Summer Holiday Essay

Have you ever met the first ever African American woman Olympian to win the all-around event? Her name is Gabby Douglas; she became an Olympian at the age of 14 and started a famous gymnastic career at West Des Moines, Iowa. After all, her hard work and effort brought her to become the first African American female athletic to win the all-around event. She also inspired many young and old diverse people around the world to compete in any important global activities. Gabrielle Douglas impacted…

again. The swimmer stood up and with excitement started to tell her story: In the old town of Licorysie, there was a a very famous swim team called the Knight's Cross Crusaders. In that team there was one special girl whose dream was to get to the Summer World Olympics and win the gold medal, but it wasn’t as easy as she thought it would be. This special girl’s name was Katie Ledecky, she was 14…

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…

against each other and to determine how good they are internationally. LOCAL/NATIONAL Italy has competed at all the modern Olympic Games with the exception of the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. Italy has taken part in all the Winter Olympic Games, winning 114 medals, and 577 medals at the Summer Olympic Games. Italy has won a total of 243 gold medals which makes them the 5th most successful country in Olympic history, after the USA, the Soviet Union, Germany and Great…

Before the Olympics, Jesse Owens, a student at Ohio State University, was diligently working to support himself financially and achieve his full potential in track and field. Having nine siblings with little money, Jesse Owens had been forced to get jobs after school at a young age to help provide for the family (Schaap 1; “Jesse” 1). Even as a freshman in college in 1935, Owens was not provided with a scholarship, so he worked many odd jobs to pay the tuition (“Jesse” 1). Along with financial…

Background: After the 1979 revolution, women’s sport was completely neglected for almost one decade. An ideal Iranian woman was portrayed as a supporting mother, wife, or sister of war veterans. It was just after the end of Iran-Iraq war when women’s sport attracted some attention, particularly as a space where an image of an active but modest women could be portrayed as a role model for and representative of women in Islamic Iran. Faezeh Rafsenjani, daughter of Akbar Rafsenjani, then the…

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…

The Jack & Jill’s Downhill Marathon and half marathon takes place on one of Washington's most scenic trails. Located in North Bend, just 31 miles from seattle runners will enjoy the sites of the picturesque John Wayne Trail as they make their way on a point to point course down a 1100 foot net drop from start to finish. A USATF certified course, and valid as a NY qualifier, the Jack & Jill’s race brings over 800 runners in both races combined, with over 240 competing in the half marathon alone.…

My famous person is Caitlyn Jenner which was formerly known as Bruce Jenner. Caitlyn came out of the closet in 2015. Bruce Jenner was born October 28, 1949 in Mount Kisco, New York to Esther and William Jenner. Esther and William had four children together, they had two girls and two boys. Bruce was always in sports. Bruce went to college at Graceland College in Iowa with a football scholarship. While playing football on his scholarship he had injured his knee and was forced to…

are young couples and couples that are on their honeymoon, which are most at risk ("Tourist Industry on Edge as Zika Virus Spreads”). The Zika virus will also have a remarkable impact on the Olympics scheduled to be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the summer of 2016. In addition to the cost of building the stadium, Brazil will have to deal with low audience and athlete attendance rates because of Zika. Athletes expected to perform in the Olympics have been given permission to not attend if they…