2000 Summer Olympics

leader at the last possible moment, winning by one hundredth of a second. The perfect record is intact. When people think of swimming, they most likely think of Michael Phelps. He has won 28 olympic medals, 23 of them being gold. He also won 8 gold medals in one Olympics, the most ever won in a single Olympics. Most people consider him the best swimmer and olympian of all time and some even consider him the best athlete of all time. However, while Michael Phelps was a hard worker, his early…

Every four years somewhere in the world the summer Olympics are held for this reason countries around the world compete to see who has the best athletes. It’s a great opportunity for the hosting country to make so economic gains as well as being able to show the rest of the world their culture. Although the games bring many positives, this year 's games in Rio, Brazil are questionable because of the virus that has become viral and is spreading rapidly around the region. The Zika virus is spread…

The face of Nicholas Easter was slightly hidden by a display rack filled with slim cordless phones, and he was looking not directly at the hidden camera but somewhere off to the left, perhaps at a customer, or perhaps at a counter where a group of kids hovered over the latest electronic games from Asia. Though taken from a distance of forty yards by a man dodging rather heavy mall foot traffic, the photo was clear and revealed a nice face, clean-shaven with strong features and boyish good looks.…

To be straightforward, the Olympic Games are an international sports competition in which more than 13,000 athletes from over 200 countries compete in a variety of events. But when the history behind the Games, the entertainment witnessed by the spectators, and the dedication of the athletes are taken into consideration, the Games become more than just the greatest athletes competing on the world’s largest stage, they transform into a place for unity, sportsmanship, and extreme competition. For…

How is language is used in gymnastics commentary? Introduction Artistic gymnastics has been a part of the summer Olympic Games since they began in 1896; it has seen a major increase in popularity in recent years, especially in the UK due the success of the Great British team at the London 2012 Olympics where we won one silver and three bronze medals. There was a 99% take up of the tickets for the artistic gymnastics as people watched one of the nations most popular sports. At 2.98m from…

In 2012 just before the Olympics, Boris Johnson made a speech to the nation, congratulating them and the athletes on bringing Britain together. As Britain prepare to host the Olympics, Boris Johnson felt an inspirational but humorous speech will unite Britain and to help them succeed efficiently. This essay will show how spoken language can be a style that someone can adapt to, to ensure they are possessed in a unique way. Therefore it can be nourished in the way he delivers it: with power,…

It was a normal, spring morning, in the eastern part of Massachusetts; Boston, Massachusetts, home of the annual Boston Marathon. Thousands of people were getting ready for the run, devoted to the sport and excited to get started. Justin Jones was getting ready to run his 1st ever marathon. He has been training for this for almost a year, and his wife was preparing him. Eating healthy, running his first ever 10k in March, only a month before the worst day of his life, April 15, 2013. Officer…

doubted her ability, they knew she was talented, but not enough to win the gold. She said that she never imagined that she could make it to the olympics. To her surprise, and everyone else's, she did win the gold. Even though it was her first olympics, she did very well. My paper is also about how she struggled with who she is. Simone Manuel is an olympic gold medalist swimmer in the 100 yard freestyle. She lives in Sugar Land Texas. She has two brothers, Chris and Ryan, who, helped her to…

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On November 15th, 2015 I had to lead a 4-person row boat in a 4000 meter race in Mission Bay, San Diego. It was my first year with my high school’s rowing team and rowing in general, and I loved it. It was 6 in the morning when my coach told my group words I would never forget, “You guys are my top boat. If anyone’s winning, it’s you guys.” I was the stroke of my boat, meaning I set the pace everyone follows. I felt anxious; when you boil it down, the rate of our success depended on me. When we…