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Science: __1.Physical Attributes needed to be the best in this sport:__ Senses: Weight lifting requiers you to be determined on the prize and not let fear and doubt let you drop your iron bars. Muscle Groups ( describe if they should be fast and or strong): Weight lifting of course requiers you to be strong and not fast but you have to also be flexible enough to lift weights. Muscles include your Biceps, Triceps, quadriceps and hamstrings. Mental focus skills: In Weight lifting, you have to be totally focused on the beam; if you lose concontration or let doubt take over, the bar will drop on you. __2.Dietary Requirements:__ Link: 5 to 7 SMALL meals a day, not 3 large meals and try to avoid heavy meals before and after weightlifting. Proteins for good muscles, Carbohydrates for energy and some essential fats like omega 3 and 6 are key factors for the weightlifting diet. Other great foods are chicken, tuna, salad, turkey, salmon, peanuts, cheese, nuts, whole grain bread and grapes. __3. 3 most common injuries:__ Injury 1: Shoulder Ingury Injury 2: Stretched muscle Injury 3: Leg and hip injury __4. How do these apply to your sport?__ Physical: Weightlifting includes lots of muscle mass but you need a lot more flexibility that usual Mental/Emotional: You have to be totally focused on the beam and not let it drop Social: Weightlifting is a very lonely sport and any outside interuptions can cause you to fall. Intellectual: Weightlifting does not require much intellenct but you do need to know how to prevent injuries. Spiritual: Weightlifting takes lots of spirit and devotion and without it you will not be able to hold the bar up. __5. List three athletes in the history of your sport with their medals won and the years they won them.__ A. Norbert Schemansky B. Tommy Kono C. Tara Nott

English: Matthew Long Ms. Kerr English 6 April 19, 2011 __ Wiki Olympics Essay __ The Olympics have been around for years and is the center of attention for many sports players and fans all over the world. The Olympics started in Ancient Greece and they got banned for some time until it returned to the world as a new and modernized sports organization. People from different countries represent their country by their effort and skill to take part of this wonderful, global event. The Olympics are what they are today because it received the history of the Modern Olympics and because it gets praise by many people who enjoy bobsledding when they watch the games. First, The Olympics are what they are today because it received the history of the modern Olympics. There are around 35 Olympic events a few of them include, Tennis, Bobsledding and the Triathlon and the first city to hold the modern Olympics was Athens in 1896. The location in Athens was to honor the beginning of the Ancient Olympics. Pierre do Couperton wanted the Olympics to be reinstated because he wanted countries and people to participate in sports, art and culture. Men and Women from all over the world competed in the new modern Olympics both summer and winter for diplomas and simple medals but the glory was their real prize (multimedia.org). The history of the modern Olympics is what makes today’s Olympics special while many people indulge in watching the sports such as bobsledding. Next, the modern Olympics are what they are today because it gets praise by people who enjoy bobsledding as a sport. Many people find the sport bobsledding a favorite because of the high speeds and dangerous tracking. The American Bobsledding team practices in Salt Lake City, Utah even though Germany is predicted to win even though they have stepped down from a winning streak (Mahalo.com). The U.S. Has never won a gold medal in bobsledding since 1920 but have always been in the top three. Germany holds the record for the most gold medalists for a long time. The chances of the U.S. making the top three for bobsledding are very high because of an Olympic gold medalist Seven Holcomb, who is going to return next winter; people are expecting to at least get bronze (Olympics.org). There is a lot of buzz about who is going to win and the standings for bobsledding is going to be tight. The bobsledding sport is especially exiting this year due to tight standings and that just adds on to the spirit of the Olympics. Finally, The Olympics are what they are today because it got change by the history of the modern Olympics and because it receives attention from bobsledding fans from around the world. The modern Olympics keep getting more exciting as the years go by. In the future there may be even more games to compete with each other and the praise will be endless. 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 || 100 || 208 || -108 || 51.9% ||
 * Drinking Straw Javelin || 280 || 266 || 14 || 5.2% ||
 * Cotton Ball Shot Put || 235 || 360 || -135 || 37.5% ||
 * Long Stride || 250 || 287 || -37 || 12.8% ||
 * High Vertical Jump || 21 || 26 || -5 || 19.2% ||

What is the average of your Percent Error? 25.6% History: Matthew Long Mr. Chiburis History 8 April 20, 2011 __ History Olympics Project __ Macedonian flag- Picture of opening ceremony- Macedonia on the map- Gold medals- 0   Silver medals- 0   Bronze Medals- 1   Where was the most recent winter games played and who is hosting the next games? Vancouver Canada 2010, Sochi Russia 2014 Where was the most recent summer games played and who is hosting the next games? Beijing China 2008, London England 2012, Rio de Janerio Brazil 2016 Has your country ever hosted an Olympics and if so how many and when? None Favorite summer sport. I like the marathon because you can never know who will win Favorite winter sport. I like the four man bobsledding sport because of the high speeds and the dangerous course.