Ancient Olympic Games

John Baxter Taylor Black Runner John Baxter Taylor was a noble, strong, and intelligent young man who was famous for being the first black man to ever win an Olympic gold medal. However, it took time for John to accomplish this. It all started when John Taylor was born in Washington, D.C, on November 3, 1882. His parents’ names were Sarah Thomas and John Baxter. John’s family moved from Washington to Philadelphia in his childhood. From there he attended a central high school and soon joined…

Johannes Stotter is an artist, musician and body painter from Italy. Johannes sings and also plays the violin in a band. Johannes studies education and philosophy at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. Johannes attends many social projects where he combines his music with his art work. Johannes also develops his work without reference to other body painting artists or their work. in 2009 Johannes also secured a place for himself at the international bodypainting Festival in Austria and he…

accomplishments throughout both his athletic and military career. In his High School career, Louie’s brother, Pete got him into running. This proved to be one of Louie’s strengths as he went on to hold several records as well as earn himself a trip to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Several of his athletic achievements include; the fastest mile time by a high school student at 4:12.2 and an 8th…

It’s Different If you were to look up success in the dictionary you would find that, success is “1. the accomplishment of an aim or purpose 2. a person or thing that achieves desired aims attains prosperity.” Yet we all seem to take the definition of the word a bit differently, what might be considered successful to a six year old will vary from what it means to a 17 year old. Malcolm Gladwell, author of the book “Outliers”, defines success based on the facts of when you born, where you grew…

are making political cartoons to show how the Olympics are an important and unifying event or if they are a demonstration of our inequalities. We discussed the Olympics to see if the Olympics are a unifying event or are they just a demonstration of inequalities and economic waste. There is controversy behind the Olympics, a lot of people believe that the Olympics put an economic burden on the people of Rio. While other people believe that the Olympics helped the local economy in Rio. The…

London bid. London also qualified to host the 2012 Olympics games because it had established some committee to coordinate the emerging issues. London had also prepared some slogans to back up their bids and invite investors to use the slogan and the Logo so that they can be able to invest and support the activities (London Organising Committee, 2012). The international slogan was ‘sport and heart’ which meant that every nation should own the Olympics and not only the host. Delivery, Experience…

road and air transport on horses in 1991 back at the Animal Health Trust. Following this David, in 1993-1996 leading up to the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, carried out research on thermoregulation and transportation of horses. A result of his heat and humidity studies no horses got injured during the cross country phase on completion of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games(Horse Hero,2008). During 1990 to 2005 David was Senior Scientist and Head of Physiology at the Animal Health Trust. David…

It was a cold day in Whitley, Indiana, my birthplace. It was February 21, 1998. A woman by the name of Rhonda Sebert had just gone into the hospital ready to give birth to her second child. Several minutes after noon is when the baby finally arrived. The babies name: Justin Sebert. The parents of this legendary child were Mark Sebert and, of course, Rhonda Sebert. At that time, Justin Was just a little tyke. Arriving into this world at a mere 19 inches and 7.3 pounds. Not too long after…

Decription The product that was chosen to be brought back to the future would be the Nike PreCool Vest. The Nike PreCool Vest is simply a vest that allows athletes to cool their working muscles down so that they can improve their performance to a better degree. This vest is used to cool down core body temperature so that athletes can compete at a better rate; with the core cooling, athletes can often last 21% longer than without it (NikeNews, 2008). The vest in general clings to the wearer to…

full potential,regardless of their intense workout program and nutrition program, they tend to search for supplements or steroids for assistance. Professional athletes of all sports have been using steroids dating all the way back to the first Olympic Games. Even though deemed as unethical and illegal in all sports, millions of dollars and world records can ride on being the "world best" and winning any competition. With the increase in steriods in sports, many atheltes are gaining an unfair…