Summer Olympic Games

Every four years a city has the opportunity to showcase its greatness to the world, by hosting the Summer Olympic Games. Millions of spectators gather to cheer on thousands of athletes, competing in hundreds of events in many different venue locations. Due to the enormous challenge this poses to the host city, preparation takes place many years in advance to mitigate potential difficulties. Most large-scale events prepare for a myriad of challenges. These challenges can typically be classified

The 2016 Rio Summer Games are expected to be a huge event, with athletes from all over the world to gather to compete for gold. There has been plenty of drama and excitement leading up to the games, so in order to prepare for them, this guide will help you through who is competing and what events are to be taking place. It should add up for enough emotion to make it one of the best Summer Games that has been held in recent memory. You’ll be able to find who 's participating and have a look back

The Crucial Role of the 1936 Summer Olympic Games In May of 1931, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selected Berlin, Germany as the site for the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, however, they did not know that in just two short years one of the most notorious, ruthless and supressive regimes, and it’s leader, ever known to man would be elected to lead Germany. The National Socialist German Workers’ (Nazi) Party was founded on February 24, 1920, in Munich, Germany. After suffering from a terrible

Fencing is an outlet for personal expression. For many, it is a way of life. However, this this way of life is dying out. There is much debate about classical fencing vs. Olympic fencing. Olympic fencing uses much of the same equipment but is very different from classical fencing. Making many believe that classical fencing is the way of the past. The earliest depiction of fencing can be found in a relief in the temple of Medin at Habu, near Luxor in Egypt. The temple was built by King Ramses

The disaster that occurred during the 1972 Munich Olympics can be looked upon as another casualty in the cultural and political warfare that has been going on hundreds, maybe thousands, of years between the Arabic and Israeli communities. It can be seen that this warfare has been going on throughout biblical times. An example of this can be seen in the story of Esther, Queen of Persia or dating back as far as the story of Isaac and Ishmael. The story of Isaac and Ishmael can be found in the book

Part 1: Description of This Building Olympiapark is a Postmodern collection of buildings located in Munich, Germany and was constructed for the 1972 Summer Olympics. Olympiapark consists of 4 main areas: Olympic area, village, media city, and park. The main focus of my paper is on Olympic Stadium which is pictured above. The design for Olympiapark was chosen through a national competition that was won by the German architect Günter Behnisch’s design company Behnisch und Partner. The 1 square mile

Should Athletes be able to use Performance Enhancing drugs? Shirley Babashoff, is a female swimmer who participated in The 1976 Montreal Summer Olympic Games. She had won seven gold medals in total at the end of the games, but she was denied all seven of them as a result of a government-sponsored doping program. Consequently, she is in one of the worst clubs nobody would want to be in: athletes who were denied a medal at all because they got caught doping. It is important to make sure kids are

running may seem like a simple motion. However, maintaining proper form while physically exerting every muscle in your lower body is no simple task. Every four years, the best athletes from around the globe come together to compete in the Summer Olympic Games. Earlier this year, athletes from just under 200 countries competed in track and

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