2012 Summer Olympics

The two fantastic movies, Shine and Swimming Upstream have many similarities and differences. These movies are both true stories about young boys, despite all of the challenges, being successful in the field that they are passionate about. Russell Mulcahy’s 2003 film, Swimming Upstream is focussed on Tony Fingleton’s swimming career and how he got to be a silver medallist at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1962. Whereas, Scott Hicks 1996 movie, Shine is based on David Helfgott’s…

The Olympic Games are the world’s largest display of athletic skill and competitive spirit. There are also displays of nationalism, business and politics. Well-known throughout the world the games have been used to promote understanding and friendship among nations. Among the main themes of the Olympic Games there are relationships that relate to Kinesiology. One specific event from the 2016 Olympics that had great correlation with the major course of Kinesiology was Simone Manuel’s barrier…

TV sitcoms Mr Bean and Blackadder, both of which were incredibly successful. Atkinson even appeared at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games in character as Mr Bean, where he played piano to a packed stadium and a television audience of 27 million (almost half the UK’s population). Do you think the planning authorities of next year’s Olympics in Rio De Janeiro will be calling Mr Bean in to put his electrical engineering degree to good use? We’re not so sure… 2. Mike…

SEA Games really brings benefits to hosting country in term of boosting the economy. However, during SEA Games, there must be vehicular traffic flow around Bukit Jalil area as athletics and spectators were moving to the stadium. The National Stadium in Bukit Jalil has been filled up with people wanting to witness the opening of the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games, which is just minutes away. (Bernama, 2017) Picture is provided by Bernama As we can see the crowds from the above photo, there must be…

He has had a heap of injuries throughout his career, as many athletes do, he even had an injury that made him miss a massive world competition (2013 IAAF World championships) yet he kept training and pushing towards the 2016 Olympics which inspires me. His motivational and principle is incredible and is probably one of the reasons he’s become so successful in his running. Some other characteristics he displays are a strong dislike against cheating and those who cheat which is…

Introduction The Nazi Olympics of 1936 provided Adolf Hitler with an unprecedented opportunity to cloak militarism and racism under the cape of the Summer Olympics. During this time, Hitler dampened his antisemitic policies and plans for enlarging Germany in order to exploit the opportunities as vehicle to portray Germany as more tolerant and peaceful than it actually was. In reaction to the Olympics, the United States and most western democracies rejected a boycott of the games. Rather,…

Ancient Olympics: How does it compare to the Modern Olympics? I am a twenty-four year old Olympian from Columbia, South Carolina and I am currently practicing for the 2016 Olympics which starts in 2 months. I will practice at Brazil, so I can be adapted to the conditions in Brazil for the Olympics. I will participate in the decathlon to try to win a gold medal; I got third place last time in London. I have always wondered how the Ancient Olympics would have been. Maybe the early Olympians…

Math IA Internal Assessment Men’s Height and High Jump Introduction: The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. High Jump is an event which used to be famous in early years and now it has reached some great heights in Commonwealth Games. In Today’s world High Jump has been introduced in a-lot of schools and there is a-lot of competitions which are held every year. I personally chose…

I. The Olympics began in 776 B.C with one event, a 200-yard race. It started as religious festival for Zeus, the king of the gods, but it also served as a truce. Games were held between constantly arguing areas. The Olympics promised save travel to and from the Olympics. Since the beginning of the Olympics, many changes have been made. The source of these changes is the International Olympic Committee better known as the IOC. All 115 members meet once a year at their Sessions. Their main…

the mega-event: “The Olympic Games” The Summer Olympic Games were first held in 1896 in Athens, Greece. At the time, only few competitions were set up and a small number of athletes competed. Until the games of 1948, only one candidate for each Olympic proposed to host. But as the Olympics started to grow rapidly, more countries started to develop an interest in hosting which has led to the creation of the bidding process by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In 2012, the games…