Speedo innovation: Swimwear companies have invested millions designing high-performance suits for the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Can design help swimmers finish faster? Following the 2004 Athens Olympics‚ officials at swimwear giant Speedo had good reason to celebrate: Athletes clad in their latest suits at the time‚ called Fastskin FSII‚ won 46 medals in the pool. Yet when the company ’s in-house design team‚ Aqualab‚ gathered soon after the games at company headquarters in Nottingham‚ Britain
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OLYINTRODUCTION TO OLYMPICS The Olympic Movement is the concerted‚ organised‚ universal and permanent action‚ carried out under the supreme authority of the IOC‚ of all individuals and entities who are inspired by the values of Olympism. It covers the five continents. It reaches its peak with the bringing together of the world’s athletes at the great sports festival‚ the Olympic Games. Its symbol is five interlaced rings. The goal of the Olympic Movement is to contribute to building a peaceful
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10: The Ability to Do More with Less Swimming offers something no other aerobic exercise does: the ability to work your body without harsh impact to your skeletal system. When the human body is submerged in water‚ it automatically becomes lighter. When immersed to the waist‚ your body bears just 50 percent of its weight; dunk yourself to the chest and that number reduces to around 25 to 35 percent; with water all the way to the neck‚ you only have to bear 10 percent of your own weight. The other
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Wiki Loves Monuments: Photograph a monument‚ help Wikipedia and win! White South African From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia White South Africans F. W. de Klerk Jan Smuts Helen Zille Charlize Theron J. M. Coetzee Mark Shuttleworth Christiaan Barnard Candice Swanepoel Gary Player Total population 2014 Estimate:[1] 4‚554‚800 (8.4% of South Africa ’s population) 2011 Census: 4‚586‚838 (8.9% of South Africa ’s population) Regions with significant populations Throughout
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Dyslexia: A Special Gift or a Burden I. Introduction Every parent wants to have a genius child who will grow toppers and rankers in the world. Parents already have their plans on what their children will be in the future. They have these high expectations that their child will grow intelligent and fast learners. But what if their expectations become disappointments? What if it turns out that their child isn’t capable of what they expect? Can you consider a child worthless in this
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INDIA AND MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES By Neeraj Kumar Mehra Research Scholar An Essay Submitted to Professor. Ian Jobling Professor. Karl Lennartz Professor. Kostas Georgiadis December‚ 2010 India 1 Contents Introduction I. II. III. IV. V. VI. India and the Olympic Movement Indian Olympic Association‚ formation and contribution India and Modern Olympic Games Recent developments in Olympic movement in India Conclusion Annexure VII. Bibliography 2 INDIA AND THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT Introduction The
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION (875) Aims: 1. To create awareness of the necessity for vigour and efficiency through physical fitness. 2. To develop knowledge and understanding of the requirements of healthy living‚ nutrition‚ exercise and relaxation. 3. To create awareness of the necessity to develop a good posture and physical poise. 4. To develop knowledge and understanding of skills that will be useful as leisure time activities and those of a recreational nature. 5. To create opportunities to develop esprit
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2012 Summer Olympics From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search "2012 Olympics" redirects here. For the Winter Youth Olympics‚ see 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. For the Paralympic Games‚ see 2012 Summer Paralympics. "London 2012" redirects here. For the video game‚ see London 2012 (video game). Games of the XXX Olympiad | This is the clear version of the official logo. There are four official base colours‚ and another version for the 2012 Summer Paralympics. For
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Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science‚ 17: 171–186‚ 2013 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group‚ LLC ISSN: 1091-367X print / 1532-7841 online DOI: 10.1080/1091367X.2013.805137 Data Mining in Elite Sports: A Review and a Framework Bahadorreza Ofoghi Institute of Sport‚ Exercise‚ and Active Living‚ Victoria University Melbourne‚ Victoria‚ Australia Victorian Institute of Sport Albert Park‚ Victoria‚ Australia John Zeleznikow and Clare MacMahon Institute of Sport‚ Exercise
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haL76442_ch02_029-060.indd Page 29 29/03/11 9:11 AM user-f494 /204/MHDQ284/haL76442_disk1of1/0073376442/haL76442_pagefiles C Kinematic Concepts for Analyzing Human Motion H A P T 2 After completing this chapter‚ you will be able to: Provide examples of linear‚ angular‚ and general forms of motion. Identify and describe the reference positions‚ planes‚ and axes associated with the human body. Define and appropriately use directional terms and joint movement terminology
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