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    The Olympic games are an international sport festival that is watched by millions of people across the globe. These special games have developed into something much bigger than entertainment purposes. Instead, they have radically changed world culture by uniting all the people in the world with sport. Competitions featuring the world’s greatest athletes and cultures are present at this special occasion. Although, the games are founded to be cultural, emotional and entertaining, the leading…

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    that helps individuals to make the right choices. Many of the leisure interest are disregarded as not being important by the government however the Center will provide these essentials. Some of the activities are Bowling, cooking, creative arts, Special Olympics and going to some major sports events. III. Autism Spectrum Disorder…

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    for the Opening Ceremony of the 2015 Special Olympic World Games and I was lucky enough to be a volunteer at such a wonderful event. Although this happened recently, I wouldn’t have been able to be given this opportunity if I didn’t first start three years ago as the youngest coach…

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    Essay On Adaptive Aquatics

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    disabilities. Adaptive aquatics is a program based upon the Red Cross’s Learn-to-Swim initiative and is meant to aid individuals that have special needs or disabilities. Swimming for People with Disabilities by Dimitrios Kokaridas provides information on the Hallwick Method, a method used by some instructors to teach students. Adaptive aquatics is beneficial for people with special needs and disabilities; students can increase their strength, confidence in themselves, and improve their fine…

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    Miracle On Ice Miracle—defined by Miriam-Webster as, “an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs.” That’s what the dictionary would say, but the accompanying picture would show the 1980 USA Men’s Olympic hockey team with their gloves in the air celebrating their impossible victory over the powerhouse USSR. Widely considered as the greatest moment in sports history, the “Miracle On Ice” saw a group of college kids defeat arguably the greatest international hockey…

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    The Olympics have been around for centuries an event that has been life changing for the participants and the countries that get the privilege to host as well. For centuries now, we have gotten to see the evolution of one of the greatest events ever thought of allowing athletes the opportunity to compete at the highest level, while representing their countries proudly. This event would not be what it is today if it weren 't for the Ancient Greeks getting it started in 776 B.C.E. Since getting it…

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    The Owen J Roberts School District is a school district located in northern Chester County, Pennsylvania. The Owen J Roberts School District serves students in grade Kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district's mission is to “Inspire each student for success today and greatness tomorrow.” The district inspires students of five elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. West Vincent Elementary school is one of the five elementary schools that operates within the Owen J…

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    Hard Work Pays Off

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    muscle and strength. The Olympic games is a large sporting event designed to show the entire nation who are the 3 best athletes in the world in chosen sport. So when athletes are cheating by using drugs to become one of the best 3 people in the world in a certain sport they are beating people who are clean and haven’t used drugs and they have worked very hard to get where they are. An example of a drug cheat beating a genuine hardworking athlete was at the London 2012 Olympics in the shot-put…

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    the goofy costumes, silly names and the use of props. Well, the real sport of wrestling dates back to before the first olympic games were held back in ancient Greece in 776 B.C. The sport of wrestling was actually the sport that started the great thing today that we call the olympics. Wrestling has many components that people would not think about, including maintaining a special diet to drop weight and reduce body fat, how the sport scoring system works, and the amount of training that is…

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    About Clare Balding

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    At present, she is working for the BBC Sport, BT Sport, Channel 4, and for BBC Radio 2 she presents the spiritual programme on Good Morning Sunday. She is honored with several accolades, she has won the RTS Presenter of the Year Award and BAFTA Special Award. Balding was born on 29 January 1971 with birth name Clare Victoria Balding. She subsequently grew up in her birth land of Kingsclere, Hampshire, England. She holds British nationality. She is the daughter of Ian Balding and Emma. She…

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