RMS Olympic

Volleyball is a big supporter of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Every year my school does a game called ‘Dig Pink.’ I play volleyball myself, and have always looked forward to this game. That year and every year from now on, Dig Pink will hit a little closer to home at Blackstone Valley Tech. During practice one day at the beginning of the season I could tell something was wrong with my coach. She was not really acting herself and neither was the assistant coach. They were not acting as funny…

be good for them to get more sports in the pool because they can get fit. This would be good because when they get fit they can try out for other sports. This would also be good because if they chose to do swimming then they can possibly go to the olympics. This would be good because then when the kids go to school they would not get made fun of because they can be one team and get in no fights and things like that. As it states in the text “Kids need to do sports so they can be pro's”…

I believe strongly believe that the use of performance enhancing drugs in sports must be banned. The use of drugs in sport is a despicable act that should not be taken lightly. There are many types of drugs that can cause serious damage to the athlete, unfairly winning and destroying their reputation. Drugs used to enhance athlete’s abilities are a disgrace to the world of sport and should be banned evermore. Many different types of performance enhancing drugs are manufactured such as…

The Effects of Doing Gymnastics Did you know that there is a bunch of different things that happen to people that do gymnastics? When it comes to elite artistic gymnastics, most female competitors begin the sport before the age of five and train around 40 hours a week, pushing their strength and flexibility to the limits, at times defying anatomy and biology to stick their routines. There are many benefits to doing gymnastics at a young age, like how learning gymnastics enhances the…

Junior Rider: Lauren Kinley is a fantastic rider that I admire for her sportsmanship. In the past year, she has had one horse go lame (at Finals), one get sent to Michigan State, and one pass away. She has had everything go wrong that possibly could go wrong, and she keeps the most level head about it. She never pulls the sympathy card and never allows herself to be seen as a victim. Anything bad that happens to her is used as an excuse to get better at something, and unfortunately, she…

Performance enhancing drugs have been an issue in sports since 1928 when Thomas Hicks won the marathon at the Olympic Games after being injected with strychnine. Plenty of athletes have been caught using these substances over the years and sporting officials have been trying desperately to stop athletes from using performance enhancing drugs by introducing all sorts of bans and penalties. The most famous incident to take place in recent times is that of Lance Armstrong. Armstrong was…

There are many good reasons to protest during the Olympic games. To begin with, Tommie Smith and John Carlos were two African-American runners in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. The two American citizens were in a time of chaos in their lives. They were being segregated from the white race and where treated like dogs or any other type of animal. While the two men were standing on the podium singing to the American national anthem, they put black gloves on their hands and raised their right…

therefore should not be a sport in the Olympics. Yet none of these things are true! Cricket should be a sport in the Olympics. A few reasons cricket should be in the Olympics is popular, internationally played, and will reduce cricket tournaments. Firstly, cricket is so popular that it is the second most popular sport internationally having from 2.5 to 3 billion, just after soccer. This is a big reason because money is a big reason for sports in the Olympics because if nobody comes to watch…

the Olympian athletes to view before competition. Most scholars believe that the pediments are statements concerning hubris or dike, ethos, and arete. Barringer presents the ideas that the pediments are to inspire the athletes participating in the Olympic games, by displaying positive models about heroism and glory. The sculptures on the temple display three different topics: athletics and warfare, gender roles and premarital rites, and Olympia as a display place of glory. Many of the scenes…

My Swimming Story Swimming never fails to appeal to me. I grew up swimming and had continuous year-round swim workouts and competitions. Being born and raised in China, I started my swim career in an elementary school. Since then, I swam through elementary school, middle school, high school, and college. It could not be denied that my hard work paid off since I managed to obtain lots of medals and broke multiple local records. What’s more valuable was that I became the team captain in my…