Olympic Charter

I’m on the blocks I can feel the pressure from Ted and my team I am focused. Ted is my every hero because he keeps me motivated everyday to keep doing what I love even through the crummy times. To me and everyday hero is someone who repeatedly does exceptional work. Swimming is an extremely physically demanding sport and only some people are able to do it. When going to practice everyday it can seem very repetitive and sometimes boring. My swim coach Ted does an amazing job of keeping me busy…

“Icebergs loomed up and fell astern and we never slackened. It was an anxious time with the Titanic's fateful experience very close in our minds.” (Captain Arthur H Rostron, Commander of the Carpathia). Taking place in the North Atlantic Ocean the sinking of the Titanic on April 14-15th, 1912 was a very terrifying day for Captain Edward J. Smith along with 2,200 passengers and crew. In the life boat, recalled Dorothy Gibson, “No one said a word. There was nothing to say and nothing we could…

Thank you for your generous consideration. I greatly appreciate you passing my idea along to the Parks and Recreation commission. As for the issue regarding space in my plan, along with a friend I have already thought of methods to incorporate volleyball courts into any of the public parks that have existing basketball courts. This method has already been used at the Reggie Wong Memorial park in Chinatown; there are lines for a volleyball court painted over the lines for the basketball courts,…

The level of equality between male and female athletes has always been an issue of discussion in some places. Fantasia Goodwin was justified to continue to compete in basketball while pregnant and to keep her pregnancy a secret because it’s her automatic right to do so, also to avoid the discrimination countless of pregnant female athletes have endured. As a human being Fantasia Goodwin has the right to make her own decisions on what’s best for herself. As a Division 1 basketball athlete for…

the locals. The way globalization will impact sports in the future will be that there will be international teams that will compete worldwide. Different countries will have teams that represent their nations in professional sports, just like the Olympics. This would be a true test of globalization and uniting the world through…

2004 film that tells the true story of the 1980 United States Men’s Hockey team as they prepare and compete in the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York. Herb Brooks, former player now the head coach, along with his assistant coach Craig Patrick, take on the difficult task of putting together a team of young men. At this time NHL players were not allowed to play in the Olympics, so Brooks was forced to assemble a group of college players to compete against the best world has to offer. The…

There are a number of intrinsic and extrinsic motivational forces that could explain exactly why Lance Armstrong cheated in his numerous Tour de France victories. I believe it takes an equal amount of intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors to cause an average athlete to cheat. To become a full time cyclist takes hard work and dedication. You have to thoroughly enjoy cycling to do the training to become a world class cyclist. To become a successful cyclist in recent years has involved the…

and vault (for women), and horizontal bars, parallel bars, rings, floor, vault and pommel horse (for men). Vault and floor exercise are both unisex events and all of the events above are competed in the olympics. One of the most common vaults competed in the Olympics is the Yurchenko. Every Olympic gold medalist in vault since 1988 has performed a Yurchenko. Therefore the Yurchenko is a very popular vault. What does a Yurchenko…

For instance, factors such as, political, economic, social, and cultural spheres, have all played a pivotal role in the increasing movement toward globalization involved with sport. As mentioned in the article, we see that the World Cup, and the Olympics offer a platform towards all nations; therefore, has no equal match for other small nations as they later assert their national independence from each other by competing at different levels on the global stage. Furthermore, sport has widely…

Should athletes who dope have to give up their titles and medals? This topic has been encompassed by a lot of controversies and has been a hot topic in sports organizations for years. Athletes who dope should have to forfeit their titles and medals because doping gives them an unfair advantage and enhances their abilities. Not to mention it is also illegal and can result in a ban from sports and even financial penalties. ("BBC Sport", 2016) There are many reasons as to why doping should have…