Olympic Flame

The first case that raised questions about the danger of PEDs happened in 1904 at the Olympic Games of St. Louis. Thomas Hicks was running a marathon race when he arrived first at the finish line and suddenly collapsed. He would have died if it was not for the four doctors that revived him. During the race, he was given multiple doses of brandy

Prodigies and superstars aren’t the only ones who have the ability to be recognized. Just because someone doesn’t have the idealistic physical form doesn’t mean that they cannot be defined as greatness. The commercial “Find Your Greatness”, honestly describes how even if don’t meet the standards of today’s society you can still be awesome in your own way. As the audience can see and hear in the video, they come to a realization that someone is running. It is not noticeable who it is considering that

Contrasting to Document 1, by Caio Megale from What did the World Cup do to Brazil’s economy? about why having the World Cup in Brazil is ultimately a great benefit to Brazil, Document 2, by Paul Dimeo from Hosting Major Sports Events: Hidden Costs and Policy Dilemmas, believes that the harms of hosting a major sporting event in no way outweigh the negatives. Overall, Document 2’s argument is stronger because of the author’s more effective use of inflammatory language, use of statistics, and outside

Gene Doping, Should be worried? By Tom Pham Gene doping is a when a modified gene is added to help enhance a players sports performance, by a doctor and is very similar practise to gene therapy which Gene doping has both negative and positive impacts on the human body. Gene doping has the ability is enhances a players performance such as strength, not only this but it will has opened a new door to athletes There are many health risks involved it may cause cancer, but it also produces too many blood

Introduction A nonfiction book “A Night to Remember” was wrote in 1955 by Walter Lord that consist of ten chapters of a true minute-by-minute story sinking of the most glamorous ship in the world. It is the legendary tragedy of the world biggest-ever ship of the White Star Line called Titanic. The every moment happened of her maiden voyage that night are summed-up below. Summary During 11:40 P.M. on Sunday, the 14th day of April, 1912, the New White Star Liner Titanic hit an iceberg in the North

The end of World War II, Australia had started to change such as the technology and many more. Sport was one the many big changes in Australia after the WWII, sport have been a part of Australian culture since the first fleet. From around the 1945’s till present Australia has achieved many achievements and had thrived on all types of sporting activities. The history of the Australian Sport is a journey covering more than one hundred and twenty years of sport. Sport is a very important part of Australia

Junior Academy. On 16 of October 2015, the Junior Academy Olympics was underway. Each individual Olympic team was composed of a team leader and students from all grades. Each team was filled with high moral and a strong belief that their team would be victories in each station. Once the Olympic song was finished, and the doves were released, the whole school was filled with an extravaganza of chants and cheers. The Junior Academy Olympics had begun. The school soon endeavoured with beautiful colors

Titanic Imagine going on what is supposed to be a magnificent vacation, but turns out to be a horrendous disaster. The titanic was the biggest man made ship and was supposed to be an unsinkable ship. Work began in 1909 in the massive Harland and Wolff yard. Titanic continued nonstop until the spring of 1911. “There was peace and the world had an even tenor to its way. Nothing was revealed the morning the trend of which was not known the night before. It seems to me the disaster about to occur was

Many people play volleyball but don't know how the sport was created, when it was created, and how it has changed over time. The sport has been around for 120 years and will be around for many more years. Volleyball players mainly play and enjoy the time on the court and try to win the game, they don't pay attention to the history. If the players would understand the past and know how things were, they'd probably be thankful and happy that things have changed. Volleyball has evolved over time and

Athlete Biological Passports “An athlete biological passport (ABP) is an individual electronic document that represents a collation of all data regarding a specific athlete that is useful in establishing whether that individual has doped.” [1] In essence, the ABP is the record of biological tracing throughout an athlete’s career. The concept is to monitor biomarkers in athletes. Biomarkers are naturally occurring biological indicators, where changes in biological processes or diseases can be identified