Ryan Lochte 's Gas Station Scandal

The Olympics have shown over the decades that they can be affected by political conflict. However, it seems that this is the point of the Olympics, to illustrate national pride, by competition. Bloodshed should not be the way for pride of one’s country to be shown, but it should be shown through competition, in the words of the founder of the modern Olympic movement, Pierre de

Ever since its inception in 1896, the Modern Olympics has hosted an invisible sport: politics. The Olympics calls for “a halt to all conflicts … [and to] strive towards a more peaceful world,” but politics soon spoiled its biennial message. “As the Olympics continue to dissolve into … a political competition … they no longer … justify the time and trouble,” Dave Anderson, Pulitzer Prize winner for his sports column, wrote in the New York Times in 1984. The Olympic spirit has routinely been used as an outlet for political agendas. With political and Olympic ambitions intersected, the great international sports festivity negatively affects all nations involved.

When officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's Internal Affairs bureau began shadowing Rafael Perez, watching their fellow cop steal massive amounts of cocaine from evidence lockers in order to sell it on the street, investigators thought they had a major misconduct case on their hands. They didn't know the half of it.

The 1972 Olympics were supposed to show that Germany had changed as a country. They were supposed to be “The Happy Games” but instead are remembered for the massacre of the Israeli athletes. The Munich Massacre has changed how terrorism is dealt with in different countries and in the Olympics as a whole.

As a sporting mega-event, the Olympic Games have numerous social impacts on the people, not only on those from the host country, but on individuals all over the globe.

The Olympic Games are recognized globally by billions of people. This event is the biggest sporting event not only because it comes once every four years, but also because the world’s best athletes come together to compete for world fame and glory. Hosting the games seems like an honor for most people, however there is numerous risks involved

Four Swimmers were attacked and robbed for their money. None of the four robbed swimmers were injured but in the future they might. One of the four was robbed and asked for all of there money in a taxi at gunpoint. Although scary it will not happen again and here's why. As a result of these acts, the Olympics

The Olympics is one of the few activities that brings the world together. The Olympics first started in the ancient times, dating back to 776 BC. They were first dedicated to Olympian gods, but modern games are to give athletes an opportunity to show their skill, and for others to enjoy watching them (“History”). The first modern world wide olympics was held in Athens, Greece in 1896, having 14 countries participate, with over 200 total athletes.

American nationalism has been apparent in the modern Olympics since its’ inception in 1896 (Larson & Park, 1993). The U.S. sent its’ first team, made up of the Boston Athletic Association and Princeton University, to the inaugural 1896 Olympic Games in Athens and one of a few nations to send a team to all of the early Olympic Games, third being held in St. Louis in 1904 (Brownell, 2005). The leaders of the American Olympic movement saw opportunities to define American ideals concerning about physical culture, to make sport an integral part in national self-definition, and demonstrate the superiority of the American social and political structure (Dyresson, 1998). In these early games, the U.S. sport media created scripts to the American public that taught the values of athletic performance in the Olympics to better understand their own nation and other nations as well. The media portrayed American athletes in these Olympic Games as protagonists in a struggle to win against other nations of the world who ultimately wanted to destroy the United States (Dyresson, 1996). After the U.S. Olympic team had the highest

Anderson is correct in her position on the white rage issue, it has gotten out of control and it seems to go unnoticed. The article “White Privilege Is Why We Laugh At Lochte And Vilify Douglas” supports this and mentions that “White men exist in a world that prioritizes their potential,gives them the benefit of the doubt and assumes their actions are mostly benevolent - or at the very least harmless.”. Ryan Lochte and a couple other Olympic swimmers were drunk, damages a gas station bathroom, and had an altercation with a security guard, Lochte and his crew were blown off as “just some rowdy kids”. Gabby Douglas didn't put her hand on her heart during the national anthem and she was vilified and slandered for “unpatriotic act”. Lochte, as

Once the arrangements were made the terrorist and athletes left for the airport. A local policeman tried to save the athletes but this led to the death of all the athletes, five terrorists, and the policeman. This monstrosity was not just another episode in the Arab-Israeli conflict, but went against everything the Olympic games stand for. International cooperation, sportsmanship, and respect for human life epitomizes the Olympic

While there are clear contrasts between the ancient and the modern Olympics there is still the respect for the athlete striving to perform at the highest level. Today, the Olympic Games are the world's largest carnival of athletic skill and competitive spirit. They are displays of nationalism, commerce, and politics. These important elements of the Olympics are not a modern invention, as the first Olympics was in 776 BC in Ancient Greece. After 1503 years, in 1896 the Olympic Games were recreated as what we know today. The Ancient Games were once dedicated to the Olympian God, Zeus Olympios and were staged on the ancient plains of Olympia, which is also how the word ‘Olympics’ originated from. The modern Olympics is the largest international sporting event, which feature both summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of respectable athletes from over 200 different nations compete against one another. There are clear contrast between the modern and ancient forms of the Olympic Games regarding uniforms, participants, religion, events, politics and the concept of amateurism. However both the Ancient Greeks and the people in the modern world still respect and admire the athletics achievements of the participants making the Olympics the most highly regarded contest in sport.

Ryan Lochte is known for being an embattled American olympian swimmer, he told police that he was held up by gunpoint in Rio de Janerio, now saying that his “mistake was over-exaggerating”. He states when he told the very first part of the story he was “very intoxicated” and he was a little frightened having a gun pointed towards him. He believes that he did not lie but just “over-exaggerated” what happened. He said that he and three other swimmers were held at gunpoint pointed at his forehead, then back-pedaled his story that it was not pointed towards his head.” They were not robbed or victims. They vandalized a bathroomat a gas station and were confronted by armed security guards, the guards demanded payment for the damage done, they were

The Olympic Games are a set of friendly competitions that bring countries from all around the world together, but many social, political, and economic problems in the past and present including racial and sexual discrimination and apartheid have prevented the Olympic Games from fulfilling their promise to bring countries together.

The Olympics, an event where the most physically fit push themselves to the extreme to win against other nations. In 1936, Adolph Hitler and the Nazis held the Olympics in Berlin, Germany. American athletes had a hard time deciding if they should travel to Berlin and take part in the Nazi Olympics. The Berlin Olympics was a personal issue for the American team, which included Jesse Owens. He wasn't sure that he should join the team because of the views that were expressed by the Nazis. Despite this, he had a lot to show the world.