1936 Summer Olympics

their full potential,regardless of their intense workout program and nutrition program, they tend to search for supplements or steroids for assistance. Professional athletes of all sports have been using steroids dating all the way back to the first Olympic Games. Even though deemed as unethical and illegal in all sports, millions of dollars and world records can ride on being the "world best" and winning any competition. With the increase in steriods in sports, many atheltes are gaining an…

Imagine you invented the best sports wheelchair ever. There are multiple wheelchairs made for sports, most are made with lighter metals so people can move in them. They also have tilted wheels so someone can move quick and easy, and some have levers attached to the wheels if the person does not have enough strength in their arms. Rugby wheelchairs are built to be extra sturdy. They have bumpers on the front, and guards on the sides. They also have anti-tip devices so they won't fall over…

good athlete, and come out with results it is a truly remarkable accomplishment. The Olympics has athletes who have worked and seen an outcome, but there is another organization of disabled that have worked to see an outcome. The Paralympics is an organization that should not be combined with the Olympics because it is an advantage having prosthetic limbs, there are more categories for the disabled, and the olympics would swamp over the athletes from the Paralympics.. The paralympics started…

Introduction Gender Inequality has been a rising topic more and more each year because it seems to get noticed more and more but especially popular because of the recent 2016 Olympics. Gender Inequality is the different biases between men and women in world. More specifically, gender inequality is prominent in the sport occupation. So, Balish et al. (2016) found a connection that advance liability is caused from the gender differences in sport attendance, supporters, and motives for the game…

Olympic Scandals 1. True or False. An Olympic fencing sword incorporates an electronic sensor which records touches as points. During the 1976 games Ukrainian, Boris Onishchenko, received a life ban for modifying his sword with a secret button he could push to register non-existent hits. 2. Name the Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter, stripped of his 1988 gold medal for doping. 3. True or False. When a Puerto Rican athlete pulled her hamstring during the 1984 Long Jump, her identical twin…

Every year, millions of foreign people immigrate to the United States in search of the American dream. Citizens of foreign countries and Americans are continuously in search of it because, they want a better life. They believe that with determination, America's endless opportunities will set them up for success. James Truslow Adams introduced the term American dream in 1931, and now it plays a significant part of America’s culture and heritage. A large number of people disbelieve that they can…

for the Olympics, has been the subject of much debate in the media recently. It is in response to this discussion that Chris Berg has written his article "Rio's financial crisis reveals the moral bankruptcy of the Olympics" and Mark Knight has also drawn a cartoon. In his article, published in The ABC News on 21 June 2016, Berg contends in a frustrated and critical tone that it is the epitome of government waste. Berg's intended audience seem to be comprised of the people watching the Olympics,…

Since the first Summer Olympic Games of 1896, numerous controversies and scandals caused stirs in the sports event more often than one might think. Most involve sabotage between contestants, performance enhancing drugs, and banning of countries. However, there have been years wherein significant moments occurred both surrounding and during the date of the event. The protests of 1968, in particular, was the most meaningful and impactful because of the unified, traumatic, and even iconic protests…

was running for fun and Swedish Coach, Onni Niskanen recognized Bikila’s athletic talent when he was sent to a government camp. Abebe Bikila began to prepare for the Olympics when he was 24 years old. In 1958, Bikila entered the National armed Forces Championship marathon competition. Abebe Bikila run a barefooted and won the Olympic marathon in 2 hours, 15 minutes and 16.2 seconds, making his country so proud. In 1964,…

Wiggles’s Final race There was once a rabbit named Wiggles. Wiggles has very small ears and a big tail. He was born to Dazza and Shanikwa in North Carolina. When Wiggles was young his family moved to Florida. That’s where his running career started. Him and his friends, Harambe and Bob, trained to become the first rabbit runners. But only Wiggles made it to the professional level. Wiggles got accepted the World Cup three times in a row but has never won a medal while running. This was the…