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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…

discus hasn’t. At first discus was used in a pentathlon which consisted of discus, jumping, wrestling, running and javelin, and now it is its own event. “The typical discus weighed between 4 ½ to 13 pounds.” Discus was eventually added to the modern Olympic games in Athens around 1896. In the early 1900’s both single handed and double handed throwing came into play with a 4 ½ pound discus. Nowadays women’s discus weighs 1.5kg and men’s change depending on their age and experience. I started…

The Olympics and Blood Doping The Olympics are not known to be a clean event to any degree. What would you expect when you have all of the world’s top athletes in one place? Athletes have been taught from a young age to win no matter the consequences. The Olympics provide an environment where performance enhancing drugs are everywhere you look. What do the Olympic officials do about this? Close to nothing. The tests seem to be very inconsistent and rarely reliable. The Olympics are full of…

Every young gymnast dreams of competing in the Olympic Games. They picture themselves standing on the Olympic podium with a gold medal around their necks, millions of people cheering for them. Thousands of gymnasts across the world train countless hours, giving everything they have into the sport of gymnastics just for a chance of getting an Olympic title. Gymnastics is enjoyed by both athletes and spectators around the world, but have you ever stopped and wondered how this sport originated?…