Swimming at the Summer Olympics

In 1972, the XXth (20th) Olympic Games were to be hosted in Munich, Germany. Emotions and tensions were high, by everyone, especially for this particular games. The 1972 Munich Games was to be the first time that the Olympic Games would be held in Germany since the Nazis hosted in 1936 (Rosenberg). Many athletes and trainers, particularly the forty-two athletes and trainers from Israel, had family that was able to leave Germany before and during Hitler’s dictatorship. However, many family and…

The 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany’s Berlin were the first olympic games to be seriously documented on camera with Leni Riefenstahl’s Olympia (1938). The games were split into two parts: Olympia 1. Teil — Fest der Völker (Festival of Nations) and Olympia 2. Teil — Fest der Schönheit (Festival of Beauty). Part I runs 126 minutes and Riefenstahl makes great use of those 126 minutes. Starting with a visual overture of dolly and pan shots of roman architecture and statues, extreme closeups of the…

Tommie Smith was the Olympics gold medalist in the 1968 Olympic games which was held in Mexico City that year. Smith smashed the world record with a time of 19.8 seconds. His teammate John Carlos won the bronze that same year and competition. Both Carlos and Smith were part of an organization called the Olympic Project for Human Right or otherwise known as the OPHR. The founder of the organizations was a sociologist and college professor, Harry Edwards. Tommie Smith was one of the original…

this was controversial. But when the team won, he awarded the trophy and shook the captain's hand, which was a symbol for the country of hope and forgiveness; bringing the country together. But, the most dramatic moment in sports happened in the summer Olympics in 1936. Adolf Hitler was in power and aimed to prove that the Aryan race was superior. But to his amazement, there were many Jews competing, and more importantly, winning. Hungarian Jew, Karoly Karpati, defeated the German favorite,…

Mary Abigail "Abby" Wambach (born June 2, 1980) is an American retired soccer player, coach, two-time Olympic gold medalist and FIFA Women's World Cup champion. A six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, Wambach has been a regular on the U.S. women's national soccer team since 2003 earning her first cap in 2001. As a forward, she currently stands as the highest all-time goal scorer for the national team and holds the world record for international goals for both female and…

Olympic Argumentative Others may argue that the Olympics would be awesome to be held in your own town, but however there are many flaws of having that happen. Just imagine all the building that would have to be done, how much money would get spent, and how hundreds of people will travel to your town for the Olympics, and how crowded everything will become. If you have some important event to go to, you may become late to that event due to all the traffic from all of the tourists. Is having the…

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In late April this year, Jacky called me to compete in the contest to be held on June 2, 2016 at Los Angeles. I am a plain looking 25 Year old girl, who really has many shortcomings to represent our country in the world's beauty pageant. But Jackie persisted "You are so pretty, tall, and kind hearted. But most of all you are a true leader!" A few days after, I made decision to compete because I felt this was once-in-life time opportunity. And in my small way, I wanted to make my mom proud, who…

games are not sports,there is no physical activity required. Many professional athletes and sportscasters feel that if video games became a real sport it would be a disgrace to them and all sports. It was, Gilbert Felli the executive director of the Olympic games…

Both sides of the spectrum have been researched through diverse investigation methods. Some secondary data estimates suggest that non-professional participation increased following the hosting of the 2000 Olympics with reported growth in the non-Olympic sports sector with a notable increase on non-competitive walking (Waitt 2001). Unfortunately, this conclusion is relatively speculative considering the failure of relevant organisations to maintain adequate and consistent data…