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An emotive documentary filmed over the course of twelve months, on two phenomenal athletes and their individual stories on and off the bike. Fighting to the top isn’t an easy road it sure becomes a roller coaster for both Sam Willoughby and Alise Post along during their journey to the top. These two athletes aren’t just your ordinary athletes they are special to this sport for so many reasons. Not only are Sam Willoughby and Alise Post phenomenal BMX racing athletes, but their phenomenal role models

In 2002 the Winter Olympics were held in Salt Lake City, Utah. With this being the first winter games held in the United States in over twenty years, they wanted to make it the best winter games that the world has seen. With winning the bid over Sion, Östersund and Quebec City on June 16, 1995, this gave them seven years to plan the greatest winter Olympic games that has ever been played. Although during this bidding process there was some “funny” business going on with the Salt Lake City bid team

White is an accomplished athlete. He has racked up a total of 13 gold medals at the Winter X games, and at the Summer X games. Shaun White revolutionized snowboarding and skateboarding through his competitions at the Winter Olympics, showcasing his talents at X games and his mindset to run a successful business. In 20004, White became the youngest snowboarder to win the US Slopestyle Championship and won at the Winter X games. The “Flying Tomato” became the first to win three OLympic gold medals and

About 206 countries in the world participate in the Olympics. Can you imagine the Olympic games in the same 5 countries every year? Have you ever thought about what the Olympics would be like if they were always in the same place? Imagine not being able to guess where the next Olympics are going to be held and traveling the world to get there. This is what will happen if the IOC stopped the Olympics from traveling from country to country. The only solution to stop this; keep the Olympics moving around

1) In the Commonwealth games, only commonwealth countries are eligible to participate (countries that have been/were colonised by the British).The duration of the commonwealth games is around 10 days and it is televised only in the commonwealth of nations. In the Olympic games all countries are eligible to participate and the duration of the games is around 18 days. The olympic games is televised around the world. Mbalula wants the olympic games rather than the commonwealth games because, the olympic

The Professional Bull Riding Build Ford Tough Series had humble beginnings. It started when some bull riders wanted to break away from the rodeo circuit. They pooled resources and took one of the most exciting and attractive parts of the rodeo on the road. Month after month these competitive bull riders compete for prizes and the ultimate title at the end of the year where they become that season's best and toughest. The prizes throughout the year total close to 10 million dollars. Each week

The movie “Miracle”, directed by Gavin O’Connor, is the dramatic journey taken by this team, from the anxiety-filled tryouts in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to the exhilarating game against the USSR in Lake Placid, New York. The book, “The Boys of Winter” written by Wayne Coffey, is based on the same events, but takes a less emotional, more factual approach to the subject. The purpose of this essay is to compare these two resources, and to discuss how they differ in tone, style, and theme. In reviewing

Hosting the Olympics These passages present a discussion about arguments concerning whether or not it would be beneficial for the city of Portland to host the Summer Olympics. This is an important debate because of the potential benefits and drawbacks of hosting the Olympics. The two positions argue whether or not hosting the Olympic games brings prosperity to a city. Both viewpoints have valid claims warranting consideration. For example, evidence suggests that the Olympics increases the amount

Paris' 1924 Olympic was different than any other previous Olympics. Sport had become a universally popular activity, particularly as a spectator event, and around 1,000 journalists were present in Paris to report back around the world. There were 44 nations and 3,089 athletes took part, and although the Games are seen as being the first truly modern Olympics, they were not complete, as only 135 of the competitors were women. Most of the athletes were hosted in the first ever Olympic village, a village

Hello, thank you for stopping by! With our 3rd year participating in the Capital Area Polar Plunge, we are happy to announce our theme this year is Frozen! Our team name is "Some People Are Worth Freezing For". That’s right we will be jumping into a very cold lake in support of all participants in the Special Olympics. In the past two years our team has grown to include more family and friends and to date we have raised about $4,000 for the Capital Area Special Olympics. We look to add more to our