2014 Winter Olympics

“The Montreal Olympics can no longer lose money than a man can have a baby”1 Jean Drapeau, Mayor of Montreal from1960 to 1986 famously said. It was to be the first Canadian-hosted Olympics in our 76-year participation in the Games. However, the Games were marred by accidents, construction failures, and massive costs to the population of Montreal. The crown jewel of the first Canadian Games, the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was to be the shining new Olympics Stadium, estimated at an initial $134…

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…

A : SPORT AS A UNIFIER 1. I believe that sporting events contribute significantly to unifying a nation. Sporting events are a great form of entertainment and attract huge audiences around the world. Spectators either gather at stadiums to watch live events or watch socially on their TV’s. Sports brings out admirable qualities in people such as mutual respect, team play, discipline and fair play. Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black President, used sport as a method to unify the…

The chaos wars, A tournament for fighters held once a year. Every year the world's greatest fighters travel from across the globe to participate in the world's greatest and bloodiest contest. The victor of the tournament gains immense wealth, fame, and prestige which guarantees fighters every year. The tournament is held in a grand open air coliseum known as the “ Blood garden”. The Blood Garden is capable of seating approximately 200,000 people and is revered as the world's largest stadium. Of…

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Topic 3 Discuss the pros and cons of the various ways in which males and females are classified for the purpose of playing sport. Which way should be used at the elite level, such as the Olympic Games? Why? Which way should be used at the amateur level. What are some of the problems and how might they be overcome? Purpose of classified female and male in sports, because Females carry more fat than males, it and advantage in sports such as swimming, but in running and other sports it becomes a…

Hosting the Olympic Games is a massive risk that cities all around the world are willing to take. While many people assume that hosting the Games is a way out a debt, it can often be just the opposite. There are many factors that contribute to the success and failure of hosting the Olympics. For one, the result differ between country. Countries that are more stable seem to profit from hosting more than countries that are less developed and unstable. Hosting the Summer versus Winter Games can…

The first Olympic Games were held in Greece, Olympia, from seven hundred and seventy six BC through three hundred and ninety three AD, it took 1503 years for the Olympics to return. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. The ancient Olympic games went for five days in summer ever four years. Olympia, the site of the ancient Olympic Games, is in the western part of the Peloponnese which, according to Greek myth, is the island of "Pelops. Olympia functioned as a meeting…

games are not sports,there is no physical activity required. Many professional athletes and sportscasters feel that if video games became a real sport it would be a disgrace to them and all sports. It was, Gilbert Felli the executive director of the Olympic games…

The Olympics have always been an exciting time when athletes from all over the world come together and compete for the bronze, silver, and gold medals. The first Olympic Games began in Olympia, Greece in 776 BC, and then stopped some years later when the Romans gained more power in Greece. The Games were revived in 1859, sponsored by Evangelos Zappas, a wealthy Roman philanthropist, and in 1896 the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the supreme authority of the worldwide modern Olympic…