2012 Summer Olympics

Swimming is fun for both parents and children. However, there are things that you will have to do in order to keep your kids safe while swimming. Below is a list of safety tips for parents: Supervise Your Children At All Times Children who are between the ages of one and four are at the greatest risk of drowning. That is why it is important to supervise children at all times while your child is in the water. Children who are under the age of five should be within arm's reach of an adult at all…

When misty may had to train for the olympics her workout included , Pilates ,core yoga,running or biking , or lifting twice a week for an hour.To be an Olympian misty thought that the more color food the more better .Her power food diet included greek yogurt and honey Olympics 2000/Sydney Misty and Holly McPeak at her first Olympics got fifth place together as a team Olympics 2002/athens Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh defeated Brazil in there match…

of races, I would stop a quarter of the way through, and start frantically catching my breath, like a dog panting after running for a while. When the final race of the season came around, it was time to hear if I would be eligible to compete in the summer races. I had trained extraordinarily hard so I wouldn’t be left behind; I practice for weeks on my technique to perfect the skill of taking breaths during strokes to make me more efficient, but sadly during the last race of the season I…

tons of individual events and also won Olympic gold medals in these races.He has proved the world that he was unique and that was not giving up even though he had adversities coming to the London Olympics. Another reason why Phelps is the best athlete of all ages is that after five Olympic Games he still showed the world that he was going to give everything for his the country. Michael is also the only athlete that has won eight gold medals in a single Olympic Games. Michael was only 15 years…

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is an intricate and powerful novel with grim elements yet a consoling humour. The majority of the novel takes place in a fictional town of Molching, Germany, during World War II and the rise in power of Adolf Hitler. Death narrates the story as it follows the protagonist Liesel Meminger through her trials and tribulations between the years of 1939 to 1943. In The Book Thief, many elements are woven into the story, delving into a complex web of the character’s lives…

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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…