Olympic medals

An olympic medal is a award to the successful competitors at the Olympics. You can receive a Gold which is the best, a sliver which is next best tand runner, and bronze which is third. Metals designed have changed since the first olympic games in 1896. There is much more behind olympic medals than just a award. Many wonder if olympic medals are made out of pure gold? Did you know they did not start rewarding metals at the olympics until 1896? Before they award medals at the olympics

From the year 2008 many of us still remember the important events of the Summer Olympics and Michael Phelps winning 8 gold medals and being the first person to ever do this in history. We also remember the election of the 43rd president of the United States Barack Obama who was the first black president to be elected before going on and being elected for a second term. Out of all of these great events in American history in the year of 2008 the most remember event in this year is the financial turmoil

Kristi Yamaguchi is best known as an Olympic champion who won a gold medal for women’s individual figure skating in 1992. Most people don’t know that Kristi Yamaguchi was born with bilateral clubfoot. Kristi became interested in ice skating when she was 4 or 5 years old after watching former Olympians Peggy Fleming and Dorothy Hamill skate in the Ice Follies and Ice Capades (Working Mother, n.d.). In an interview with Aylona Minkovski (2014), Yamaguchi said, “when [I] wanted to start skating [my]

the all-around and first on vault, qualifying to the Junior Olympic Nationals in Dallas, Texas. At the JO Nationals, she won a bronze medal on vault and a gold medal on floor exercise. Simone concluded her 2010 season at the US Challenge where she won the all-around

I threw on my favorite running pants and jump down the two flights of stairs. I have been waiting for this day to come for months. Today was the day I would sign up for the big race. I woke up as early as the roosters crow. My mom yells,”Emma are u up?” I walk downstairs and say,“Mom I have been up for hours already.” I hope I make a lot of friends today because I am new to this neighborhood and have not met anyone yet. I moved to this neighborhood two months ago and have been too nervous to talk

All across America, you see the topic of “Should children be receiving participation trophies” being brought up. The idea that all kids should get some reward for being a part of the game and helping it grow. To some, it seems like an excellent idea, but to others not as much. For example, NFL linebacker James Harrison took his children 's participation trophies and gave them back to their coaches saying "EARN a real trophy." Other parents believe that their children deserve to be praised and want

The Fish is a narrative monologue composed for 76 free-verse lines. The poem is constructed as one long stanza. The author is the speaker narrating this poem. She narrates a fishing experience. The author is out in a rented boat on a body of water, presumably a lake. She tries to describe the fish to the fullest, which appears to be the purpose of the poem, without saying either the specie or an approximate age. The narration gives the impression that the fish is slightly old. There are a number

day girl and earns medals for being special, leading her class. When she was eating dinner: Father suddenly pointed to my medal. “Is this the medal for leading your class?” he asked. I nodded eagerly, too excited to speak … How wonderful! My triumph had become Father’s triumph! I must study harder and keep wearing this medal so I can go on pleasing Father.” (Mah 11) Moreover, Adeline feels proud about her achievement and that her father actually praised her about the medal, which makes her more

There is something about honor that makes people ask themselves what honor really means. Honor could have many different interpretations. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, honor is specified as someone who is respected, has a good reputation, and who is genuinely a good person. With this denotation in mind, some people might suggest that honor has not changed over time because some people were looked upon as honorable in the middle ages. For example, Julius Caesar and Marcus Brutus were

is a villain in his videogame with Fix-It Felix, Jr. After having the villain reputation for so many years, Ralph is determined to prove he is a good guy. As Ralph enters a different game, causing havoc in the video game world, his goal is to win a medal to prove that he is a good guy. The problem Ralph causes is the game he entered unleashed evil throughout the video game world, where his new challenge for proving his hero abilities in saving the world before it is too late. Film’s Genre Animation