Ancient Olympic Games

A challenge is an obstacle, a difficult task, or an opportunity to prove or understand an experience. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” (Henry Ford) The Hoyts, Robles, and Catanzaro are all strong athletes who started in a place where the odds were against them. The Hoyts struggled with and pushed through many challenges including Rick's disability to move or speak and his father’s disability to ride a bike or…

Despite a less time demanding schedule, professional athletes are paid while student athletes are not. However, student athletes are often compensated through scholarships. But, is a scholarship a fair way to compensate these students for their service to the university? This topic has piqued my interest because of the dedication I have to sports and education. Through countless hours of studying and many sleepless nights, I have successfully been able to maintain a 4.0 grade point average…

2016, Olympic games took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil got the right to host the Olympics because it has a strong economy in 2009 (Dale, 2016). Because Brazil’s economy has increased in 2009, it started to plan the Olympic games (Dale, 2016). However, during Brazil is hosting the Olympic games, Brazil had the economic problems starting (Nelson, 2016). The problems of Brazil created other issues, which are economic issues, Security issues, and socio-political issues. Olympic Games had…

attempts to discover a performance enhancing drug that was lacking in serious side effects. This did not stop them from reaching common knowledge across the sporting community, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) established a medical commission to fight doping in 1967 – the Winter Olympics the following year became the first to institute compulsory drug testing. Anabolic steroids joined the list of banned substances in 1975 It is around the time of the blanket ban on anabolic steroids…

Catherine Destivelle was born on July 24th, 1960. She is a French rock climber and mountaineer who became the first woman to complete a solo climb of the Eiger’s north face within seventeen hours. She is the eldest of six, and her father was an ametaur climber and mountaineer. Both parents were extremely supportive and encouraging in outdoor adventurous activities. Alex Honnold is a professional adventure rock climber whose free-solo ascents of America’s biggest cliffs have made him one of the…

Australia is widely regarded as both characterised and united by sport and it has helped bridge inequalities of races and genders. Sport is a “national obsession” in Australia, from watching the Friday night footy to standing at the olympic podiums the majority of Australians play, watch and enjoy sport, and this has helped to build the persona of our nation. Climate: P - The development and value of sport in Australia is greatly aided by the climate and natural resources. E - Australians are…

2-D VS 3-D Analysis Mechanical work and predicted energy expenditure was also quantified. A secondary purpose was to compare kinematic and kinetic calculations between 2-D and 3-D analyses for both sumo and conventional deadlifts. Two 60-Hz video cameras recorded 12 sumo and 12 conventional style lifters during a national powerlifting championship. Parameters were quantified at barbell liftoff (LO), at the instant the barbell passed the knees (KP), and at lift completion. Unpaired t-tests (P…

summer of 2015 I was given the opportunity of a lifetime. Over 7,000 athletes with just about the same number of volunteers and tons and tons of spectators all gathered at the Los Angeles Coliseum for the Opening Ceremony of the 2015 Special Olympic World Games and I was lucky enough to be a volunteer at such a wonderful event. Although this happened recently, I wouldn’t have been able to be given this opportunity if I didn’t first start three years ago as the youngest coach…

things like did as a teenager. Louie wanted to help kids out and make a difference in their lives just like his brother Pete did in his life. He got the opportunity to speak at many events about what he went through as a prisoner of war and as an Olympic runner. He was offered a book and a movie deal. Louie wasn’t able to see the movie, which was produced by Angelina Jolie, because he passed away before it came out. He was back in the spotlight appearing in newspapers and television.…

Drug abuse occurs in all sports and at most levels of competition. Many athletes take drugs for different reasons, some or prescribe by a doctor, or drugs you can by over the counter. Athletic life may lead to drug abuse for a number of reasons, physical pain due to injuries, stress, and the biggest factor to help performance enhancement. Most Organizations that oversee professional sports test future athletes that are going to play for their teams for drug abuse, before they can even play the…