Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Joining the Olympics is not just about competing and winning at every sport but also being its host gives a lot of pride and glory to the host country at a substantial cost. The Olympic games are supposed to bring people together from all over the world. Thus, being the chosen host country has been a prestigious honor for these countries. It is believed by these countries that when they are chosen, it is a time for them to rebrand themselves to the world without having to see the financial and…

since he was 14 years of age. He then went to the 2004 Olympics but lost because of injuries. The 2004 Olympics motivated him to train his hardest and earn 3 gold medals in the Beijing 2008 Olympics. During the 2008 Olympics he did not eat any thing much apart from chicken nuggets because he did not like the Chinese food in Beijing. Eating 100 chicken nuggets a day and still winning the Olympics is pretty impressive. He then won the 2012 Olympics and became a legend. He is sponsored by puma…

James Thorpe goes by the name Jim Thorpe. He went to the Olympics in the summer of 1912. The Olympics were held in Stockholm’s Sweden. The pentathlon and the decathlon were added to the Olympics for the first time. Since the Olympics were held in Sweden the events were a little different. He was an one man team for almost all the track meets he went to. Here are some of his records: he could run the 100 yard dash in 10 seconds, the 220 in 21.8 seconds, the 440 in 51.8 seconds, the 880 in…

Introduction In February of 2013 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted wrestling out of the Summer Olympics expected to start in 2020. In the Olympic Games in 708 B.C., wrestling made its debut, which makes it one of the founding sports of the Olympics. This information both saddened and infuriated many people involved within wrestling communities. In order to resolve the issue, many big name wrestlers of the past had come together to save the sport. Within a 7 month period the IOC…

Hosting the Olympic games is not advantageous for the host city is because of how incredibly expensive the games are. The cost of hosting the games has been rising and now it costs a country billions of dollars. The games cost cities and countries billions of dollars to fund and produce. The 2008 Beijing Games, and the 2014 Sochi Winter Games cost each country around 50 billion dollars. This translates to an average of $120 million per event in Beijing, and $520 million per event in Sochi (Why).…

In 2012 just before the Olympics, Boris Johnson made a speech to the nation, congratulating them and the athletes on bringing Britain together. As Britain prepare to host the Olympics, Boris Johnson felt an inspirational but humorous speech will unite Britain and to help them succeed efficiently. This essay will show how spoken language can be a style that someone can adapt to, to ensure they are possessed in a unique way. Therefore it can be nourished in the way he delivers it: with power,…

The Olympics and Blood Doping The Olympics are not known to be a clean event to any degree. What would you expect when you have all of the world’s top athletes in one place? Athletes have been taught from a young age to win no matter the consequences. The Olympics provide an environment where performance enhancing drugs are everywhere you look. What do the Olympic officials do about this? Close to nothing. The tests seem to be very inconsistent and rarely reliable. The Olympics are full of…

across a global scale. The Olympics has long called for “a halt to all conflicts … [and to] strive towards a more peaceful world” (The Modern Olympic Games), but multifaceted issues soon spoiled its biennial message. The FIFA World Cup slogan, “For the Game. For the World.” (FIFA), presents a sense of irony in that the World Cup creates more issues “for the world.” The World Cup also creates conflict, escalates tensions and serves as a substantial economic burden. The Olympics and the World…

Owen Gibson 's article, “Olympic Anti-Discrimination Clause Introduced After Sochi Gay Rights Row,” discusses the International Olympic Committee 's (IOC) new anti-discrimination clause in its host city contract. The IOC introduced this new clause due to the controversy around Russia 's anti-gay laws before the Sochi 2014 Winter Games. They informed the prospective bidders for hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics of the changes to the contract, which acts as a binding agreement between the IOC and…

of dollars are spent to host the mega-events like the Olympics. There are many contradictory views about the reasons that make the country want or be unwilling to host the Olympic games. The question that arises here is whether the impacts that will be reflected on the economic and social position in the host country are worth to take this risk. At the outset, I would like to shed light on the reasons that push the country to host the Olympic games. Economically, This country will necessarily be…