Swimming at the Olympics

The Titanic “The ship took a sudden dip, and the sea came rolling up, carrying everyone with it. Many were drowned there and then (“Titanic Survivor’s Eyewitness Account”).” Have you ever wondered what really happened to the Titanic? There are numerous theses of the calamitous event, but no one knows what actually transpired. All we know is that the Titanic departed Southampton and had already visited Cherbourg, France, and Queenstown, Ireland, before heading towards New York City, where it…

World Cup. Image 3 shows the whole of South Africa supporting Bafana Bafana during the 2010 Fifa World cup. Image 4 shows the whole of South Africa literally behind Cameron Van der Burgh when he broke the world record at the 2012 Olympic games. It shows the country swimming behind him and supporting him and cheering him on. 2.2 I fully believe that each of the events have created a unifying atmosphere in South Africa. The whole country felt united when Nelson Mandela and Francois Pienaar…

still recovering from World War II, did not give sport a high priority. The areas in which Australia excelled in the 1950s were tennis, swimming, and athletics. These last two would feature strongly at the 1956 Olympics Games. The 1950s and 1960s have been called the golden age of Australian sport. At Melbourne, 22 November 1956, Australia held the first Summer Olympics Games outside of Europe and United States. Also it was at the same year in which the television was ever introduced; it was the…

Ever since I could remember, I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. Although my desired future occupation would change periodically, I always has a reasoning of why I wanted to be that certain occupation. In elementary school, I wanted to be a veterinarian because I was sad about my science class dissecting an owl pellet which contained a mouse skeleton. In junior high school, I wanted to be a lawyer because of the controversial Jena 6 of Louisiana. When I initially became a student of…

Another time I have shown dedication to all learners was when I participated in the Special Olympics. I began volunteering for this organization and fell in love instantly. I began working with a young lady named Ashley. She cannot speak and made her own version of sign language. I learned to communicate with her and became her translator and unified partner. As a unified partner, I worked to get her swimming as fast and efficiently as she could. As the season came to an end I reflected on the…

During our lives we are raised to respect one another, to understand the basic rules of consent and to realize that if a woman is unconscious that you do not initiate sexual activity. Our justice system is supposed to keep us safe and to punish those who break the law. Making perpetrators of sexual assault pay for their actions with a prison sentence teaches them and the rest of society that when someone says no or is not in a position to say no, it means no and you may not have sexual relations…

Four years of College, a Degree in English Literature, and five years later what had it gotten him? A debt that wouldn't be paid off until retirement, enough Publisher's rejection slips to wallpaper his two bedroom apartment with twice-over, and a job as a reporter on a run-down, inconsequential suburban newspaper that barely provided enough for food and rent, let alone to treat his girlfriend, Olivia, the most positive aspect of his life, as much as he wished. To say that Kyle Lowry wasn't on…

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parents wanted me to play a sport. They 'd been pressuring me the whole summer to play a sport, until I finally gave in and reluctantly decided to pick up swimming since I hate the feeling of sweat. At my school they did 't have a swimming team so I joined a local club swim team. Five days a week the team and I practiced at Tamiami Pool (public olympic size pool) coached by a college student named Murphy. The coach was a skinny, tall, and tan skinned young man with a short haircut. He was a…

However, half of a number to elite athletes said the would take drugs to win an Olympic medal, even if it meant they would die five years later. (A Lust for Life, 2015). What does this show us about today’s influential people? Those who take drugs destroy the very spirit of sport. UK sport wrote the following on April 28, 2005: "Doping…