Summer Olympic Games

On February 22, 1980, two teams hit the ice in the Olympic Center Arena, now called Herb Brooks Arena, in the small town of Lake Placid, New York. The Soviet team, made up of active duty military members and world class athletes, took on the young American team, made up of mostly college kids and amateur hockey players. The Soviets struck first with a goal which was shortly answered by the United States team. The Soviets answered with another goal and as the period was about to end, the American…

The movie is based on the true story of two British athletes competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Englishman Harold Abrahams, who is Jewish, overcomes anti-Semitism and class prejudice in order to compete against the "Flying Scotsman", Eric Liddell, in the 100 me Opening in 1919 England, Harold Abrahams enters Cambridge University, where he meets with anti-Semitism from the staff, but enjoys participating in the Gilbert and Sullivan theatre club. He becomes the first person to ever…

China would use the Dragon Boat to “appease the rain gods,” but that all changed by the actions of Qu Yuan (Chittick). Qu Yuan was a very prestigious poet and minister, but, because of political corruption he decided to commit suicide. Around mid-summer he went to the Miluo River to complete this action but the local people followed him. The people were stopped by Dongting Lake. It was determined that they would compete to get across the lake to a pavilion to save the loved poet. It is said by…

opportunity to invade your life is a constant thought to advertisement and marketing companies, so it comes to no surprise that the 2016 Olympic games would be riddled with advertisements. Capturing the compelling stories of an athlete fuel advertisement companies for months, even years after the Olympics. The attached advertisement I found exemplifies Olympic marketing perfectly. The advertisement in question attempts to get you, the consumer, to buy or drink milk. Going even further the…

There have been many changes in the Olympic Games ranging from the diversity to women and men competing to the security of the athletes. The Olympics made its first start in a small part of the world named Olympia Greece dated back in 1896 marking it the first summer Olympic Games to be held. Only a few participated and there were little games to be played. Men were the limited ones to attend the games while women sat and watched. As the years went on they finally started participating. No one…

in 1896, the Summer Olympic games have been a national competition that was derived from ancient Greece in eighth century B.C. (History). Every four years, the most elite athletes, ranging from swimmers to ice curlers, are sent from their countries to represent them on the world stage. In the year’s prior the 2012 Olympics, there were 206 separate National Olympic Committees designed to promote and encourage athletes to partake in the games (National). Due to the legacy of the games, it is…

Jen Bricker can be such an inspiration. She did things that even people with legs can't do. imagine doing gymnastics with no legs. Helen Keller once wrote "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” The story "The Amazing Powers Of Jen Bricker" by Kristen Lewis can show what that quote means because Jen Bricker has no legs but she still looked past it and she could do gymnastics. So did the poem "Can't" by Edgar Albert Guest because when people think they can’t, they have to…

Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 ” famous olympic gold medal rowing champion Joe Rantz contacted the author, Daniel James Brown, to discuss the central character of the book, who happened to be the champion’s childhood friend. On his deathbed, Rantz started to weakly tell Brown his life story, and Brown decided that his story could not go untold, and sat down to write “The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.” Although rowing has lost its…

Olympics take place every two years. People think the Olympics should be in the same place every other year, but will this really even help other countries with the Olympics. Olympics can cost over 20 billion dollars for countries to put them on. Last year Brazil had to put on the big show of the Olympics and because of this they almost went broke. People regret picking Brazil because they soon realized after that they couldn't handle the costs. People think the Olympics should still be all…

Without limits. Everybody of us have wanted be the better in our favorite activity and feel proud of it, unfortunately always there are obstacles to achieve our dreams or goals. This is the history of Steve Prefontaine, an American runner born in Coos Bay, Oregon. First of all Steve was a rebel runner, he always wanted to run on first of the group in every race, did not matter if he finishes in second place he always wanted be the leader in every race that he competed. When Steve was 18…