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Mark Brinker Mrs. Kerr Eng – 1 4/2/11 Olympic Essay The Winter Olympics have escalated a lot through many years. The winter Olympics have also grown in the people that compete within the sport and the sports included in the Olympics. The Olympics have grown and been liked more by people first because people are interested in the history of the winter Olympics, and second because many people are entertained by the new sports like the snowboarding half pipe. First, the Olympics have grown a lot since they first started because people are interested in the history of the winter Olympics. To begin with, there are many sports in the winter Olympics. For example, skiing events include the Biathlon, combined downhill, cross country, downhill, freestyle aerials, moguls, giant slalom, etc (1). At first, all these sports were not included with the Olympics (1). Originally, the Olympics were short in duration. The first Olympics only lasted a week (1). Today, the Olympics go on for two or more weeks. Also, the first winter Olympics started 1924 in Chamonix, France. Again at that time they only consisted of a few sports (2). Next, the first winter Olympics had many nations but the whole world was not represented. In the first winter Olympics there were 16 nations competing, 14 from Europe and 2 from North America (2). People are interested in the history of the winter Olympics but they are also interested in the many new sports. Finally, many people are entertained by the new sports. Snowboarding half pipe is very popular. For instance, people like the snowboard half pipe because many people are now interested in snowboarding and the trick contests are fun to watch (3). In modern day, the teams travel to other countries to train. The United States Olympic team practices in Chula Vista which lies in Canada (3). Next, many people like the sport because of one of the best snowboarders for the United States Shaun White. He is young, fun, and entertaining to watch. He is predicted to win this coming year because he has the most gold medals for snowboarding half pipe in the world for both the winter Olympics and the winter X games (4). People watch the Olympics because there are entertaining people to watch compete like Shaun White and many new sports. In conclusion, there are many reasons to like the winter Olympics. Lots of people like the Olympics first because of the exciting history of the Olympics and secondly because of the energetic people who compete in the Olympics. Both the history and entertaining people in the winter Olympics makes more and more people like the Winter Olympics.

Science: __1.Physical Attributes needed to be the best in this sport:__ Senses: You need your ears for the start for when the beep goes off. You need your eyes to see where your swimming. And you need touch for feeling the wall to turn. Muscle Groups ( describe if they should be fast and or strong): For swimming you would need your legs for pushing off the walls and for kicking and you need your arms for feeling for the walls and you need your neck muscles for lifting your head out of the water to breathe. Mental focus skills: You would need mental focus for focusing on practicing and doing the right strokes. __2.Dietary Requirements:__ Link: __3. 3 most common injuries:__ Injury 1: In the shoulders from overusing them when doing fo example backstroke or freestyle. Injury 2: In the eyes from having your eyes open under water which will irriatate them and that is why we wear goggles. Injury 3: In the knee from doing the wrong form for breaststroke __4. How do these apply to your sport?__ Physical: from doing physical training such as weight lifting for the legs and for the arms Mental/Emotional: having the love for the sport and believe that you can do it Social: being able to be confident infront of other people Intellectual: being smart to know that you need to practice and not to over work but not to under work also Spiritual: people who pray before they swim a big race so that they are happy with whatever happens __5. List three athletes in the history of your sport with their medals won and the years they won them.__ A. He is a holder of world records in a number of events. Amongst his achievements are the 8 medals he won at the Summer Olympics of 2004 held in Athens, of which 6 were gold. He was named the World Swimmer of the Year in 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007. B. She has won 12 Olympic medals, which includes 8 golds, while she represented the United States in the Summer Olympics of 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004, making her the most decorated Olympic swimmers in history. C. Born in 1965, Matthew Nicholas Biodi has won 11 Olympic medals, participating in the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Olympics. He equalled Mark Spitz’s feat of winning 7 medals in a single Olympic Games, in 1988. Biondi won 5 golds in Seoul, while he set records in four of the events

Pentathlon Event ||  || Estimate (in cm) ||  || Actual (in cm) ||  || Error (Estimate - Actual) ||  || % Error (Error/Actual x 100) ||
 * Wiki Math Olympic


 * Paper Plate Discus ||  || 200 ||   || 170 ||   || 30 ||   || 17% ||


 * Drinking Straw Javelin ||  || 260 ||   || 208 ||   || 52 ||   || 25% ||


 * Cotton Ball Shot Put ||  || 240 ||   || 250 ||   || -10 ||   || -4% ||


 * Long Stride ||  || 100 ||   || 80 ||   || 20 ||   || 25% ||


 * High Vertical Jump ||  || 20 ||   || 30 ||   || -10 ||   || -33% ||

What is the average of your Percent Error? _6%__

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[|www.ciaworldfactbook.com] [|www.olympic.org] 1. Picture of flag 2. Which games does your country participate in? (WINTER, SUMMER, BOTH) Belarus plays in both of the Olympics 3. Picture/highlight your country located on a world map? 4. How many Gold medals has your country won? 11 5. How many Silver medals has your country won? 23 6. How many Bronze medals has your country won? 39 7. Where was the most recent winter Olympic Games played? Vancouver, Canada 8. Where was the most recent summer Olympic Games played? Beijing, China 9. Has your country ever hosted an Olympics and if so how many and when? no 10. Who are your country’s famous athletes? (include pictures) Max Mirnyi 11. What is your favorite summer Olympic event and why? 200 meter dash, because I like running 12. What is your favorite winter Olympic event and why? snowboarding because i snowboard