The topic of my paper is whether we should keep the Olympics or should not keep the Olympics.I think that we should keep the Olympics. I believe we should keep the Olympics because it is a fantastic way for the best athletes in the world to show what they can do. Also, it is a good way to keep athletes healthy. People are saying we should not keep the Olympics because the Olympics do not have all the sports. Yes they do not have all sports, but the Olympics keep growing so they could add the sports
Johannes burg also has a lot of beautiful historical theaters. Those are a few examples of the many things you can do there. Johannesburg has a lot more to offer. All of those thing actually need to be discover by more people. That’s why the Olympics should be held here in Johannesburg. This would be really great for the city and would offer a whole world of new opportunities. This kind of mega sports event brings a lot of
immense challenges. The present predicament of remaining an Olympic sport is wrestling’s greatest struggle yet. After great debate and vote for exclusion, wrestling was replaced back into the 2016 Games, but this doesn’t mean that wrestling’s place in history is safe. Many on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will continue campaigning for wrestling’s extinction. They were almost successful in removing it from the 2016 Olympics, why not try again? However, I believe that wrestling has an
most human beings, I have a dream. I dream of the Olympics, multicolored rings, aggressive flag bearing patriotism, and of course, the fabled medals. I dream of being an Olympic race walker. My fascination with the Olympics began two years ago, when Brazil lit the torch in her city of Rio de Janeiro. There, I saw my destiny, the men’s 20 kilometer race walk- I began dreaming of gold. Like Michael Phelps, I dived headfirst into the pools of the Olympics, researching their history from every last minute
Drug Use in Sports The sporting world today has many problems with PED’S. What are they? Should they be legal in sports? They are Performance Enhancing Drugs that have just a negative effect on the world. They can harm you in so many different ways. From your health to your conscience, if you use them in the wrong way. The conversation right now is if they should be legal in sports. In other words there is no place for cheating in sports? There are many reasons they are a negative effect on the
react in a deviant manner (Zembroski, 2011, p. 245-246). While this reaction can cover a varying degree of acts, the deviance in this episode is drug use in sports, domestic violence, and acting mentally handicapped in order to compete in the Special Olympics. This deviant behavior results from placing more value in the end goal than in the process followed to achieve the goal. Once respect for the path is lost, one will rationalize deviant behavior to achieve the goal. In our modern society there are
Leonardo da Vinci created early sketches of lifebelts. Lifebelts were worn around the waist to help keep swimmers afloat. People also filled cow bladders, collected reed bundles, and made cork belts as a way to also keep swimmers afloat. In 1539, the first book about swimming was written by a German profesor of languages named Nikolous Wynmann. The book, Colymbetes, was written to reduce the dangers of drowning
Miracle, a film based on the true story of the United States Men’s Hockey team in the 1980’s Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, is built on the foundation of teamwork and motivational leadership. It centers on Coach Herb Brooks’ philosophy of team work and how he transforms 20 players from being college rivals to a focused cohesive unit. The importance of teamwork can be understood by the coach’s explanation to the selection committee, that the reason for the Soviets’ winning spree was their focus on
so many seasons. The first basketball league was the National Basketball League (NBL), which developed in 1898. The first professional league was the American Basketball League (ABL) which formed in 1925. In 1936, basketball was recognized as an Olympic Team. The National Basketball Association (NBA), which is still exists today, was formed in 1949. The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League combined to form the NBA. The NBA had seventeen teams in three
In Honors U.S. History we spent a great amount of time focused on World War II and the effect the battle had on the entire world. The film Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie, focuses on the struggles and accomplishments of Louis Zamperini, an olympic athlete who finds himself in battle during the Second World War. The second film, The Imitation Game, explores the life of Alan Turing and his creating of the enigma machine, which helped to crack Nazi codes during World War II. Although they take