2012 Summer Olympics

a pride for the host country to hold the Olympic Games, the consideration whether the cost of the Olympic Games outweighs the actual benefits brought to the host country is becoming increasingly more common among the public (has raised increasingly more public attention) throughout the world.This essay is going to discuss about the cost and benefits that the host country may obtain by holding the Olympic Games. The negative influence caused by the Olympics may include the enormous financial cost…

The South Dakota women captured two individual event victories. Sabrina Sabadeanu won the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2 minutes, 04.89 seconds. On the diving board, Sarah Schank’s score of 275.45 on the three-meter dive earned her first place. One the one-meter dive, Schank finished third (231.10) with Haley Pederson right on Schank’s tale to take fourth (231.05). Alongside Sabadeanu’s first place finish, she also earned third place in the 100-yard backstroke (57.80), fourth place in…

Should You Compete? Officially starting in 1896, the Summer Olympic games have been a national competition that was derived from ancient Greece in eighth century B.C. (History). Every four years, the most elite athletes, ranging from swimmers to ice curlers, are sent from their countries to represent them on the world stage. In the year’s prior the 2012 Olympics, there were 206 separate National Olympic Committees designed to promote and encourage athletes to partake in the games (National). Due…

Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee said, “the London 2012 Games have definitively served as a catalyst for development and improvements, both tangible and intangible, which would otherwise have taken decades to achieve” (HM Government, 2013). As part of the London 2012 Olympic bid, organisers promised the Games to be a ‘One Planet Olympics’, working in partnership with WWF and Bioregional. One of the five key sustainability themes…

As with any other event, Western sporting events constantly face competition from around the City of London, whether it be direct or indirect. Probably the biggest competitors that Western Athletics has are the London Knights and London Lightning, which are the city’s hockey and basketball teams, respectively. However, Western has many advantages over these competitors. The first of these is that Western Athletics games are free for students to attend, while attending a professional team’s game…

The Biggest Parade in the World, Carnival in Rio de Janeiro I am sure that everyone has a moment of desire to get rid of all of your stress. By going to Carnival in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, the biggest parade in the world, you can blow off your stream with a lot of fun. This carnival is held before Lent which is 40 days before Easter as a farewell to the pleasure and celebrated for five days. The carnival in Rio de Janeiro is held throughout the Brazil country and is composed of Samba parade,…

Olympic drug testing is one way of finding out if the athletes really did work their hardest to achieve where they are on that day. Although Lance Armstrong and Ben Johnson may have good reason, all team members should be drug tested in order to compete in the Olympic games because new rules for anti-doping have been made, and once local athletes test positive for performance enhancing drugs, they should start thinking of new lives as codes seem to have nothing in place for them. Lance…

To take the challenge of an olympic athlete is a rewarding experience. The sacrifice they take to achieve this journey is immeasurable, but the lessons will guide their whole life. Athletes from all over the world have trained for many years so that they may all come together every four years to compete in either the winter or summer Olympics. The Olympic Games don’t just bring in the competing athlete’s, but it also brings in the family members and the fans from all over the world to enjoy…

Shawn Johnson is a gymnast known for her Olympic debut at the 2008 Olympics held in Beijing, China. Johnson earned a gold medal in the balance beam competition as well as three silvers in the floor, individual all-around, and team competitions. What many people don’t know is the success Johnson had before her Olympic debut and the hard work and dedication that helped her achieve her goals. Shawn Johnson was enrolled in gymnastics at the age of three as a way for her to burn off energy. She…

opportunity to invade your life is a constant thought to advertisement and marketing companies, so it comes to no surprise that the 2016 Olympic games would be riddled with advertisements. Capturing the compelling stories of an athlete fuel advertisement companies for months, even years after the Olympics. The attached advertisement I found exemplifies Olympic marketing perfectly. The advertisement in question attempts to get you, the consumer, to buy or drink milk. Going even further the…