1972 Summer Olympics

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Boise, Idaho, renamed one of the city’s oldest and most popular parks after 43-year-old mother and full-time career woman Kristin Armstrong, who recently won her third-straight gold medal in the women’s cycling individual time trials at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. After overcoming a diagnosis of osteoarthritis in 2001, Kristin is now the most decorated female cyclist in U.S. history and a leader in her community. The Kristin Armstrong Municipal Park stretches for 28 acres on the…

responsibility he was able to evoke change within a stubborn nation. Jesse Owens was a widely known olympic hero from the 1936 summer olympics that single handedly changed American history by helping close the racial gap within society, helping athletes receive more financial compensation for their work, and paving the way for future African…

Pride consumed him. At the 1936 olympics Jesse Owens dominated at the olympics, crushing Hitler’s myth of aryan supremacy. He went to look for Hitler and the biographer told Jesse that Hitler left so Hitler wouldn’t have to congratulate him. He didn't want to believe it because he put up a great performance, but then it caught up to him and he admitted Hitler left to not congratulate Jesse. Little did Jesse know that Hitler got in trouble for not congratulating everyone, he was told he can…

appealing. The most famous landmark called the Christ Redeemer is often found cowering over Rio. Rio also has many fresh markets and colorful birds gliding above. Rio’s coast contains some of the most popular beaches of Brazil's largest coastal city. Summer Olympics 2016 are being held in Rio in the Maracana Stadium,…

The girl sitting on the side of the pool with blue lips, shivering like it is twenty degrees outside, that was me. As a child, most kids go to a swimming class to learn how to swim and enjoy their lessons, to ultimately growing up spending days on the lake with their friends soaking up the sun kissed water. For me, this experience was a little different.I loathed going to swim class. I would beg and cry, asking my mom to take me out of the class but the feeling of being a young child who just…

Growing up, I was a swimmer. I started swimming competitively when I was nine years old and continued throughout high school. Since high school, I have kept swimming a part of my life by using it for exercise and coaching swimmers from age five to eighteen. Swimming has provided many benefits to me. As the American Academy of Pediatrics suggested, swimming has become my "life sport" (AAP, 2006). For me it's like riding a bicycle, I never forget how to do any of the strokes. It is a…

Imagine having to go through racism, academic complications and health problems, Jesse Owens did and he was still able to fight his way to the top. Jesse Owens is a track runner and a legendary Olympian. In the 1936 Berlin Olympics Jesse Owens and Luz Long ( German Aryan athlete) friendship proved that even through a time of racial tension the love of their sport allowed them to break racial barriers and be an example for others to follow. Jesse Owens was born James Cleveland Owens on September…

In the 1936 summer Olympics, Jesse owens demolished all things Hitler and the nazis thought about him by winning 4 gold medals in a 45 minute period. He faced discrimination along the way, but in his heart he knew he was doing the right thing. There were other things like Owen’s stand, but none are as great as his own stand that he himself did. He is now a role model to many kids in the U.S. today. This section is about the background leading up to the 1936 Olympics And why people had…

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