home with a silver medal on beam and a gold medal as a team. Right before every routine on every event she says the same three words, “I Got This”. Laurie is very outgoing and loves to dance in her floor routine. Laurie Hernandez is important because she is an inspiration to people and gymnasts all across the world. Lauren Zoe Hernandez was born on June 9, 2000
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The Woman Usain Bolt “It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are.” Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman, better known as Cathy Freeman, was an Aboriginal sprinter who won gold medals in the 2000 Olympic Games. She was the first athlete to hold up the black, yellow and red flag in any Olympic! Rather than running for Australia, she was running for who she really was; a true Aborigine at heart. She has earned the love and respect of Australia and in no time became one of Australia’s favourite
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Hayley Miller has been a reporter for HuffPost since Nov. 2016. Previsouly she was an editor on HuffPost contributors team where she began in Dec. 2013. She interned at GlobalPost in spring 2012 for the HuffPost political team in fall 2011. She is a graduate of Northeastern University in Boston where she studied journalism, Arabic, and international affairs. Huffington Post is widely known for posting news around the world, politics, entertainment, multimedia, and lifestyle. Miller's intended audience
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If I could take a journey to a location and time in history, I would go to the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich to watch Steve Prefontaine run the 5000 meter final. I have chosen this year and place because this is one of the last major races of Steve Prefontaine's career. Steve Prefontaine has had a major impact on runners all around the world. He is known for his running workouts, his confidence, and his dedication to the sport. Although Prefontaine had a hard fought race at the 1972 games, he fell
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Have you heard of the new olympic sport coming in 2022? Over manys years people have tournament fished for bass for a long time. Bass fishing should be a new olympic sport because one, people make a living fishing for bass, two, there is a lot of skill involved in the sport and last, catch and release fishing is becoming more and more popular everyday. Bass fishing should be a new Olympic sport. There are many different kinds of event sor tournaments that people fish in to make money and a living
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The sport of 3-Day Eventing is the triathlon of the Equestrian world. Horse and rider combinations compete against each other in three disciplines. These disciplines include working a horse on the flat and over jumps, referred to as fences. Scores are based upon a cumulative score over each phase of the sport, over a period of three days. Athletes in Eventing range from weekend hobby riders to professionals who make a living by training, competing, and traveling. Eventing is a sport that has been
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The Complexity of the Olympic Games On February 9 the Winter Olympics began in Pyeongchang, South Korea. These were the twenty-third Olympic Games, and continued until February 25. There is quite a bit of history behind the Olympics, dating all the way back to the 7th century B.C. Those games are now known as the Ancient Olympic Games, which were discontinued with the rise of Christianity in 394 A.D. The current Olympics, which were revived in 1896, are known as the Modern Olympic Games. The history
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| Ethics, Morality, and Legalities | Unit 1 Individual Project | | | 11/13/2011 | | We see and hear about it all the time. Government officials being “paid” to vote a certain way or a company is given a monetary “donation” to show that global warming is bad, but they can continue to release toxins into the air. There was a scandal behind monies being paid to certain members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by the Salt Lake Olympic Committee (SLOC) in order to
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Chariots of Fire Kenwood Huh Chariots of fire portrays the life of two runners, desiring to win in the Olympic games. The runners, Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams, both have different ambitions which drive them to win the race. Eric Liddell is a devout Christian who opposes to run on Sunday to keep it holy while Harold Abraham would run on any day for the sake of winning. When Harold and Eric ends up racing before the Olympic games, Eric wins which causes Harold to lose confidence in running
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IJBER Volume 1, Issue 1 (January, 2013) International center of Science Education and Academic Research for Scholarswww.isearchscholars.com 63 Abstract Brand image is an important consideration for any of the firm or company operating inhyper competitive business environment. In this study, brands chosen for comparison areNike, Adidas and Puma with respect to the actions and strategies adopted by them inorder to enhance and strengthen their brand image. These are the top 3 sporting brands of
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