Synchronized swimming

potential cost. A total of 31 venues were used to host the many events that were held. A few of the main venues used were the L.A. Memorial Coliseum, the Rose Bowl, the L.A. Memorial Sports Arena (Boxing), Olympic Swim Stadium (Diving, Swimming, Synchronized Swimming), Pauley Pavilion (Gymnastics), and Dodgers Stadium. Olympic Swim Stadium would be one of only two venues that were built for the…

never knew any of the language until I entered high school. This past year, I finally got my chance. I am a competitive figure skater. Unlike much of the figure skating shown on tv, I compete on a synchronized figure skating team, where 16 skaters compete together. In a sense, it is like synchronized swimming. For 7 years I had only completed within the United States. However, in 2017, I joined an internationally competitive team. This team, the Lexettes, being one of the strongest junior teams…

For example, if you were to ask a group of people what they would rather watch: women 's basketball or men 's basketball; the majority of the group would favour watching men 's basketball. On the contrary, most people would rather watch women 's synchronized…

A little less than than a decade ago Beijing held the Olympic games. This large event that was commonly known as Beijing 2008, took place from 8 to 24 of August. Beijing was elected to be the host city in 2001, defeating bids from Toronto, Paris, Istanbul, and Osaka. After the first round of voting it was crystal clear that Beijing would be the host of the 2008 Olympics; leaving the other potential hosts far behind, Beijing had a significant lead. Being the most watched Olympic games in history,…

The gendered ideas of women and sports was obvious during game events as well as staffing Talbot 2013:284 Talbot 2013:284 Many women were appalled by the cloths they were made to wear to show their level of seniority and rank Talbot 2013:284. Talbot 2013:284 Gendered hierarchies as well as definitions of sports performance were apparent in decision making and perception of women competitors Talbot 2013:284. women will perform as well as men if they received the same kind of attention…

There were 43 events including track and field, gymnastics, swimming, wrestling, cycling, tennis, weightlifting, shooting and fencing. All subsequent Olympiads have been numbered even when no Games take place mostly during world war 1 and world war 2. the Olympics were truly international sporting event in 1924 when…

Currently all Canadian National Sport Organizations have anti-doping policies as part of their high performance athlete agreements. They encompass the use of PEDs and the commitment of being honest and fair in sport. Within my own sport of Synchronized Swimming, the athlete agreement states in part, “Comply with all requirements established by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) regarding doping control rules and protocols; Athletes should conduct themselves in a sportsman-like…

Olympics many routines in the rhythmic gymnastics category had many dance elements such as: Anastasia Blinzyuk’s routine, Marina Durunda’s routine, and Veronica Bertolini’s routine. Dance combines all the strength, stamina and focus of gymnastics/synchronized swimming and diving. Including elements of dance too, making dance even harder to master than some other sports. Third, during my research for this essay I found out that many people believe that you dance from memory, not skill. You do…

Lesley Fischer, my mom has always inspired me to be the best of my abilities because she has accomplished the best of hers. When my mom was in high school, she loved it. She went out for many sports like cross country, track, synchronized swimming, gymnastics, and cheerleading. She had great friends, and was really involved as editor of her yearbook. During college my mom wanted to be a speech therapist studying speech, language, and science. She also double majored in child psychology. After…

look and there was a fish tank well a big fish tank really big and there were sharks. The sharks were for the watermelon fair. He walked up to them and jumped in he started swimming as if was a shark himself.i was scared and thought he was going to die that's when the sharks gathered around and started doing synchronized swimming. I was amazed and confused that's the weirdest thing…