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Science: __1.Physical Attributes needed to be the best in this sport:__ Senses: Sight: Sight is for seeing the track while you are cycling. Touch: Touch is for touching the handle bars so you can stay on the bike. Muscle Groups ( describe if they should be fast and or strong): For cycling, being both fast and strong is a positive thing. Being fast is good because if you move your legs fast, escentially your bike will be faster and go farther quicker. Mental focus skills: In cycling, a competitor must be confident in themselve to not fall or crash off the bike. Also, they cant worry about the other competitors that may be in front or behind them. __2.Dietary Requirements:__ Link: http://www.cycling-fitness-center.com/DietForCycling.aspx __3. 3 most common injuries:__ Injury 1:Knee Pain: If you ride too much or for too long, pain near your knee caps or shins will activate. Injury 2:Head: If you are an inexperienced cyclist, make sure you wear a helmet because if you fall it could lead to a minor bump on your head, to a major concussion or crack in the skull. Injury 3:Blisters on Hands: In pro Cycling, you have to wear gloves or else you will develop huge blisters on your fingers, palms, and thumb area. __4. How do these apply to your sport?__ Physical: Cycling is a physical activity and sport that you have to use your muscles to do. Mental/Emotional: A cyclist has to be confident and have a good attitude towards the sport, win or lose. Social: In international events, cyclers can make new friends from different countries and get to know them better. Intellectual: They have to be prepared to learn new things to help them suceed, and they have to pay attention to detail so they dont hurt themself. Spiritual: A cyclist can pray to God for help in an event, or they can thank God for their achievements. __5. List three athletes in the history of your sport with their medals won and the years they won them.__ A.Lance Armstrong: known as "one of the best cyclers ever" won a bronze medal in the 200 Olympics in Sydney, and he also won the Tour De France 6 times in a row (2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005). He retired after his win in 2005. B.Eddie Merckx: Won the Tour De France 5 times, won all the Classics except Paris Tours, won the world championship as an amateur and as a professional. C.Miguel Indurain: won Tour De France from 1991-1995.

English: Luke Radetic Mrs. Kerr English 8 March 16, 2011 Winter Olympics The Olympic Winter Sport Games is a well-recognized activity that sports fans from all over the world watch every four years. This activity involves various countries world-wide that compete for peace, for their country’s pride, and to live their dream of being in the Olympics. The Olympic Winter Sport Games are an attractive event to people because the Modern Olympics provide excitement and energy to all watching, and because Hockey interests millions around the world that are cheering for their country to win the gold medal. First, People enjoy the Modern Olympics because of its energetic atmosphere and fun-filled activities. The first modern Winter Olympics started in 1924. This was hosted was by France in the city of Chamonix (Infoplease). There were 10 events in 1924, but in 2010 there were 16 winter events, including Alpine skiing, Ice hockey, Luge, and figure skating. In 1924, Charles Jewtraw won the first gold medal for the 500 m speed skating event (DatabaseOlympics). In all Olympics, there are three different awards, third place is a bronze medal, second is a silver medal, and first place is a gold medal. The Olympics today are growing vastly in the amount of countries that participate. In the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, there were about 2,000 athletes, 82 nations, and 86 events to participate in (Olympic.org). The Modern Winter Olympic Games are exciting and entertaining for the audience and gives the athletes a chance to show pride for their country and to win medals. Second, the winter sport that many people find most appealing is Ice Hockey. People around the world enjoy watching and participating in the fun-filled game. Canada is a favorite to win in hockey because the roots of the game come from Canada and hockey is the main sport to play there. Besides Canada, the Soviet Union, now known as Russia dominated over the years 1964-76, and has been a threat throughout the history of the games (About.com). When the U.S. National hockey team beat the Soviet Union in the semi-finals of the 1980 Olympics, the U.S. team’s confidence changed and now has great confidence in their teams going forward (Bleacher Report). Some of the greatest U.S. hockey players to represent their country are Patrick Kane, Zach Parise and Ryan Miller (USA Hockey). Hockey is a fierce sport that makes a player be brave on the ice and is a great chance for players around the world to represent their country. The Winter Olympics are a world-wide event that people watch and many people participate in every 4 years. They are important because the Modern Olympics provide excitement and energy for the fans, and because the game of Hockey is a sport that millions of people around the world watch. Religion: Latin: Math:

Pentathlon Event || Estimate (in cm) || Actual (in cm) || Error (Estimate - Actual) || % Error (Error/Actual x 100) ||
 * Wiki Math Olympic
 * Paper Plate Discus || 110 cm || 95 cm || 15 cm || 15.8% ||
 * Drinking Straw Javelin || 190cm || 300 cm || -110 cm || 36.6% ||
 * Cotton Ball Shot Put || 230 cm || 200 cm || 30 cm || 15% ||
 * Long Stride || 90 cm || 94 cm || -4 cm || 4.3% ||
 * High Vertical Jump || 33 cm || 32 cm || -1 cm || 3.1% ||

What is the average of your Percent Error? 14.96% History:

Olympic History: South Africa 1.

2. South Africa participates in both the Winter and Summer Olympics. 3.

4. 20 gold 5. 23 silver 6. 26 bronze 7. 2010 in Vancouver, BC. The next Olympics is in 2014 in Sochi. 8. The last was in Beijing in 2008. The next is in London in 2012. 9. No they haven’t hosted any games, but they did host the 2010 World Cup for Soccer. 10. Carl Lewis, Karin Kania, Alexei Nemov

11. My favorite summer event is track& field because it is fun to watch all the competitors run and help their country try to win the gold. I love watching Usain Bolt from Jamaica. 12. My favorite Winter Event is Hockey. I love watching it because the competition is always competitive. I play hockey and I know all the players that play and I know what is going on. I like USA and Canada.