I started swimming class begrudgingly. I was excited to swim and improve my technique, but I wasn’t pleased about the hassle it would be to swim twice a week and go to other classes with wet hair. However, in Ms. Meissner’s swimming course I learned more than I ever thought I would about myself, my capabilities, and the stereotypes of black people and swimming. As a child I never really thought about swimming as something that I couldn't do. My parents put me in lessons pretty young, and I was
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There are no crazy half-court shots or miracle Hail Marys. You win in swimming because you earned it. When you’re in the pool it’s just you and the clock. You can feel your heart pounding, your lungs screaming and the insane drive to continue to keep pushing. Like all swimmers I have felt the same way. It all started about seven years ago when I first joined the swim team I was so nervous to step up on the block and race. My mom guided me through the simple process. The official said into the mic
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The 1936 Games were organized and convened under the shadow of the Nazi Party. The government used the Olympics as a means to promote their ideology and position within the international community. As such, the art and advertising associated with the Games had strict standards and symbolism embedded into their design. Adolf Hitler used the 1936 Games in an attempt to prove the superiority of the Aryan race, which failed when Jesse Owens won four gold medals. The Games were meant to be an international
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Michael Muller was born in California in 1970 but spent most of his childhood in Saudi Arabia with his father who was a photographer and a lot of Michael’s inspiration. Muller moved back to California during his young adolescence where he found a great interest in snowboarding and this became his first subject to photograph. He then eventually moved to Los Angeles to study portraiture and gained the opportunity to photograph famous celebrities and have his work published in magazines and all over
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Shannon Miller This amazing athlete has had so many great accomplishments, and has more to come. Shannon Miller was a part of the Olympic gymnastics team named “The Olympic Seven” This strong team of athletes went on to win the first ever gold medal for America. They called this team “The Magnificent Seven” because this was the first ever team from America that actually had a chance for gold. Shannon Miller worked hard and had determination, and because of this, accomplished great things. Like
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Dominique Dawes is a retired U.S. Olympic Gymnast. She is a three time Olympian, a World Champion silver and bronze medalist. In 1992 she became a member of the U.S. gold-medal-winning team “Magnificent Seven.” Dominique Dawes was the first gymnast to win five gold medals. She was notable as being the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in Artistic gymnastics. The gymnastics community gave her the nickname “Awesome Dawesome.” She was on a national team for ten years.
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Identify the following individuals on your timeline – year, with accomplishment: ¥ Tidye Pickett: She was the first African American women to participate in the summer Olympics in 1936 which was held in Berlin. Pickett ran the 80 meter-hurdle. ¥ Babe Didrikson: 1932: Didrikson had a great deal of success in golf, basketball and track and field. Didrikson won two gold medals and one silver for track and field in the Los Angeles Olympics. In 1946 she won the women’s amateur in golf and in 1947 she
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Didrikson looked down the line of racers anxiously. The AAU Championships was a once in a lifetime thing, and she had made it, surprising the public because she was a woman. The shot was fired and the race began. The dedicated girl who played everything but dolls was leaping with all of her might over the hurdles. Before she knew it, the race was over. She had confidently broken the record with a time of 11.7 seconds. The 80-meter hurdle wasn’t the only event “Babe” won that day. She broke records
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Are you a visitor looking to travel to Columbus City and have no idea what things to do while there? Well, this article is written specifically for you. Columbus is the second largest city in the state of Georgia and is the county seat of Muscogee County. This city that lies about 160 km (100 miles) southwest of Atlanta boasts of being home to various museums and tourist sites which make it very popular. The following are six things that you can do once you find yourself in Columbus GA. · Take
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Olympic Skeleton Compared to Luge Skeleton and Luge are both Olympic Winter sports that are featured in the Winter Olympics.Skeleton and Luge can be very similar or different looking at different aspects of the two sports. ` Skeleton was first created in St. Moritz, a Swiss resort town for the rich, in the famous Cresta Run.Skeleton made it into the Olympics in 1928 and 1948, but never was regularly featured until 2002.Skeleton was an extremely dangerous sport which involved speeding around icy
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