Olympic Games Essay Examples

Shaun White was born on September 3, 1986 in San Diego California.White is a fair skinned freckled kid with long red hair, which gave him his nickname the flying tomato. Shaun and his family would travel to Mammoth Mountain in their van every Friday to go skiing. He began snowboarding when he was 6 years […]

London, Great Britain, August 8, 2012 – For the first time ever, a team which was down 2-0 in an Olympic final fought back to win gold. In the middle of the Russian court, clearly knowing that those were his last minutes with the Russian flag on his jersey, was standing one of the volleyball […]

This paper will examine the commercialisation of sport. The paper will look at the globalisation and commodification of sport and whether or not this has had a positive or negative effect on commercialisation of sport. The paper will also examine the history of commercialisation of sport and to do so will look at and trace […]

There are several international events related to ski jumping that are organized in different parts of the world. The most renowned international event of ski jumping is the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. The body that is behind the organization of this World Cup year after year is International Ski Federation. The first ever world […]

The game of table tennis began in Great Britain in the 18th century and initially it was only popular in the high class societies. This game also known as the ping pong is played by two players in case on a singles match and four players in case of a doubles match. There are two […]

U.S. Olympics fans were treated to a bit of surprising but welcome news this week as gymnast Shawn Johnson announced that she will enter qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Why is this such good news? Well, there are lots of reasons. First of all, as we all learned while watching the 2008 […]

Skeleton is an exciting sport where the athletes ride one seater sleighs in head down position on the ice track. Skeleton is sometimes called “toboggagin”. It has been named skeleton because a sled was introduced in 1800’s, and it resembled a skeleton. A toboggan is just simple sled which is still used as a simple […]

The women’s pentathlon is a part of a series of multi-event competitions. These events owe their origin to the ancient athletic traditions of the ancient Greeks. The word pentathlon has been derived from a Greek word ‘pente’ which means five and ‘athlon’ which means a competition. It stands for a five event competition and it […]

The Pentathlon was first played in Ancient Greece. It was again revived in the modern times with the Olympic Games. The pentathlon was again brought back however in two formats. Pierre de Coubertin, the father of Modern Olympics, invented the modern pentathlon. For new entrants, the modern pentathlon scoring can be quite confusing. Each event […]

Fencing is a very exciting game which can be traced 100’s of years back and is played with the help of a sword. It is a very popular Olympic sport and requires a lot of expertise. Apart from physical strength, it also requires perfect mind and body coordination as the lack of it can lead […]

Jiu-jitsu is known as a venerable form of martial arts developed in feudal Japan as a method of neutralizing enemies who were two well-armored to be brought down through conventional combat methods. The form has kept a continuous presence in Japan ever since the samurai mastered it, but more recently the form has spread to […]

Equestrian is a sport that attracts interest from all over the world and from all ages. Young boys and girls dream of having a pony and riding it and athletes of the sport can provide a wonderful sight when racing. There are many forms of the game and also very interesting facts to learn. Horses […]

The Summer Olympics are a big, expensive event requiring years of preparation on the part of the host country—and it just gets bigger and bigger with time. The 2008 Beijing Olympics were the most expensive of all time, and it’s widely believed that the Chinese government lost money, or at best broke even when you […]

Short track speed skating is an exciting, adrenalin filled sport having its own heart-stopping moments. The origins of the short track speed skating can be traced back to Canada and the United States. This type of skating first came into the picture in 1905. The first official competition took place in the year 1909. In […]

After yet another great performance at this year’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver, American’s most decorated Winter Olympic athlete in history is deflecting questions about whether he will be back for more at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Apolo Anton Ohno, who will be 32 when the next winter games roll around, has been busy […]

Biathlon is a popular sport that has many bright names of athletes. The sport requires many skills and when an athlete has them and performs well, the interest is increased. The sport has many fans around the world that follow their favorite athletes. Let’s take a look at some of the most famous names. Alexander […]

In the latter in the 16th century, people actually started to look at skating as a fun and as a sports activity. In the late 16th century a Scotsman designed a unique skate having iron blades. It was this design of the iron bladed skates that eventually made skating and speed skating popular. The Skating […]

High jumping is a sport that has reached its present improvised form with the help of the brilliant innovations made in it by its players. Sweeney gave it the eastern cut off Horine gave it the western roll. Then there is the straddle technique mastered by Charles Dumas. The contribution made by men in this […]

The real dread teams today in the world of softball are Atlanta (Georgia), Sydney (Australia), Athens (Greece) and Beijing (china). More than any other place softball has got a huge craze in these respective countries. In fact these have been the champions in softball Olympics tournaments held every four years from 1996 to 2008 respectively. […]

Debbie grew up In California and at the age of 16 she was named All-American after her team swept SABA Nationals. She was the youngest player ever to be honored this title. In 1992, Green earned a BAA in communications from Long Beach State, where she had been an assistant coach for the women’s volleyball […]

Snooker is a sort of billiard athletics which is really popular in the UK. It is hard and disputing to play it. It has a history of over two hundred old ages ( hypertext transfer protocol: //embassysnooker. cyberspace ) and it is well developed and popular today. The rise of snooker can be traced back […]

The cordial reception industry makes a major part to the UK economic system. It is a fact that the cordial reception concern employs a big per centum of people. This paper farther focal points on economic impact. It will be covered what is the chief grounds impacting demand. It will be analyzed about the planetary […]