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    swimmers that race each other in the Olympics. The swimmers are young and strong, but many do not know who these swimmers are. Adding on to what they do not know contains the history of swimming in the glorified Olympics. The backstory of this sporting event shows the progression and improvement of swimming because swimming evolved through the Olympics. This includes the beginning, improvement, and modern Olympic swimming sport. The beginning of swimming in the Olympics dates back to the year 1896 in

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    enhancing drugs in the Olympics Every time the olympics comes along there is always people who use performance enhancing drugs. Most of them get disqualified before it starts but there are some who still get into the olympics. Most of the time the ones who are using performance enhancing drugs win the gold medals and take it away from the ones who work hard for the victory. Although athletes who use performance enhancing drugs are wining more than those who are not the olympics is a place for hard

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    Terrorism and Security in the Olympics Security is a fundamental notion in sports. Nowadays athletes are viewed often through the media, therefore they are recognizable. In the Olympics security measures must be taken to protect the athletes. There are many different nationalities involved therefore security has to be taken in order to ensure that there aren't conflicting views that could possibly be damaging towards another team. But quite often it cannot be prevented. On the morning of

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    NYC (Evaluation of a bid) Evaluating a bid: Vision, Legacy and Communication- The importance of having a legacy to the Olympics games is vital. It requires a sense of creativity that brings awe to the mega event. This includes new ventures and stadiums to host the games. Also it means to not damage the Olympic Brand which plays a part in legacy. Overall concept of the Olympic Games- This is like a business plan that will in turn explain layout for the ventures and its overall idea. The landscape

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    to prepare for the Olympics, during the Ancient Greek period and now, research has shown that there are still some similarities and systems that are still practiced today. The first Olympic Games started in Olympia around 776 B.C.E. but later the Games were discontinued by the emperor Theodosius, in 393 A.D. The Olympics have quickly gain back popularity after resuming in 1896 in Athens, Greece, and has been a very anticipated event occurring every four years (Ancient Olympics: History). This has

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    The Olympics: Is it worth hosting? Every four years a different country hosts the Olympics. Every two years its either the Winter or Summer Olympics. It is two thousand sixteen and in August, everybody eyes are going to be glued to their televisions when Rio host the two thousand sixteen Summer Olympics in Brazil. Many cities around the world put bids in advance to hold the Olympics. The Olympics are a big deal and you have to have the resources to host it. You need to have facilities for the sports

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    Sochi 2014 Olympics

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    Background (Context, Existing Knowledge) 5 Some quick facts about Sochi 5 Vision 5 Research Question or Hypothesis 8 Approach/Methodology 9 Observations/Discussion/Validation/Results 10 Explanation of the Expectations of Sochi 10 Innovative Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 10 Celebrating the spirit of Russia 10 Delivering sustainable positive change, which inspires the World 10 An impressive marketing based on party and glamour 11 In Vancouver 11 Sponsoring 13 Everything must

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    established to prove consistency throughout their existence. These values and principles are there for them to follow and to lay groundwork as to how they should handle everything that encompasses their organization. In the same way, the International Olympic Committee was set to provide a charter to highlight their mission and their principles. While it has become clear that Olympism aims to promote a “joy of effort, the educational value of good example, social responsibility and respect for universal

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    1. Special Olympics is an organization that is very important to me. Sports have played an integral role throughout my life and I cannot imagine not having the ability to do that because of a disability. The Special Olympics provides an opportunity for people who are disabled to enjoy everything that sports encompass. Last year as an LPH I got to see this first hand. I was Butler County's LPH and one of their volleyball teams won the gold. The whole team started crying because it had been 10

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    Modern Olympic Movement

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    helped shape the modern Olympic movement. There were new problems and new improvements that affected the Olympics. WIth the documents we’re given, we are able to analyze the factors that created these new problems and improvements. Through these years, we can see that the world has become more acceptable to women, people being pressured because of pride, people trying to work harder to earn more money, and people working harder for world peace. Within the many years of Olympics, women was able to gain

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