The Best has Found Better Kristiana Cavar Mrs. Raposo February 27th2013 Janica Kostelic is a Croatian alpine skier. She is the most successful female skier ever‚ with four gold Olympic medals and two silver Olympic medals. She has won the gold in five world championships of skiing. Janica Kostelic was born in Zagreb‚ Croatia in the year 1982. She was born on the fifth of January. Janica Kostelic’s father Ante Kostelic is a skier himself and acts as her trainer. As money is scarce and hard
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INTRODUCTION: The Australian gold rush affected Australian society in many ways. One example can be the Eureka Stockade‚ Australia’s only armed protest by gold miners POPULATION: The gold rushes in the second half of the 19th century would completely change the face of Australia. Before 1851‚ Australia’s combined white population was approximately 77‚000. Most of those had been convicts sent by ship over the previous seventy years. The gold rush completely changed that however. In the two
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MALAYSIA SPORTS & FITNESS DIRECTORY 2010/2011 MALAYSIA SPORTS & FITNESS DIRECTORY 2010/2011 Sports in Malaysia - A General Overview When asked about what needs to be done to encourage youths in this country to be involved in sports‚ ex-Olympian and International Sports Official‚ Datuk Dr Mani Jegathesan says it is absolutely crucial that we push for a healthy lifestyle‚ including physical activity‚ for all Malaysians‚ especially the youth. “They are our future‚ life habits and skills are best
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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‚ they were already focused on how to innovate the next generation. "We looked at all the suits and the
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historians consider Owens’s performance that day the greatest achievement by any track-and-field athlete in a single day‚ his participation in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games made him into a legend. After winning one team and three individual Olympic Gold Medals in an atmosphere charged with German Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s declarations of Aryan racial superiority‚ Owens became an American hero. Although his professional career endured several struggles after his retirement as an amateur athlete‚ the public’s
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He also received a gold medal in the the team event for the Soviet Union (Biography). Liukin’s father was a major influence on her when she was younger and he eventually became her coach (Nastia). Although Liukin’s father played a major role on her love for gymnastics‚ her mother
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Introduction of the Gold Standard The Gold Standard era started from 1870 to 1914. With the help of historical accidents centering on Britain‚ Britain tied the pound sterling more closely to gold than to silver. In addition‚ Britain’s UK dollar became the supplier of reserve currency. Under the gold standard‚ each country’s government fixed its currency to a specified quantity of gold‚ and promised full convertibility to gold. Each country’s government would sell and or buy gold at mint parity
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A Role Model for Hong Kong People Jamie Wong Wan Yiu‚ the Hong Kong cyclist who was awarded a silver medal in the women’s cycling competition at the 2010 Asia Games is a heroine in my eyes. She is also a role model for Hong Kong people and all the athletes. I think her poignant and inspiring stories can leave us some uplifting messages. 26-year-old Jamie Wong was brought up in a single-parent family. Being taught by her mother‚ she is as tough-minded as her mother. In view of her interests
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Miracle Some might say that to live the American dream u have a fancy house‚ job‚ cars and family. In reality the American dream can be expressed in a number of ways. Many say that through hard work and dedication these goals of the American dream can be fulfilled. This is shown in [The Great Gatsby]‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Also in the movie “Miracle” where the main Character‚ Herb Brooks does anything that he could to achieve that ultimate goal of the American dream by showing Change‚ Determination
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talent‚ they willingly offered him a sponsorship deal. Because of this he became pro at age 13. He was known as the “Flying Tomato”. At age sixteen‚ Shaun‚ skilled and determined‚ was able to achieve his first Winter X-Games gold medal. Now Shaun holds 16 X-Games medals in his possession. I wonder how he’s able to act so bravely and compete. The strange thing is‚ Shaun loves competing. These are his thoughts about it‚” You know the best thing about competition? There’s this whole strategy game
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