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the highest-paid female athlete today, announced in March 2016 that she tested positive for taking meldonium, a banned substance that was recently added to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) prohibited substance list. Initially, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) suspended Sharapova for two years but after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) by the Sharapova team, the Russian tennis star’s suspension was reduced to 15 months and she can return to competition in April 2017

Jack Henderson Mr. Wolfson 11-29-14 Skiing Skiing is the best sport in the world. First of all, the main type of skiing is alpine skiing. Next, the newer and more creative type of skiing is freestyle, which is fairly new. Lastly, there are so many mountains to choose from, so learning a few of the best can never hurt. Skiing is a great way to stay active while having fun. Alpine skiing has been around forever. Before it was a sport, it was a mode of transportation. It became a sport in the 1936

socially accepted when women were allowed to play sports such as lawn tennis and croquette (Girasole, 2010). The first Women’s field hockey team was formed in 1887 in England. Hockey made its debut in the Olympics in 1908 and thus the International Hockey Federation was assembled (Girasole, 2010). Today, field hockey is the second largest team sport in the world, played in over 100 countries (McBryde, 2013). Identification of Problem In a sport with so much

Why skiing is better than Snowboarding The battle between skiing and snowboarding has been going on for years. Many loyal skiers and boarders have fought for their style of shredding the powder. This controversial topic has torn many friendships apart. Snowboarding participation fell 4.5 percent during the last five years, while skiing grew 6.7 percent, according to the National Ski Areas Association. Skiing is better than snowboarding because skiing is much easier to learn, skiers have more agility

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was born in Canastota, he spent his entire life in Rochester), Willie Monroe, Jr. (a middleweight who challenged still-unbeaten [as of July 2016] Gennady Golovkin for his unified 160-lb crown in May 2015), and Charles Murray (a former International Boxing Federation light welterweight title holder and the only legitimate champion boxer Rochester ever produced, though the distinction comes with an asterisk; Murray won the title after it had gotten vacated by the sensational Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whittaker

earlier in 2002 because of financial problems and that’s when England Hockey became the official national governing body for hockey in England. The England hockey is The England Hockey is associated with the European Hockey Federation (EHF) and also the international Hockey Federation (FIH) (Kate, 2017). The FIH is responsible for the rules that are made in hockey , these rules are followed by players and umpires worldwide that participate in the game and England Hockey is responsible for ensuring these

The sport that I chose to do is 4-man bobsleigh. The goal of bobsleigh is to get the fastest time out of 4 runs over two days. The courses are 1,200 to 1,500 meters long and the minimum curve radius of 20 meters. The slope is an average of 12 to 15% steep. The winner is decided by adding up the 4 times from the four heats, and then the fastest time overall is the winner. The times are recorded on a stopwatch in hundredths of a second. 2018 bobsled track The first category I’m going to cover is the

Summary Diabetes has become the fastest growing chronic disease in NZ and major cause of death in Maori. Studies had suggested that the majority can be prevented by alternating beahviour and lifestyle changes. Community approach is chosen to target the Waikato region as it is more focus and adaptable. The importance of awareness and health screening are the key interventions in this programme. By doing this, it can minimize further chronic complications such as cardiovascular disease and neurological

much higher than most people think and it’s not going to end anytime soon. Women make half of what the Men make, if not less.     In the NBA, the average salary is $4,500,000.00 and in the WNBA the average salary is $72,000.00. In the professional basketball aspect, WNBA players earn 4,428,000.00 less, or not even 2 percent of what NBA players earn. In the 2014-15 NBA season, the highest paid athlete, Kobe Bryant, made $23,500,000.00 and in 2013, the highest paid WNBA player was only paid 107,000.00