Swimming at the Olympics

respected because, it helps you with other sports and everyday life, it’s an Olympics sport, and it improves confidence. To begin with gymnastics helps you with other sports and things in life. Michael Strauss says “ Gymnastics helps with running, jumping, swimming, throwing, wrestling, and weightlifting.” To do gymnastics you have to be very fit and athletic. “ Gymnast are among the strongest, pound for pound, of all the Olympic athletes.” says Wm A. Sands, Ph.D. Motor Behavior…

basically created our Olympics. They mostly had the same sports and some of the same rules, though we have changed some of the rules drastically. In their Olympics they had sports like horseback riding, and track and field. They had a lot of the same sports that we do. They also…

world have not heard of the Olympics? Not many. Olympic athletes come from nearly every country in the world and have all different talents. Athletes like these have been around for a very long time and will continue to stay around. They started out in the Ancient Olympics with sports like the Chariot Races and the Javelin throw, but have moved on to things like gymnastics and figure skating. Despite being very different from Modern Olympics, the Ancient Olympics were very similar in terms…

In fact the chances one might compete at the Olympic games are slim to none. That being stated, Yusra's journey is far from normal, from Syrian refugee to competing at the Olympics, she has ventured through the toughest obstacles and barriers to complete her personal legend. It all started four years ago when the Syrian swimmer had her life incapacitated with the…

hosted the Olympic games in 1956. These games were a major turning point in Australia’s popular culture. It changed the face of Australian sport, allowed women to participate in sport more and it helped the production of Televisions in Australia. As Ron Clarke lit the olympic flame on the 22nd of November, 1956, the landscape of Australian sport changed forever. Australia is often considered to be a 'sports mad' country. Australia is known for being a top performer in the Olympics, ever since…

“Breaking news! the world’s fastest man on Earth, Lightening C failed to qualify for the men’s 100m sprint for the 2076 Olympics”. It was a shocking news, but on the other hand, it was kind of anticipated as there was astonishing discovery that became available since 2060, which is the genetic modification. Although it has not been the most common and trustworthy methods for having children due to its ethical reasons, some people still insisted on using the new genetic engineering system to…

supported and even encouraged women’s participation in the Olympics (Greenberg 45). During this time period, women were starting to get there rights and they wanted one of those rights to be having the ability to play sports, like the men did. In the 1900s women were allowed to participate in the Olympics, but only could enter in tennis, golf and croquet. Then during the years of 1920, 1924, and 1928 women were allowed to compete in swimming, diving, skating, skiing, tennis, horseshoe pitching,…

Anothony who worked in the coal mining industry. She grew up in the same town and went to Middlemount State School. She was the youngest of four children who all liked sport. She and her siblings tried many different sports, including; karate, BMX, swimming, triathlon and tennis but Anna and her sister were inspired by the cycling events in the 1994 Commonwealth Games that they watched on the television. They both joined a cycling club that they enjoyed and continued. After finishing high…

Nakache went on to become Olympic athletes. Athletes are often viewed specially because of their intense determination. They often beat themselves up in order to overcome what they think they can do. Breaking this threshold nearly always requires the overcoming of adversity. In sports psychology, when an athlete “not only makes it…

have difficulties with their, some doing it for rehab, others because they have 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…