Ancient Olympic Games

Question 1 The upcoming 2018 Tour De France race will be the 105th anniversary of the race and will begin on July 7, concluding on July 29. Throughout the race there will be 21 stages, where riders will have to face six mountain stages, three of six will be summit finishes, one independant time trial, one team trial and eight flat routes. All of the 21 stages total up to a staggering 3229 km, meaning preparation, training and nutritional requirements are key components if a cyclist is set on…

because it seems to get noticed more and more but especially popular because of the recent 2016 Olympics. Gender Inequality is the different biases between men and women in world. More specifically, gender inequality is prominent in the sport occupation. So, Balish et al. (2016) found a connection that advance liability is caused from the gender differences in sport attendance, supporters, and motives for the game (Deaner et al., 2016; Deaner & Smith, 2013; Lombardo, 2012) (p. 11). To go off…

Every year, millions of foreign people immigrate to the United States in search of the American dream. Citizens of foreign countries and Americans are continuously in search of it because, they want a better life. They believe that with determination, America's endless opportunities will set them up for success. James Truslow Adams introduced the term American dream in 1931, and now it plays a significant part of America’s culture and heritage. A large number of people disbelieve that they can…

Since the first Summer Olympic Games of 1896, numerous controversies and scandals caused stirs in the sports event more often than one might think. Most involve sabotage between contestants, performance enhancing drugs, and banning of countries. However, there have been years wherein significant moments occurred both surrounding and during the date of the event. The protests of 1968, in particular, was the most meaningful and impactful because of the unified, traumatic, and even iconic protests…

was running for fun and Swedish Coach, Onni Niskanen recognized Bikila’s athletic talent when he was sent to a government camp. Abebe Bikila began to prepare for the Olympics when he was 24 years old. In 1958, Bikila entered the National armed Forces Championship marathon competition. Abebe Bikila run a barefooted and won the Olympic marathon in 2 hours, 15 minutes and 16.2 seconds, making his country so proud. In 1964,…

Wiggles’s Final race There was once a rabbit named Wiggles. Wiggles has very small ears and a big tail. He was born to Dazza and Shanikwa in North Carolina. When Wiggles was young his family moved to Florida. That’s where his running career started. Him and his friends, Harambe and Bob, trained to become the first rabbit runners. But only Wiggles made it to the professional level. Wiggles got accepted the World Cup three times in a row but has never won a medal while running. This was the…

Athletes Compete State-Wide at Special Olympics Texas Summer Games The 47th annual Special Olympics Texas Summer Games offered more than 2,800 athletes with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to compete on a state-wide scale at the University of Texas at Arlington and surrounding venues May 26-29. “This is the most amount of sports we put on in one weekend, at one area,” said Steve Helm, Special Olympics Texas public relations coordinator. “It’s a really great turnout year after year and…

Allyson Felix is an American track and field sprinter, who she competes in in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and the 400 meters. She was athletically gifted from a young age and began playing basketball. Felix earned the nickname “Chicken Legs” for her scrawny physique. She decided to go for the track team freshmen year to prove her physical strength. She excelled from the beginning, finishing seventh in the 200-meter dash at the CIF California State Meet, within a year. She eventually became a…

Hematocrit is a test that essentially test the total RBC’s volume in the blood. A small blood sample is extracted from the subject and the sample is then centrifuge to separate heavy components from lighter components. Typical that means that the heavy RBC’s should be compact at the bottom, while the lighter and less dense plasma so be at the top. Once separate the individual components can be accurately measured and assessed for determining the percentage of the RBC’s in the sample. If one…

Once upon a time there was a really short, skinny kid. His name was Chris Brown. Chris weighed ninety-five pounds soaking wet. Chris wasn’t very fast, but he decided to go out for track in the spring. Chris usually only ran cross country and played basketball, but Chris decided he wanted to do track. He signed up for the track team, and he became a distance runner. Chris was pretty good at distance running, and he soon began to break school records. He set a conference record in the mile, and…